Barack H. Obama Cabinet Nominations
Article II, section 2 of the Constitution gives the Senate responsibility for considering and confirming the President's executive and judicial nominations.
Nomination
Announced
Hearings
Received
Confirmed
Vote
Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Dec 17, 2008
Jan 14, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
Attorney General
Eric Holder
Dec 1, 2008
Jan 15-16, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Feb 2, 2009
75-21 No. 32
Secretary of Commerce
Bill Richardson1
Judd Gregg2
Gary Locke
Dec 3, 2008
Feb 3, 2009
Feb 25, 2009
March 18, 2009
Mar 16, 2009
March 24, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates3
Dec 1, 2008
Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan
Dec 15, 2008
Jan 13, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu
Dec 11, 2008
Jan 13, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Health & Human Services
Tom Daschle4
Kathleen Sebelius
Dec 11, 2008
Mar 2, 2009
Jan 8, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
Apr 28, 2009
65-31
No. 172
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Dec 1, 2008
Jan 15, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Shaun Donovan
Dec 13, 2008
Jan 13, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 22, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Interior
Ken Salazar
Dec 17, 2008
Jan 15, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Labor
Hilda Solis
Dec 19, 2008
Jan 9, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Feb 24, 2009
80-17 No. 66
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Dec 1, 2008
Jan 13, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 21, 2009
94-2 No. 6
Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood
Dec 19, 2008
Jan 21, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 22, 2009
voice vote
Secretary of Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Nov 24, 2008
Jan 21, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 26, 2009
60-34 No. 15
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
Dec 7, 2008
Jan 14, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
voice vote
1 . Withdrawn January 4, 2009.
2 . Withdrawn February 12, 2009.
3 . Continued from the previous administration.
4 . Message of withdrawal received in the Senate on February 9, 2009.
For historic cabinet nomination information, see the table Cabinet Nominations, 1977-2008 (pdf).