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As President, Donald Trump had the authority to nominate members of the United States Cabinet to the Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause, in Article II, Section II, Clause II of the Constitution.
The media widely speculated about people Trump could potentially name to his Cabinet. They are listed in order of creation of the cabinet position, which is also used as the basis for the presidential line of succession.
The Cabinet[]
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Individual elected to office, and does not serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States (all other cabinet members do)
Individual serving in an acting capacity
Individual took office with no Senate consent needed
Cabinet members[] | |||
| Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee | Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee |
 – Vice President Announced July 15, 2016 Took office January 20, 2017 |
 Former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana |
 – Secretary of State Announced March 13, 2018 Took office April 26, 2018 |
 Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo of Kansas |
 – Secretary of the Treasury Announced November 30, 2016 Took office February 13, 2017 |
 Former OneWest Bank CEO Steven Mnuchin of California |
 – Secretary of Defense Announced November 9, 2020 Took office November 9, 2020 |
 Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christopher C. Miller of Iowa |
 – Attorney General Announced December 14, 2020 Took office December 24, 2020 |
 Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen of Massachusetts |
 – Secretary of the Interior Announced December 15, 2018 Took office January 2, 2019[n 1] |
 Former Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt of Virginia |
 – Secretary of Agriculture Announced January 18, 2017 Took office April 25, 2017 |
 Former Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia |
 – Secretary of Commerce Announced November 30, 2016 Took office February 28, 2017 |
 Former WL Ross & Co. CEO Wilbur Ross of Florida |
 – Secretary of Labor Announced July 18, 2019 Took office September 30, 2019 |
 Former Solicitor Eugene Scalia of Virginia |
 – Secretary of Health and Human Services Announced November 13, 2017 Took office January 29, 2018 |
 Former Deputy Secretary Alex Azar of Indiana |
 – Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Announced December 5, 2016 Took office March 2, 2017 |
 Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson of Florida |
 – Secretary of Transportation Announced January 7, 2021 Took office January 12, 2021 |
 Acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation Steven G. Bradbury of Oregon |
 – Secretary of Energy Announced November 7, 2019 Took office December 4, 2019 |
 Former Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette of Texas |
 – Secretary of Education Announced January 7, 2021 Took office January 8, 2021 |
 Deputy Secretary of Education Mick Zais of South Carolina |
 – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Announced May 18, 2018 Took office July 30, 2018 |
 Former Under Secretary Robert Wilkie of North Carolina |
 – Secretary of Homeland Security Announced January 11, 2021 Took office January 12, 2021 |
 FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor of Rhode Island |
Cabinet-level officials[] | |||
| Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee | Office Date announced / confirmed |
Designee |
 – White House Chief of Staff Announced March 6, 2020 Took office March 31, 2020 |
 Former U.S. Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina |
 – United States Trade Representative Announced January 3, 2017 Took office May 15, 2017 |
 Former Deputy Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer of Florida |
 – Director of National Intelligence Announced February 28, 2020 Took office May 26, 2020 |
 Former U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas |
 – Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Announced March 13, 2018 Took office April 26, 2018[n 2] |
 Former Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel of Kentucky |
 – Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Announced July 5, 2018 Took office July 9, 2018[n 3] |
 Former Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler of Virginia |
 – Administrator of the Small Business Administration Announced April 4, 2019 Took office January 15, 2020 |
 Former United States Treasurer Jovita Carranza of Illinois |
 – Director of the Office of Management and Budget Announced January 2, 2019 Took office January 2, 2019[n 4] |
 Former Deputy Director Russell Vought of Virginia |
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Confirmation process[]
Below is a list of confirmations for Cabinet positions, Cabinet-level positions, and other significant positions that were approved through the Senate between January and May 2017, by a recorded roll-call vote, rather than by a voice vote.
