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The United States on January 3, 1991

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

56 D · 44 R

100 senators · 102nd Congress

House

268 D · 166 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

6.3%

Dec 1990 · $1 then ≈ $2.52 today

Public debt

$3.23T

as of Sep 28, 1990

1991-01-03/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

White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu R

since Jan 20, 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

1991-01-03/congress102nd Congress

Senate · 56 D · 44 R

House · 268 D · 166 R · 1 RC

1991-01-03/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

1991-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1990 – Jan 10, 1991

Agency + Armed Forces Retirement Home

Jan 1, 1991 · other

Agency + Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Jan 1, 1991 · other

Agency + Office of Women's Health

Jan 1, 1991 · sub_agency

Law Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution for the remainder of the One Hundred First Congress.

Jan 4, 1991 · Pub. L. 101-466

Ruling Demarest v. James

Jan 8, 1991 · 498 U.S. 184

Ruling Cheek v. United States

Jan 8, 1991 · 498 U.S. 192

Ruling Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Companies

Jan 8, 1991 · 498 U.S. 211

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.