1987

Events

 * January 3:
 * James Inhofe becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Jon Kyl becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * John McCain becomes Senator of Arizona
 * January 17:
 * John Browder becomes Alabama Secretary of State
 * May 26:
 * William Webster becomes Director of Central Intelligence
 * November 2:
 * William Sessions becomes Director of the FBI
 * December 28:
 * Samuel Alito becomes United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

Deaths

 * May 6:
 * William Joseph Casey - Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)