Second Administration Inauguration: January 20, 1985; The Capitol, Washington, D.C. Vice President: George Bush Secretary of State: George P. Schultz Secretary of the Treasury: Donald T. Regan; James A. Baker, III (from February 25, 1985); Nicholas F. Brady (from August 18, 1988) Secretary of Defense: Caspar W. Weinberger Attorney General: William French Smith; Edwin Meese, III (from February 25, 1985); Richard L. Thornburgh (from August 12, 1988) Secretary of the Interior: William P. Clark; Donald P. Hodel (from February 7, 1985) Secretary of Agriculture: John R. Block; Richard E. Lyng (from March 7, 1986) Secretary of Commerce: Malcolm Baldridge; C. William Verity, Jr. (from October 19, 1987) Secretary of Labor: Raymond J. Donovan; William E. Brock, III (from April 29, 1985); Ann Dore McLaughlin (from December 17, 1987) Secretary of Health and Human Services: Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler; Otis R. Bowen (from December 13, 1985) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Samuel R. Pierce Secretary of Transportation: Elizabeth H. Dole; James H. Burnley, IV (from December 3, 1987) Secretary of Energy: Donald P. Hodel; John S. Herrington (from February 7, 1985) Secretary of Education: Terrel H. Bell; William J. Bennett (from February 7, 1985); Lauro F. Cavazos, Jr. (from September 20, 1988) Supreme Court Appointments: William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice (1986); Antonin Scalia (1986); Anthony M. Kennedy (1988) Congress #99 (January 3, 1985-October 18, 1986): Senate: 53 Republicans; 47 Democrats House: 253 Democrats; 182 Republicans Congress #100 (January 6, 1987-October 22, 1988): Senate: 55 Democrats; 45 Republicans House: 258 Democrats; 177 Republicans
| Election of 1984 | | Candidates | Electoral Vote | | Popular Vote | Ronald W. Reagan (Republican) | 525 | | 54,577,075 | Walter F. Mondale (Democratic) | 13 | | 37,577,185 |
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