Editor's Note:
Because this project only covered the first 300 days of Joe Biden's presidency, this page and the information within will no longer be updated; the last update was made on Nov. 17, 2021. It will remain in its current state as a resource for historical data.
One of the president’s most significant constitutional powers is the ability to staff the top tiers of the executive branch with the advice and consent of the Senate. In an effort to evaluate the Biden administration over the course of its first year, Brookings monitored the Senate confirmations process in two ways: first by tracking key demographic data of these individuals through the first 300 days, second by tracking the pace of confirmations in major departments at the 100-, 200-, and 300-day marks. This information is placed in context by comparing it to Biden’s three predecessors: Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
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Note that the data on this page only includes confirmations to the 15 departments in the line of presidential succession; this excludes U.S. attorneys, among others. View a list of Senate-confirmed personnel included in this tracker here. Further notes and disclaimers on the dataset is available here. For a more detailed breakdown of this information, please contact Kathryn Dunn Tenpas.
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This section displays information on Senate-confirmed appointees by presidential administration according to two key demographic factors: The first chart displays gender (via frequency of women appointees), the second displays race/ethnicity. The data runs through the first 300 days of each administration. See full notes on the data here.
This section displays the frequency of Senate-confirmed appointees at the 100-, 200-, and 300-day marks within the first year of a presidency. The first figure aggregates these confirmations across the 15 departments in the line of presidential succession; below that is an agency-level breakdown in alphabetical order.
Pace of Senate confirmations by agency
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 201-300 days | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 |
| DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 16 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 201-300 days | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 101-200 days | 32 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| 201-300 days | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 41 | 29 | 26 | 22 |
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 201-300 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 101-200 days | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 101-200 days | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 101-200 days | – | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | – | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | – | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 201-300 days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 101-200 days | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
| DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 101-200 days | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 201-300 days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| DEPARTMENT OF STATE | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 101-200 days | 67 | 75 | 20 | 5 |
| 201-300 days | 55 | 7 | 32 | 17 |
| Total | 133 | 92 | 55 | 27 |
| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 101-200 days | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 201-300 days | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 101-200 days | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 201-300 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS | ||||
| Timeframe | George W. Bush | Barack Obama | Donald Trump | Joe Biden |
| 1-100 days | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 101-200 days | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 201-300 days | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
This section displays a list of Senate-confirmed individuals that are included in this tracker; they are listed in chronological order based on date of confirmation. The data on this page only includes confirmations to the 15 departments in the line of presidential succession; this excludes U.S. attorneys, among others.
Senate-confirmed appointees, days 1-100
| Count | Name | Position | Race/Ethnicity | Gender | Date Confirmed |
| 1 | Lloyd Austin | Secretary of Defense | Black | M | 1/22/2021 |
| 2 | Janet Yellen | Secretary of the Treasury | White | W | 1/25/2021 |
| 3 | Antony Blinken | Secretary of State | White | M | 1/26/2021 |
| 4 | Pete Buttigieg | Secretary of Transportation | White | M | 2/2/2021 |
| 5 | Alejandro Mayorkas | Secretary of Homeland Security | Hispanic/Latino | M | 2/2/2021 |
| 6 | Kathleen Hicks | Undersecretary of Defense | White | W | 2/8/2021 |
| 7 | Denis McDonough | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | White | M | 2/8/2021 |
| 8 | Linda Thomas Greenfield | U.N. Ambassador, Dept. of State | Black | W | 2/23/2021 |
| 9 | Tom Vilsack | Secretary of Agriculture | White | M | 2/23/2021 |
| 10 | Jennifer Granholm | Secretary of Energy | White | W | 2/25/2021 |
