<page_title> Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States </page_title> <section_title> Table </section_title> <table> <cell> George W. Bush <col_header> Nominated by </col_header> <row_header> Linda Chavez </row_header> </cell> <cell> Bernard Kerik <col_header> Nominee </col_header> <col_header> Lucius Horatio Stockton </col_header> <col_header> Henry Dearborn </col_header> <col_header> Roger B. Taney </col_header> <col_header> Caleb Cushing </col_header> <col_header> David Henshaw </col_header> <col_header> James Madison Porter </col_header> <col_header> James S. Green </col_header> <col_header> Thomas Ewing </col_header> <col_header> Henry Stanbery </col_header> <col_header> Charles B. Warren </col_header> <col_header> Lewis Strauss </col_header> <col_header> John Tower </col_header> <col_header> Zoë Baird </col_header> <col_header> Kimba Wood </col_header> <col_header> Bobby Ray Inman </col_header> <col_header> Anthony Lake </col_header> <col_header> Hershel Gober </col_header> <col_header> Linda Chavez </col_header> </cell> <cell> Homeland Security <col_header> Nomination Position </col_header> <row_header> Bernard Kerik </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2004 <col_header> Year </col_header> <row_header> Bernard Kerik </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 2004, Bush nominated Bernard Kerik to become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.