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The United States on September 20, 1994

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

President

Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton D · since Jan 20, 1993

Senate

56 D · 44 R

100 senators · 103rd Congress

House

257 D · 178 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

Aug 1994 · $1 then ≈ $2.26 today

Public debt

$4.68T

as of Sep 20, 1994

1994-09-20/executiveThe administration

President William Jefferson Clinton D

since Jan 20, 1993

Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D

Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen D

since Jan 20, 1993

Secretary of State Warren Christopher D

since Jan 20, 1993

Secretary of Labor Robert Reich D

since Jan 20, 1993

Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña D

since Jan 21, 1993

Secretary of Education Richard Riley D

since Jan 21, 1993

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jesse Brown D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt D

since Jan 22, 1993

Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala D

since Jan 22, 1993

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Carol Browner D

since Jan 23, 1993

Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright D

since Jan 27, 1993

Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey, Jr. D

since Feb 5, 1993

Attorney General Janet Reno D

since Mar 12, 1993

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Erskine Bowles D

since May 7, 1993

Secretary of Defense William Perry D

since Feb 3, 1994

White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta D

since Jul 17, 1994

1994-09-20/congress103rd Congress

Senate · 56 D · 44 R

House · 257 D · 178 R

1994-09-20/supreme-courtThe bench

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 5, 1993

Stephen Gerald Breyer D

Associate Justice · appointed by William J. Clinton · since Aug 3, 1994

1994-09-20/weekWithin a week · Sep 13, 1994 – Sep 27, 1994

Law Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

Sep 13, 1994 · Pub. L. 103-322

Order Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

Sep 15, 1994 · EO 12927

Justice Michael Daly Hawkins — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Sep 15, 1994 · Ninth Circuit

Order Promoting Procurement With Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions

Sep 16, 1994 · EO 12928

Law To restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

Sep 21, 1994 · Pub. L. 103-323

Law Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act

Sep 21, 1994 · Pub. L. 103-324

Law Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

Sep 23, 1994 · Pub. L. 103-325

Law To reduce the restrictions on lands conveyed by deed under the Act of June 8, 1926.

Sep 23, 1994 · Pub. L. 103-326

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.