| 11 | Miguel Cardona | Secretary of Education | Hispanic/Latino | M | 3/1/2021 |
| 12 | Gina Raimondo | Secretary of Commerce | White | W | 3/2/2021 |
| 13 | Marcia Fudge | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Black | W | 3/10/2021 |
| 14 | Merrick Garland | Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | M | 3/10/2021 |
| 15 | Deb Haaland | Secretary of the Interior | Native American | W | 3/15/2021 |
| 16 | Xavier Becerra | Secretary of Health and Human Services | Hispanic/Latino | M | 3/18/2021 |
| 17 | Brian P. McKeon | Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | White | M | 3/18/2021 |
| 18 | Marty Walsh | Secretary of Labor | White | M | 3/22/2021 |
| 19 | Vivek Murthy | Surgeon General, Dept. of Health and Human Services | Asian | M | 3/23/2021 |
| 20 | Rachel Levine | Assistant Secretary for Health | White | W | 3/24/2021 |
| 21 | Adewale “Wally” O. Adeyemo | Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | Black | M | 3/25/2021 |
| 22 | David Turk | Deputy Secretary of Energy | White | M | 3/25/2021 |
| 23 | Wendy Sherman | Deputy Secretary of State | White | W | 4/13/2021 |
| 24 | Polly Trottenberg | Deputy Secretary of Transportation | White | W | 4/13/2021 |
| 25 | Vanita Gupta | Associate Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | Asian | W | 4/21/2021 |
| 26 | Lisa Monaco | Deputy Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | W | 4/21/2021 |
| 27 | Deanne Bennett Criswell | Administrator of FEMA, Dept. of Homeland Security | White | W | 4/22/2021 |
| 28 | Colin Hackett Kahl | Undersecretary of Defense for Policy | White | M | 4/27/2021 |
| 29 | Victoria Nuland | Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs | White | W | 4/29/2021 |
| 30 | Richard A. Sauber | General Counsel, Dept. of Veterans Affairs | White | M | 4/29/2021 |
Senate-confirmed appointees, days 101-200
| Count | Name | Position | Race/Ethnicity | Gender | Date Confirmed |
| 31 | Cindy Martin | Deputy Secretary of Education | White | W | 5/11/2021 |
| 32 | Andrea Palm | Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services | White | W | 5/11/2021 |
| 33 | Jewel Bronaugh | Deputy Secretary of Agriculture | Black | W | 5/13/2021 |
| 34 | Don Graves, Jr. | Deputy Secretary of Commerce | Black | M | 5/13/2021 |
| 35 | Chiquita Brooks-LaSure | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services | Black | W | 5/25/2021 |
| 36 | Kristen Clarke | Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Dept. of Justice | Black | W | 5/25/2021 |
| 37 | Christine Wormuth | Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense | White | W | 5/27/2021 |
| 38 | Michael J. McCord | Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) | White | M | 5/28/2021 |
| 39 | Ronald S. Moultrie | Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security | Black | M | 5/28/2021 |
| 40 | Nuria I. Fernandez | Federal Transit Administrator, Dept. of Transportation | Black; Hispanic/Latino | W | 6/10/2021 |
| 41 | Leslie B. Kiernan | General Counsel, Dept. of Commerce | White | W | 6/10/2021 |
| 42 | Adrianne Todman | Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Black | W | 6/10/2021 |
| 43 | Tommy P. Beaudreau | Deputy Secretary of the Interior | White | M | 6/17/2021 |
| 44 | Matthew T. Quinn | Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs | White | M | 6/17/2021 |
| 45 | Richard W. Spinrad | Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | White | M | 6/17/2021 |
| 46 | John K. Tien | Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | Asian | M | 6/17/2021 |
| 47 | Tanya Marie Trujillo | Assistant Secretary of the Interior | Unknown | W | 6/17/2021 |
| 48 | Ali Nouri | Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs | White* | M | 6/22/2021 |
| 49 | Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon | Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Dept. of Health and Human Services | Black | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 50 | Maryanne T. Donaghy | Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection | White | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 51 | Shannon Aneal Estenoz | Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Dept. of the Interior | Unknown | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 52 | Anne Milgram | Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Dept. of Justice | White | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 53 | Carlos Alberto Monje Jr. | Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy | Hispanic/Latino | M | 6/24/2021 |
| 54 | Dawn Myers O’Connell | Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Dept. of Health and Human Services | White | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 55 | Patricia L. Ross | Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Congressional and Legislative Affairs | White | W | 6/24/2021 |
| 56 | Jen Easterly | Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Dept. of Homeland Security | White | W | 7/12/2021 |
| 57 | Julie A. Su | Deputy Secretary of Labor | Asian | W | 7/13/2021 |
| 58 | Uzra Zeya | Undersecretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights) | Asian | W | 7/13/2021 |
| 59 | Seema Nanda | Solicitor for the Dept. of Labor | Asian | W | 7/14/2021 |
