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The United States on September 4, 2004

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 R · 49 D

100 senators · 108th Congress

House

228 R · 206 D

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.4%

Aug 2004 · $1 then ≈ $1.78 today

Public debt

$7.37T

as of Sep 3, 2004 · 3 armed conflicts

2004-09-04/executiveThe administration

President George Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 2001

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney R

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

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi R

since Jan 23, 2001

Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta D

since Jan 25, 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

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge R

since Jan 24, 2003

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow R

since Feb 3, 2003

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Joshua Bolten R

since Jun 6, 2003

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson R

since Nov 1, 2003

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Mike Leavitt R

since Nov 6, 2003

Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth R

since Jul 23, 2004

2004-09-04/congress108th Congress

Senate · 51 R · 49 D

House · 228 R · 206 D

2004-09-04/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

2004-09-04/militaryArmed conflicts under way

War against al-Qaida

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

War in Afghanistan (Taliban insurgency)

since Jan 1, 2003 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

Iraq: insurgency and war against IS

since Jan 18, 2004 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

2004-09-04/weekWithin a week · Aug 28, 2004 – Sep 11, 2004

Law Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2004

Sep 8, 2004 · Pub. L. 108-303

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.