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The United States on November 3, 2008

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

51 D · 49 R

100 senators · 110th Congress

House

235 D · 199 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

27 amendments in force

Unemployment

6.5%

Oct 2008 · $1 then ≈ $1.56 today

Public debt

$10.6T

as of Nov 3, 2008 · 3 armed conflicts

2008-11-03/executiveThe administration

President George Walker Bush R

since Jan 20, 2005

Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney R

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao R

since Jan 20, 2001

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings R

since Jan 20, 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

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez R

since Feb 7, 2005

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff R

since Feb 15, 2005

White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten R

since Apr 14, 2006

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden I

since May 30, 2006

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne R

since Jun 7, 2006

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson R

since Jul 10, 2006

Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters R

since Oct 17, 2006

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates R

since Dec 18, 2006

Director of National Intelligence John Michael McConnell

since Feb 20, 2007

Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad R

since Apr 30, 2007

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jim Nussle R

since Sep 4, 2007

Attorney General Michael Mukasey R

since Nov 9, 2007

Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake R

since Dec 20, 2007

Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer R

since Jan 28, 2008

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston R

since Jun 4, 2008

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Sandy Baruah R

since Jun 5, 2008

2008-11-03/congress110th Congress

Senate · 51 D · 49 R

House · 235 D · 199 R

2008-11-03/supreme-courtThe bench

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

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

Samuel A. Alito, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by George W. Bush · since Jan 31, 2006

2008-11-03/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

2008-11-03/weekWithin a week · Oct 27, 2008 – Nov 10, 2008

Order Settlement of Claims Against Libya

Oct 31, 2008 · EO 13477

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.