List of Donald Trump nominees who have withdrawn

The Trump administration has proposed an unusually high number of nominees to appointed positions who have been rejected by the Senate or withdrawn voluntarily.[1][2]

Executive Office of the President

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

White House Director of Communications		 Jason Miller December 22, 2016 December 24, 2016

Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council		 Monica Crowley December 15, 2016 January 16, 2017

Chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality

 Kathleen Hartnett White[3] October 12, 2017 February 5, 2018

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Tom Marino		 September 5, 2017 October 17, 2017

Department of Agriculture

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Under Secretary of Agriculture
(Research, Education, and Economics)		 Sam Clovis July 25, 2017 November 2, 2017

Department of Commerce

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Todd Ricketts		 November 30, 2016 April 19, 2017

Department of Defense

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Dean Winslow		 September 2017 January 2018

General Counsel of the Air Force
David Ehrhart		 June 23, 2017 September 29, 2017

Secretary of the Army		 Vincent Viola December 19, 2016 February 3, 2017
Mark E. Green April 7, 2017 May 5, 2017

General Counsel of the Army		 Ryan Dean Newman March 21, 2017 September 29, 2017

Secretary of the Navy
Philip Bilden		 January 25, 2017 February 26, 2017

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Anthony Kurta		 July 19, 2017 October 2, 2018

Department of Education

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Assistant Secretary of Education
(Career, Technical, and Adult Education)		 Tim Kelly[4] 27 August 2017 18 November 2017

Department of Energy

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

General Counsel of Energy		 David Jonas May 23, 2017 January 3, 2018

Department of Health and Human Services

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Director of the Indian Health Service		 Robert M. Weaver October 6, 2017 February 21, 2018

Department of Homeland Security

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Partnership & Engagement)
David Clarke		 May 17, 2017 June 17, 2017

Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency		 Daniel Alan Craig July 25, 2017 September 13, 2017

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
Thomas Homan		 November 14, 2017 May 15, 2018

Chief Financial Officer of Homeland Security		 Charles E. Cook III February 2, 2018[5] June 7, 2018[6]

Department of the Interior

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Solicitor of the Interior		 Ryan D. Nelson[7] July 31, 2017 May 10, 2018

Director of the Office of Surface Mining		 J. Steven Gardner[8] January 8, 2018 September 12, 2018

Department of Labor

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Secretary of Labor
Andrew Puzder		 December 8, 2016 February 15, 2017

Department of State

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Under Secretary of State (Management)		 Eric Ueland June 9, 2017[9] June 18, 2018[10]

Director General of the United States Foreign Service		 Stephen Akard[11][12] October 10, 2017[13] March 20, 2018[14]

Assistant Secretary of State
(East Asian and Pacific Affairs)
Susan Thornton		 December 19, 2017[15] August 16, 2018[16]

Ambassador to Australia
Harry B. Harris Jr.		 February 9, 2018 May 23, 2018

Ambassador to Belgium

Jamie McCourt		 June 22, 2017[17] August 3, 2017[18]

Ambassador to Chile		 Andrew Gellert January 4, 2018[19] August 16, 2018

Ambassador to Estonia

Edward Masso		 September 2, 2017[20] May 24, 2018[21]

Ambassador to Singapore

K. T. McFarland[22][23][24]		 May 19, 2017 January 2018[25]

Ambassador to South Korea
Victor Cha[26]		 December 2017 January 2018

Department of the Treasury

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury		 Jim Donovan March 14, 2017 May 19, 2017

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (International Finance)		 Adam Lerrick[27] March 14, 2017 May 10, 2018

Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		 James Clinger June 16, 2017 July 19, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Ronny Jackson		 March 28, 2018 April 26, 2018

Independent agencies

Office Nominee Announced Withdrawn

Director of the Office of Personnel Management		 George Nesterczuk May 24, 2017 August 2, 2017

President of the Export–Import Bank of the United States
Scott Garrett[28]		 Rejected by Senate Banking Committee vote

Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
(Africa)		 Johnathan Miller[29] January 12, 2018 March 20, 2018

Federal judges

Nominee Announced Withdrawn
Ryan Bounds September 7, 2017 July 2018
Jeff Mateer December 2017

