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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]

Executive Office of the President

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

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]

Department of Agriculture

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Under Secretary of Agriculture
(Research, Education, and Economics)

Sam Clovis
July 25, 2017 November 2, 2017[10][11]

Department of Commerce

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn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]

Department of Defense

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn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]

Department of Education

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Assistant Secretary of Education
(Career, Technical, and Adult Education)
Tim Kelly[36] 27 August 2017 18 November 2017

Department of Energy

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

General Counsel of Energy
David Jonas May 23, 2017 January 3, 2018[37]

Department of Health and Human Services

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Director of the Indian Health Service
Robert M. Weaver October 6, 2017 February 21, 2018[38]

Department of Homeland Security

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

Department of the Interior

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]

Department of Justice

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]

Department of Labor

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]

Department of State

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
Doug Manchester
May 15, 2017[73] November 13, 2019[74]

Ambassador to Belgium
Jamie McCourt
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
Edward Masso
September 2, 2017[79] May 24, 2018[80]

Ambassador to Singapore
K. T. McFarland[81][82][83]
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]

Department of Transportation

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]

Department of the Treasury

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]

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Ronny Jackson
March 28, 2018 June 20, 2018[102]

Central Intelligence Agency

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency

Christopher Sharpley
September 5, 2017 July 23, 2018[103]

Environmental Protection Agency

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Toxic Substances

Michael Dourson
July 2017 December 13, 2017[104]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Director of National Intelligence

John Ratcliffe
July 28, 2019 August 2, 2019[105]

Independent agencies

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]

Federal judges

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]

