appointee

Examples of appointee in the following topics:

• Obama vs. the Lobbyists?

  • On January 21, 2009, Obama issued an executive order for all future appointees to his administration, which stated, no appointee who was a registered lobbyist within the two years before his appointment could participate on matters in which he lobbied for a period of two years after the date of appointment.

• Hispanics as a Political Force

  • This 1998 photograph shows President Bill Clinton and his Hispanic and Latino appointees.

• The Democratization of the Political Arena

  • Many Jacksonians held the view that rotating political appointees in and out of office was not only the right, but also the duty, of winners in political contests.
  • Patronage was theorized to be good because it would encourage political participation by the common man and because it would make a politician more accountable for poor government service by his appointees.

• Jacksonian Democrats: 1824–1860

  • Many Jacksonians held the view that rotating political appointees in and out of office was not only the right but also the duty of winners in political contests.
  • Patronage was theorized to be good because it would encourage political participation by the common man and because it would make a politician more accountable for poor government service by his appointees.

• Civil Service Reform

  • Jay's report suggested that the New York Custom House was so overstaffed with political appointees that 20% of the employees were expendable.
  • Conkling opposed the appointees' confirmation when the Senate reconvened in February 1879, but Merritt was approved by a vote of 31–25, as was Burt by 31–19, giving Hayes his most significant civil service reform victory.

• Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison

  • The appointees, infamously known as the "Midnight Judges," included William Marbury.
  • Without the commissions, the appointees were unable to assume their appointed offices.

• Jackson's Democratic Agenda

  • Many Jacksonians held the view that rotating political appointees in and out of office was not only the right, but also the duty, of winners in political contests.

• Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

  • At first it covered very few jobs, but there was a ratchet provision whereby outgoing presidents could lock in their own appointees by converting their jobs to civil service.

• Scandals

  • Joyce and two of Grant's appointees, Supervisor of Internal Revenue General John McDonald and private secretary to the president Orville E.
  • He was reluctant to prosecute cabinet members and appointees viewed as "honest" friends, and those who were convicted were set free with presidential pardons after serving a brief time in prison.

• The Jackson Presidency

  • Many Jacksonians held the view that rotating political appointees in and out of office was not only the right, but also the duty, of winners in political contests.
  • It was theorized that patronage would encourage political participation by the common man and would make a politician more accountable for poor government service by his appointees.