[Table 7-6]
CABINET NOMINATIONS, Since 1789
President/
Nominee
Position
Date of
Nomination 1
Confirmation
or Other Action 2
WASHINGTON_________________________________________________________________________
Edmund Randolph
Attorney General
Sept. 25, 1789
Sept. 26, 1789
William Bradford
Attorney General
Jan. 24, 1794
Jan. 27, 1794
Charles Lee
Attorney General
Dec. 9, 1795
Dec. 10, 1795
Samuel Osgood
Postmaster General Sept. 25, 1789
Sept. 26, 1789
Timothy Pickering
Postmaster General Nov. 1, 1789
Nov. 7, 1789
Joseph Habersham
Postmaster General Feb. 24, 1795
Feb. 25, 1795
Thomas Jefferson
State
Sept. 25, 1789
Sept. 26, 1789
Edmund Randolph
State
Jan. 1, 1794
Jan. 2, 1794
Timothy Pickering
State
Dec. 9, 1795
Dec. 10, 1795
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Sept. 11, 1789
Sept. 11, 1789
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Treasury
Feb. 2, 1795
Feb. 3, 1795
Henry Knox
War
Sept. 11, 1789
Sept. 12, 1789
Timothy Pickering
War
Jan. 2, 1795
Jan. 2, 1795
James McHenry
War
Jan. 26, 1796
Jan. 27, 1796
Total Cabinet nominations = 14
ADAMS________________________________________________________________________________
Charles Lee
Attorney General
continued
*
[Theophilus Parsons
Attorney General
Feb. 18, 1801
Feb. 20, 1801
D]
Benjamin Stoddert
Navy
May 18, 1798
May 21, 1798
Joseph Habersham
Postmaster General continued
*
Timothy Pickering
State
continued
*
John Marshall
State
May 12, 1800
May 13, 1800
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Treasury
continued
*
Samuel Dexter
Treasury
Dec. 30, 1800
Dec. 31, 1800
James McHenry
War
continued
*
Samuel Dexter
War
May 12, 1800
May 13, 1800
[Lucius Stockton
War
Jan. 15, 1801
Jan. 29, 1801
W]
Roger Griswold
War
Jan. 29, 1801
Feb. 3, 1801
25-5
Total Cabinet nominations =7
JEFFERSON____________________________________________________________________________
Levi Lincoln
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1801
Mar. 5 1801
[Robert Smith
Attorney General
Mar. 2, 1805
Mar. 2, 1805
D]
John Breckinridge
Attorney General
Dec. 20, 1805
Dec. 23, 1805
1
The date on the president’s nomination letter to the Senate. Some nominees may have already been serving under
a recess appointment before their formal nomination. The list does not include those who never served whose nominations
were publicly announced by the president but never formally submitted to the Senate. Those who held office under recess
appointments but were never submitted to the Senate are indicated by footnotes.
2 Where no vote is listed, confirmation was by voice vote or otherwise unrecorded. See key to symbols at end of
table.
President/
Nominee
Position
Caesar A. Rodney
Attorney General
Benjamin Stoddert
Navy
Robert Smith
Navy
[Jacob Crowninshield
Navy
Joseph Habersham
Postmaster General
Gideon Granger
Postmaster General
James Madison
State
Samuel Dexter
Treasury
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
Henry Dearborn
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 10
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 15, 1807
continued
Jan. 6, 1802
Mar. 2, 1805
continued
Jan. 6, 1802
Mar. 5, 1801
continued
Jan. 6, 1802
Mar. 5, 1801
Jan. 20, 1807
*
Jan. 26, 1802
Mar. 2, 1805
*
Jan. 6, 1802
Mar. 5, 1801
*
Jan. 26, 1802
Mar. 5, 1801
D]
MADISON______________________________________________________________________________
Caesar A. Rodney
Attorney General
continued
*
William Pinkney
Attorney General
Dec. 10, 1811
Dec. 11, 1811
Richard Rush
Attorney General
Feb. 8, 1814
Feb. 10, 1814
23-6
Paul Hamilton
Navy
Mar. 7, 1809
Mar. 7, 1809
William Jones
Navy
Jan. 8, 1813
Jan. 12, 1813
Benjamin W. Crowninshield Navy
Dec. 16?, 1814
Dec. 19, 1814
18-9
Gideon Granger
Postmaster General continued
*
Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Postmaster General Feb. 25, 1814
Mar. 17, 1814
Robert Smith
State
Mar. 6, 1809
Mar. 6, 1809
James Monroe
State
Nov. 13, 1811
Nov. 25, 1811 30-0
James Monroe
State
Feb. 27, 1815
Feb. 28, 1815
Albert Gallatin
Treasury
continued
*
George W. Campbell
Treasury
Feb. 8, 1814
Feb. 9, 1814
Alexander J. Dallas
Treasury
Oct. 5, 1814
Oct. 6, 1814
3
William H. Crawford
Treasury
----William Eustis
War
Mar. 6, 1809
Mar. 6, 1809
John Armstrong
War
Jan. 8, 1813
Jan. 13, 1813
18-15
James Monroe
War
Sept. 26, 1814
Sept. 27, 1814 24-2
[Henry Dearborn
War
Mar. 1, 1815
Mar. 2, 1815
W]
William H. Crawford
War
Mar. 2, 1815
Mar. 3, 1815
Total Cabinet nominations = 16
MONROE______________________________________________________________________________
Richard Rush
Attorney General
continued
*
William Wirt
Attorney General
Dec. 12, 1817
Dec. 15, 1817
Benjamin W. Crowninshield Navy
continued
*
4
Smith Thompson
Navy
Nov. 27, 1818
Nov. 30, 1818
Samuel L. Southard
Navy
Dec. 5, 1823
Dec. 9, 1823
Return J. Meigs, Jr.
Postmaster General continued
*
John McLean
Postmaster General Dec. 8, 1823
Dec. 9, 1823
3
A recess appointment in October 1816; continued to serve until officially nominated to the same position
by Monroe in March 1817.
4
Date the nomination was received by the Senate, since the nomination letter was undated.
President/
Nominee
Position
John Q. Adams
State
William H. Crawford
Treasury
War
[Isaac Shelby 5
John C. Calhoun
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 8
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Mar. 5, 1817
continued/Mar. 5, 1817
Mar. 5, 1817
Dec. 12, 1817
Mar. 5, 1817
*/Mar. 5, 1817
Mar. 5, 1817]
Dec. 15, 1817
29-1
J.Q. ADAMS____________________________________________________________________________
William Wirt
Attorney General
continued
*
Samuel Southard
Navy
continued
*
John McLean
Postmaster General continued
*
Henry Clay
State
Mar. 5, 1825
Mar. 7, 1825
27-14
Richard Rush
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1825
Mar. 7, 1825
James Barbour
War
Mar. 5, 1825
Mar. 7, 1825
Peter B. Porter
War
May 24, 1828
May 26, 1828
22-11
Total Cabinet nominations = 4
JACKSON________________________________________________________________________________
John M. Berrien
Attorney General
Mar. 9, 1829
Mar. 9, 1829
Roger B. Taney
Attorney General
Dec. 7, 1831
Dec. 27, 1831
Benjamin F. Butler
Attorney General
June 23, 1834
June 24, 1834
John Branch
Navy
Mar. 9, 1829
Mar. 9, 1829
Levi Woodbury
Navy
Dec. 7, 1831
Dec. 27, 1831
Mahlon Dickerson
Navy
June 28, 1834
June 30, 1834
William T. Barry
Postmaster General Mar. 9, 1829
Mar. 9, 1829
Amos Kendall
Postmaster General Dec. 28, 1835
Mar. 15, 1836 25-7
Martin Van Buren
State
Mar. 6, 1829
Mar. 6, 1829
Edward Livingston
State
Dec. 7, 1831
Jan. 12, 1832
6
Louis McLane
State
----John Forsyth
State
June 27, 1834
June 27, 1834
Samuel D. Ingham
Treasury
Mar. 6, 1829
Mar. 6, 1829
Louis McLane
Treasury
Dec. 7, 1831
Jan. 13, 1832
William J. Duane 7
Treasury
----[Roger B. Taney
Treasury
June 23, 1834
June 24, 1834
18-28 R]
Levi Woodbury
Treasury
June 27, 1834
June 27, 1834
John H. Eaton
War
Mar. 9, 1829
Mar. 9, 1829
Lewis Cass
War
Dec. 7, 1831
Dec. 30, 1831
Benjamin F. Butler
War
Mar. 3, 1837
Mar. 3, 1837
Total Cabinet nominations = 18
5
Nominated and confirmed according to the Senate Executive Journal, but there is no indication in lists of
cabinet members that he ever served. Calhoun received a recess appointment to the office in October 1817.
