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The United States on October 25, 1996

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

53 R · 47 D

100 senators · 104th Congress

House

235 R · 199 D

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.2%

Sep 1996 · $1 then ≈ $2.14 today

Public debt

$5.23T

as of Oct 25, 1996

1996-10-25/executiveThe administration

President William Jefferson Clinton D

since Jan 20, 1993

Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D

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 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

Attorney General Janet Reno D

since Mar 12, 1993

Secretary of Defense William Perry D

since Feb 3, 1994

White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta D

since Jul 17, 1994

Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin D

since Jan 10, 1995

Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman D

since Mar 30, 1995

Director of Central Intelligence John M. Deutch D

since May 10, 1995

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Franklin Raines D

since Sep 13, 1996

1996-10-25/congress104th Congress

Senate · 53 R · 47 D

House · 235 R · 199 D

1996-10-25/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

1996-10-25/weekWithin a week · Oct 18, 1996 – Nov 1, 1996

Order Tribal Colleges and Universities

Oct 19, 1996 · EO 13021

Law To enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the United States.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-308

Law To express the sense of the Congress that United States Government agencies in possession of records about individuals who are alleged to have committed Nazi war crimes should make these records public.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-309

Law To modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, Alabama.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-310

Law To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Wekiva River, Seminole Creek, and Rock Springs Run in the State of Florida for study and potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-311

Law To authorize appropriations for a mining institute or institutes to develop domestic technological capabilities for the recovery of minerals from the Nation's seabed, and for other purposes.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-312

Law Indian Health Care Improvement Technical Corrections Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-313

Law To designate 51.7 miles of the Clarion River, located in Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-314

Law To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for annual resident review for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program and to require resident reviews for mentally ill or intellectually disabled residents when there is a significant change in physical or mental condition.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-315

Law General Accounting Office Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-316

Law Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-317

Law Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-318

Law Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-319

Law Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-320

Law Granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-321

Law Granting the consent of the Congress to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-322

Law Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-323

Law Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-324

Law Marine Mineral Resources Research Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-325

Law Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1996

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-326

Law To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-327

Law To provide for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to continue in existence, and for other purposes.

Oct 19, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-328

Ruling United States Department of State v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc.

Oct 21, 1996 · 519 U.S. 1

Law Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996

Oct 26, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-330

Law National Invasive Species Act of 1996

Oct 26, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-332

Law Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act

Oct 26, 1996 · Pub. L. 104-331

Order Administration of the Midway Islands

Oct 31, 1996 · EO 13022

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.