# When was the last time a President fired a member of his cabinet?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-a-president-fired-a-member-of-his-cabinet/544249 "2010-06-23T16:36:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-a-president-fired-a-member-of-his-cabinet/544249/101 "2017-02-01T20:54:43Z")

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> [@Catamount](#):
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> What’s the difference between “fired” and “forced to resign?”

A lot if Cabinet members get to collect unemployment.

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**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-a-president-fired-a-member-of-his-cabinet/544249/102 "2017-02-03T14:51:25Z")

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> [@What\_the](#):
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> Had she not been fired, and had Trump wanted to keep her for four years, would she have to be confirmed?

> [@Okrahoma](#):
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> Yes.

Yes and no. He could have kept her in office indefinitely by putting up a nominee who the Senate rejected. He’d have 120 days to nominate someone, then another 120 days to nominate someone else after the Senate vote.

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