First Administration Inauguration: August 9, 1974; In the East Room of the White House Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Secretary of State: Henry A. Kissinger Secretary of the Treasury: William E. Simon Secretary of Defense: James R. Schlesinger; Donald H. Rumsfield (from November 20, 1975) Attorney General: William B. Saxbe; Edward H. Levi (from February 7, 1975) Secretary of the Interior: Rogers C.B. Morton; Stanley K. Hathaway (from June 13, 1975); Thomas S. Kleppe (from October 17, 1975) Secretary of Agriculture: Earl L. Butz; John A. Knebel (from November 4, 1976) Secretary of Commerce: Frederick B. Dent; Rogers C.B. Morton (from May 1, 1975); Elliot L. Richardson (from February 2, 1976) Secretary of Labor: Peter J. Brennan; John T. Dunlop (from March 18, 1975) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Caspar W. Weinberger; F. David Matthews (from August 8, 1975) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: James T. Lynn; Carla A. Hills (from March 10, 1975) Secretary of Transportation: Claude S. Brinegar; William T. Coleman, Jr. (from March 7, 1975) Supreme Court Appointment: John Paul Stevens (1975) Congress #93 (January 3, 1973-December 20, 1974): Senate: 56 Democrats; 42 Republicans; 2 Independents House: 242 Democrats; 192 Republicans; 1 Independent Congress #94 (January 14, 1975-October 1, 1976): Senate: 61 Democrats; 37 Republicans; 2 Independents House: 291 Democrats; 144 Republicans
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