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Cabinet Nominations

	Document Name	Year
Select cqal15-1858-101207-2760187	Nomination Process Is Painfully Slow	2015
Select cqal15-1858-101208-2760221	Marine Commandant Joseph Dunford Chosen as New Chairman	2015
Select cqal14-1770-97583-2704249	Confirmations Easier, but No Snap	2014
Select cqal14-1770-97585-2704301	Castro Confirmed as Housing Secretary	2014
Select cqal08-1090-52024-2174848	Two Cabinet Secretaries Confirmed	2008
Select cqal07-1006-44903-2047657	Mukasey Succeeds Gonzales at Justice; Hearings Focus on Torture Stance	2007
Select cqal07-1006-44903-2047660	Four Other Cabinet-Level Changes	2007
Select cqal05-766-20095-1042051	President Makes Major Changes In Cabinet, Agency Leadership	2005
Select cqal01-106-24129-1079307	Cabinet Controversy Starts Year	2001
Select cqal97-16-24574-1090102	Waste Disposal Controversy Delays Peña Confirmation	1997
Select cqal97-16-24577-1090233	Togo West Is Confirmed As VA Secretary	1997
Select cqal96-841-24595-1091460	Clinton Announces Cabinet Changes	1996
Select cqal95-1100097	Rubin, O'Neill, Tyson Win Appointments	1995
Select cqal93-1104792	Warren Christopher OK'd As Secretary of State	1993
Select cqal93-1105531	Transportation Nominee Peña Easily Confirmed	1993
Select cqal93-1105738	Reno Named First Woman Attorney General	1993
Select cqal93-1106289	Les Aspin Serves One Year As Defense Secretary	1993
Select cqal93-1105702	Frampton's Controversial Nomination Approved	1993
Select cqal93-1105903	Elders Is Confirmed as Surgeon General	1993
Select cqal92-845-25178-1106484	Clinton Hits the Ground Running	1992
Select cqal91-1110260	Senate Approved Madigan As Agriculture Secretary	1991
Select cqal91-1110640	Barr Confirmed As Attorney General	1991
Select cqal89-1139141	Tower Nomination Spurned By Senate	1989
Select cqal89-1138385	Sullivan Confirmed For Health and Human Services (HHS) Post	1989
Select cqal88-1141979	Cavazos Succeeds Bennett	1988
Select cqal88-852-25653-1140229	Bush's Cabinet: Many Familiar Faces	1988
Select cqal85-1147994	Senate Confirms Bennett as Education Secretary	1985
Select cqal85-1146722	Nominations: Major Changes in Reagan Team	1985
Select cqal85-1147784	Meese Confirmed After Delay of 13 Months	1985
Select cqal84-856-25732-1150680	Yearlong Dispute Stalls Meese Nomination	1984
Select cqal84-1153131	Ruckelshaus, Clark Depart; Hodel Shifts Jobs	1984
Select cqal83-857-26232-1197085	Reagan Cabinet Nominees Include Two Women	1983
Select cqal83-1199155	Clark Replaces Watt at Interior Department	1983
Select cqal82-858-25798-1162342	Conservatives Block Some Reagan Nominees	1982
Select cqal81-859-25857-1170505	Few Reagan Nominees Meet Serious Trouble	1981
Select cqal79-861-26175-1186106	Senate Confirms New Carter Cabinet	1979
Select cqal78-862-26430-1236161	Senate Rejects Few Carter Appointments	1978
Select cqal77-863-26253-1200181	Carter Administration Used New Screening Procedures; Confirmation Process Hit	1977
Select cqal76-1188631	Ford Appointments Stir Little Controversy	1976
Select cqal75-1213051	Key Ford Administration Officials Replaced	1975
Select cqal74-1223354	Controversial Nominations, Confirmations	1974
Select cqal73-1227495	Saxbe Eligibility Question	1973
Select cqal73-867-26365-1225549	New Vice President, 10 Cabinet Changes in 1973	1973
Select cqal73-1227750	Kissinger Confirmed, 78-7, as Secretary of State	1973
Select cqal72-1250060	President Nixon Made Three Cabinet Changes in 1972	1972
Select cqal72-1250367	ITT Dispute Fails to Block Kleindienst Confirmation	1972
Select cqal71-1252599	Three Cabinet Posts, Two Justices Appointed in 1971	1971
Select cqal70-1290544	Nixon Fills Four Cabinet Posts During 1970	1970
Select cqal69-871-26655-1246101	Nixon Calls on Specialists to Help Make up Staff	1969
Select cqal69-871-26655-1246040	Confirmations of Mr. Nixon' Major 1969 Nominations	1969
Select cqal68-1282492	President Johnson's Major Confirmations of 1968	1968
Select cqal68-1282485	1968 Presidential Nominations	1968
Select cqal67-1311718	President Johnson's Major Appointments of 1967	1967
Select cqal67-1311712	1967 Presidential Nominations	1967
Select cqal66-1302245	President Johnson's Major Appointments of 1966	1966
Select cqal66-1302240	1966 Presidential Nominations	1966
Select cqal65-875-26757-1260876	President Johnson's Major Appointments of 1965	1965
Select cqal64-1302664	1964 Presidential Nominations	1964
Select cqal63-1315277	1963 Presidential Nominations	1963
Select cqal62-878-28127-1324200	President Kennedy's Major Appointments of 1962	1962
Select cqal62-878-28127-1324197	1962 Presidential Nominations	1962
Select cqal61-879-29201-1371488	President Kennedy's Major Appointments of 1961	1961
Select cqal61-879-29201-1371482	1961 Presidential Nominations	1961
Select cqal59-1334314	Strauss Nomination	1959
Select cqal59-1334334	Nominations Confirmed	1959
Select cqal59-1334309	1959 Presidential Nominations	1959
Select cqal58-1340046	1958 Nominations	1958
Select cqal57-1346043	1957 Presidential Nominations	1957
Select cqal56-1350509	1956 Presidential Nominations	1956
Select cqal55-1351889	1955 Presidential Nominations	1955
Select cqal54-1360413	Major Nominations	1954
Select cqal53-1365367	1953 Presidential Appointments	1953
Select cqal52-1381565	McGranery Nomination	1952
Select cqal51-889-29659-1405437	1951 Presidential Nominations	1951
Select cqal49-1400168	Acheson Confirmation	1949
Select cqal46-1411566	Nominations Confirmed	1946
Select cqal46-1410939	Nomination of Edwin W. Pauley	1946
Select cqal46-1410201	Confirmations of Wyatt and Foley	1946
Select cqal46-1410824	Confirmation of Wilson W. Wyatt	1946
Select cqal45-1403237	Confirmation of Watson B. Miller	1945
Select cqal45-1403500	Confirmation of Robert E. Hannegan	1945
Select cqal45-1403581	Confirmation of Fred M. Vinson as Secretary of the Treasury	1945

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