Elliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and Republican politician. As a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977,Richardson is one of two men in United States history to hold four cabinet positions. As United States Attorney General,Richardson played a prominent role in the Watergate scandal when he resigned in protest against President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. His resignation precipitated a crisis of confidence in Nixon which ultimately led to the president's resignation.
Samuel Knox Skinner is an American politician,lawyer,and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration,Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975-1977,succeeding James R. Thompson.
Gerald Ford's tenure as the 38th president of the United States began on August 9,1974,upon the resignation of president Richard Nixon,and ended on January 20,1977. Ford,a Republican from Michigan,had been appointed vice president since December 6,1973,following the resignation of Spiro Agnew from that office. Ford was the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His presidency ended following his narrow defeat in the 1976 presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter,after a period of 895 days in office.
Edward Hirsch Levi was an American legal scholar and academic. He served as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1950 to 1962,president of the University of Chicago from 1968 to 1975,and then as United States Attorney General from 1975 to 1978 under President Gerald Ford. Levi is regularly cited as the "model of a modern attorney general",the "greatest lawyer of his time",and is credited with restoring order after Watergate. He is considered,along with Yale's Whitney Griswold,the greatest of postwar American university presidents.
James Thomas Lynn was an American cabinet officer and government official. He served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1973 until 1975 and as the director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1975 until 1977.
William Howard Taft IV is an American diplomat and attorney who has served in the United States government under several Republican administrations. He is a son of William Howard Taft III and a great-grandson of President William Howard Taft.
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford,respectively. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
Togo Dennis West Jr. was an American attorney and public official. A Democrat,he was the third person to occupy the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the Bill Clinton administration serving from 1998 until his resignation in 2000. He was the second African American to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. is an American attorney,professor,and public servant. He is known for the roles he played in shaping welfare policies in the cabinets of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter and for serving as United States Secretary of Health,Education,and Welfare in the Carter administration. He is also the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia),an evidence-based research organization,which is now the Partnership to End Addiction,where Califano holds the title of Chair Emeritus.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was an American attorney and judge. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation,from March 7,1975,to January 20,1977,and the second African American to serve in the United States Cabinet. As an attorney,Coleman played a major role in significant civil rights cases. At the time of his death,Coleman was the oldest living former Cabinet member.
Jerald Franklin terHorst was an American journalist who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as a rare act of conscience by a high-ranking public official.
Robert Michael Kimmitt was United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29,2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29,2005,and he was sworn into office on August 16,2005. Kimmitt served through the end of the Bush administration,leaving office on January 20,2009.
Michael Raoul-Duval was an investment banker and lawyer in the United States who had Senior White House positions while serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford,where he rose to the position of Special Counsel to the President.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973,and as the 40th vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974. Ford succeeded to the presidency when Nixon resigned in 1974,but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976. Ford is the only person to serve as president and vice president without being elected to either office.
Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz was a United States government official who served as the secretary of agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming and an end to New Deal programs.
Russell A. Rourke was an American lawyer and public official. He served in key staff positions on Capital Hill and in senior executive positions within the Federal Government. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to serve as the fifteenth Secretary of the Air Force.
Philip William Buchen was an American attorney who served as White House counsel during the Ford Administration.
Charles Springs Murphy was an American attorney who served as the White House Counsel to U.S. President Harry S. Truman from 1950 to 1953. Prior to this,he was a staff member in the office of the legislative counsel of the U.S. Senate from 1934 to 1946 and Administrative Assistant to President Truman from 1947 to 1950. Subsequent to the Truman Administration,Murphy served as Under Secretary of Agriculture,from 1960 to 1965;and chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1965 to 1968.
The presidential transition of Jimmy Carter began when he won the 1976 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Carter was inaugurated at noon EST on January 20,1977. Carter had become president-elect once the election results became clear on November 3,1976,the day after the election.
