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The Trump administration proposed a number of nominees to appointed positions who were rejected by the Senate or withdrew voluntarily.[1][2]
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
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![]() White House Director of Communications |
Jason Miller | December 22, 2016[3] | December 24, 2016[4][5] |
![]() Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council |
![]() Monica Crowley |
December 15, 2016[6] | January 16, 2017[7] |
![]() Chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality |
![]() Kathleen Hartnett White[8] |
October 12, 2017 | February 5, 2018 |
![]() Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy |
![]() Tom Marino |
September 5, 2017 | October 17, 2017[9] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Under Secretary of Agriculture (Research, Education, and Economics) |
![]() Sam Clovis |
July 25, 2017 | November 2, 2017[10][11] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Deputy Secretary of Commerce |
![]() Todd Ricketts |
November 30, 2016[12] | April 19, 2017[13] |
![]() Under Secretary of Commerce (Oceans and Atmosphere) |
![]() Barry Lee Myers |
October 12, 2017[14] | November 20, 2019[15] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Export Enforcement) |
![]() Jeffrey Nadaner |
February 5, 2018[16] | June 12, 2019[17] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Secretary of Defense |
![]() Patrick M. Shanahan |
May 9, 2019[18] | June 18, 2019[19] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
![]() Dean Winslow[20] |
September 2017 | January 2018 |
![]() General Counsel of the Air Force |
![]() David Ehrhart |
June 23, 2017 | September 29, 2017[21][22] |
![]() Secretary of the Army |
![]() Vincent Viola |
December 19, 2016[23] | February 3, 2017[24] |
![]() Mark E. Green |
April 7, 2017[25] | May 5, 2017[26] | |
![]() General Counsel of the Army |
![]() Ryan Dean Newman |
March 21, 2017 | September 29, 2017[21][22] |
![]() Secretary of the Navy |
![]() Philip Bilden |
January 25, 2017[27] | February 26, 2017[28][29] |
![]() Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) |
![]() Elaine McCusker |
November 6, 2019 | March 2, 2020[30] |
![]() Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness |
![]() Anthony Kurta |
July 19, 2017 | September 28, 2018[31] |
J. David Patterson | January 6, 2020[32] | February 12, 2020[33] | |
![]() Under Secretary of the Air Force |
![]() Shon J. Manasco |
April 24, 2020[34] | December 30, 2020[35] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Assistant Secretary of Education (Career, Technical, and Adult Education) |
Tim Kelly[36] | 27 August 2017 | 18 November 2017 |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() General Counsel of Energy |
David Jonas | May 23, 2017 | January 3, 2018[37] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Director of the Indian Health Service |
Robert M. Weaver | October 6, 2017 | February 21, 2018[38] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Secretary of Homeland Security |
![]() Chad Wolf |
August 25, 2020[39] | January 6, 2021[40] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Partnership & Engagement) |
![]() David Clarke |
May 17, 2017[41] | June 17, 2017[42] |
![]() Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency |
![]() Jeffrey Byard |
May 13, 2019 | September 19, 2019[43] |
![]() Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Daniel Alan Craig | July 25, 2017 | September 13, 2017[44] |
![]() Chief Financial Officer of Homeland Security |
Charles E. Cook III | February 2, 2018[45] | June 7, 2018[46] |
![]() Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
![]() Thomas Homan |
November 14, 2017 | May 15, 2018[47] |
![]() Ronald Vitiello |
August 6, 2018 [48] | April 4, 2019 |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Solicitor of the Interior |
![]() Ryan D. Nelson[49] |
July 31, 2017 | May 10, 2018, and nominated instead for Circuit Judge of the Ninth Circuit |
![]() Director of the Office of Surface Mining |
J. Steven Gardner[50] | January 8, 2018 | September 12, 2018 |
![]() Director of the Bureau of Land Management |
![]() William Perry Pendley |
June 26, 2020[51] | September 8, 2020[52] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Associate Attorney General |
![]() Jessie K. Liu |
March 5, 2019[53] | March 28, 2019[54] |
![]() Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives |
![]() Chuck Canterbury |
May 24, 2019[55] | May 19, 2020[56] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Secretary of Labor |
![]() Andrew Puzder |
December 8, 2016[57] | February 15, 2017[58] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health) |
![]() Scott Mugno |
November 1, 2017[59] | May 23, 2019[60] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Under Secretary of State (Management) |
![]() Eric Ueland |
June 9, 2017[61] | June 18, 2018[62] |
![]() Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights) |
July 29, 2020[63] | December 30, 2020[35] | |
![]() Director General of the United States Foreign Service |
![]() Stephen Akard[64][65] |
October 10, 2017[66] | March 20, 2018[67] and nominated instead for Director of the Office of Foreign Missions |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) |
![]() Susan Thornton |
December 19, 2017[68] | August 16, 2018[69] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of State (South and Central Asian Affairs) |
