Chapter 7: National and International Headlines (Spring 1979: Part IV)
Sergeant Foley
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UNITED STATES SENATE CONFIRMS LEFKOWITZ AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
*April 6, 1979: Following Edward W. Brooke's departure from the Justice Department, President Linwood Holton nominated former New York State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz (R) as his successor on March 16th. On April 6th, the United States Senate approved the nomination with 80 votes in favor of the nomination, while 18 voted against. Later that afternoon, he was sworn into office by Vice President Brooke himself at the US Justice Department. Lefkowitz, who previously served 32 years as New York State's 59th State Attorney General from January 10, 1957 until December 31, 1978 under Governors W. Arevell Harriman (D), 1955-1958; Nelson Rockefeller (R), 1959-1973; Malcolm Wilson (R), 1973-1974 and Hugh Carey (D), 1975-1978: vowed to continuing Brooke's policies that sought to bring criminals and those involved in illegal activities to justice as well as aggressively enforcing federal civil rights laws.
THE HOLTON ADMINISTRATION (April 7, 1979)
President: Linwood Holton (R-VA)
Vice President: Edward W. Brooke, III (R-MA)
Secretary of State: Malcolm Wilson (R-NY St)
Attorney General: Louis J. Lefkowitz (R-NY St)
Secretary of Defense: John Tower (R-TX)
Secretary of the Treasury: David Rockefeller (R-NY St)
Secretary of Commerce: Elliot Richardson (R-MA)
Secretary of the Interior: Cecil Andrus (D-ID)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Patricia Roberts Harris (D-DC)
Secretary of Energy: James Schlesinger (R-VA)
Secretary of Labor: William Usery, Jr., (R-GA)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Califano, Jr., (D-DC)
Secretary of Education: Shirley Hufsteider (D-CA)
Secretary of Transportation: William Thaddeus Coleman (R-PA)
Secretary of Agriculture: Kika De La Garza (D-TX)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: James Thomas Lynn (R-OH)
US Trade Representative: Frederick Dent (R-SC)
US Ambassador to the United Nations: Daniel J. Evans (R-WA St)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Clarence M. Kelley (R-MO)
Director of Central Intelligence: George HW Bush (R-TX)
National Security Adviser: Brent Scowcroft (R-VA)
White House Chief of Staff: Ann C. Whitman (R-NY St)
*April 6, 1979: Following Edward W. Brooke's departure from the Justice Department, President Linwood Holton nominated former New York State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz (R) as his successor on March 16th. On April 6th, the United States Senate approved the nomination with 80 votes in favor of the nomination, while 18 voted against. Later that afternoon, he was sworn into office by Vice President Brooke himself at the US Justice Department. Lefkowitz, who previously served 32 years as New York State's 59th State Attorney General from January 10, 1957 until December 31, 1978 under Governors W. Arevell Harriman (D), 1955-1958; Nelson Rockefeller (R), 1959-1973; Malcolm Wilson (R), 1973-1974 and Hugh Carey (D), 1975-1978: vowed to continuing Brooke's policies that sought to bring criminals and those involved in illegal activities to justice as well as aggressively enforcing federal civil rights laws.
THE HOLTON ADMINISTRATION (April 7, 1979)
President: Linwood Holton (R-VA)
Vice President: Edward W. Brooke, III (R-MA)
Secretary of State: Malcolm Wilson (R-NY St)
Attorney General: Louis J. Lefkowitz (R-NY St)
Secretary of Defense: John Tower (R-TX)
Secretary of the Treasury: David Rockefeller (R-NY St)
Secretary of Commerce: Elliot Richardson (R-MA)
Secretary of the Interior: Cecil Andrus (D-ID)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Patricia Roberts Harris (D-DC)
Secretary of Energy: James Schlesinger (R-VA)
Secretary of Labor: William Usery, Jr., (R-GA)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Joseph Califano, Jr., (D-DC)
Secretary of Education: Shirley Hufsteider (D-CA)
Secretary of Transportation: William Thaddeus Coleman (R-PA)
Secretary of Agriculture: Kika De La Garza (D-TX)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: James Thomas Lynn (R-OH)
US Trade Representative: Frederick Dent (R-SC)
US Ambassador to the United Nations: Daniel J. Evans (R-WA St)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Clarence M. Kelley (R-MO)
Director of Central Intelligence: George HW Bush (R-TX)
National Security Adviser: Brent Scowcroft (R-VA)
White House Chief of Staff: Ann C. Whitman (R-NY St)