Administration, Cabinet and judicial appointments 1961–1963

The Kennedy Cabinet OFFICE NAME TERM President John F. Kennedy 1961–1963 Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson 1961–1963 State Dean Rusk 1961–1963 Treasury C. Douglas Dillon 1961–1963 Defense Robert S. McNamara 1961–1963 Justice Robert F. Kennedy 1961–1963 Postmaster General J. Edward Day 1961–1963   John A. Gronouski 1963 Interior Stewart L. Udall 1961–1963 Agriculture Orville L. Freeman 1961–1963 Commerce Luther H. Hodges 1961–1963 Labor Arthur J. Goldberg 1961–1962   W. Willard Wirtz 1962–1963 HEW Abraham A. Ribicoff 1961–1962   Anthony J. Celebrezze 1962–1963

The official White House portrait of John F. Kennedy by Aaron Shikler Judicial appointments Supreme Court Main article: John F. Kennedy Supreme Court candidates Kennedy appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States: Byron Raymond White – 1962 Arthur Joseph Goldberg – 1962 Further information: List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Other courts Main article: John F. Kennedy judicial appointments In addition to his two Supreme Court appointments, Kennedy appointed 21 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 judges to the United States district courts.