Matthew S. Petersen		 December 2017
Brett Talley December 13, 2017

Announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn

  1. Jason Miller, White House communications director; announced December 22, 2016;[30] withdrew December 24, 2016.[31][32]
  2. Monica Crowley, senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council; announced December 15, 2016;[33] withdrew January 16, 2017.[34]
  3. Vincent Viola, nominee for Secretary of the Army; announced December 19, 2016;[35] withdrew February 3, 2017.[36]
  4. Andrew Puzder, nominee for Secretary of Labor; announced December 8, 2016;[37] withdrew February 15, 2017.[38]
  5. Philip Bilden, nominee for Secretary of the Navy; announced January 25, 2017;[39] withdrew February 26, 2017.[40][41]
  6. Todd Ricketts, nominee for Deputy Secretary of Commerce; announced November 30, 2016;[42] withdrew April 19, 2017.[43]
  7. Mark E. Green, nominee for Secretary of the Army; announced April 7, 2017;[44] withdrew May 5, 2017.[45]
  8. Jim Donovan, nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; announced March 14, 2017;[46] withdrew May 19, 2017.[47]
  9. David Clarke, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Partnership & Engagement, Department of Homeland Security. Clarke's naming discussed, April 28, 2017;[48] Clarke announced he was named, May 17, 2017;[49] Clarke rescinds acceptance, June 17, 2017.[50]
  10. James Clinger, nominee to become board member and chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; announced June 16, 2017; withdrew July 12, 2017.[51]
  11. George Nesterczuk, nominee for Director of the Office of Personnel Management; announced May 24, 2017;[52] withdrew August 2, 2017.[53]
  12. Jamie McCourt, nominee for United States Ambassador to Belgium; announced June 23, 2017; withdrew August 2, 2017, and nominated instead for United States Ambassador to France and Monaco.
  13. Daniel Alan Craig, nominee for Deputy Administrator of FEMA, announced July 25, 2017; withdrew September 13, 2017.[54]
  14. Ryan Dean Newman, nominee for General Counsel of the Army, announced March 21, 2017; withdrew September 29, 2017[55][56]
  15. David Ehrhart, nominee for General Counsel of the Air Force, announced June 23, 2017; withdrew September 29, 2017[55][56]
  16. Tom Marino, nominee for Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, sent to Senate September 5, 2017; withdrew October 17, 2017[57]
  17. Sam Clovis, nominee for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, sent to Senate July 25, 2017; withdrew November 2, 2017[58][59]
  18. Michael Dourson, nominee for Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, announced July 2017; withdrew December 13, 2017.[60]
  19. Paul Trombino III, nominee for Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration[61]
  20. Dean Winslow, nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs[62]
  21. David Jonas, nominee for General Counsel of the Department of Energy[63]
  22. K. T. McFarland, nominee for United States Ambassador to Singapore[64]
  23. Robert M. Weaver, nominee for Director, Indian Health Service, sent to the Senate October 24, 2017, withdrawn February 21, 2018[65]
  24. Johnathan Miller, nominee for Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Africa), sent to the Senate January 18, 2018,[66] withdrawn March 20, 2018[67]
  25. Adam Lerrick, nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance, sent to the Senate April 24, 2017,[68] renominated January 8, 2018, withdrawn May 10, 2018[69]
  26. Thomas Homan, nominee for Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sent to the Senate November 14, 2017, withdrawn May 15, 2018[70]
  27. Harry B. Harris, nominee for United States Ambassador to Australia, sent to the Senate February 13, 2018, withdrawn May 23, 2018,[71] and nominated instead for United States Ambassador to South Korea[72]
  28. Edward Masso, nominee for Ambassador to Estonia, sent to the Senate September 5, 2017, withdrawn May 24, 2018[73]
  29. Charles E. Cook III, nominee for Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, sent to the Senate February 5, 2018, withdrawn June 7, 2018[74]
  30. Eric Ueland, nominee for Under Secretary of State for Management, sent to the Senate June 15, 2017,[75] renominated January 8, 2018, withdrawn June 18, 2018[76]
  31. Ronny Jackson, nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, sent to the Senate April 16, 2018, withdrawn June 20, 2018[77]
  32. Christopher Sharpley, nominee for Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency, sent to the Senate September 5, 2017, withdrawn July 23, 2018[78]
  33. Susan Thornton, nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, sent to the Senate December 19, 2017,[79] renominated January 8, 2018, withdrawn August 16, 2018[80]
  34. Andrew M. Gellert, nominee for United States Ambassador to Chile, sent to the Senate January 8, 2018, withdrawn August 16, 2018[81]
  35. Steven Gardner, nominee for Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, sent to the Senate October 30, 2017,[82] renominated January 8, 2018, withdrawn September 12, 2018[83]
  36. Anthony Kurta, nominee for Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, sent to the Senate July 25, 2017, withdrawn September 28, 2018[84]

See also

References

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  70. ↑ "PN1247 — Thomas D. Homan — Department of Homeland Security". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  71. ↑ "PN1623 — Harry B. Harris Jr. — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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  73. ↑ "PN912 — Edward Masso — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  74. ↑ "PN1545 — Charles E. Cook III — Department of Homeland Security". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  75. ↑ "PN607 — Eric M. Ueland — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  76. ↑ "PN1387 — Eric M. Ueland — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  77. ↑ "PN1847 — Ronny Lynn Jackson — Department of Veterans Affairs". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  78. ↑ "PN925 — Christopher R. Sharpley — Central Intelligence". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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  82. ↑ "PN1182 — Steven Gardner — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement". U.S. Congress. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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