| 60 | J. Nellie Liang | Undersecretary of the Treasury | Asian | W | 7/15/2021 |
| 61 | Donald Michael Remy | Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs | White | M | 7/15/2021 |
| 62 | Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | Black | M | 7/20/2021 |
| 63 | Bonnie D. Jenkins | Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security | Black | W | 7/21/2021 |
| 64 | Meredith Berger | Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Dept. of Defense | White | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 65 | Jill Hruby | Undersecretary for Nuclear Security, Dept. of Energy | White | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 66 | Gina Maria Ortiz Jones | Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dept. of Defense | Asian | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 67 | Caroline Diane Krass | General Counsel, Dept. of Defense | White | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 68 | Ely Stefansky Ratner | Assistant Secretary of Defense | White | M | 7/22/2021 |
| 69 | Heidi Shyu | Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering | Asian | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 70 | Shawn Graham Skelly | Assistant Secretary of Defense | White | W | 7/22/2021 |
| 71 | Frank Kendall III | Undersecretary of the Air Force, Dept. of Defense | White | M | 7/26/2021 |
| 72 | Todd Sunhwae Kim | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | Asian | M | 7/27/2021 |
| 73 | Frank A. Rose | Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Dept. of Energy | Black | M | 7/29/2021 |
| 74 | Deborah G. Rosenbaum | Assistant Secretary of Defense | White | W | 7/29/2021 |
| 75 | Susanna V. Blume | Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Dept. of Defense | White | W | 7/30/2021 |
| 76 | Janie Simms Hipp | General Counsel, Dept. of Agriculture | Native American | W | 7/30/2021 |
| 77 | Ur Mendoza Jaddou | Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dept. of Homeland Security | Hispanic/Latino, White* | W | 7/30/2021 |
| 78 | Robert Peter Silvers | Undersecretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Dept. of Homeland Security | White | M | 8/5/2021 |
| 79 | Jose W. Fernandez | Undersecretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment) | Hispanic/Latino | M | 8/6/2021 |
| 80 | Kathleen S. Miller | Deputy Undersecretary of Defense | White | W | 8/6/2021 |
| 81 | Carlos Del Toro | Secretary of the Navy, Dept. of Defense | Hispanic/Latino | M | 8/7/2021 |
| 82 | Christopher Paul Maier | Assistant Secretary of Defense | White | M | 8/7/2021 |
| 83 | Bryan Todd Newland | Assistant Secretary of the Interior | Native American | M | 8/7/2021 |
| 84 | Rena Bitter | Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs) | White | W | 8/9/2021 |
| 85 | Mara Elizabeth Karlin | Assistant Secretary of Defense | White | W | 8/9/2021 |
| 86 | Gentry O. Smith | Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security) | Black | M | 8/9/2021 |
| 87 | Caral E. Spangler | Assistant Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense | White | W | 8/9/2021 |
| 88 | Samuel T. Walsh | General Counsel, Dept. of Energy | White | M | 8/9/2021 |
Senate-confirmed appointees, days 201-300
| Count | Name | Position | Race/Ethnicity | Gender | Date Confirmed |
| 89 | Alejandra Y. Castillo | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development | Hispanic/Latino | W | 8/11/2021 |
| 90 | Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. | Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness | Hispanic/Latino | M | 8/11/2021 |
| 91 | Andrew Eilperin Light | Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs) | White | M | 8/11/2021 |
| 92 | Jennifer Lester Moffitt | Undersecretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs | White | W | 8/11/2021 |
| 93 | Kenneth Lee Salazar | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Dept. of State | Hispanic/Latino | M | 8/11/2021 |
| 94 | Damon Y. Smith | General Counsel, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development | Black | M | 8/11/2021 |
| 95 | Taryn Mackenzie Williams | Assistant Secretary of Labor | Black | W | 8/11/2021 |
| 96 | Brett M. Holmgren | Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research) | White | M | 9/13/2021 |
| 97 | Donald Lu | Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs | Asian | M | 9/13/2021 |
| 98 | Brian A. Nichols | Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) | Black | M | 9/13/2021 |
| 99 | James Richard Kvaal | Undersecretary of Education | White | M | 9/14/2021 |
| 100 | Lily Lawrence Batchelder | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | White | W | 9/22/2021 |
| 101 | Ronald L. Davis | Director of the U.S. Marshals Service, Dept. of Justice | Black | M | 9/22/2021 |
| 102 | Daniel J. Kritenbrink | Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) | White | M | 9/23/2021 |
| 103 | Karen Erika Donfried | Assistant Secretary of State (European Affairs and Eurasian Affairs) | White | W | 9/28/2021 |
| 104 | Monica P. Medina | Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs | White | W | 9/28/2021 |
| 105 | Mary Catherine Phee | Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs) | White | W | 9/28/2021 |
| 106 | Todd D. Robinson | Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) | Black | M | 9/28/2021 |
