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The United States on November 22, 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

50 D · 49 R

100 senators · 107th Congress

House

223 R · 209 D

432 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.7%

Oct 2002 · $1 then ≈ $1.86 today

Public debt

$6.33T

as of Nov 22, 2002 · 1 armed conflict

2002-11-22/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

2002-11-22/congress107th Congress

Senate · 50 D · 49 R · 1 I

House · 223 R · 209 D

2002-11-22/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

2002-11-22/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War against al-Qaida

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

2002-11-22/weekWithin a week · Nov 15, 2002 – Nov 29, 2002

Order Delegation of Responsibilities Concerning Undocumented Aliens Interdicted or Intercepted in the Caribbean Region

Nov 15, 2002 · EO 13276

Order Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Act of 2002

Nov 19, 2002 · EO 13277

Law Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes

Nov 23, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-294

Agency + United States Department of Homeland Security

Nov 25, 2002 · executive_department

Law Homeland Security Act of 2002

Nov 25, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-296

Law Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002

Nov 25, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-295

Law Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-297

Law Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-298

Law National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-299

Law Improper Payments Information Act of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-300

Law Improper Payments Reduction Act of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-301

Law Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002

Nov 26, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-302

Justice Michael W. McConnell — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Nov 26, 2002 · Tenth Circuit

Justice John M. Rogers — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Nov 26, 2002 · Sixth Circuit

Justice Dennis W. Shedd — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Nov 26, 2002 · Fourth Circuit

Law Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002

Nov 27, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-303

Law Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Program Act of 2002

Nov 27, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-304

Law Cyber Security Research and Development Act

Nov 27, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-305

Law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003

Nov 27, 2002 · Pub. L. 107-306

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.