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Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Pennsylvania (1938–1939), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939–1940), 25th United States Solicitor General (1940–1941) Harry S. Truman: 59: Tom C. Clark: Lawyer, United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division (1943 ...
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation.Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate.
The patronage system thrived in the U.S. federal government until 1883. In 1820 Congress limited federal administrators to four-year terms, which led to constant turnover; by the 1860s and the Civil War, patronage had led to widespread inefficiency and political corruption. Although it used to be confined to cabinet positions, department heads ...
List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden; Joe Biden Supreme Court candidates; Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate; List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President
Eugene Louis Dodaro became acting comptroller general of the United States on March 13, 2008, and was subsequently appointed by the president on September 22, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, as the comptroller general. Dodaro was sworn in at a ceremony at the GAO on December 30, 2010.
The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be ...
Federal Election Commission — Commissioner of the FEC: Dara Lindenbaum: August 2, 2022 (Confirmed May 24, 2022, 54–38) [RC 89] — Federal Maritime Commission — Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission: Dan Maffei: March 29, 2021 [214] — — Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission: Max Vekich [119] February 15, 2022 [215 ...
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state.