6 This appears to have been a recess appointment that was never submitted to the Senate. McLane served
from May 1833 until replaced by Forsyth.
7 This was a recess appointment that was never submitted to the Senate. Duane served from June 1833
until he was replaced by Taney--also a recess appointment--in September 1833. As indicated in the list, when
Taney's nomination was eventually submitted to the Senate, it was rejected.
President/
Nominee
Position
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
VAN BUREN__________________________________________________________________________
Benjamin F. Butler
Attorney General
continued
*
Felix Grundy
Attorney General
July 5, 1838
July 5, 1838
Henry D. Gilpin
Attorney General
Jan. 8, 1840
Jan. 10, 1840
Mahlon Dickerson
Navy
continued
*
James K. Paulding
Navy
June 15, 1838
June 20, 1838
Amos Kendall
Postmaster General continued
*
John M. Niles
Postmaster General May 16, 1840
May 18, 1840
John Forsyth
State
continued
*
Levi Woodbury
Treasury
continued
*
Joel R. Poinsett
War
Mar. 7, 1837
Mar. 7, 1837
Total Cabinet nominations = 5
W. H. HARRISON______________________________________________________________________
John J. Crittenden
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
George E. Badger
Navy
Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
Francis Granger
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
Daniel Webster
State
Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
Thomas Ewing
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
John Bell
War
Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 5, 1841
Total Cabinet nominations = 6
TYLER________________________________________________________________________________
John J. Crittenden
Attorney General
continued
*
Hugh S. Legare
Attorney General
Sept. 11, 1841
Sept. 13, 1841
John Nelson
Attorney General
Dec. 6, 1843
Jan. 2, 1844
George E. Badger
Navy
continued
*
Abel P. Upshur
Navy
Sept. 11, 1841
Sept. 13, 1841 23-5
[David Henshaw
Navy
Dec. 6, 1843
Jan. 15, 1844
8-34 R]
Thomas W. Gilmer
Navy
Feb. 15, 1844
Feb. 15, 1844
John Y. Mason
Navy
Mar. 13, 1844
Mar. 14, 1844
Francis Granger
Postmaster General continued
*
Charles Wickliffe
Postmaster General Sept. 13, 1841
Sept. 13, 1841
Daniel Webster
State
continued
*
Abel P. Upshur
State
Dec. 6, 1843
Jan. 2, 1844
John C. Calhoun
State
Mar. 6, 1844
Mar. 6, 1844
Thomas Ewing
Treasury
continued
*
Walter Forward
Treasury
Sept. 11, 1841
Sept. 13, 1841
[Caleb Cushing
Treasury
Mar. 2, 1843
Mar. 3, 1843
19-27 R]
[Caleb Cushing
Treasury
Mar. 3, 1843
Mar. 3, 1843
10-27 R]
[Caleb Cushing
Treasury
Mar. 3, 1843
Mar. 3, 1843
2-29 R]
John C. Spencer
Treasury
Mar. 3, 1843
Mar. 3, 1843
22-20
[James S. Green
Treasury
June 14, 1844
June 15,1844
R]
George M. Bibb
Treasury
June 15, 1844
June 15, 1844
John Bell
War
continued
*
[John McLean
War
Sept. 11, 1841
Sept. 13, 1841 D]
John C. Spencer
War
Dec. 13, 1841
Dec. 20, 1841
President/
Nominee
Position
[James M. Porter
War
William Wilkins
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 20
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Dec. 6, 1843
Feb. 15, 1844
Jan. 30, 1844
Feb. 15, 1844
3-38 R]
POLK_________________________________________________________________________________
John Y. Mason
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 5, 1845
Nathan Clifford
Attorney General
Dec. 14, 1846
Dec. 23, 1846
Isaac Toucey
Attorney General
June 15, 1848
June 21, 1848
George Bancroft
Navy
Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 10, 1845
John Y. Mason
Navy
Dec. 14, 1846
Dec. 17, 1846
Cave Johnson
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 5, 1845
James Buchanan
State
Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 5, 1845
Robert J. Walker
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 5, 1845
William L. Marcy
War
Mar. 5, 1845
Mar. 5, 1845
Total Cabinet nominations = 9
TAYLOR______________________________________________________________________________
Thomas Ewing
Interior
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
Reverdy Johnson
Attorney General
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
William B. Preston
Navy
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
Postmaster General Mar. 6, 1849
Mar., 7, 1849
Jacob Collamer 8
John M. Clayton
State
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
William M. Meredith
Treasury
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
George W. Crawford
War
Mar. 6, 1849
Mar. 7, 1849
Total Cabinet nominations = 7
FILLMORE____________________________________________________________________________
[James A. Pearce
Interior
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
D?**]
Thomas M.T. McKennon
Interior
Aug. 15, 1850
Aug. 15, 1850
Alexander H.H. Stuart
Interior
Sept. 11, 1850
Sept. 12, 1850
John J. Crittenden
Attorney General
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
William A. Graham
Navy
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
John P. Kennedy
Navy
July 22, 1852
July 22, 1852
Nathan K. Hall
Postmaster General July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
Samuel D. Hubbard
Postmaster General Aug. 31, 1852
Aug. 31, 1852
Daniel Webster
State
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
Edward Everett
State
Dec. 7, 1852
Dec. 9, 1852
Thomas Corwin
Treasury
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
9
[Edward Bates
War
July 20, 1850
July 20, 1850
D?]
Charles M. Conrad
War
Aug. 15, 1850
Aug. 15, 1850
Total Cabinet nominations = 13
8
9
A motion to recommit on March 7 failed 23-31.
Nominated and confirmed, according to the Senate Executive Journal, but there is no indication in lists of
cabinet members that they ever served, and replacements were nominated within a month.