| 107 | Robert T. Anderson | Solicitor of the Dept. of the Interior | White | M | 9/29/2021 |
| 108 | Jessica Lewis | Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs) | White | W | 9/29/2021 |
| 109 | Melanie Anne Egorin | Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services | White | W | 9/30/2021 |
| 110 | Tracy Stone-Manning | Director of the Bureau of Land Management (Dept. of the Interior) | White | W | 9/30/2021 |
| 111 | Jonathan Eugene Meyer | General Counsel, Dept. of Homeland Security | White | M | 10/4/2021 |
| 112 | Elizabeth Merrill Brown | General Counsel, Dept. of Education | White | W | 10/6/2021 |
| 113 | Gwen Graham | Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Dept. of Education | White | W | 10/6/2021 |
| 114 | Roberto Josue Rodriguez | Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development; Dept. of Education | Hispanic/Latino | M | 10/6/2021 |
| 115 | Xochitl Torres Small | Undersecretary of Agriculture for Rural Development | Hispanic/Latino | W | 10/7/2021 |
| 116 | Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon | Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Dept. of Education | Black | W | 10/20/2021 |
| 117 | Douglas L. Parker | Assistant Secretary of Labor | White | M | 10/25/2021 |
| 118 | Jeffrey Lane Flake | U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Dept. of State | White | M | 10/26/2021 |
| 119 | Victoria Reggie Kennedy | U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Dept. of State | White | W | 10/26/2021 |
| 120 | Cindy Hensley McCain | U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Dept. of State | White | W | 10/26/2021 |
| 121 | Tom Udall | U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and U.S. Ambassador to Samoa, Dept. of State | White | M | 10/26/2021 |
| 122 | Hampton Y. Dellinger | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | M | 10/28/2021 |
| 123 | Guy T. Kiyokawa | Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Enterprise Integration) | Asian | M | 10/28/2021 |
| 124 | Matthew G. Olsen | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | M | 10/28/2021 |
| 125 | Elizabeth Prelogar | U.S. Solicitor General, Dept. of Justice | White | W | 10/28/2021 |
| 126 | Christopher H. Schroeder | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | M | 10/28/2021 |
| 127 | David L. Cohen | U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Dept. of State | White | M | 11/2/2021 |
| 128 | Jonathan Davidson | Deputy Undersecretary of the Treasury | White | M | 11/2/2021 |
| 129 | Michael Carpenter | U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Dept. of State | White | M | 11/3/2021 |
| 130 | Benjamin Harris | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | White | M | 11/3/2021 |
| 131 | Rajesh D. Nayak | Assistant Secretary of Labor | Asian | M | 11/3/2021 |
| 132 | Thomas R. Nides | U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dept. of State | White | M | 10/28/2021 |
| 133 | Adrienne Wojciechowski | Assistant Secretary of Agriculture | White | W | 11/3/2021 |
| 134 | Michael Lee Connor | Assistant Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense | American Indian/Alaska Native | M | 11/4/2021 |
| 135 | Geraldine Richmond | Undersecretary for Science, Dept. of Energy | White | W | 11/4/2021 |
| 136 | Robert Luis Santos | Director of the Census, Dept. of Commerce | Hispanic/Latino | M | 11/4/2021 |
| 137 | M. Camille Calimlim Touton | Commissioner of Reclamation, Dept. of the Interior | Asian | W | 11/4/2021 |
| 138 | Robert Farrell Bonnie | Undersecretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation | White | M | 11/16/2021 |
| 139 | Jonathan Kanter | Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Justice | White | M | 11/16/2021 |
| 140 | Graham Scott Steele | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury | White | M | 11/16/2021 |
Notes
- Although newly inaugurated presidents are presented with the opportunity to fill roughly 1,200 Senate-confirmed positions across the federal government, the data on this page only includes confirmations within the 15 departments in the line of presidential succession. This includes the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs. This excludes military and judicial confirmations, individuals being confirmed for seats on commissions, and U.S. attorneys, among others.
- For the purposes of this tracker, Joe Biden’s first 100 days end on April 30, 2021; days 101-200 end on Aug. 9, 2021; and days 201-300 end on Nov. 17, 2021.
- * For the race/ethnicity data, U.S. Census categories were used. Due to insufficient information, the race/ethnicity of a small number of individuals could not be determined; these were classified as “Unknown.” For individuals with more than one race/ethnicity, each is reflected in the data; i.e., a single person could be listed in both the “Black” and “Hispanic/Latino” categories. A person with “origins in … the Middle East or North Africa [MENA]” is categorized as white in data about race and ethnicity released by the Census Bureau; there is no specific census classification available for people of MENA descent.
- Special thanks to Noah Montemarano and Kevin Han for research assistance.
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