appointee
(noun)
a person who is appointed
Examples of appointee in the following topics:
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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.
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Hispanics as a Political Force
- This 1998 photograph shows President Bill Clinton and his Hispanic and Latino appointees.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.