First Administration Inauguration: January 20, 1977; The Capitol, Washington, D.C. Vice President: Walter F. Mondale Secretary of State: Cyrus R. Vance; Edmund S. Muskie (from May 8, 1980) Secretary of the Treasury: W. Michael Blumenthal; G. William Miller (from August 7, 1979) Secretary of Defense: Harold Brown Attorney General: Griffin B. Bell; Benjamin R. Civiletti (from August 16, 1979) Secretary of the Interior: Cecil D. Andrus Secretary of Agriculture: Robert S. Bergland Secretary of Commerce: Juanita M. Kreps; Philip M. Klutznick (from January 9, 1980) Secretary of Labor: Fred R. Marshall Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (became Health and Human Services in 1979); Patricia Roberts Harris (from August 3, 1979) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Patricia Roberts Harris; Moon Landrieu (from September 25, 1979) Secretary of Transportation: Brock Adams; Neil E. Goldschmidt (from September 24, 1979) Secretary of Energy: James R. Schlesinger; Charles W. Duncan, Jr. (from August 24, 1979) Secretary of Education: Shirley M. Hufstedler (Department created December 1, 1979) Congress #95 (January 4, 1977-October 15, 1978): Senate: 61 Democrats; 38 Republicans; 1 Independent House: 292 Democrats; 143 Republicans Congress #96 (January 15, 1979-December 16, 1980): Senate: 58 Democrats; 41 Republicans; 1 Independent House: 277 Democrats; 158 Republicans
| Election of 1976 | | Candidates | Electoral Vote | | Popular Vote | James E. Carter
(Democratic) | 297 | | 40,830,763 | Gerald R. Ford
(Republican) | 240 | | 39,147,793 | Ronald W. Reagan
(Republican) | 1 | | none |
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