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The United States on January 4, 1993

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

37 D · 28 R

65 senators · 103rd Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

8 R · 1 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.4%

Dec 1992 · $1 then ≈ $2.37 today

Public debt

$4.06T

as of Sep 30, 1992

1993-01-04/executiveThe administration

President George Herbert Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 1989

Vice President James Danforth Quayle R

Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady R

since Sep 15, 1988

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

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 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 Defense Dick Cheney R

since Mar 21, 1989

Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander R

since Mar 22, 1991

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Pat Saiki R

since Apr 16, 1991

Attorney General William Barr R

since Aug 16, 1991

Director of Central Intelligence Robert Gates R

since Nov 6, 1991

Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card R

since Feb 24, 1992

Ambassador to the United Nations Edward J. Perkins R

since May 12, 1992

Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger R

since Aug 23, 1992

White House Chief of Staff James Baker R

since Aug 24, 1992

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi R (acting)

since Sep 26, 1992

1993-01-04/congress103rd Congress

Senate · 37 D · 28 R

House ·

1993-01-04/supreme-courtThe bench

Byron Raymond White D

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

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

Clarence Thomas R

Associate Justice · appointed by George H.W. Bush · since Oct 18, 1991

1993-01-04/weekWithin a week · Dec 28, 1992 – Jan 11, 1993

Agency + AmeriCorps

Jan 1, 1993 · independent_agency

Agency + AmeriCorps Seniors

Jan 1, 1993 · independent_agency

Agency − Copyright Royalty Tribunal

Jan 1, 1993 · other

Agency + Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel

Jan 1, 1993 · other

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.