Obama's Cabinet Success Follows Path of Predecessors - Roll Call

Obama’s Cabinet Success Follows Path of Predecessors

By Jonathan Allen and CQ Staff

Posted January 25, 2009 at 1:00am

lost five votes
John Tower
only misstep so far

First and Last Rejections

Roger Taney
Dred Scott

The Tyler Curse

Caleb Cushing
David Henshaw
James M. Porter

The Remaining Three

Charles Dawes
Lewis L. Strauss

Withdrawn or Died in Committee

Zoe Baird
Tony Lake
Hershel Gober
Linda Chavez
Bernard Kerik
Henry Dearborn

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