the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess. Under the U.S. Constitution's...

laureate) Power of appointment, the legal ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property Recess appointment, a method of...

grants the president the power to make recess appointments to fill vacancies that occur when the Senate is in recess. Section 3 of Article Two lays out the...

1863. Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1864; confirmed by the Senate on January 20 and received commission the same day. Recess appointment;...

Recess appointment; formally nominated on October 12, 1881, confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1881, and received commission the same day. Recess...

2, 2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4, 2007. Fox was born in Desloge, Missouri to Ukrainian Jewish...

2005 to December 2006, as a recess appointee by President George W. Bush. He stepped down at the end of his recess appointment in December 2006 because he...

Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the Senate on January 27, 1890, and received commission the same day Recess...

under the Recess Appointment Clause of the United States Constitution to appoint public officials unless the United States Senate is in recess and not able...

Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 3, 1820, confirmed by the Senate on January 5, 1820, and received commission the same day. Recess appointment;...

first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956,...

(by recess appointment on March 29, 2002, confirmed to full term 2003) Robert D. Lenhard – January 2006 – December 2007. (by recess appointment on January...

Federal Judicial Center. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later...

from) President Ford. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment. Received a second recess appointment but resigned prior...

States Customs Court. Reassigned from the Board of General Appraisers. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 4, 1930, confirmed by the United States...

of March 12, 2024[update]: Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December...

certain circumstances, fill a Supreme Court vacancy by means of a recess appointment. The Constitution does not set any qualifications for service as a...

Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the Senate on March 30, 1939, and received commission on May 4, 1939. Recess appointment;...

Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States...

court to serve as chief justice, after having been first given a recess appointment by President Washington to the position in August 1795. On December...

Justice. John Rutledge was the first. President Washington gave him a recess appointment in 1795. However, his subsequent nomination to the office was not...

commission the same day. Recess appointment; the Senate later rejected the appointment. Received a second recess appointment and was again rejected by...

commission the same day. Recess appointment; resigned before the Senate considered the appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5...

recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate. Recess appointment; the nomination expired without action by the United States Senate. Recess...

received commission the same day. Recess appointment; the Senate did not confirm the appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 12, 1913...

the District of Illinois. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January...

Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1802, confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1802, and received commission the same day. Recess appointment;...

president may make an appointment during a congressional recess without the Senate's advice and consent. The recess appointment remains valid only temporarily;...

Eisenhower announced the choice on October 24. Strauss took office via a recess appointment, effective November 13, 1958. However, Senate opposition to his nomination...

1949, during a recess of the Senate but did not serve under the recess appointment. He was nominated again, confirmed by the United States Senate, and...