President/
Nominee
Position
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
PIERCE_______________________________________________________________________________
Robert McClelland
Interior
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
Caleb Cushing
Attorney General
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
James C. Dobbin
Navy
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
James Campbell
Postmaster General Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
William L. Marcy
State
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
James Guthrie
Treasury
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
Jefferson Davis
War
Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 7, 1853
Total Cabinet nominations = 7
BUCHANAN___________________________________________________________________________
Jacob Thompson
Interior
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Jeremiah S. Black
Attorney General
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Edwin M. Stanton
Attorney General
Dec. 19, 1860
Dec. 20, 1860
Isaac Toucey
Navy
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Aaron V. Brown
Postmaster General Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Joseph Holt
Postmaster General Mar. 9, 1859
Mar. 9, 1859
Horatio King
Postmaster General Feb. 1, 1861
Feb. 12, 1861
Lewis Cass
State
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Jeremiah S. Black
State
Dec. 16, 1860
Dec. 17, 1860
Howell Cobb
Treasury
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Philip F. Thomas
Treasury
Dec. 10, 1860
Dec. 12, 1860
John A. Dix
Treasury
Jan. 11, 1861
Jan. 11, 1861
John B. Floyd
War
Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857
Joseph Holt
War
Jan. 17, 1861
Jan. 18, 1861
38-13
Total Cabinet nominations = 14
LINCOLN______________________________________________________________________________
Caleb B. Smith
Interior
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
John P. Usher
Interior
Jan. 5, 1863
Jan. 8, 1863
James Harlan
Interior
Mar. 9, 1865
Mar. 9, 1865
Edward Bates
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
40-5
James Speed
Attorney General
Dec. 5, 1864
Dec. 12, 1864
Gideon Welles
Navy
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
Montgomery Blair
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
41-4
William Dennison
Postmaster General Dec. 6, 1864
Dec. 8, 1864
William H. Seward
State
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
Salmon P. Chase
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
[David Tod
Treasury
June 30, 1864
July 1, 1864
D/W]
William P. Fessenden
Treasury
July 1, 1864
July 1, 1864
[Edwin D. Morgan
Treasury
Feb. 13, 1865
Feb. 13, 1865
W]
Hugh McCulloch
Treasury
Mar. 6, 1865
Mar. 7, 1865
Simon Cameron
War
Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 5, 1861
Edwin M. Stanton
War
Jan. 13, 1862
Jan. 15, 1862
38-2
Total Cabinet nominations = 16
A. JOHNSON__________________________________________________________________________
President/
Nominee
Position
John P. Usher
Interior
Orville H. Browning
Interior
James Speed
Attorney General
Henry Stanbery
Attorney General
[Henry Stanbery 10
Attorney General
William M. Evarts
Attorney General
Gideon Welles
Navy
William Dennison
Postmaster General
Alexander W. Randall
Postmaster General
William H. Seward
State
Hugh McCulloch
Treasury
War
Edwin M. Stanton 11
[Lorenzo Thomas
War
John M. Schofield
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 7
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
continued
July 27, 1866
continued
July 20, 1866
May 27, 1868
June 22, 1868
continued
continued
July 14, 1866
continued
continued
continued
Feb. 21, 1868
Apr. 23, 1868
*
July 27, 1866
*
July 23, 1866
June 2, 1868
July 15, 1868
*
*
July 25, 1866
*
*
*
no action]
May 30, 1868
11-29 R]
27-7
33-5
35-2
GRANT________________________________________________________________________________
Jacob D. Cox
Interior
Mar. 5, 1869
Mar. 5, 1869
Columbus Delano
Interior
12/6/1870, 3/17/1873 12
12/8/1870, 3/17/1873
Zachariah Chandler
Interior
Dec. 8, 1875
Dec. 9, 1875
37-8
Ebenezer R. Hoar
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1869
Mar. 5, 1869
Amos T. Akerman
Attorney General
June 16, 1870
June 23, 1870
George H. Williams
Attorney General
12/14/1871, 3/17/1873
12/14/1871, 3/17/1873
[Benjamin H. Bristow
Attorney General
Dec. 1, 1873
Jan. 8, 1874
W]
Edwards Pierrepont
Attorney General
Dec. 8, 1875
Dec. 9, 1875
Alphonso Taft
Attorney General
May 22, 1876
May 22, 1876
Adolph E. Borie
Navy
Mar. 5, 1869
Mar. 5, 1869
George M. Robeson
Navy
12/6/1869, 3/17/1873
12/8/1869, 3/17/1873
John A.J. Creswell
Postmaster General 3/5/1869, 3/17/1873
3/5/1869, 3/17/1873
James W. Marshall 13
Postmaster General ------Marshall Jewell
Postmaster General Dec. 7, 1874
Dec. 15, 1874
James N. Tyner
Postmaster General July 11, 1876
July 12, 1876
Elihu B. Washburne
State
Mar. 5, 1869
Mar. 5, 1869
Hamilton Fish
State
3/11/1869, 3/17/1873
3/11/1869, 3/17/1873
10
Stanbery left his position as attorney general to serve as counsel to President Andrew Johnson in his
impeachment trial. When Johnson again nominated Stanbery as attorney general after the trial, the Senate rejected
the nomination.
11 President Johnson sought to replace Secretary Stanton in 1867, but Stanton refused to resign, citing the
Tenure of Office Act. Suspended on August 18, 1867, Stanton was reinstated on January 13, 1868.
12 Second dates indicate a renomination and reconfirmation at beginning of a second presidential term,
under provisions of the Tenure of Office Act, which limited cabinet officers to a four-year term unless they were
renominated and reconfirmed. The act was in effect from 1867 to 1887, when it was repealed. Presidents continued
to renominate cabinet officers they wished to continue for a second term until President Woodrow Wilson stopped
the practice in 1919.
13 Apparently a recess appointment serving during July and August 1874 but nomination was never
submitted to Senate; succeeded by Marshall Jewell, who began serving in September with his nomination
submitted to the Senate at the next session beginning in December 1874.
President/
Nominee
Position
[Alexander T. Stewart
Treasury
George S. Boutwell
Treasury
William A. Richardson
Treasury
Benjamin H. Bristow
Treasury
Lot M. Morrill
Treasury
John A. Rawlins
War
William T. Sherman 14
War
William W. Belknap
War
Alphonso Taft
War
James D. Cameron
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 31
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Mar. 5, 1869
Mar. 11, 1869
Mar. 17, 1873
June 1, 1874
June 21, 1876
Mar. 11, 1869
---12/6/1869, 3/17/1873
Mar. 7, 1876
May 22, 1876
Mar. 5, 1869
D]
Mar. 11, 1869
Mar. 17, 1873
June 2, 1874
June 21, 1876
Mar. 11, 1869
---12/8/1869, 3/17/1873
Mar. 8, 1876
May 22, 1876
HAYES_______________________________________________________________________________
Carl Schurz
Interior
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877 55-1
Charles Devens
Attorney General
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877
Richard W. Thompson
Navy
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877
Nathan Goff, Jr.
Navy
Jan. 6, 1881
Jan. 6, 1881
David M. Key
Postmaster General Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877 58-2
Horace Maynard
Postmaster General May 19, 1880
June 2, 1880
27-14
William M. Evarts
State
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877 44-2
John Sherman
Treasury
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 8, 1877
37-11
George W. McCrary
War
Mar. 7, 1877
Mar. 10, 1877
Alexander Ramsey
War
Dec. 10, 1879
Dec. 10, 1879
Total Cabinet nominations = 10
GARFIELD____________________________________________________________________________
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Interior
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
Wayne MacVeagh
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
William H. Hunt
Navy
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
Thomas L. James
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
James G. Blaine
State
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
William Windom
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
Robert T. Lincoln
War
Mar. 5, 1881
Mar. 5, 1881
Total Cabinet nominations = 7
ARTHUR_____________________________________________________________________________
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Interior
continued
*
Henry M. Teller
Interior
Apr. 6, 1882
Apr. 6, 1882
Wayne MacVeagh
Attorney General
continued
*
Benjamin H. Brewster
Attorney General
Dec. 16, 1881
Dec. 19, 1881
William H. Hunt
Navy
continued
*
William E. Chandler
Navy
Apr. 6, 1882
Apr. 12, 1882
28-16
Thomas L. James
Postmaster General Oct. 27, 1881
Oct. 27, 1881
Timothy O. Howe
Postmaster General Dec. 20, 1881
Dec. 20, 1881
14
Apparently a recess appointment. Served in September and October 1869, but nomination was never
submitted to Senate.
President/
Nominee
Position
Walter Q. Gresham
Postmaster General
Frank Hatton
Postmaster General
James G. Blaine
State
F. T. Frelinghuysen
Department
William Windom
Treasury
[Edwin D. Morgan
Treasury
Charles J. Folger
Treasury
Walter Q. Gresham 15
Treasury
Hugh McCulloch
Treasury
Robert T. Lincoln
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 11
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Dec. 5, 1883
Dec. 2, 1884
continued
Dec. 12, 1881
continued
Oct. 24, 1881
Oct. 27, 1881
--Dec. 3, 1884
continued
Dec. 11, 1883
Dec. 4, 1884
*
Dec. 12, 1881
*
Oct. 24, 1881
Oct. 27, 1881
--Dec. 18, 1884
*
D]
50-1
CLEVELAND__________________________________________________________________________
Norman J. Colman
Agriculture
Feb. 11, 1889
Feb. 13, 1889
Lucius Q.C. Lamar
Interior
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
William F. Vilas
Interior
Dec. 6, 1887
Jan. 16, 1888
Augustus H. Garland
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
William C. Whitney
Navy
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
William F. Vilas
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
Don M. Dickinson
Postmaster General Dec. 6, 1887
Jan. 16, 1888
Thomas F. Bayard
State
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
Daniel Manning
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
Charles S. Fairchild
Treasury
Dec. 6, 1887
Dec. 15, 1887
William C. Endicott
War
Mar. 5, 1885
Mar. 6, 1885
Total Cabinet nominations = 11
B. HARRISON_________________________________________________________________________
Jeremiah M. Rusk
Agriculture
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
John W. Noble
Interior
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
William H. H. Miller
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
Benjamin F. Tracy
Navy
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
John Wanamaker
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
James G. Blaine
State
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
John W. Foster
State
June 29, 1892
June 29, 1892
William Windom
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
Charles Foster
Treasury
Feb. 23, 1891
Feb. 24, 1891
Redfield Proctor
War
Mar. 5, 1889
Mar. 5, 1889
Stephen B. Elkins
War
Dec. 17, 1891
Dec. 22, 1891
Total Cabinet nominations = 11
CLEVELAND__________________________________________________________________________
Julius S. Morton
Agriculture
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
Hoke Smith
Interior
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
David R. Francis
Interior
Dec. 8, 1896
Jan. 18, 1897
15
A recess appointment in September 1884 but never submitted to Senate; served only until October when
McCulloch took over the post.
