Jimmy Carter 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
Robert Bergland	Dec 20, 1976	Jan 11, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote

Attorney General
Griffin Bell	Dec 20, 1976	Jan 11-14, 17-19, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 25, 1977	75-21 No. 10¹
Benjamin Civiletti	Jul 19, 1979	Jul 25-27, 1979	Jul 20, 1979	Aug 1, 1979	94-1 No.245

Secretary of Commerce
Juanita Kreps	Dec 20, 1976	Jan 10, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote
Philip Klutznick	Nov 16, 1979	Dec 19, 1979	Dec 11, 1979	Dec 20, 1979	74-0 No.506

Secretary of Defense
Harold Brown	Dec 21, 1976	Jan 11, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote

Secretary of Education (Established May 4, 1980) P.L. 96-88, Oct 17, 1979
Shirley Hufstedler	Oct 30, 1979	Nov 27, 1979	Nov 14, 1979	Nov 30, 1979	81-2 No.449

Secretary of Energy (Established Oct 1, 1977) P.L. 95-91, Aug 4, 1977
James Schlesinger	Aug 4, 1977	Aug 3, 1977	Aug 4, 1977	Aug 4, 1977	voice vote
Charles Duncan, Jr.	Jul 20, 1979	Jul 30, 1979	Jul 21, 1979	Jul 31, 1979	95-1 No.241

Secretary of Health & Human Services (Renamed May 4, 1980) P.L. 96-88, October 17, 1979
Joseph Califano, Jr.	Dec 23, 1976	Jan 13, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 24, 1977	95-1 No.7
Patricia Harris	Jul 19, 1979	Jul 25-26, 1979	Jul 20, 1979	Jul 27, 1979	voice vote

Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Patricia Harris	Dec 21, 1976	Jan 10, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote
Moon Landrieu	Jul 27, 1979	Sep 6, 1979	Aug 2, 1979	Sep 12, 1979	97-0 No.274

Secretary of Interior
Cecil Andrus	Dec 18, 1976	Jan 17-18, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote

Secretary of Labor
Ray Marshall	Dec 21, 1976	Jan 13, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 26, 1977	74-20 No.12

Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance	Dec 3, 1976	Jan 11, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote
Edmund Muskie	Apr 29, 1980	May 7, 1980	May 5, 1980	May 7, 1980	94-2 No.102

Secretary of Transportation
Brockman Adams	Dec 14, 1976	Jan 7, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote
Neil Goldschmidt	Jul 27, 1979	Sep 5, 1979	Sep 10, 1979	Sep 21, 1979	83-0 No.307

Secretary of Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal	Dec 14, 1976	Jan 12, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	Jan 20, 1977	voice vote
G. William Miller	Jul 19, 1979	Jul 27, 1979	Jul 20, 1979	Aug 2, 1979	97-1 No.247