Despite being nominated promptly during the transition period, many cabinet members were unable to take office on Inauguration Day because of delays in the formal confirmation process. As of 8 February 2017, President Trump had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed than any other president except George Washington by the same length of time into his presidency.[3][4] Part of the lateness was ascribed to the delays in submitting background-check paperwork.[5] The last confirmed Cabinet member, Robert Lighthizer, took office as U.S. Trade Representative on May 11, 2017, four months after his nomination.[6]
Timeline[]
Senate votes[]
Senate confirmation votes of President Trump's cabinet
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Candidates for Cabinet positions[]
After election day, media outlets reported on persons described by various sources as possible appointments to senior positions in the incoming Trump presidency. The number of people which have received media attention as potential cabinet appointees is higher than in most previous presidential elections, partly because the Trump'16 campaign staff (and associated PACs) was significantly smaller and less expensive,[7] thus there are not as many people already expected to receive specific roles in the upcoming Trump administration. In particular, "Trump ha[d] a smaller policy brain trust [policy group] than a new president normally carries"[8] because as an anti-establishment candidate who began his campaign by largely self-funding his way to the Republican party nomination,[9] unlike most previous presidential winners "Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet."[10] An additional factor that tends to make the field of potential nominees especially broad, is that unlike most presidential transition teams who select politicians as their appointees, the Trump transition team "has started with a mandate to hire from the private sector [as opposed to the governmental sector] whenever possible."[10]
Secretary of State[]
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Secretary of the Treasury[]
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Secretary of Defense[]
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Christopher C. Miller
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Kelly Ayotte | Former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[56] |
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Dan Coats | Director of National Intelligence[57] |
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Tom Cotton | U.S. Senator from Arkansas[57] |
 
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Mark Esper | United States Secretary of the Army[58] |
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Lindsey Graham | U.S. Senator from South Carolina[57] |
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Jack Keane | Former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army. Declined an offer to be nominated as Secretary in inaugural succession.[57] |
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Jon Kyl | Former U.S. Senator from Arizona[56] |
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David McCormick | Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs[56] |
 
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Patrick M. Shanahan | United States Deputy Secretary of Defense[57] |
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Jim Talent | Former U.S. Senator from Missouri who was on the Senate Armed Services Committee[57] |
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Jim Webb | Democratic former U.S. Senator from Virginia who was on the Senate Armed Services Committee[59] |
Attorney General[]
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William Barr
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Secretary of the Interior[]
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David Bernhardt
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David L. Bernhardt | United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior[96] |
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Rob Bishop | U.S. Representative from Utah[96] |
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Jeff Denham | Former U.S Representative from California[97] |
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Dean Heller | Former U.S. Senator from Nevada[96] |
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Raúl Labrador | Former U.S. Representative from Idaho[96] |
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Cynthia Lummis | Former U.S. Representative from Wyoming[96] |
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Butch Otter | Former Governor of Idaho[96] |
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Sean Reyes | Attorney General of Utah[98] |
Secretary of Agriculture[]
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Sonny Perdue
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Secretary of Commerce[]
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Wilbur Ross
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Secretary of Labor[]
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Eugene Scalia
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Secretary of Health and Human Services[]
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Alex Azar
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[]
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Ben Carson
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Secretary of Transportation[]
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Elaine Chao
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Secretary of Energy[]
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Rick Perry
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Secretary of Education[]
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Betsy DeVos
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs[]
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Robert Wilkie
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Secretary of Homeland Security[]
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Kirstjen Nielsen
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Candidates for Cabinet-level officials[]
Cabinet-level officials have positions that are considered to be of Cabinet level, but which are not part of the Cabinet. Which exact positions are considered part of the presidential cabinet, can vary with the president. The CIA and FEMA were cabinet-level agencies under Bill Clinton, but not George W. Bush. The head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (aka the drug czar) was a cabinet-level position under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, but not under Barack Obama. (Not to be confused with the head of the DEA, who has remained in the org chart underneath the cabinet position held by the Attorney General.) Designation of an agency as being cabinet-level requires[citation needed] that Congress enact legislation, although executive orders unilaterally created by the president can be used to create many other types of position inside the executive branch.[citation needed] Members of the cabinet proper, as well as cabinet-level officials, meet with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office.
Vice President[]
There were dozens of potential running mates for Trump who received media speculation (including several from New York where Trump himself resides). Trump's eventual pick of Governor Mike Pence of Indiana was officially announced on July 16, 2016 and confirmed by acclamation via parliamentary procedure among delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016.
White House Chief of Staff[]
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Mark Meadows
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United States Trade Representative[]
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Robert Lighthizer
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Director of National Intelligence[]
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Dan Coats
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Ambassador to the United Nations[]
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Jonathan Cohen
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Richard Grenell | United States Ambassador to Germany[201][202] |
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John James | Businessman, 2018 U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan[201][202] |
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Kelly Knight Craft | United States Ambassador to Canada[201] |
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Jamie McCourt | United States Ambassador to France and Monaco[201][202] |
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Heather Nauert | Spokesperson for the United States Department of State |
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Ivanka Trump | First Daughter and Advisor to the President (not interested in the job)[203][204] |
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Ryan Zinke | Secretary of the Interior[202] |
Director of the Office of Management and Budget[]
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Mick Mulvaney
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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency[]
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Gina Haspel
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Mike Pompeo
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Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[]
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Andrew R. Wheeler
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Scott Pruitt
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Administrator of the Small Business Administration[]
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Chris Pilkerton
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Removal of the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers[]
On February 8, 2017 President Trump outlined the 24 members of the Cabinet with the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers excluded.[213][214] In addition to the chair, there are two other members of the council (also appointed by the president), as well as a staff of economists, researchers, and statisticians.
See also[]
- Presidential transition of Donald Trump
- Inauguration of Donald Trump
- Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States
Notes[]
- ^ As of December 9, 2016, multiple media reports surfaced that Cathy McMorris Rodgers was anonymously leaked as being Trump's decision for United States Secretary of the Interior; according to Reuters.com she had been picked,[75][76] and according to Bloomberg.com she had been offered the role,[77] but most other news reports were slightly more cautious. Rodgers was most commonly called the reported pick[78][79] or the expected pick,[80][81][82][83][84] or similar phrases by the media. Some smaller media outfits said only that she was the likely pick.[85][86] CNN was the most cautious, only stating in passing that Rodgers was the leading contender,[87] albeit in an article that was more about discussing the various influences upon the vetting-process rather than being solely concentrating on the latest updates as to the status of the role itself. At least one media entity, The News & Observer (online since 1994), published a report during the afternoon of December 9 questioning the coverage of Rodgers as the expected pick, stating that an anonymous official -- presumably different from the one that had leaked the Rodgers scoop earlier -- with the Trump transition team has specifically refuted that Rodgers was the expected pick, and that quote "No offer has been made... still looking at candidates."[88]
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