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The United States on June 27, 1988

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan R · since Jan 20, 1985

Senate

54 D · 46 R

100 senators · 100th Congress

House

257 D · 176 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.6%

May 1988 · $1 then ≈ $2.87 today

Public debt

$2.35T

as of Sep 30, 1987

1988-06-27/executiveThe administration

President Ronald Wilson Reagan R

since Jan 20, 1985

Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush R

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce R

since Jan 23, 1981

Secretary of State George Shultz R

since Jul 16, 1982

Secretary of the Treasury James Baker R

since Feb 4, 1985

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett D

since Feb 6, 1985

Secretary of Energy John S. Herrington R

since Feb 7, 1985

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee M. Thomas R

since Feb 8, 1985

Secretary of the Interior Donald P. Hodel R

since Feb 8, 1985

Attorney General Edwin Meese R

since Feb 25, 1985

Ambassador to the United Nations Vernon A. Walters R

since May 22, 1985

Director of the Office of Management and Budget James C. Miller III R

since Oct 8, 1985

Secretary of Health and Human Services Otis R. Bowen R

since Dec 13, 1985

Secretary of Agriculture Richard Edmund Lyng R

since Mar 7, 1986

White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker R

since Feb 27, 1987

Director of Central Intelligence William H. Webster R

since May 26, 1987

Secretary of Commerce William Verity R

since Oct 19, 1987

Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci R

since Nov 23, 1987

Secretary of Transportation James H. Burnley IV R

since Dec 3, 1987

Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin Korologos R

since Dec 14, 1987

1988-06-27/congress100th Congress

Senate · 54 D · 46 R

House · 257 D · 176 R

1988-06-27/supreme-courtThe bench

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 21, 1957

Byron Raymond White D

Associate Justice · appointed by John F. Kennedy · since Apr 12, 1962

Thurgood Marshall D

Associate Justice · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · since Aug 30, 1967

Harry Andrew Blackmun R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since May 14, 1970

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

Sandra Day O'Connor R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 22, 1981

William Hubbs Rehnquist R

Chief Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Antonin Scalia R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 25, 1986

Anthony McLeod Kennedy R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Feb 11, 1988

1988-06-27/weekWithin a week · Jun 20, 1988 – Jul 4, 1988

Ruling Supreme Court of Virginia v. Friedman

Jun 20, 1988 · 487 U.S. 59

Ruling New York State Club Association, Inc. v. City of New York

Jun 20, 1988 · 487 U.S. 1

Ruling Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.

Jun 20, 1988 · 487 U.S. 22

Ruling West v. Atkins

Jun 20, 1988 · 487 U.S. 42

Ruling United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc.

Jun 20, 1988 · 487 U.S. 72

Ruling Ross v. Oklahoma

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 81

Ruling Braswell v. United States

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 99

Ruling Florida v. Long

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 223

Law Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988

Jun 22, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-342

Law A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988 "Baltic Freedom Day."

Jun 22, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-343

Ruling Felder v. Casey

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 131

Ruling Franklin v. Lynaugh

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 164

Ruling Doe v. United States

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 201

Ruling Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States

Jun 22, 1988 · 487 U.S. 250

Ruling Houston v. Lack

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 266

Ruling Patterson v. Illinois

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 285

Ruling Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 450

Law A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties and provide a civil action for damage to religious property and for injury to persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.

Jun 24, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-346

Ruling Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 312

Ruling United States v. Taylor

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 326

Ruling Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi ex rel. Moore

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 354

Ruling Sheridan v. United States

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 392

Ruling Schweiker v. Chilicky

Jun 24, 1988 · 487 U.S. 412

Ruling Morrison v. Olson

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 654

Law Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-352

Ruling Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 500

Ruling Murray v. United States

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 533

Ruling Bowen v. Kendrick

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 589

Law Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-347

Law San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Act of 1988

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-348

Law A bill to revise the boundaries of Salem Maritime National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-349

Law A bill to provide Congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery Agreement between the United States and the Government of the German Democratic Republic.

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-350

Law A bill to amend the effective date provision of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988.

Jun 27, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-351

Ruling Frisby v. Schultz

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 474

Ruling Pierce v. Underwood

Jun 27, 1988 · 487 U.S. 552

Law A bill to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site.

Jun 28, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-355

Law A bill to amend the National School Lunch Act to require eligibility for free lunches to be based on the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget.

Jun 28, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-356

Law National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988

Jun 28, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-357

Ruling Riley v. National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina, Inc.

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 781

Ruling Thompson v. Oklahoma

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 815

Ruling Coy v. Iowa

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 1012

Law Indian Housing Act of 1988

Jun 29, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-358

Ruling Communications Workers of America v. Beck

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 735

Ruling Bowen v. Massachusetts

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 879

Ruling United States v. Kozminski

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 931

Ruling Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust

Jun 29, 1988 · 487 U.S. 977

Law Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act

Jul 1, 1988 · Pub. L. 100-360

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.