With nearly two dozen major appointments and nominations announced since Election Day, Barack Obama has assembled his incoming administration far faster than other recent presidents-elect. Obama's weekly address this Saturday naming Shaun Donovan as his choice to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development brought his number of big picks over the past six weeks to 23.
The next-speediest president-elect in recent memory was George H.W. Bush, who had made 16 major nominations by this point during his 1988 transition. Ronald Reagan takes a distant third, having announced Alexander Haig as his choice for secretary of State and Fred Fielding as White House counsel.
By this point in their transitions, neither Bill Clinton nor George W. Bush had made any big-name announcements, although Bush at least had the excuse of the presidential recount.
Click through the graphic below to see each president-elect's major appointments up to this point in their transitions.
Check back every Monday for updates on that week in transition history.
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