United States president
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s typically fill their
Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own
political party
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. The first Cabinet formed by the first president,
George Washington
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, included some of Washington's political opponents, but later presidents adopted the practice of filling their Cabinets with members of the president's party.
[Mr. Wilson's Cabinet; Will Be Sagacious Men, But Not Political Experts]
''The New York Times'', November 7, 1912
Appointments across party lines are uncommon. Presidents may appoint members of a different party to high-level positions in order to reduce partisanship or improve cooperation between the political parties.
[William S. Cohen]
''Washington Post'', December 17, 2000 Also presidents often appoint members of a different party because they need
Senate
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confirmation for many of these positions, and at the time of appointment the Senate was controlled by the opposition party of the president.
Many of the cross-partisan nominees are often moderates within their own parties.
This is a list of people appointed to high-level positions in the
United States federal government
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by a
president whose political party affiliation was different from that of the appointee. The list includes executive branch appointees and independent agency appointees. Independent or nonpartisan appointees, nominally apolitical appointments (such as
Article III judges and military officers), and members of explicitly bipartisan commissions are not included. A
third party
Third party may refer to:
Business
* Third-party source, a supplier company not owned by the buyer or seller
* Third-party beneficiary, a person who could sue on a contract, despite not being an active party
* Third-party insurance, such as a Veh ...
member has never been appointed.
List of appointees
‡ Person was an appointee of the previous administration and was reappointed or retained by the President.
Other notable appointments that crossed party lines
* President
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
, a
Democratic-Republican
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, appointed
William Cranch
William Cranch (July 17, 1769 – September 1, 1855) was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. A staunch Federalist and nephew of President John Adams, Cranch moved his l ...
, a
Federalist
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History Europe federation
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, as Chief Judge of the
United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
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History
The D.C. c ...
.
* President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, asked
Charles Lee, a Federalist, to be appointed
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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.
* President
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States S ...
, a Democratic-Republican, appointed
Joseph Hopkinson, a
Federalist
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History Europe federation
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, as a
U.S. federal judge on the
.
* President
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He was a northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unit ...
, a
Democrat, appointed
Isaac Blackford
Isaac Newton Blackford (November 6, 1786 – December 31, 1859) was the second Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, the court's longest serving Justice, and among the longest serving jurists in the history of the United States. He wrote a ...
, a
Whig, as a judge on the
United States Court of Claims
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.
* President
Abraham Lincoln
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, a
Republican, appointed
Stephen Field, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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.
* President
Andrew Johnson
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, a Democrat, appointed
Samuel Blatchford
Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820 – July 7, 1893) was an American attorney and judge. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882 until his death in 1893.
Early ...
, a Republican, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
* President Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, appointed
Daniel Clark, a Republican, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
* President
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as govern ...
, a Republican, appointed
David M. Key, a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Courts for the Eastern and
Middle Districts of Tennessee.
* President
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pre ...
, a Republican, appointed
Howell Edmunds Jackson
Howell Edmunds Jackson (April 8, 1832 – August 8, 1895) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1893 until his death in 1895. His brief tenure on the Su ...
, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
, a Republican, appointed
Horace Harmon Lurton
Horace Harmon Lurton (February 26, 1844 – July 12, 1914) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and previously was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and of t ...
, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President William Howard Taft, a Republican, appointed
Edward Douglass White
Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1844 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist from Louisiana. White was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief j ...
, a Democrat, as
Chief Justice of the United States.
* President William Howard Taft, a Republican, appointed
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Joseph Rucker Lamar (October 14, 1857 – January 2, 1916) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Lamar, he served from 1911 until h ...
, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. ...
, a Republican, appointed
Pierce Butler Pierce or Piers Butler may refer to:
* Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond (c. 1467 – 26 August 1539), Anglo-Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland
* Piers Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoye (1652–1740), Anglo-Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland
* ...
, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer from New England who climbed up the ladder of Ma ...
, a Republican, appointed
John Ellis Martineau, a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
* President
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, holding o ...
, a Republican, appointed
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (May 24, 1870 – July 9, 1938) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the New York Court of Appeals from 1914 to 1932 and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1932 until his dea ...
, a prominent Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President Herbert Hoover, a Republican, appointed
Eugene Black, a Democrat, as a member of the
U.S. Board of Tax Appeals.
* President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As th ...
, a Democrat, appointed
Harlan F. Stone, a Republican, as
Chief Justice of the United States.
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, appointed
Robert P. Patterson, a Republican, as
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, appointed
William Clark
William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Miss ...
, a Republican, as
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, appointed
Duncan Lawrence Groner, a Republican, as
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
* President
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...
, a Democrat, appointed U.S. Senator
Harold Hitz Burton
Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ...