See also

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 2018–2021 Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin 2017–2021
Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller (acting) 2020–2021 Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen (acting) 2020–2021
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt 2019–2021 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue 2017–2021
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross 2017–2021 Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia 2019–2021
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Alex Azar 2018–2021 Secretary of Housing and Urban
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Ben Carson 2017–2021
Secretary of Transportation Steven G. Bradbury (acting) 2021–2021 Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette 2019–2021
Secretary of Education Mick Zais (acting) 2021–2021 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie 2018–2021
Secretary of Homeland Security Pete Gaynor (acting) 2021–2021
Vice President Mike Pence 2017–2021 White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows 2020–2021
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Russell Vought 2020–2021 Administrator of the Environmental
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Andrew R. Wheeler 2019–2021
Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft 2019–2021 Administrator of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza 2020–2021
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 2017–2021 Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe 2020–2021
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel 2018–2021
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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus 2017 National Security Advisor Michael Flynn 2017
John F. Kelly 2017–19 H. R. McMaster 2017–18
Mick Mulvaney 2019–20 John Bolton 2018–19
Mark Meadows 2020–21 Robert C. O'Brien 2019–21
Principal Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh 2017 Deputy National Security Advisor K. T. McFarland 2017
Kirstjen Nielsen 2017 Ricky L. Waddell 2017–18
James W. Carroll 2017–18 Mira Ricardel 2018
Zachary Fuentes 2018–19 Charles Kupperman 2019
Emma Doyle 2019–20 Matthew Pottinger 2019–21
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Rick Dearborn 2017–18 Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert 2017–18
Chris Liddell 2018–21 Doug Fears 2018–19
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Joe Hagin 2017–18 Peter J. Brown 2019–20
Daniel Walsh 2018–19 Julia Nesheiwat 2020–21
Anthony M. Ornato 2019–21 Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Strategy Dina Powell 2017–18
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine 2018–19 Nadia Schadlow 2018
Dan Scavino 2020–21 Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Middle East and North African Affairs Victoria Coates 2019–20
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway 2017–20 White House Communications Director Sean Spicer 2017
Steve Bannon 2017 Michael Dubke 2017
Johnny DeStefano 2018–19 Anthony Scaramucci 2017
Hope Hicks 2020–21 Hope Hicks 2017–18
Derek Lyons 2020–21 Bill Shine 2018–19
Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning Jared Kushner 2017–21 Stephanie Grisham 2019–20
Senior Advisor, Policy Stephen Miller 2017–21 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer 2017
Senior Advisor, Economic Issues Kevin Hassett 2020 Sarah Huckabee Sanders 2017–19
Advisor Ivanka Trump 2017–21 Stephanie Grisham 2019–20
Director, Public Liaison George Sifakis 2017 Kayleigh McEnany 2020–21
Johnny DeStefano 2017–18 Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders 2017
Justin R. Clark 2018 Raj Shah 2017–19
Steve Munisteri 2018–19 Hogan Gidley 2019–20
Timothy Pataki 2019–21 Brian R. Morgenstern 2020–21
Director, Intergovernmental Affairs Justin R. Clark 2017–18 Director, Strategic Communications Hope Hicks 2017
Douglas Hoelscher 2019–21 Mercedes Schlapp 2017–19
Director, National Economic Council Gary Cohn 2017–18 Alyssa Farah 2020
Larry Kudlow 2018–21 Director, Social Media Dan Scavino 2017–19
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett 2017–19 Director, Legislative Affairs Marc Short 2017–18
Tomas J. Philipson 2019–20 Shahira Knight 2018–19
Tyler Goodspeed 2020–21 Eric Ueland 2019–20
Chair, Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg 2017–19 Amy Swonger 2020–21
Joe Grogan 2019–20 Director, Political Affairs Bill Stepien 2017–18
Brooke Rollins 2020–21 Brian Jack 2019–21
Director, National Trade Council Peter Navarro 2017–21 Director, Presidential Personnel Johnny DeStefano 2017–18
White House Counsel Don McGahn 2017–18 Sean E. Doocey 2018–20
Emmet Flood 2018 John McEntee 2020–21
Pat Cipollone 2018–21 Director, Management & Administration Marcia L. Kelly 2017–18
White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley 2017–19 Monica J. Block 2018–21
Matthew J. Flynn 2019 White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter 2017–18
Kristan King Nevins 2019–21 Derek Lyons 2018–21
Personal Aide to the President John McEntee 2017–18 Director, Science & Technology Policy Kelvin Droegemeier 2019–21
Jordan Karem 2018 Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios 2019–21
Nicholas Luna 2018–19 Director, Management & Budget Mick Mulvaney 2017–19
Director, Oval Office Operations Keith Schiller 2017 Russell Vought 2019–21
Jordan Karem 2017–19 Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent 2018–20
Madeleine Westerhout 2019 United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 2017–21
Nicholas Luna 2019–21 Director, National Drug Control Policy James W. Carroll 2018–21
Chief of Staff to the First Lady Lindsay Reynolds 2017–20 Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Mary Neumayr 2018–21
Stephanie Grisham 2020–21 Chief of Staff to the Vice President Josh Pitcock 2017
White House Social Secretary Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd 2017–21 Nick Ayers 2017–19
White House Chief Usher Angella Reid 2017 Marc Short 2019–21
Timothy Harleth 2017–21 Special Representative, International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz 2019–21
Physician to the President Ronny Jackson 2017–18 COVID-19 Medical Advisors Deborah Birx 2020–21
Sean Conley 2018–21 Anthony Fauci 2020–21
Director, White House Military Office Keith Davids 2017–21 Scott Atlas 2020–21
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Chief of Staff to the Vice President Marc Short
Counsel to the Vice President Matt Morgan
Counselor to the Vice President
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison Sarah Makin
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications Jarrod Agen
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President Jen Pavlik
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Policy Director to the Second Lady Sara Egeland
National Security Adviser to the Vice President Andrea Thompson
Position Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady Kristan King Nevins
Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President Mike Boisvenue
Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Daris Meeks
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Press Secretary to the Vice President Marc Lotte
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President
Director of Legislative Affairs Jonathan Hiler
Director of Communications for the Second Lady Kara Brooks