| Secretary of State | Cyrus R. Vance, 1977 Edmund S. Muskie, 1980 |
| Secretary of the Treasury | W. Michael Blumenthal, 1977 G. William Miller, 1979 |
| Secretary of Defense | Harold Brown, 1977 |
| Attorney General | Griffin B. Bell, 1977 Benjamin R. Civiletti, 1979 |
| Secretary of the Interior | Cecil D. Andrus, 1977 |
| Secretary of Agriculture | Bob S. Bergland, 1977 |
| Secretary of Commerce | Juanita M. Kreps, 1977 Philip M. Klutznick, 1979 |
| Secretary of Labor | F. Ray Marshall, 1977 |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Joseph A. Califano, Jr., 1977 Patricia Roberts Harris, 1979 |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Patricia Roberts Harris, 1977 Moon Landrieu, 1979 |
| Secretary of Transportation | Brock Adams, 1977 Neil E. Goldschmidt, 1979 |
| Secretary of Energy | James R. Schlesinger, 1977 Charles W. Duncan, Jr., 1979 |
| Secretary of Education | Shirley Mount Hufstedler, 1979 |