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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| Office | Nominee | Experience | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
White House Director of Communications | Jason Miller | Vice-President atJamestown Associates | December 22, 2016[3] | December 24, 2016[4][5] |
Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council | Monica Crowley | Political commentator | December 15, 2016[6] | January 16, 2017[7] |
Chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality | Kathleen Hartnett White[8] | Senior Fellow at theTexas Public Policy Foundation | October 12, 2017 | February 5, 2018 |
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | Tom Marino | Representative from Pennsylvania | September 5, 2017 | October 17, 2017[9] |
| Office | Nominee | Experience | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Under Secretary of Agriculture (Research, Education, and Economics) | Sam Clovis | Senior White House adviser to the senior White House Adviser to theUSDA | 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| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |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| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |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] |
Director of theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention | David Weldon | November 2024 | March 2025[39] |
Surgeon General | Janette Nesheiwat | November 2024 | May 2025[40] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Homeland Security | Chad Wolf | August 25, 2020[41] | January 6, 2021[42] |
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Partnership & Engagement) | David Clarke | May 17, 2017[43] | June 17, 2017[44] |
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | Jeffrey Byard | May 13, 2019 | September 19, 2019[45] |
Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | Daniel Alan Craig | July 25, 2017 | September 13, 2017[46] |
Chief Financial Officer of Homeland Security | Charles E. Cook III | February 2, 2018[47] | June 7, 2018[48] |
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Thomas Homan | November 14, 2017 | May 15, 2018[49] |
Ronald Vitiello | August 6, 2018[50] | April 4, 2019 |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Solicitor of the Interior | Ryan D. Nelson[51] | July 31, 2017 | May 10, 2018, and nominated instead for Circuit Judge of theNinth Circuit |
Director of theOffice of Surface Mining | J. Steven Gardner[52] | January 8, 2018 | September 12, 2018 |
Director of theBureau of Land Management | William Perry Pendley | June 26, 2020[53] | September 8, 2020[54] |
Director of the Bureau of Land Management | Kathleen Sgamma | February 12, 2025[55] | April 10, 2025[56] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Associate Attorney General | Jessie K. Liu | March 5, 2019[57] | March 28, 2019[58] |
Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives | Chuck Canterbury | May 24, 2019[59] | May 19, 2020[60] |
Attorney General | Matt Gaetz | November, 2024 | November 21, 2024[61] |
| United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | Ed Martin | January, 2025 (appointed Interim U.S. Attorney)[62] | May 8, 2025[62] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Labor | Andrew Puzder | December 8, 2016[63] | February 15, 2017[64] |
Assistant Secretary of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health) | Scott Mugno | November 1, 2017[65] | May 23, 2019[66] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Under Secretary of State (Management) | Eric Ueland | June 9, 2017[67] | June 18, 2018[68] |
Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights) | July 29, 2020[69] | December 30, 2020[35] | |
Director General of the United States Foreign Service | Stephen Akard[70][71] | October 10, 2017[72] | March 20, 2018[73] and nominated instead for Director of theOffice of Foreign Missions |
Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) | Susan Thornton | December 19, 2017[74] | August 16, 2018[75] |
Assistant Secretary of State (South and Central Asian Affairs) | Robert Williams | December 12, 2018 | April 11, 2019[76] |
Ambassador to Australia | Harry B. Harris Jr. | February 9, 2018 | May 23, 2018[77] and nominated instead forUnited States Ambassador to South Korea[78] |
Ambassador to the Bahamas | May 15, 2017[79] | November 13, 2019[80] | |
Ambassador to Belgium | June 22, 2017[81] | August 2, 2017[82] and nominated instead forUnited States Ambassador to France[83] | |
Ambassador to Chile | Andrew Gellert | January 4, 2018[84] | August 16, 2018 |
Ambassador to Estonia | September 2, 2017[85] | May 24, 2018[86] | |
Ambassador to Singapore | May 19, 2017 | January 2018[90] | |
Ambassador to South Korea | Victor Cha[91] | December 2017 | January 2018 |
Ambassador to the United Nations | Heather Nauert | December 2018 | February 2019[92] |
Representative of the United States on theEconomic and Social Council of the United Nations | Jennifer Barber | December 9, 2019[93] | September 8, 2020[54] |
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[94] | Returned to President Trump by Senate in January 2019, replaced by nomination of Alex Wong in February 2020[95] |
Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly | |||
Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | Pamela Bates | September 2018[96] | Returned to President Trump by Senate in January 2020, replaced by nomination ofManisha Singh in April 2020[97] |
Ambassador to the United Nations | Elise Stefanik | November 11, 2024 | March 27, 2025[98] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration | Paul Trombino III[99] | September 8, 2017[100] | December 8, 2017[101] |
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Heidi King | April 5, 2018 | September 19, 2019[45] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | Jim Donovan | March 14, 2017[102] | May 19, 2017[103] |
Under Secretary of the Treasury (Terrorism and Financial Crimes) | Jessie K. Liu | January 6, 2020[104] | February 12, 2020[105] |
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (International Finance) | Adam Lerrick[106] | March 14, 2017 | May 10, 2018[107] |
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | James Clinger | June 16, 2017 | July 12, 2017[108] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ronny Jackson | March 28, 2018 | June 20, 2018[109] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency | Christopher Sharpley | September 5, 2017 | July 23, 2018[110] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Toxic Substances | Michael Dourson | July 2017 | December 13, 2017[111] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of National Intelligence | John Ratcliffe | July 28, 2019 | August 2, 2019[112] |
| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
Director of the Office of Personnel Management | George Nesterczuk | May 24, 2017[113] | August 2, 2017[114] |
President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States | Scott Garrett[115] | 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 theExport–Import Bank of the United States |
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Africa) | Johnathan Miller[116] | January 12, 2018 | March 20, 2018 |
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance) | Mark Montgomery[117][118] | June 20, 2018 | November 15, 2018[119] |
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Asia) | Mina Chang[120] | September 13, 2018 | September 9, 2019[121][122] |
| Member of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service | Calvin R. Tucker | October 26, 2017[123] | March 5, 2019[124] |
Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board | Andrew Maunz[125] | March 5, 2018[126] | February 12, 2019[127] |
Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission | Ann Marie Buerkle[128] | July 24, 2017 | June 18, 2019[129] |
Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority | Katherine A. Crytzer | April 3, 2020[130] | September 22, 2020, and nominated instead for District Judge for theEastern District of Tennessee[131] |
| 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[132] | December 17, 2020, and nominated instead for Chairman of theAdministrative Conference of the United States[133] |