Alternate Cabinet Lists (including your own cabinet)

[President Johnson]

My administration would look like that:

President: President Johnson
Vice President: Kathleen Rice

Secretary of State: Tim Kaine
Attorney General: Doug Jones
Secretary of the Treasury: Deval Patrick
Secretary of Defense: Kelly Ayotte
Secretary of Commerce: Bruce Rauner
Secretary of Labor: Frederica Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture: Abel Maldonado
Secretary of Transportation: Christopher O. Ward
Secretary of the Interior: Jason Kander
Secretary of Homeland Security: Sally Yates
Secretary of HUD: Megan Barry
Secretary of HHS: Wendy Davis
Secretary of Energy: Julian Castro
Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: Dina Titus

White House Chief of Staff: Keith Ellison
White House Press Secretary: Mika Brzezinski (Deputy: Katy Tur)

United States Ambassador: Caroline Kennedy
National Security Advisor: James Stavridis
Director of National Intelligence: Adam Schiff
CIA Director: Michael Morrell
Budget Director: Neel Kashkari
Small Business Administrator: Jon Ossoff
EPA Administrator: Tom Steyer


Notes: I originally preferred Kamala Harris as vice president, but California would also be my homestate. Steve Bullock would be my number 2, but he's too much like me (straight white male, socially liberal and economically/fiscally moderate) and therefore not broaden the ticket's appeal.

It is pure intention to have people of different personal and political backgrounds, so that they (civilized) argue with each other to find pragmatic solutions and then present their ideas to the president, who makes the final decision.

[President Johnson]

My choice for an all female cabinet would probably look like this:


President: Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)
Vice President: Kathy Hochul (D-NY)

Secretary of State: Susan Rice (D-ME)
Attorney General: Letitia James (D-NY)
Secretary of the Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin (D-NC)
Secretary of Defense: Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Secretary of Commerce: Melinda Gates (I-WA)
Secretary of Labor: Susan Bysiewicz (D-CT)
Secretary of Agriculture: Rita Hart (D-IA)
Secretary of Transportation: Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
Secretary of the Interior: Deb Haaland (D-NM)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Sally Yates (I-GA)
Secretary of HUD: London Breed (D-CA)
Secretary of HHS: Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Secretary of Energy: Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: Dina Titus (D-NV)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Caroline Kennedy (D-NY)


White House Chief of Staff: Karen Bass (D-CA)

United States Trade Representative: Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
National Security Advisor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Director of National Intelligence: Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
CIA Director: Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
Budget Director: Linda Lingle (R-HI)
Small Business Administrator: Eleni Kounalakis (D-CA)
EPA Administrator: Maura Healey (D-MA)

[President Johnson]

If I was chancellor of Germany governing with my preferred social-liberal coalition of SPD and FDP:

- Chancellor: President Johnson (SPD)
- Vice Chancellor: Christian Lindner (FDP)

- Foreign Minister: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP)
- Finance Minister: Olaf Scholz (SPD)
- Defense Minister: Michael Roth (SPD)
- Interior Minister: Boris Pistorius (SPD)
- Justice Minister: Linda Teuteberg (FDP)
- Commerce Minister: Christian Lindner (FDP)
- Labor Minister: Christine Lambrecht (SPD)
- Health Minister: Karl Lauterbach (SPD)
- Transportation Minister: Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP)
- Minister for Environment: Anke Rehlinger (SPD)
- Minister for Economic Cooperation: Volker Wissing (FDP)
- Education Minister: Andreas Stoch (SPD)
- Minister for Family Affairs: Katja Suding (FDP)
- Agriculture Minister: Natascha Kohnen (SPD)
- Minister for Construction: Simone Lange (SPD) (new ministry)

- Chief of Chancellery: Franziska Giffey (SPD)

[President Johnson]

2022 update for my cabinet:

- President: President Johnson (D-VA*)
- Vice President: Nanette Barragan (D-CA)^

- Secretary of State: Susan Rice (D-DC)
- Secretary of the Treasury: Sarah Bloom Raskin (D-NC)
- Secretary of Defense: James Stavridis (D-FL)
- Attorney General: Letitia James (D-NY)
- Secretary of the Interior: Deb Haaland (D-NM)
- Secretary of Labor: Tim Ryan (D-OH)
- Secretary of Commerce: Charlie Baker (R-MA)
- Secretary of HHS: Ralph Northam (D-VA)
- Secretary of Agriculture: Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Secretary of Energy: Steve Bullock (D-MT)
- Secretary of HUD: Carlina Rivera (D-NY)
- Secretary of Transportation: Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
- Secretary of Education: Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- Secretary of Homeland Security: Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: Anthony G. Brown (D-MD)

- UN Ambassador: Jon Huntsman (R-UT)
- Chief of Staff: Adam Schiff (D-CA)
- National Security Adivor: William McRaven (I-??)
- EPA Director: Jay Inslee (D-WA)
- CIA: Director: Michael Morrell (I-??)


* somehow I would prefer residing in Alexandria, Virginia
^ I was first inclined to pick either Kathy Hochul or Gretchen Whitmer, but I feel they're more needed in their current jobs and Barragan would be a good ticket balancer