List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign federal executive officials endorsements

This is a list of notable federal executive officials that endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.

Federal executive officials Four out of the six living presidents endorsed Harris. Former president Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, while George W. Bush declined to endorse a candidate, as he is "retired from presidential politics".

Three out of the five living vice presidents besides Harris herself have endorsed her. Biden was also the outgoing incumbent president. Mike Pence, who served under Trump, had said he would not endorse either candidate, while fellow Republican Dan Quayle did not publicly weigh in on the race, though post-election, he stated he voted for Donald Trump.

Presidents

Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–2025) (under whom Harris served as vice president), 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009), former 2024 Democratic presidential presumptive nominee Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981), 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975) Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States (1993–2001), 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992), Attorney General of Arkansas (1977–1979) Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–2008)

Vice presidents

Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009), U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989–1993), House Minority Whip (1989), Chair of the House Republican Conference (1987–1989), U.S. Representative from Wyoming (1979–1989), White House Chief of Staff (1975–1977), White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1974–1975) (Republican) Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993), U.S. Representative from TN-06 (1983–1985), and TN-04 (1977–1983), 2000 Democratic nominee for president

Cabinet-level officials

Current

Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2021–2025), Attorney General of California (2017–2021), U.S. Representative from CA-34 (2013–2017), CA-31 (2003–2013) and CA-30 (1993–2003) Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2021–2025), Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020), 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education (2021–2025), Commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education (2019–2021) Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy (2021–2025), Governor of Michigan (2003–2011), Attorney General of Michigan (1999–2003) Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2021–2025) Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (2021–2025), U.S. Representative from NM-01 (2019–2021) Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2021–2025), Governor of Rhode Island (2015–2021), General Treasurer of Rhode Island (2011–2015) Michael S. Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2021–2025) Julie Su, acting U.S. Secretary of Labor (2023–2025), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor (2021–2025) Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (2021–2025) Adrianne Todman, acting U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2024–2025), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2021–2025) Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (2009–2017, 2021–2025), Governor of Iowa (1999–2007)

Former

Martin Neil Baily, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1999–2001) Rand Beers, acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2013), acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2013), Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs (2009–2014), Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (1998–2002) W. Michael Blumenthal, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1977–1979) John Brennan, Director of the CIA (2013–2017), Homeland Security Advisor (2009–2013) Carol Browner, Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy (2009–2011), Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1993–2001) Sylvia Mathews Burwell, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2014–2017), Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2013–2014) Julian Castro, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014–2017), Mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009–2014), 2020 candidate for the Democratic nomination for president Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009–2013) Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1993–1997), Mayor of San Antonio, Texas (1981–1989) James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (2010–2017) Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013), U.S. Senator from New York (2001–2009), First Lady of the United States (1993–2001), 2016 Democratic nominee for president William Cohen, U.S. Defense Secretary (1997–2001), U.S. Senator from Maine (1979–1997) (Republican) William M. Daley, White House Chief of Staff (2011–2012), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1997–2000) Brian Deese, Director of the National Economic Council (2021–2023), Senior Advisor to the President of the United States (2015–2017), acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2014), Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2013–2015) John M. Deutch, Director of Central Intelligence (1995–1996), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1994–1995), Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (1993–1994) Thomas E. Donilon, U.S. National Security Advisor (2010–2013), Deputy National Security Advisor (2009–2010), Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1993–1996) Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education (2009–2016) Mike Espy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1993–1994), U.S. Representative from MS-02 (1987–1993) Jason Furman, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017) Marcia Fudge, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2021–2024), U.S. Representative from OH-11 (2008–2021), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (2013–2015) Stuart M. Gerson, acting U.S. Attorney General (1993), United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (1989–1993) (Republican) Dan Glickman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1995–2001), U.S. Representative from KS-04 (1977–1995) Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General (2005–2007), White House Counsel (2001–2005), Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1999–2001), Secretary of State of Texas (1998–1999) (Republican) Chuck Hagel, U.S. Defense Secretary (2013–2015), U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1997–2009) (Republican) Michael Hayden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2006–2009), Director of the National Security Agency (1999–2005) Carla Anderson Hills, U.S. Trade Representative (1989–1993), U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1975–1977) (Republican) Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General (acting 2001, 2009–2015) U.S. Deputy Attorney General (1997–2001) U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (1993–1997), Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1988–1993) Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2009–2013) Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (2013–2017) Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2013–2017) Peter Keisler, acting U.S. Attorney General (2007), United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (2003–2007), acting United States Associate Attorney General (2002–2003) (Republican) John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State (2013–2017), U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (2021–2024), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1983–1985), 2004 Democratic nominee for president Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative (2009–2013) Ron Klain, White House Chief of Staff (2021–2023), White House Ebola Response Coordinator (2014–2015), Chief of Staff to the Vice President (2009–2011) Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2009–2013), U.S. Representative from IL-18 (1995–2009) (Republican) Anthony Lake, U.S. National Security Advisor (1993–1997) Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011), U.S. Ambassador to China (2011–2014), Governor of Washington (1997–2005) James Loy, acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2005), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005), Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (2002–2003) Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General (2015–2017), U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1999–2001, 2010–2015) Demetrios Marantis, acting U.S. Trade Representative (2013) Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2013–2017), White House National Climate Advisor (2021–2022) John E. McLaughlin, acting Director of Central Intelligence (2004), Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (2000–2004) Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2009–2013), Governor of Arizona (2003–2009), Arizona Attorney General (1999–2003), U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona (1993–1997) John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009), Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2004–2005), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2001–2004), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1993–1996), U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1989–1993), Deputy National Security Advisor (1987–1989), Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1985–1987), U.S. Ambassador to Honduras (1981–1985) (Republican) Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2009–2010) Leon Panetta, U.S. Defense Secretary (2011–2013), Director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House Chief of Staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), and U.S. Representative from CA-16 (1977–1993) and CA-17 (1993) William J. Perry, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1994–1997), Deputy Secretary of Defense (1993–1994), Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1977–1981) Mary E. Peters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2006–2009) (Republican) Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2013–2017) Robert Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1993–1997) Susan Rice, U.S. Domestic Policy Council director (2021–2023), U.S. National Security Advisor (2013–2017), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2009–2013) Robert Rubin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1995–1999) Miriam Sapiro, acting U.S. Trade Representative (2013), Deputy Trade Representative (2009–2014) Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2009–2014), Governor of Kansas (2003–2009) Donna Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993–2001), U.S. Representative from FL-27 (2019–2021) Joseph Stiglitz, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1995–1997) Lawrence Summers, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1999–2001), Director of the National Economic Council (2009–2011) William Howard Taft IV, acting U.S. Secretary of Defense (1989), Legal Adviser of the Department of State (2001–2005), U.S. Ambassador to NATO (1989–1992), U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1984–1989) and great-grandson of President William Howard Taft (Republican) Laura Tyson, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (1993–1995), Director of the National Economic Council (1995–1996) Ann Veneman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (2001–2005) (Republican) Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Labor (2021–2023), Mayor of Boston (2014–2021) Jack Watson, White House Chief of Staff (1980–1981), White House Cabinet Secretary (1970–1980) William H. Webster, chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (2005–2020), Director of Central Intelligence (1987–1991), Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978–1987) (Republican) Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2001–2003), Governor of New Jersey (1994–2001) (Forward) Neal S. Wolin, acting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2013), U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (2009–2013)