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The United States on October 21, 2005

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, 2005

Senate

55 R · 45 D

100 senators · 109th Congress

House

231 R · 203 D

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

Sep 2005 · $1 then ≈ $1.69 today

Public debt

$8.01T

as of Oct 21, 2005 · 3 armed conflicts

2005-10-21/executiveThe administration

President George Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 2005

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney R

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 Transportation Norman Mineta D

since Jan 25, 2001

Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton R

since Jan 31, 2001

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Hector Barreto R

since Jul 25, 2001

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

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings R

since Jan 20, 2005

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns R

since Jan 21, 2005

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson R

since Jan 26, 2005

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Stephen L. Johnson R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice R

since Jan 26, 2005

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman R

since Jan 31, 2005

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales R

since Feb 3, 2005

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez R

since Feb 7, 2005

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff R

since Feb 15, 2005

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Porter Goss R

since Apr 21, 2005

Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte R

since Apr 21, 2005

Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton R

since Aug 1, 2005

2005-10-21/congress109th Congress

Senate · 55 R · 45 D

House · 231 R · 203 D

2005-10-21/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

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

John Glover Roberts, Jr. R

Chief Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Sep 29, 2005

2005-10-21/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

2005-10-21/weekWithin a week · Oct 14, 2005 – Oct 28, 2005

Order 2005 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Oct 14, 2005 · EO 13387

Law Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006

Oct 18, 2005 · Pub. L. 109-90

Law QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005

Oct 20, 2005 · Pub. L. 109-91

Order Further Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information To Protect Americans

Oct 25, 2005 · EO 13388

Law Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

Oct 26, 2005 · Pub. L. 109-92

Law Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005

Oct 26, 2005 · Pub. L. 109-93

Law Ojito Wilderness Act

Oct 26, 2005 · Pub. L. 109-94

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.