President/
Nominee
Position
Richard Olney
Attorney General
Judson Harmon
Attorney General
Hilary A. Herbert
Navy
Wilson S. Bissell
Postmaster General
William L. Wilson
Postmaster General
Walter Q. Gresham
State
Richard Olney
State
John G. Carlisle
Treasury
Daniel S. Lamont
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 12
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Mar. 6, 1893
Dec. 3, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
Feb. 28, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Dec. 3, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
Dec. 3, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 1, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Dec. 3, 1895
Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 6, 1893
MCKINLEY____________________________________________________________________________
James Wilson
Agriculture
Mar. 5, 1897/Mar. 5, 1901 Mar. 5, 1897/Mar. 5, 1901
Cornelius N. Bliss
Interior
Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 5, 1897
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Interior
Dec. 21,1898/Mar.5,1901 Dec. 21, 1898,/Mar. 5, 1901
Joseph McKenna
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 5, 1897
John W. Griggs
Attorney General
Jan. 22,1898/Mar. 5,1901 Jan. 25, 1898,Mar.5, 1901
Philander C. Knox
Attorney General
Dec. 4, 1901
Dec. 16, 1901
John D. Long
Navy
Mar.5,1897/Mar.5,1901
Mar. 5, 1897/Mar. 5, 1901
James A. Gary
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 5, 1897
Charles E. Smith
Postmaster General Apr. 21,1898/Mar. 5,1901 Apr. 21, 1898/Mar. 5, 1901
John Sherman
State
Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 5, 1897
William R. Day
State
Apr. 26, 1898
Apr. 26, 1898
John Hay
State
Dec. 6,1898/Mar. 5,1901 Dec. 7, 1898/Mar. 5, 1901
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Mar. 5,1897/Mar. 5,1901 Mar. 5, 1897/Mar.5, 1901
Russell A. Alger
War
Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 5, 1897
Elihu Root
War
Dec. 6,1899/Mar. 5,1901 Dec. 6, 1899/Mar. 5, 1901
Total Cabinet nominations = 23
T. ROOSEVELT________________________________________________________________________
James Wilson
Agriculture
continued/Mar. 6, 1905
*/Mar. 6, 1905
George B. Cortelyou
Commerce & Labor Feb. 16, 1903
Feb. 16, 1903
Victor H. Metcalf
Commerce & Labor Dec. 6,1904/Mar.6,1905 Dec. 7, 1904/Mar. 6, 1905
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce & Labor Dec. 3, 1906
Dec. 12, 1906
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Interior
continued/Mar.6, 1905
*/Mar. 6, 1905
James R. Garfield
Interior
Dec. 3, 1906/Dec.13, 1906 Jan. 15, 1907 16
Philander C. Knox
Attorney General
continued/Dec. 4, 1901
*/Dec. 16, 1901 17
William H. Moody
Attorney General
Dec. 6,1904/Mar.6,1905 Dec.7,1904/Mar.6, 1905
Charles J. Bonaparte
Attorney General
Dec. 3, 1906
Dec. 12, 1906
John D. Long
Navy
continued
*
William H. Moody
Navy
Apr. 29, 1902
Apr. 29, 1902
Paul Morton
Navy
Dec. 6,1904/Mar.6,1905 Dec. 7, 1904/Mar.6, 1905
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Dec. 5, 1905
Dec. 7, 1905
Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
Dec. 3, 1906
Dec. 12, 1906
16
17
Earlier nomination withdrawn and renominated; to take effect March 4, 1907.
Motion to recommit defeated 7-43, Dec. 16, 1901.
President/
Nominee
Position
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Charles E. Smith
Postmaster General
Henry C. Payne
Postmaster General
Robert J. Wynne
Postmaster General
George B. Cortelyou
Postmaster General
George von L. Meyer
Postmaster General
John Hay
State
Elihu Root
State
Robert Bacon
State
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Treasury
Elihu Root
War
William H. Taft
War
Luke E. Wright
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 33
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Dec. 8, 1908
continued
Jan. 7, 1902
Dec. 6, 1904
Mar. 6, 1905
Dec. 3,1906/Dec. 13,1906
continued, Mar. 6,1905
Dec. 5, 1905
Jan. 25, 1909
continued
Jan. 7,1902/Mar.6,1905
Dec. 3,1906/Dec.13,1906#
continued
Jan. 4,1904/Mar. 6,1905
Dec. 8, 1908
Dec. 9, 1908
*
Jan. 9, 1902
Dec. 7, 1904
Mar. 6, 1905
Jan. 15, 1907 18
*/Mar.6, 1905
Dec. 6, 1905
Jan. 27, 1909
*
Jan. 9, 1902, Mar. 6, 1905
Jan. 15, 1907
*
Jan. 11, 1904/Mar. 6, 1905
Dec. 9, 1908
TAFT__________________________________________________________________________________
James Wilson
Agriculture
continued/Mar. 5, 1909
*/Mar. 5, 1909
Charles Nagel
Commerce & Labor Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Walter L. Fisher
Interior
Apr. 10, 1911
Apr. 17, 1911
George W. Wickersham
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Frank H. Hitchcock
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Philander C. Knox
State
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Franklin MacVeagh
Treasury
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Jacob M. Dickinson
War
Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 5, 1909
Henry L. Stimson
War
May 15, 1911
May 16, 1911
Total Cabinet nominations = 11
WILSON_______________________________________________________________________________
David F. Houston
Agriculture
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
Edwin T. Meredith
Agriculture
Jan. 27, 1920
Jan. 31, 1920
William C. Redfield
Commerce
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
Joshua W. Alexander
Commerce
Dec. 4, 1919
Dec. 11, 1919
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
John B. Payne
Interior
Feb. 13, 1920
Feb. 28, 1920
James C. McReynolds
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
Thomas W. Gregory
Attorney General
Aug. 19, 1914
Aug. 29, 1914
A. Mitchell Palmer
Attorney General
Feb. 27,1919/May 23,1919 Aug. 29, 1919
William B. Wilson
Labor
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
Albert S. Burleson
Postmaster General Mar. 5,1913/Jan. 23,1918 Mar. 5, 1913/Jan. 24, 1918
William Jennings Bryan
State
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913
18
Earlier nomination withdrawn and renominated; to take effect March 4, 1907.
