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The United States on October 22, 1998

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, 1997

Senate

55 R · 45 D

100 senators · 105th Congress

House

228 R · 207 D

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

4.6%

Sep 1998 · $1 then ≈ $2.06 today

Public debt

$5.55T

as of Oct 22, 1998

1998-10-22/executiveThe administration

President William Jefferson Clinton D

since Jan 20, 1997

Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D

Secretary of Education Richard Riley D

since Jan 21, 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

Attorney General Janet Reno D

since Mar 12, 1993

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 George Tenet D

since Dec 15, 1996

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright D

since Jan 23, 1997

Secretary of Defense William Cohen R

since Jan 24, 1997

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Cuomo D

since Jan 29, 1997

Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley D

since Jan 30, 1997

Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater D

since Feb 14, 1997

Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman D

since May 1, 1997

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo D. West, Jr. D

since Jan 2, 1998

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jack Lew D

since May 21, 1998

Ambassador to the United Nations Peter Burleigh

since Aug 18, 1998

Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson D

since Aug 18, 1998

White House Chief of Staff John Podesta D

since Oct 20, 1998

1998-10-22/congress105th Congress

Senate · 55 R · 45 D

House · 228 R · 207 D

1998-10-22/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

1998-10-22/weekWithin a week · Oct 15, 1998 – Oct 29, 1998

Law An Act to extend the date by which an automated entry-exit control system must be developed

Oct 15, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-259

Law Continuing Appropriation FY99 (Fifth)

Oct 16, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-260

Law Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

Oct 17, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-261

Law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999

Oct 17, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-262

Law Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-263

Law Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-264

Law Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-265

Law Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-266

Law Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-267

Law Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Promotion Act

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-269

Law Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-270

Law Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act

Oct 19, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-271

Order Amendment to Executive Order 13021, Tribal Colleges and Universities

Oct 19, 1998 · EO 13104

Law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

Oct 20, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-272

Law Continuing Appropriation FY99 (Sixth)

Oct 20, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-273

Law District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998

Oct 21, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-274

Law Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999

Oct 21, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-275

Law Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

Oct 21, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-276

Law Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

Oct 21, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-277

Law Charter School Expansion Act of 1998

Oct 22, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-278

Law Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act

Oct 23, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-279

Law Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act of 1998

Oct 26, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-281

Law An Act to provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission

Oct 26, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-280

Law An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the administrative site for the Rogue River National Forest and use the proceeds for the construction or improvement of offices and support buildings for the Rogue River National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management

Oct 26, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-282

Law An Act to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Arkansas

Oct 26, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-283

Law Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-285

Law Border Smog Reduction Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-286

Law Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-287

Law Miles Land Exchange Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-288

Law Plant Patent Amendment Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-289

Law Guam Organic Act Amendments of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-291

Law International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-292

Law Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-293

Law Advisory Council on California Indian Policy Extension Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-294

Law Curt Flood Act of 1998

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-297

Law Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-298

Law Crime Victims With Disabilities Awareness Act

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-301

Law An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-290

Law An Act to authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-295

Law An Act to amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or lease of school land

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-296

Law An Act to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a judge of the same court, and for other purposes

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-300

Law An Act to amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers

Oct 27, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-302

Law Commercial Space Act of 1998

Oct 28, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-303

Law Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Oct 28, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-304

Law Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998

Oct 28, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-305

Law Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998

Oct 28, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-306

Law Dante Fascell Biscayne National Park Visitor Center Designation Act

Oct 29, 1998 · Pub. L. 105-307

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.