The cabinet of Hillary Clinton replaced the cabinet of Barack Obama in 2017, as part of the transition following the 2016 Presidential election. The President took office on January 20, 2017.
Appointed Positions[]
The following have been named as cabinet appointees by the President; all positions, excepting the Vice President and White House Office staff such as the National Security Advisor, Press Secretary, and White House Chief of Staff, require the advice and consent of the United States Senate prior to taking office.
Cabinet[]
| Portfolio | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President |  Hillary Clinton |
 Democratic Party
|
January 20, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Vice President |  Tim Kaine |
Democratic Party
|
January 20, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| United States federal executive departments | |||||
| Secretary of State |  Cory Booker |
Democratic Party
|
January 21, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of the Treasury |  Sheryl Sandberg |
Democratic Party
|
January 22, 2009 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Defense |  Lindsey Graham |
 Republican Party
|
January 20, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Attorney General |  Tom Perez |
Democratic Party
|
January 20, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of the Interior |  Christine Gregoire |
Democratic Party
|
February 5, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Agriculture |  John Hickenlooper |
Democratic Party
|
January 29, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Commerce |  Terry McAuliffe |
Democratic Party
|
January 23, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Labor |  Jennifer Granholm |
Democratic Party
|
February 12, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services |  Neera Tanden |
Democratic Party
|
February 26, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Education |  John Sexton |
Democratic Party
|
January 26, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |  Christine Quinn |
Democratic Party
|
February 1, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Transportation |  Anthony Foxx |
Democratic Party
|
July 2, 2013 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Energy |  John Podesta |
Democratic Party
|
March 6, 2017 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Veteran's Affairs |  Bob McDonald |
Republican Party
|
July 30, 2014 | Incumbent | |
| Secretary of Homeland Security |  Kathleen Rice |
Democratic Party
|
January 27, 2017 | Incumbent | |
Cabinet-level positions[]
| Cabinet-level Officials | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Nominee | Term begins | Office | Nominee | Term begins |
 White House Chief of Staff |
 Ron Klain |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
National Security Advisor |
 Jake Sullivan |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Planning |
 John Podesta |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
Senior Advisor to the President for Political Affairs Communications |
 Jennifer Palmieri |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
Senior Advisor to the President for Personnel and Executive Affairs |
 Huma Abedin |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
Counselor to the President |
 Cheryl Mills |
January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation) |
 Director of National Intelligence |
 Tom Donilon |
January 20, 2017 |  Director of the Office of Management and Budget |
 Gene Sperling |
January 20, 2017 |
 Trade Representative |
 Anne-Marie Slaughter |
January 23, 2017 |  Ambassador to the United Nations |
 Wendy Sherman |
January 24, 2017 |
 Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers |
 Paul Krugman |
January 27, 2017 |  Administrator of the Small Business Administration |
 Margot Dorfman |
January 24, 2017 |
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency |
 Karen Bass |
January 23, 2017 |  Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy |
 Michael Botticelli |
January 20, 2017 |
 Director of the Office of Infrastructure Oversight |
 Tom Vilsack |
March 10, 2017 |  Director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
 Adam Schiff |
January 23, 2017 |
Confirmations[]
| State | Senator | Party |
Jan. 21 Cory Booker State XX-XX |
Jan. 21 Tom Perez Att'y-Gen. 75-21 |
Jan. 22 Lindsey Graham Defense XX-XX |
Jan. 23 Terry McAuliffe Commerce XX-XX |
Jan. 23 Anne-Marie Slaughter Trade Rep. XX-XX |
Jan. 24 Wendy Sherman UN Amb. XX-XX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Richard Shelby | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Alabama | Jeff Sessions | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay | Nay |
| Alaska | Lisa Murkowski | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Alaska | Dan Sullivan | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Arizona | Jeff Flake | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Arizona | Ann Kirkpatrick | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Arkansas | John Boozman | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Arkansas | Tom Cotton | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay | Nay |
| California | Dianne Feinstein | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| California | Kamala Harris | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Colorado | Ken Bennet | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Colorado | Cory Gardner | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Connecticut | Chris Murphy | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Delaware | Tom Carper | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Delaware | Chris Coons | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Florida | Bill Nelson | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Florida | Marco Rubio | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Georgia | Johnny Isakson | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Georgia | David Perdue | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Hawaii | Mazie Hirono | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Idaho | Mike Crapo | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Idaho | Jim Risch | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay | Nay |
| Illinois | Dick Durbin | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Illinois | Tammy Duckworth | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Indiana | Joe Donnelly | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Indiana | Todd Young | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Iowa | Chuck Grassley | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Iowa | Joni Ernst | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Kansas | Pat Roberts | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Kansas | Jerry Moran | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay | Nay |
| Kentucky | Rand Paul | R | Yay | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Louisiana | Bill Cassidy | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Louisiana | John Neely Kennedy | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Maine | Susan Collins | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Maine | Angus King | I | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Maryland | Ben Cardin | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Maryland | Chris Van Hollen | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Massachusetts | Ed Markey | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Michigan | Debbie Stabenow | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Michigan | Gary Peters | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Minnesota | Al Franken | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Mississippi | Thad Cochran | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Nay | Nay | Nay |
| Mississippi | Roger Wicker | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Missouri | Claire McCaskill | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Missouri | Jason Kander | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Montana | Jon Tester | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Montana | Steve Daines | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Nebraska | Deb Fischer | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Nebraska | Ben Sasse | R | Nay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| Nevada | Dean Heller | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| Nevada | Catherine Cortez-Masto | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Hampshire | Maggie Hassan | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Jersey | Bob Menendez | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Jersey | Cory Booker | D | Not Voting | – | – | – | – | – |
| New Jersey | Kim Guadagno | R | – | – | – | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Mexico | Tom Udall | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New Mexico | Martin Heinrich | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New York | Chuck Schumer | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| New York | Kirsten Gillibrand | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| North Carolina | Thom Tillis | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Nay |
| North Carolina | Deborah Ross | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| North Dakota | John Hoeven | R | Yay | Nay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |
| North Dakota | Heidi Heitkamp | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Ohio | Sherrod Brown | D | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay |
| Ohio | Rob Portman | R | Yay | Yay | Yay | Yay | Nay | Yay |