President/
Nominee
Position
Robert Lansing
State
Bainbridge Colby
State
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Carter Glass
Treasury
David F. Houston
Treasury
Lindley M. Garrison
War
Newton D. Baker
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 22
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Dec. 7, 1915
Feb. 25, 1920
Mar. 5, 1913
Dec. 3, 1918
Jan. 27, 1920
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 7, 1916
Dec. 13, 1915
Mar. 22, 1920
Mar. 5, 1913
Dec. 6, 1918
Jan. 31, 1920
Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 7, 1916
HARDING_____________________________________________________________________________
Henry C. Wallace
Agriculture
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Herbert C. Hoover
Commerce
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Hubert Work
Interior
Feb. 27, 1923
Feb. 27, 1923
Harry M. Daugherty
Attorney General
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
James J. Davis
Labor
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Edwin Denby
Navy
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Will H. Hays
Postmaster General Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Hubert Work
Postmaster General Mar. 2, 1922
Mar. 2, 1922
Harry S. New
Postmaster General Feb. 27, 1923
Feb. 27, 1923
Charles Evans Hughes
State
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
John W. Weeks
War
Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921
Total Cabinet nominations = 13
COOLIDGE____________________________________________________________________________
Henry C. Wallace
Agriculture
continued
*
Howard M. Gore
Agriculture
Dec. 2, 1924
Dec. 4, 1924
William M. Jardine
Agriculture
Feb. 14, 1925
Feb. 17, 1925
Herbert C. Hoover
Commerce
continued
*
William F. Whiting
Commerce
Dec. 6, 1928
Dec. 11, 1928
Hubert Work
Interior
continued
*
Roy O. West
Interior
Dec. 6, 1928
Jan. 21, 1929
53-27
Harry M. Daugherty
Attorney General
continued
*
Harlan F. Stone
Attorney General
Apr. 2, 1924
Apr. 7, 1924
[Charles B. Warren
Attorney General
Jan. 10,1925/Mar. 5,1925 Mar. 10, 1925 R 39-41]
[Charles B. Warren
Attorney General
Mar. 12,1925
Mar. 16, 1925 R 39-46]
John G. Sargent
Attorney General
Mar. 17, 1925
Mar. 17, 1925
James J. Davis
Labor
continued
*
Edwin Denby
Navy
continued
*
Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy
Mar. 14, 1924
Mar. 18, 1924
Harry S. New
Postmaster General continued/Mar. 5, 1925
*/Mar. 5, 1925
Charles Evans Hughes
State
continued
*
Frank B. Kellogg
State
Feb. 14, 1925
Feb. 16, 1925
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
continued
*
John W. Weeks
War
continued
*
Dwight F. Davis
War
Dec. 8, 1925
Dec. 15, 1925
President/
Nominee
Position
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Total Cabinet nominations = 13
HOOVER______________________________________________________________________________
Arthur M. Hyde
Agriculture
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Robert P. Lamont
Commerce
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Roy D. Chapin
Commerce
Dec. 7, 1932
Dec. 14, 1932
Ray L. Wilbur
Interior
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
William DeWitt Mitchell
Attorney General
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
James J. Davis
Labor
continued
*
William N. Doak
Labor
Dec. 3, 1930
Dec. 8, 1930
Charles F. Adams
Navy
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Walter F. Brown
Postmaster General Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Henry L. Stimson
State
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
continued
*
19
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury
Feb. 8, 1932
Feb. 10, 1932
James W. Good
War
Mar. 5, 1929
Mar. 5, 1929
Patrick J. Hurley
War
Dec. 9, 1929
Dec. 9, 1929
Total Cabinet nominations = 12
F.D. ROOSEVELT______________________________________________________________________
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture
Aug. 19, 1940
Aug. 23, 1940
Daniel C. Roper
Commerce
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Jan. 5, 1939
Jan. 23, 1939
58-27
Jesse H. Jones
Commerce
Sept. 13, 1940
Sept. 14, 1940
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1945
Mar. 1, 1945
56-32
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Homer S. Cummings
Attorney General
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Frank Murphy
Attorney General
Jan. 5, 1939
Jan. 17, 1939
78-7
Robert H. Jackson
Attorney General
Jan. 4, 1940
Jan. 16, 1940
Francis Biddle
Attorney General
Aug. 25, 1941
Sept. 5, 1941
Frances Perkins
Labor
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Claude A. Swanson
Navy
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Charles Edison
Navy
Jan. 4, 1940
Jan. 11, 1940
Frank Knox
Navy
June 20, 1940
July 10, 1940
66-16
James V. Forrestal
Navy
May 10, 1944
May 17, 1944
James A. Farley
Postmaster General Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Frank C. Walker
Postmaster General Sept. 5,1940/Jan. 22,1945 Sept. 6,1940/Feb.5,1945
Cordell Hull
State
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Edward R. Stettinius
State
Nov. 27, 1944
Nov. 30, 1944 68-1
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Treasury
Jan. 4, 1934
Jan. 8, 1934
George H. Dern
War
Mar. 4, 1933
Mar. 4, 1933
Harry H. Woodring
War
Apr. 27, 1937
May 6, 1937
19
Vote was not recorded, but one senator (Long, D-LA) wanted to be recorded as opposing the
nomination.
President/
Nominee
Position
Henry L. Stimson
War
Total Cabinet nominations = 26
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
June 20, 1940
July 9, 1940
56-28
TRUMAN______________________________________________________________________________
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture
continued
*
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture
May 23, 1945
June 1, 1945
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture
May 24, 1948
May 28, 1948
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
continued
*
W. Averell Harriman
Commerce
Jan. 8, 1947
Jan. 27, 1947
Charles Sawyer
Commerce
Apr. 22, 1948
May 5, 1948
James V. Forrestal
Defense
July 26, 1947
July 26, 1947
Louis A. Johnson
Defense
Mar. 4, 1949
Mar. 23, 1949
George C. Marshall
Defense
Sept. 18, 1950
Sept. 20, 1950 57-11
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Sept. 12, 1951
Sept. 14, 1951
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
continued
*
Julius A. Krug
Interior
Feb. 26, 1946
Mar. 5, 1946
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Jan. 5, 1950#
Jan. 18, 1950
Francis Biddle
Attorney General
continued
*
Tom C. Clark
Attorney General
May 23, 1945
June 14, 1945
J. Howard McGrath
Attorney General
Aug. 2, 1949
Aug. 18, 1949
James P. McGranery
Attorney General
Apr. 4, 1952
May 20, 1952
52-18
Frances Perkins
Labor
continued
*
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Labor
May 23, 1945
May 31, 1945
Maurice J. Tobin
Labor
Jan. 17, 1949
Jan. 31, 1949
Frank C. Walker
Postmaster General continued
*
Robert E. Hannegan
Postmaster General May 2, 1945
May 7, 1945
60-2 20
Jesse M. Donaldson
Postmaster General Jan. 31, 1949
Feb. 7, 1949
Edward R. Stettinius
State
continued
*
James F. Byrnes
State
July 2, 1945
July 2, 1945
George C. Marshall
State
Jan. 8, 1947
Jan. 8, 1947
Dean G. Acheson
State
Jan. 10, 1949
Jan. 18, 1949
83-6
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Treasury
continued
*
Fred M. Vinson
Treasury
July 16, 1945
July 17, 1945
John W. Snyder
Treasury
June 6, 1946
June 11, 1946
Henry L. Stimson
War
continued
*
Robert P. Patterson
War
Sept. 18, 1945
Sept. 20, 1945
Kenneth C. Royall
War
July 18, 1947
July 19, 1947
Total Cabinet nominations = 24
EISENHOWER________________________________________________________________________
Ezra Taft Benson
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1953
Jan. 21, 1953
Sinclair Weeks
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1953
Jan. 21, 1953
[Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce
Jan. 17, 1959
June 18, 1959
46-49 R]
Frederick H. Mueller
Commerce
July 21, 1959
Aug. 6, 1959
20
Motion to recommit defeated 28-35, May 7, 1945.