Robert Williams | December 12, 2018 | April 11, 2019[70] |
![]() Ambassador to Australia |
![]() Harry B. Harris Jr. |
February 9, 2018 | May 23, 2018[71] and nominated instead for United States Ambassador to South Korea[72] |
![]() Ambassador to the Bahamas |
![]() |
May 15, 2017[73] | November 13, 2019[74] |
![]() Ambassador to Belgium |
![]() |
June 22, 2017[75] | August 2, 2017[76] and nominated instead for United States Ambassador to France[77] |
![]() Ambassador to Chile |
Andrew Gellert | January 4, 2018[78] | August 16, 2018 |
![]() Ambassador to Estonia |
![]() |
September 2, 2017[79] | May 24, 2018[80] |
![]() Ambassador to Singapore |
![]() |
May 19, 2017 | January 2018[84] |
![]() Ambassador to South Korea |
![]() Victor Cha[85] |
December 2017 | January 2018 |
![]() Ambassador to the United Nations |
![]() Heather Nauert |
December 2018 | February 2019[86] |
![]() Representative of the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
![]() Jennifer Barber |
December 9, 2019[87] | September 8, 2020[52] |
![]() Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly | |||
![]() Alternate Representative of the United States to the United Nations (Special Political Affairs) |
Austin M. Smith | August 2018[88] | Returned to President Trump by Senate in January 2019, replaced by nomination of Alex Wong in February 2020[89] |
![]() Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly | |||
![]() Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
![]() Pamela Bates |
September 2018[90] | Returned to President Trump by Senate in January 2020, replaced by nomination of Manisha Singh in April 2020[91] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration |
![]() Paul Trombino III[92] |
September 8, 2017[93] | December 8, 2017[94] |
![]() Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
![]() Heidi King |
April 5, 2018 | September 19, 2019[43] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Deputy Secretary of the Treasury |
Jim Donovan | March 14, 2017[95] | May 19, 2017[96] |
![]() Under Secretary of the Treasury (Terrorism and Financial Crimes) |
![]() Jessie K. Liu |
January 6, 2020[97] | February 12, 2020[98] |
![]() Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (International Finance) |
![]() Adam Lerrick[99] |
March 14, 2017 | May 10, 2018[100] |
![]() Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
James Clinger | June 16, 2017 | July 12, 2017[101] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
![]() Ronny Jackson |
March 28, 2018 | June 20, 2018[102] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency |
![]() Christopher Sharpley |
September 5, 2017 | July 23, 2018[103] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Toxic Substances |
![]() Michael Dourson |
July 2017 | December 13, 2017[104] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Director of National Intelligence |
![]() John Ratcliffe |
July 28, 2019 | August 2, 2019[105] |
Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|---|
![]() Director of the Office of Personnel Management |
![]() George Nesterczuk |
May 24, 2017[106] | August 2, 2017[107] |
![]() President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States |
![]() Scott Garrett[108] |
Rejected by Senate Banking Committee vote | |
![]() First Vice President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States |
![]() Kimberly A. Reed |
September 15, 2017 | June 20, 2018, and nominated instead for President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States |
![]() Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Africa) |
Johnathan Miller[109] | January 12, 2018 | March 20, 2018 |
![]() Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance) |
![]() Mark Montgomery[110][111] |
June 20, 2018 | November 15, 2018[112] |
![]() Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Asia) |
![]() Mina Chang[113] |
September 13, 2018 | September 9, 2019[114][115] |
Member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service | ![]() Calvin R. Tucker |
October 26, 2017[116] | March 5, 2019[117] |
![]() Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board |
![]() Andrew Maunz[118] |
March 5, 2018[119] | February 12, 2019[120] |
![]() Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission |
![]() Ann Marie Buerkle[121] |
July 24, 2017 | June 18, 2019[122] |
![]() Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority |
![]() Katherine A. Crytzer |
April 3, 2020[123] | September 22, 2020, and nominated instead for District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee[124] |
Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
---|---|---|
![]() Damien Schiff |
May 8, 2017 | January 3, 2018 |
![]() Thomas Alvin Farr |
July 13, 2017 | January 3, 2019 |
![]() Ryan Bounds |
September 7, 2017 | July 2018 |
Jeff Mateer | December 2017 | |
![]() Matthew S. Petersen |
December 16, 2017 | |
![]() Brett Talley |
December 13, 2017 | |
Gordon P. Giampietro | December 20, 2017 | January 3, 2019 |
![]() Maureen Ohlhausen |
January 23, 2018 | December 2018 |
Jon Katchen | April 10, 2018 | August 2018 |
![]() John M. O'Connor |
April 12, 2019 | |
Thomas Marcelle | November 13, 2018 | September 19, 2019 |
![]() Michael S. Bogren |
March 11, 2019 | June 26, 2019 |
Kevin R. Sweazea | June 12, 2019 | January 3, 2020 |
![]() Halil Suleyman Ozerden |
June 24, 2019 | |
Daniel Z. Epstein | June 19, 2019[125] | December 17, 2020, and nominated instead for Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States[126] |