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Dec 10, 2004

Second Term Presidents: Have They Changed Their Cabinets?




An article in the NYT (12-10-04) features a chart based on data from Congressional Qaurterly's Guide to the Presidency: White House.

The chart shows that Presidents George W. Bush and Richard Nixon changed more cabinet posts going into their second terms than any other post-war presidents.

Cabinet posts that changed within one year after their second-term election:

Truman
36%
Eisenhower
30%
Johnson
33%
Nixon
73%
Reagan
54%
Clinton
50%
Bush
60%


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