President/
Nominee
Position
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Defense
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
Defense
Oveta C. Hobby
HEW
Marion B. Folsom
HEW
Arthur S. Flemming
HEW
Douglas McKay
Interior
Frederick A. Seaton
Interior
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Attorney General
William P. Rogers
Attorney General
Martin P. Durkin
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Labor
Arthur E. Summerfield
Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfield
Postmaster General
John Foster Dulles
State
Christian A. Herter
State
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Treasury
Total Cabinet nominations = 22
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 22, 1953
Aug. 7, 1957
Jan. 11, 1960
Apr. 2, 1953
July 13, 1955
May 7, 1958
Jan. 20, 1953
May 28, 1956
Jan. 20, 1953
Jan. 13, 1958
Jan. 20, 1953
Jan. 11, 1954
Jan. 20, 1953
Jan. 23, 1957
Jan. 20, 1953
Apr. 20, 1959
Jan. 20, 1953
May 29, 1957
Jan. 26, 1953
Aug. 19, 1957
Jan. 26, 1960
Apr. 10, 1953
July 20, 1955
July 9, 1958
Jan. 21, 1953
June 6, 1956
Jan. 21, 1953
Jan. 27, 1958
Jan. 21, 1953
Jan. 19, 1954
Jan. 21, 1953
Feb. 4, 1957
Jan. 21, 1953
Apr. 21, 1959
Jan. 21, 1953
July 2, 1957
77-6
93-0
KENNEDY_____________________________________________________________________________
Orville L. Freeman
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Abraham A. Ribicoff
HEW
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Anthony J. Celebrezze
HEW
July 16, 1962
July 20, 1962
Stewart L. Udall
Interior
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
21
Attorney General
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Labor
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor
Aug. 31, 1962
Sept. 20, 1962
J. Edward Day
Postmaster General Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
John A. Gronouski
Postmaster General Sept. 10, 1963
Sept. 24, 1963
Dean Rusk
State
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Jan. 20, 1961
Jan. 21, 1961
Total Cabinet nominations = 13
L. B. JOHNSON_________________________________________________________________________
Orville L. Freeman
Agriculture
continued
*
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
continued
*
John T. Connor
Commerce
Jan. 6, 1965
Jan. 15, 1965
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Commerce
May 23, 1967
June 8, 1967
Cyrus R. Smith
Commerce
Feb. 19, 1968
Mar. 1, 1968
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
continued
*
Clark M. Clifford
Defense
Jan. 22, 1968
Jan. 30, 1968
21
Confirmed on division vote.
President/
Nominee
Position
Anthony J. Celebrezze
HEW
John W. Gardner
HEW
Wilbur J. Cohen
HEW
Robert C. Weaver
HUD
[Robert C. Wood
HUD
Stewart L. Udall
Interior
Robert F. Kennedy
Attorney General
Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach Attorney General
Ramsey Clark
Attorney General
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor
John A. Gronouski
Postmaster General
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Postmaster General
W. Marvin Watson
Postmaster General
Dean Rusk
State
Alan S. Boyd
Transportation
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
Treasury
Total Cabinet nominations = 16
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
continued
July 27, 1965
Mar. 25, 1968
Jan. 14, 1966
Jan. 9, 1969
continued
continued
Jan. 28, 1965
Feb. 28, 1967
continued
continued/Feb. 17,1965
Aug. 30, 1965
Apr. 10, 1968
continued
Jan. 10, 1967
continued
Mar. 18, 1965
Jan. 9, 1969
*
Aug. 11, 1965
May 9, 1968
Jan. 17, 1966
no action 22]
*
*
Feb. 10, 1965
Mar. 2, 1967
*
*/Feb. 17, 1965
Sept. 1, 1965
Apr. 23, 1968
*
Jan. 12, 1967
*
Mar. 25, 1965
Jan. 9, 1969
NIXON________________________________________________________________________________
Clifford M. Hardin
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture
Nov. 11, 1971
Dec. 2, 1971
51-44
Maurice H. Stans
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Peter G. Peterson
Commerce
Jan. 27, 1972
Feb. 21, 1972
Frederick B. Dent
Commerce
Jan. 3, 1973
Jan. 18, 1973
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
Jan. 3, 1973
Jan. 29, 1973
81-1
James R. Schlesinger
Defense
May 24, 1973
June 28, 1973
91-0
Robert H. Finch
HEW
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Elliot L. Richardson
HEW
June 9, 1970
June 15, 1970
Caspar W. Weinberger
HEW
Jan. 3, 1973
Feb. 8, 1973
61-10
George Romney
HUD
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
James T. Lynn 23
HUD
Jan. 3, 1973
Jan. 31, 1973
Walter J. Hickel
Interior
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 23, 1969
73-16
Rogers C.B. Morton
Interior
Jan. 25, 1971
Jan. 28, 1971
John N. Mitchell
Attorney General
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Richard G. Kleindienst
Attorney General
Feb. 15, 1972
June 8, 1972
64-19 24
Elliot L. Richardson
Attorney General
May 1, 1973
May 23, 1973
82-3
William B. Saxbe
Attorney General
Dec. 10, 1973
Dec. 17, 1973
75-10
George P. Shultz
Labor
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
James D. Hodgson
Labor
June 12, 1970
June 17, 1970
22
Received recess appointment 1/2/1969; nominated 1/9/1969, but no action taken before LBJ left office
on 1/20/1969.
23 Confirmation on division vote.
24 Motion to recommit defeated 20-63 on June 8, 1972.
President/
Nominee
Position
Peter J. Brennan
Labor
Winton M. Blount
Postmaster General
William P. Rogers
State
Henry A. Kissinger
State
John A. Volpe
Transportation
Claude S. Brinegar
Transportation
David M. Kennedy
Treasury
John B. Connally
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Treasury
William E. Simon
Treasury
Total Cabinet nominations = 31
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 3, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Sept. 5, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 3, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 25, 1971
May 17, 1972
Apr. 22, 1974
Jan. 31, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 20, 1969
Sept. 20, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Jan. 18, 1973
Jan. 20, 1969
Feb. 8, 1971
June 8, 1972
Apr. 30, 1974
81-3
78-7
83-0
FORD_________________________________________________________________________________
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture
continued
*
Frederick B. Dent
Commerce
continued
*
Rogers C.B. Morton
Commerce
Apr. 7, 1975
Apr. 25, 1975
Elliot L. Richardson
Commerce
Nov. 20, 1975
Dec. 11, 1975
James R. Schlesinger
Defense
continued
*
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense
Nov. 4, 1975
Nov. 18, 1975 95-2
Caspar W. Weinberger
HEW
continued
*
F. David Mathews
HEW
June 26, 1975
July 22, 1975
James T. Lynn
HUD
continued
*
Carla A. Hills
HUD
Feb. 20, 1975
Mar. 5, 1975
85-5
Rogers C.B. Morton
Interior
continued
*
Stanley K. Hathaway
Interior
Apr. 7, 1975
June 11, 1975
60-36 25
Thomas S. Kleppe
Interior
Sept. 9, 1975
Oct. 9, 1975
William B. Saxbe
Attorney General
continued
*
Edward H. Levi
Attorney General
Jan. 16, 1975
Feb. 5, 1975
Peter J. Brennan
Labor
continued
*
John T. Dunlop
Labor
Feb. 18, 1975
Mar. 6, 1975
Willie J. Usery, Jr.
Labor
Jan. 22, 1976
Feb. 4, 1976
79-7
Henry A. Kissinger
State
continued
*
Claude S. Brinegar
Transportation
continued
*
William T. Coleman, Jr.
Transportation
Jan. 16, 1975
Mar. 3, 1975
William E. Simon
Treasury
continued
*
Total Cabinet nominations = 11
CARTER______________________________________________________________________________
Robert S. Bergland
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
Juanita M. Kreps
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
Philip M. Klutznick
Commerce
Dec. 11, 1979
Dec. 20, 1979
74-0
Harold Brown
Defense
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
Shirley M. Hufstedler
Education
Nov. 14, 1979
Nov. 30, 1979 81-2
James R. Schlesinger
Energy
Aug. 4, 1977
Aug. 4, 1977
Charles W. Duncan, Jr.
Energy
July 21, 1979
July 31, 1979
95-1
25
Motion to recommit defeated 40-54 on June 11, 1975.
