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The United States on January 9, 2002

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 Walker Bush R · since Jan 20, 2001

Senate

51 D · 49 R

100 senators · 107th Congress

House

222 R · 212 D

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.7%

Dec 2001 · $1 then ≈ $1.91 today

Public debt

$5.92T

as of Jan 9, 2002 · 1 armed conflict

2002-01-09/executiveThe administration

President George Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 2001

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney R

Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet D

since Dec 15, 1996

Secretary of the Treasury Paul H. O'Neill R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Education Rod Paige R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of State Colin Powell R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans R

since Jan 20, 2001

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao R

since Jan 20, 2001

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels R

since Jan 23, 2001

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi R

since Jan 23, 2001

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martínez R

since Jan 24, 2001

Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta D

since Jan 25, 2001

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman R

since Jan 31, 2001

Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton R

since Jan 31, 2001

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson R

since Feb 2, 2001

Attorney General John Ashcroft R

since Feb 2, 2001

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick R

since Feb 7, 2001

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Hector Barreto R

since Jul 25, 2001

Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte R

since Sep 19, 2001

2002-01-09/congress107th Congress

Senate · 51 D · 49 R

House · 222 R · 212 D · 1 I

2002-01-09/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

2002-01-09/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War against al-Qaida

since Sep 11, 2001 · U.S. principal party

2002-01-09/weekWithin a week · Jan 2, 2002 – Jan 16, 2002

Law Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act

Jan 4, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-109

Order Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

Jan 7, 2002 · EO 13252

Law No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Jan 8, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-110

Law African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001

Jan 8, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-111

Law Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001

Jan 8, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-112

Law District of Columbia Police Coordination Amendment Act of 2001

Jan 8, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-113

Law District of Columbia Family Court Act of 2001

Jan 8, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-114

Ruling Dusenbery v. United States

Jan 8, 2002 · 534 U.S. 161

Ruling Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company v. Knudson

Jan 8, 2002 · 534 U.S. 204

Ruling Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Ella Williams

Jan 8, 2002 · 534 U.S. 184

Ruling Kelly v. South Carolina

Jan 9, 2002 · 534 U.S. 246

Ruling Elaine L. Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.

Jan 9, 2002 · 534 U.S. 235

Law Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002

Jan 10, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-115

Law Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002

Jan 10, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-116

Law Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002

Jan 10, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-117

Law Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act

Jan 11, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-118

Law Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 2001

Jan 15, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-119

Law Small Business Liability Protection Act

Jan 15, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-120

Law Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act of 2001

Jan 15, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-121

Law Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001

Jan 15, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-122

Ruling United States v. Arvizu

Jan 15, 2002 · 534 U.S. 266

Ruling Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc.

Jan 15, 2002 · 534 U.S. 279

Ruling Caren Cronk Thomas and Windy City Hemp Development Board v. Chicago Park District

Jan 15, 2002 · 534 U.S. 316

Law Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-123

Law Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2001

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-128

Order Amendment to Executive Order 13223, Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the

Jan 16, 2002 · EO 13253

Law An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of treaty traders and treaty investors

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-124

Law An act to provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees, and to reduce the period of time during which certain intracompany transferees have to be continuously employed before applying for admission to the United States

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-125

Law An act to extend for 4 years, through December 31, 2005, the authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-126

Law An act to designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-130

Law An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the reporting requirements relating to higher education tuition and related expenses

Jan 16, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-131

Ruling National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc. v. Gulf Power Company

Jan 16, 2002 · 534 U.S. 327

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.