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The United States on November 17, 1990

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

President

Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush R · since Jan 20, 1989

Senate

55 D · 45 R

100 senators · 101st Congress

House

259 D · 176 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.9%

Oct 1990 · $1 then ≈ $2.52 today

Public debt

$3.23T

as of Sep 28, 1990

1990-11-17/executiveThe administration

President George Herbert Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 1989

Vice President James Danforth Quayle R

Director of Central Intelligence William H. Webster R

since May 26, 1987

Attorney General Dick Thornburgh R

since Aug 15, 1988

Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady R

since Sep 15, 1988

Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos D

since Sep 20, 1988

White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu R

since Jan 20, 1989

Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole R

since Jan 25, 1989

Secretary of State James Baker R

since Jan 25, 1989

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Richard Darman R

since Jan 25, 1989

Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan R

since Feb 3, 1989

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner R

since Feb 6, 1989

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William K. Reilly R

since Feb 6, 1989

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp R

since Feb 13, 1989

Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Keith Yeutter R

since Feb 16, 1989

Secretary of Energy James D. Watkins R

since Mar 1, 1989

Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Wade Sullivan R

since Mar 1, 1989

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski R

since Mar 15, 1989

Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas R. Pickering

since Mar 20, 1989

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney R

since Mar 21, 1989

1990-11-17/congress101st Congress

Senate · 55 D · 45 R

House · 259 D · 176 R

1990-11-17/supreme-courtThe bench

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

David Hackett Souter R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 3, 1990

1990-11-17/weekWithin a week · Nov 10, 1990 – Nov 24, 1990

Ruling Perry v. Louisiana

Nov 13, 1990 · 498 U.S. 38

Law A bill to correct a clerical error in Public Law 101-383.

Nov 14, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-548

Law Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-549

Law Administrative Dispute Resolution Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-552

Law Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-566

Law Chief Financial Officers Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-576

Law Securities Act Amendments of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-550

Law National Capital Transportation Amendments of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-551

Law Copyright Remedy Clarification Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-553

Law Displaced Homemakers Self-Sufficiency Assistance Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-554

Law To authorize appropriations for activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-555

Law Baca Location No. 1 Land Acquisition and Study Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-556

Law Home Health Care and Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-557

Law Injury Control Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-558

Law Regarding the Early Winters Resort.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-560

Law To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to establish a deadline for the transfer of jurisdiction of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation area from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-561

Law To authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-562

Law Delaware-New Jersey Compact

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-565

Law A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate oil and gas lease LA 033164.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-567

Law A bill to authorize the transfer by lease of a specified naval landing ship dock to the Government of Brazil.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-568

Law A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Ira Michael Heyman of California as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-569

Law To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain property in the Chattahoochee National Forest for the construction of facilities in the National Forest.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-571

Law Gas Related Activities Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-572

Law To direct the Secretary of the Interior to permit certain uses of lands within Richmond National Battlefield Park and Colonial National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-573

Law Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-574

Law Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-575

Law Farm Poundage Quota Revisions Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-577

Law Enchanted National Forest, Cave Research Institute, and the Prehistoric Trackways Study Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-578

Law An Act to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to the use of inventions in outer space.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-580

Law Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-581

Law Year 2000 Health Objectives Planning Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-582

Law A bill to eliminate "substantial documentary evidence" requirement for minimum wage determination for American Samoa.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-583

Law An original bill to address immediate problems affecting environmental cleanup activities.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-584

Law Silver Coin Proof Sets Act

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-585

Law A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Anne L. Armstrong as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Nov 15, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-586

Law Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-601

Law Global Change Research Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-606

Law Antitrust Amendments Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-588

Law Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-589

Law Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-590

Law Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-591

Law Fastener Quality Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-592

Law To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey all interest of the United States in a fish hatchery to the State of South Carolina.

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-593

Law Antarctic Protection Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-594

Law Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-595

Law Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-596

Law National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-597

Law To improve navigational safety and to reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from vessel collisions with pipelines in the marine environment, and for other purposes.

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-599

Law School Dropout Prevention and Basic Skills Improvement Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-600

Law Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-602

Law To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands to be added to the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina.

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-603

Law Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-604

Law Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-605

Law De Soto Expedition Trail Commission Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-607

Law Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-608

Law A bill to amend the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to improve and clarify its provisions.

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-609

Law National and Community Service Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-610

Law National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-611

Law Smith River National Recreation Area Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-612

Law National Institutes of Health Amendments of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-613

Law National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-614

Law Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-615

Law Transplant Amendments Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-616

Law Environmental Research Geographic Location Information Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-617

Law Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribes Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-618

Law National Environmental Education Act

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-619

Law A joint resolution calling for the United States to encourage immediate negotiations toward a new agreement among Antarctic Treaty Consultative parties, for the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons.

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-620

Law Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990

Nov 16, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-621

Law To authorize modification of the boundaries of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

Nov 21, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-622

Law International Narcotics Control Act of 1990

Nov 21, 1990 · Pub. L. 101-623

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.