President/
Nominee
Position
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
HEW
Patricia R. Harris
HEW 26
Patricia R. Harris
HUD
Moon Landrieu
HUD
Cecil D. Andrus
Interior
Griffin B. Bell
Attorney General
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Attorney General
F. Ray Marshall
Labor
Cyrus R. Vance
State
Edmund S. Muskie
State
Brockman Adams
Transportation
Neil E. Goldschmidt
Transportation
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
G. William Miller
Treasury
Total Cabinet nominations = 21
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 20, 1977
July 20, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Aug. 2, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
July 20, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
May 5, 1980
Jan. 20, 1977
Sept. 10, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
July 20, 1979
Jan. 24, 1977
July 27, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Sept. 12, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Jan. 25, 1977
Aug. 1, 1979
Jan. 26, 1977
Jan. 20, 1977
May 7, 1980
Jan. 20, 1977
Sept. 21, 1979
Jan. 20, 1977
Aug. 2, 1979
95-1
97-0
75-21 27
94-1
74-20
94-2
(voice)
83-0
(voice)
97-1
REAGAN______________________________________________________________________________
John R. Block
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
98-0
Richard E. Lyng
Agriculture
Feb. 24, 1986
Mar. 6, 1986
95-2
Malcolm Baldridge
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
97-1
C. William Verity, Jr.
Commerce
Sept. 9, 1987
Oct. 13, 1987
84-11 28
Caspar W. Weinberger
Defense
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 20, 1981
97-2
Frank C. Carlucci
Defense
Nov. 5, 1987
Nov. 20, 1987 91-1
Terrel H. Bell
Education
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
90-2
William J. Bennett
Education
Jan. 18, 1985
Feb. 6, 1985
93-0
Lauro F. Cavazos
Education
Aug. 10, 1988
Sept. 20, 1988 94-0
James B. Edwards
Energy
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
93-3
Donald P. Hodel
Energy
Nov. 15, 1982
Dec. 8, 1982
86-8
John S. Herrington
Energy
Jan. 18, 1985
Feb. 6, 1985
93-1
Richard S. Schweiker
HHS
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 21, 1981
99-0
Margaret M. Heckler
HHS
Feb. 22, 1983#
Mar. 3, 1983
82-3
Otis R. Bowen
HHS
Dec. 4, 1985
Dec. 12, 1985
93-2
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
HUD
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
98-0
James G. Watt
Interior
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
83-12
William P. Clark
Interior
Oct. 19, 1983
Nov. 18, 1983 71-18
Donald P. Hodel
Interior
Jan. 23, 1985#
Feb. 6, 1985
93-1
William French Smith
Attorney General
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 22, 1981
96-1
Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
Jan. 3, 1985
Feb. 23, 1985
63-31
Richard L. Thornburgh
Attorney General
July 25, 1988
Aug. 11, 1988 85-0
Raymond J. Donovan
Labor
Jan. 20, 1981
Feb. 3, 1981
80-17
William E. Brock III
Labor
Apr. 17, 1985
Apr. 26, 1985
voice
Ann D. McLaughlin
Labor
Dec. 1, 1987
Dec. 11, 1987
94-0
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
State
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 21, 1981
93-6
26
Department was renamed Department of Health and Human Services in May 1980.
Motion to recommit defeated 25-70 on January 25, 1977.
28 Cloture motion adopted 85-8 on October 13, 1987.
27
President/
Nominee
Position
George P. Shultz
State
Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.
Transportation
Elizabeth H. Dole
Transportation
James H. Burnley
Transportation
Donald T. Regan
Treasury
James A. Baker III
Treasury
Nicholas F. Brady
Treasury
Total Cabinet nominations = 33
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
July 1, 1982
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 25, 1983
Nov. 3, 1987
Jan. 20, 1981
Jan. 18, 1985
Aug. 10, 1988
July 15, 1982
Jan. 22, 1981
Feb. 1, 1983
Nov. 30, 1987
Jan. 21, 1981
Jan. 29, 1985
Sept. 14, 1988
97-0
98-0
97-0
74-0
98-0
95-0
92-2
G. H. W. BUSH_______________________________________________________________________________
Clayton Yeutter
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1989
Feb. 8, 1989
100-0
Edward R. Madigan
Agriculture
Feb. 19, 1991
Mar. 7, 1991
99-0
Robert A. Mosbacher
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1989
Jan. 31, 1989
100-0
Barbara H. Franklin
Commerce
Jan. 27, 1992
Feb. 27, 1992
(voice)
[John G. Tower
Defense
Jan. 20, 1989
Mar. 9, 1989
47-53 R]
Dick Cheney
Defense
Mar. 14, 1989
Mar. 17, 1989 92-0
Lauro F. Cavazos
Education
continued
*
Lamar Alexander
Education
Jan. 22, 1991#
Mar. 14, 1991 (voice)
James D. Watkins
Energy
Jan. 20, 1989
Mar. 1, 1989
99-0
Louis W. Sullivan
HHS
Jan. 20, 1989
Mar. 1, 1989
98-1
Jack Kemp
HUD
Jan. 20, 1989
Feb. 2, 1989
100-0
Manuel Lujan, Jr.
Interior
Jan. 20, 1989
Feb. 2, 1989
100-0
Richard L. Thornburgh
Attorney General
continued
*
William P. Barr
Attorney General
Oct. 25, 1991
Nov. 20, 1991 (voice)
Elizabeth H. Dole
Labor
Jan. 20, 1989
Jan. 25, 1989
99-0
Lynn Martin
Labor
Jan. 22, 1991
Feb. 7, 1991
94-0
James A. Baker III
State
Jan. 20, 1989
Jan. 25, 1989
99-0
29
State
----Lawrence Eagleburger
Samuel K. Skinner
Transportation
Jan. 20, 1989
Jan. 31, 1989
100-0
Andrew H. Card, Jr.
Transportation
Jan. 30, 1992
Feb. 21, 1992
(u.c.)
Nicholas F. Brady
Treasury
continued
*
Edward J. Derwinski
Veterans Affairs
Jan. 20, 1989
Mar. 2, 1989
94-0
Total Cabinet nominations = 18
CLINTON_____________________________________________________________________________
Mike Espy
Agriculture
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 21, 1993
(u.c.)
Daniel R. Glickman
Agriculture
Mar. 10, 1995
Mar. 30, 1995 94-0
Ronald H. Brown
Commerce
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 21, 1993
(u.c.)
Mickey Kantor 30
Commerce
May 3, 1996#
--William M. Daley
Commerce
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 30, 1997
95-2
Norman Y. Mineta
Commerce
July 17, 2000#
July 20, 2000
(voice)
Les Aspin
Defense
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 20, 1993
(voice)
29
A recess appointment on December 8, 1992, to serve until the end of President Bush’s term in January,
1993. Nomination never submitted.
30 Recess appointment to fill vacancy caused by the death of Ronald H. Brown on April 3, 1996.
Nomination submitted (as a formality) but no action taken.
President/
Nominee
Position
William J. Perry
Defense
William S. Cohen
Defense
Richard W. Riley
Education
Hazel R. O'Leary
Energy
Federico Peña
Energy
Bill Richardson
Energy
Donna E. Shalala
HHS
Henry G. Cisneros
HUD
Andrew M. Cuomo
HUD
Bruce Babbitt
Interior
[Zöe E. Baird
Attorney General
Janet Reno
Attorney General
Robert B. Reich
Labor
Alexis M. Herman
Labor
Warren M. Christopher
State
Madeleine K. Albright
State
Federico Peña
Transportation
Rodney E. Slater
Transportation
Lloyd M. Bentsen 31
Treasury
Robert E. Rubin
Treasury
Lawrence H. Summers
Treasury
Jesse Brown
Veterans Affairs
[Hershel W. Gober
Veterans Affairs
Togo D. West, Jr.
Veterans Affairs
Deutch, John M.