, a Republican, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...
.
* President Harry S. Truman, a Democrat, appointed
Ernest W. Gibson Jr., a Republican, as a
U.S. federal judge on the
United States District Court for the District of Vermont
The United States District Court for the District of Vermont (in case citations, D. Vt.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The ...
.
* President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
, a Republican, appointed
William J. Brennan Jr., a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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.
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, appointed
J. Joseph Smith, a Democrat, as a judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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.
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, appointed
Clement Haynsworth
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, a Democrat, as a judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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* District of Maryland ...
.
* President
John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, appointed
Harold R. Tyler Jr., a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the
.
* President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
, a Republican, appointed
Donald S. Russell
Donald Stuart Russell (February 22, 1906 – February 22, 1998) was an American attorney from South Carolina who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, President of the University of South Carolina, governor of South Caro ...
, a former U.S. senator and Democrat, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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* District of Maryland ...
.
* President Richard Nixon, a Republican, appointed
Walter R. Mansfield, a Democrat, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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.
* President Richard Nixon, a Republican, appointed
Charles Clark, a Democrat, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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* Eastern District of Louisiana
* M ...
.
* President Richard Nixon, a Republican, nominated
Clement Haynsworth
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, a Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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.
* President Richard Nixon, a Republican, appointed
Lewis F. Powell Jr., a lifelong Democrat, as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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.
* President
Gerald Ford
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, a Republican, appointed
Terry Shell
Terry Lee Shell (April 2, 1922 – June 25, 1978) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Education an ...
, a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Courts for the Eastern and
Western Districts of Arkansas.
* President
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from ...
, a Democrat, appointed
Frank Minis Johnson, a Republican, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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* Eastern District of Louisiana
* M ...
.
* President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, appointed
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (née Groefsema; August 4, 1923 – May 12, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education and career
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Kennedy graduated from ...
, a Republican, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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* Eastern District of Kentucky
* Western District of K ...
.
* President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, appointed
Otto Richard Skopil Jr., a Republican, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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* District o ...
.
* President
Ronald Reagan, a Republican, appointed
U.S. Representative Sam B. Hall Jr., a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
* President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, appointed
Kimba Wood
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, a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
* President
George H. W. Bush
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, a Republican, appointed
Sonia Sotomayor
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, a Democrat, as
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
* President
Bill Clinton
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, a Democrat, appointed
Maryanne Trump Barry
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, a Republican, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:
* District of Delaware
* District of New Jersey
* E ...
.
* President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed
Richard C. Tallman, a Republican, as judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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* District o ...
.
* President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed
Yvette Kane, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the
.
* President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed
Richard Barclay Surrick, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the
.
* President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, nominated
Admiral
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Bobby Ray Inman
Bobby Ray Inman (born April 4, 1931) is a retired United States Navy admiral who held several influential positions in the United States Intelligence Community.
Early years
Inman was born and raised in the community of Rhonesboro, Upshur Count ...
, a Republican, as
Secretary of Defense.
* President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, nominated
Governor of Massachusetts
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Massachusett ...
William Weld
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, a Republican, as
United States ambassador to Mexico
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.
* President
George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed
Philip Ray Martinez, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the
.
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* President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed C. Darnell Jones II, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed Legrome D. Davis, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed Timothy J. Savage, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed David S. Cercone, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed Freda L. Wolfson, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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.
* President Barack Obama
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, a Democrat, nominated U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, a Republican, as United States Secretary of Commerce
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.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Matthew W. Brann, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Gregory N. Stivers, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Thomas M. Durkin, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed John Robert Blakey, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Jeffrey L. Schmehl, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Edward G. Smith, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Jerry Pappert, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
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.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed John Tharp, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, appointed David Barlow, a Republican, as United States Attorney
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for the United States District Court for the District of Utah
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.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated William F. Jung, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Karen Gren Scholer, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
* President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Marilyn Horan, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, a Republican, nominated Nellie Liang, a Democrat, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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.
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Susan Paradise Baxter, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Robert J. Colville, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed John Milton Younge, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Lewis J. Liman, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Mary S. McElroy, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (in case citations, D.R.I.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island. The District Court was created in 1790 when Rhode Island ratified the ...
.
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Maryellen Noreika, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware (in case citations, D. Del.) is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington. Currently, four district judges and fi ...
.
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, appointed Stephanie D. Davis, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Hector Gonzalez, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Jennifer H. Rearden, a Democrat, as a U.S. federal judge on the .
* President Joe Biden, a Democrat, appointed Kim Wyman, a Republican, to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Appointments that crossed party lines
Lists of American politicians
Political office-holders in the United States