List of notable former officeholders who endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Former Trump administration officials
Cabinet-level officials Alexander Acosta, 27th United States Secretary of Labor (2017–2019), Dean of the Florida International University College of Law (2009–2017), and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (2005–2009) William Barr, 77th & 85th United States Attorney General (1991–1993, 2019–2020) and 25th United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991) David Bernhardt, 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior (2019–2021) and 7th United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior (2017–2019) Jovita Carranza, 26th Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2020–2021), 44th Treasurer of the United States (2017–2020), and Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2006–2009) Ben Carson, 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017–2021) Kelly Craft, 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2019–2021) and United States Ambassador to Canada (2017–2019) Betsy DeVos, 11th United States Secretary of Education (2017–2021) Nikki Haley, 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and 116th Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017) Robert Lighthizer, 18th United States Trade Representative (2017–2021) and 1st United States Deputy Trade Representative (1983–1985) Linda McMahon, 25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–2019) Mark Meadows, 29th White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021) and Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee (2020) Christopher C. Miller, United States Secretary of Defense (2020–2021), 6th Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (2020), and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (2020) Steven Mnuchin, 77th United States Secretary of the Treasury (2017–2021) Peter O'Rourke, Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2018) Rick Perry, 14th United States Secretary of Energy (2017–2019) and 47th Governor of Texas (2000–2015) Mike Pompeo, 70th United States Secretary of State (2018–2021) and 6th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018) Reince Priebus, 27th White House Chief of Staff (2017), 64th Chair of the Republican National Committee (2011–2017), and Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin (2007–2011) John Ratcliffe, 6th Director of National Intelligence (2020–2021) and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 4th district (2015–2020) Wilbur Ross, 39th United States Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021) Eugene Scalia, 28th United States Secretary of Labor (2019–2021) and 25th United States Solicitor of Labor (2002–2003) Jeff Sessions, 84th United States Attorney General (2017–2018) and United States Senator from Alabama (1997–2017) Russell Vought, 42nd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2019–2021) and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2018–2020) Robert Wilkie, 10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2018–2021), 8th Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2017–2018), and 25th Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (2006–2009) Matthew Whitaker, Acting United States Attorney General (2018–2019) and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa (2004–2009) Chad Wolf, United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2019–2021), Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy, and Plans (2019–2021), and Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Plans, Analysis, and Risk (2018–2019)
Department of Commerce officials Elizabeth Erin Walsh, Director General of the United States Commercial Service (2017–2018) and Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Global Markets) (2017–2018)
Department of Defense officials Anita K. Blair, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy (2017–2020) Ezra Cohen, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2020–2021) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (2020) Elbridge Colby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development (2017–2018) Earl G. Matthews, General Counsel of the Department of the Army (2017–2018) Mark E. Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (2017, 2019) Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2018–2021) and Acting General Counsel of the Navy (2006) Kash Patel, Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense (2020–2021) Gregory J. Slavonic, Acting United States Under Secretary of the Navy (2020–2021) James N. Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2018–2019) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2018–2019) Anthony Tata, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2020–2021) and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2020) Casey Wardynski, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2019–2021)
Department of Energy officials
Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary of Energy for Science (2017–2021) Karen Evans, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (2018–2020)
Department of Health and Human Services officials Michael Caputo, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs (2020–2021) Mehmet Oz, Co-chairman of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (2018–2022) Robert R. Redfield, 18th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018–2021) Vanila Singh, Chief Medical Officer, OASH, HHS (2017–2019) Herschel Walker, Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (2018–2022)
Department of Homeland Security officials Troy Edgar, Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security (2020–2021) Tom Homan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2017–2018) Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2019–2021) Rodney S. Scott, 24th Chief of the United States Border Patrol (2020–2021) Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2018–2019)
Department of Housing and Urban Development officials Lynne Patton Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region II (2017–2021)
Department of the Interior officials Douglas Domenech, United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas (2017–2021)
Department of Justice officials Kurt Alme, United States Attorney for the District of Montana (2017–2020) Michael G. Bailey, United States Attorney for the District of Arizona (2019–2021) John Bash, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas (2017–2020) Scott Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2017–2021) Robert S. Brewer Jr., United States Attorney for the Southern District of California (2019–2021) Maria Chapa Lopez, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida (2018–2021) Jeffrey Clark, United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (2020–2021) and United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division (2018–2021) Donald Q. Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee (2017–2021) Bart Davis, United States Attorney for the District of Idaho (2017–2021) Makan Delrahim, United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division (2017–2021) David M. DeVillers, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio (2019–2021) D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee (2017–2021) Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri (2018–2021) Robert Higdon Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina (2017–2021) Jeffrey Jensen, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri (2017–2020) Larry Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida (2019–2021) Mark Klaassen, United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming (2017–2021) Brian Kuester, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (2017–2021) Peter M. McCoy Jr., United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina (2020–2021) Joshua Minkler, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana (2017–2020) Brian T. Moran, United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington (2019–2021) R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (2017–2021) Ryan Patrick, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (2018–2021) William J. Powell, United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia (2017–2021) Michael R. Sherwin, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (2020–2021) R. Trent Shores, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma (2017–2021) Gregg N. Sofer, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas Jay Town, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2017–2020)
Department of State officials Robin Bernstein, United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (2018–2021) Lynda Blanchard, United States Ambassador to Slovenia (2019–2021) Andrew Bremberg, Permanent Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations (2019–2021) Terry Branstad, 12th United States Ambassador to China (2017–2020) and 39th and 42nd Governor of Iowa (2011–2017, 1983–1999) Ulrich Brechbuhl, 34th Counselor of the United States Department of State (2018–2021) and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2020) Scott Brown, United States Ambassador to New Zealand (2017–2020), United States Ambassador to Samoa (2017–2020) and United States Senator from Massachusetts (2010–2013) Brian Bulatao, 15th Under Secretary of State for Management (2019–2021) Thomas L. Carter, Permanent Representative of the United States to the International Civil Aviation Organization (2017–2020) Joseph Cella, United States Ambassador to Fiji (2019–2021), United States Ambassador to Kiribati (2019–2021), United States Ambassador to Nauru (2019–2021), United States Ambassador to Tonga (2019–2021), and United States Ambassador to Tuvalu (2019–2021) Ellie Cohanim, Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism (2019–2021) David B. Cornstein, United States Ambassador to Hungary (2018–2020) Michael G. DeSombre, United States Ambassador to Thailand (2020–2021) Robert Destro, United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues (2020–2021) Hugh Dugan, Acting Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs (2019–2020) Randy Evans, United States Ambassador to Luxembourg (2018–2021) David T. Fischer, 21st United States Ambassador to Morocco (2020–2021) David M. Friedman, United States Ambassador to Israel (2017–2021) Ronald Gidwitz, Acting United States Ambassador to the European Union (2020–2021) Jim Gilmore, United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2019–2021) and Chair of the Republican National Committee (2001) Callista Gingrich, 11th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (2017–2021) George Edward Glass, United States Ambassador to Portugal (2017–2021) Jason Greenblatt, Special Representative for International Negotiations (2017–2019) Richard Grenell, Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations (2019–2021), United States Ambassador to Germany (2018–2020), and Director of National Intelligence (2020) Jeffrey Ross Gunter, United States Ambassador to Iceland (2019–2021) Ken Howery, United States Ambassador to Sweden (2019–2021) Ronald D. Johnson, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (2019–2021)