Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government.
Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation.
Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation.
[1] As of December 3, 2024[update], according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service covering 810 positions, 673 nominees have been confirmed by the United States Senate, 2 are being considered by the Senate, and 69 tracked positions have no nominee.
[2] (Confirmed September 22, 2022, 56–40)[RC 1] (Confirmed May 28, 2021 by voice vote)[V 1] Resigned amid reports that he bullied staff members[8] —Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson for the Vice President Sabrina Singh —Deputy Secretary of the Interior (Confirmed June 17, 2021, 88–9)[RC 18] —Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (Confirmed July 11, 2023, 84–8)[RC 20] (Confirmed May 13, 2021 by voice vote)[V 4] (Confirmed September 12, 2023, 50–46)[RC 35] (Confirmed July 14, 2022, 50–41)[RC 41] (Confirmed, May 25, 2022, 51–43)[RC 47] (Confirmed September 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 29][V 30] (Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 39] (Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 40] (Confirmed July 21, 2022 by voice vote)[V 41] (Confirmed December 18, 2023 by voice vote)[V 42] (Confirmed December 20, 2022, 57–35)[RC 61] (Confirmed August 6, 2022, by voice vote)[V 44] (Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote)[V 45] (Confirmed December 6, 2022 by voice vote)[V 55] (Confirmed December 13, 2022 by voice vote)[V 64] (Confirmed December 13, 2022 by voice vote)[V 67] Brenda Elaine Stevenson (Confirmed June 9, 2022 by voice vote)[V 72][V 73] (Confirmed June 9, 2022 by voice vote)[V 74] (Confirmed June 9, 2022 by voice vote)[V 75] (Confirmed June 9, 2022 by voice vote)[V 76] (Confirmed September 14, 2022 by voice vote)[V 92] (Confirmed September 14, 2022 by voice vote)[V 93] (Confirmed May 24, 2022, 54–38)[RC 89] (Confirmed September 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 117] (Confirmed March 6, 2024, 50–49)[RC 91] (Confirmed July 27, 2023 by voice vote)[V 122] (Confirmed December 22, 2022 by voice vote)[V 124][V 125] (Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote)[V 133] (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote)[V 134] (Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote)[V 135] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 136] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 137] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 138] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 139] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 140] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 141] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 142] (Confirmed August 4, 2022 by voice vote)[V 143] (Confirmed September 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 150] (Confirmed December 14, 2023 by voice vote)[V 151][V 152] Matthew L. Wiener (Confirmed December 22, 2022 by voice vote)[V 166] (Confirmed September 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 175] (Confirmed December 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 176] (Confirmed December 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 177] (Confirmed December 19, 2022, 45–39)[RC 99] (Confirmed December 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 178] (Confirmed December 19, 2022 by voice vote)[V 179] (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote)[V 180] (Confirmed May 25, 2022, 49–46)[RC 100] (Confirmed July 27, 2023 by voice vote)[V 183] (Confirmed May 10, 2023, 52–45)[RC 105] (Confirmed June 8, 2022, 59–40)[RC 106] (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote)[V 185] (Confirmed December 13, 2022 by voice vote)[V 186] (Confirmed December 20, 2023 by voice vote)[V 187] (Confirmed September 22, 2022, 60–36)[RC 108] (Confirmed November 14, 2024, 50–46)[RC 109] (Confirmed February 27, 2024, 49–47)[RC 110] (Confirmed January 23, 2024, 79–18)[RC 111] (Confirmed January 23, 2024, 91–7)[RC 112] (Confirmed January 23, 2024, 96–1)[RC 113] (Confirmed May 18, 2022 by voice vote)[V 200] (Confirmed September 29, 2022 by voice vote)[V 201] (Confirmed December 21, 2022 by voice vote)[V 207][V 208][V 209][V 210][V 211][V 212] (Confirmed December 20, 2022 by voice vote)[V 226] Deborah Willis[273] James Diossa[135] Confirmation votes