DCI##
[Anthony Lake
DCI##
George J. Tenet
DCI## 33
Total Cabinet nominations = 34
G. W. BUSH
Ann M. Veneman
Mike Johanns
Edward Schafer
John D. Ashcroft
Alberto Gonzales
Michael Mukasey
Donald L. Evans
Carlos Gutierrez
31
Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture
Attorney General
Attorney General
Attorney General
Commerce
Commerce
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 26, 1994
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 28, 1997#
July 14, 1998#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 20, 1993
Feb. 26, 1993#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 20, 1993#
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 7, 1997#
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 4, 1995#
June 7, 1999#
Jan. 20, 1993
July 31, 1997#
Jan. 27, 1998# 32
Mar. 28, 1995
Jan. 9, 1997#
Apr. 18, 1997#
Feb. 3, 1994
Jan. 22, 1997
Jan. 21, 1993
Jan. 21, 1993
Mar. 12, 1997
July 31, 1998
Jan. 21, 1993
Jan. 21, 1993
Jan. 29, 1997
Jan. 21, 1993
Jan. 26, 1993
Mar. 11, 1993
Jan. 21, 1993
Apr. 30, 1997
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 22, 1997
Jan. 21, 1993
Feb. 6, 1997
Jan. 20, 1993
Jan. 10, 1995
July 1, 1999
Jan. 21, 1993
Oct. 27, 1997
Apr. 28, 1998
May 9, 1995
Apr. 18, 1997
July 10, 1997
97-0
99-0
(u.c.)
(u.c.)
99-1
(voice)
(u.c.)
(u.c.)
99-0
(u.c.)
W]
98-0
(u.c.)
85-13
(voice)
99-0
(u.c.)
98-0
(voice)
99-0
97-2
(u.c.)
W]
(voice)
98-0
W]
(voice)
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Dec. 6, 2007#
Jan. 29, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005 34
Sep. 21, 2007#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 20, 2005
Jan. 28, 2008
Feb. 1, 2001
Feb. 3, 2005
Nov. 8, 2007
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 24, 2005
(voice)
(voice)
(voice)
58-42
60-36
53-40
(voice)
(voice)
Resigned from the U.S. Senate on January 20, 1993.
On December 3, 1997, during the recess of Congress, the president announced the nomination, stating that,
under the Vacancy Act, West would become acting secretary on January 2, 1998.
33 The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was a cabinet rank position only from 1995 to 2001. Under G.W.
Bush the position lost its cabinet rank and in 2004, after passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention
Act, the non-cabinet rank position was renamed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D-CIA).
34 Nomination was first received in the Senate on November 16, 2004. There was no further action on the
nomination, so it was returned to the president on December 8, 2004.
32
President/
Nominee
Position
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense
Robert Gates
Defense
Roderick R. Paige
Education
Margaret Spellings
Education
Spencer Abraham
Energy
Sam Bodman
Energy
Tommy G. Thompson
HHS
Michael Leavitt
HHS
Tom Ridge
Homeland Security
[Bernard Kerik
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
Homeland Security
Mel R. Martinez
HUD
Alphonso R. Jackson
HUD
Steven C. Preston
HUD
Gale A. Norton
Interior
Dirk Kempthorne
Interior
[Linda Chavez
Labor
Elaine L. Chao
Labor
Colin L. Powell
State
Condoleezza Rice
State
Norman Y. Mineta
Transportation
Mary Peters
Transportation
Paul H. O=Neill
Treasury
John Snow
Treasury
Henry Paulson
Treasury
Anthony J. Principi
Veterans Affairs
Jim Nicholson
Veterans Affairs
James Peake
Veterans Affairs
Total Cabinet nominations = 36
BARACK OBAMA
Tom Vilsack
Eric Holder
Loretta E. Lynch
Gary Locke
John Bryson
Penny Pritzker
Robert Gates
Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel
Ashton Carter
Arne Duncan
John King
Steven Chu
Ernest Moniz
[Tom Daschle
Kathleen Sebelius
Agriculture
Attorney General
Attorney General
Commerce
Commerce
Commerce
Defense
Defense
Defense
Defense
Education
Education
Energy
Energy
HHS
HHS
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Jan. 20, 2001#
December 4, 2006#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Jan. 7, 2003#
Dec. 3, 2004
Jan. 31, 2005
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 28, 2004#
May 1, 2008#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Apr. 24, 2006
Jan. 2, 2001
Jan. 29, 2001#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Jan. 24, 2001#
Sep. 7, 2006#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 13, 2003#
Jun. 19, 2006#
Jan. 20, 2001#
Jan. 4, 2005#
Nov. 15, 2007
Jan. 20, 2001
Dec. 6, 2006
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 20, 2005
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 31, 2005
Jan. 24, 2001
Jan. 26, 2005
Jan. 22, 2003
Dec. 10, 2004
Feb. 15, 2005
Jan. 23, 2001
Mar. 31, 2004
June 4, 2008
Jan. 30, 2001
May 26, 2006
Jan. 9, 2001
Jan. 29, 2001
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 26, 2005
Jan. 24, 2001
Sep. 29, 2006
Jan. 20, 2001
Jan. 30, 2003
Jun. 28, 2006
Jan. 23, 2001
Jan. 26, 2005
Dec. 14, 2007
(voice)
95-2
(u.c.)
(voice)
(voice)
(voice)
100-0
(voice)
94-0
W]
98-0
100-0
(voice)
(voice)
75-24
(voice)
W]
(voice.)
(voice)
85-13
100-0
(voice)
(voice)
(u.c.)
(voice)
100-0
(voice)
(voice)
Jan. 20, 2009#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Nov. 13, 2014#
Mar. 16, 2009#
June 16, 2011#
May 9, 2013#
continued
May 26, 2011#
Jan. 22, 2013#
Jan. 7, 2015#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Feb. 11, 2016
Jan. 20, 2009#
Mar. 7, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Mar. 17, 2009#
Jan. 20, 2009
Feb. 2, 2009
April 23, 2015
Mar. 24, 2009
Oct. 20, 2011
June 25, 2013
*
June 21, 2011
Feb. 26, 2013
Feb. 12, 2015
Jan. 20, 2009
Mar. 14, 2016
Jan. 20, 2009
May 16, 2013
Feb. 9, 2009
Apr. 28, 2009
(voice)
75-21
56-43
(voice)
74-26
97-1
100-0
58-41
93-5
(voice)
49-40
(voice)
97-0
W]
65-31
President/
Nominee
Position
Sylvia Burwell
HHS
Janet Napolitano
Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson
Homeland Security
Shaun Donovan
HUD
Julian Castro
HUD
Ken Salazar
Interior
Sally Jewell
Interior
Hilda Solis
Labor
Thomas E. Perez
Labor
Hillary Clinton
State
John Kerry
State
Ray LaHood
Transportation
Anthony R. Foxx
Transportation
Timothy Geithner
Treasury
Jack Lew
Treasury
Eric Shinseki
Veterans Affairs
Robert McDonald
Veterans Affairs
Total Cabinet nominations = 33
Date of
Nomination
Confirmation
or Other Action
Apr. 11, 2014#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Oct. 28, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
June 2, 2014#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Feb. 7, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Mar. 19, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Jan. 22, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
May 7, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
Jan. 22, 2013#
Jan. 20, 2009#
July 7, 2014#
June 5, 2014
Jan. 20, 2009
Dec. 16, 2013
Jan. 20, 2009
July 9, 2014
Jan. 20, 2009
Apr. 10, 2013
Feb. 24, 2009
July 18, 2013
Jan. 21, 2009
Jan. 29, 2013
Jan. 22, 2009
June 27, 2013
Jan. 26, 2009
Feb. 27, 2013
Jan. 20, 2009
July 29, 2014
78-17
(voice)
78-16
(voice)
71-26
(voice)
87-11
80-17
54-46
94-2
94-3
(voice)
100-0
60-34
71-26
(voice)
97-0
Where no vote is listed, confirmation was by voice vote or otherwise unrecorded.
*No confirmation needed for those held over from previous administration; not counted for totals.
[ ] = nominated but did not serve
D = Declined
R = Rejected
W = Withdrawn
(voice) = confirmation by voice vote
(u.c.) = confirmation by unanimous consent agreement
# = Date nomination received by Senate
## = cabinet-level position
TOTAL NOMINATIONS = 719
TOTAL RECESS APPOINTMENTS = 8
Sources: U.S., Congress, Senate, Executive Journal; U.S., Library of Congress, “Senate Action on Cabinet
Nominations, 1789-1985,” by Rogelio Garcia, Congressional Research Service Report No. 85-1120, December 12,
1985; U.S., Congress, Senate, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, S. Doc. 100-34,
100th Cong., 2d sess., 1989; Senate Historical Office.
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