History
The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the federal government. The list originated in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. For twenty years prior, the Democratic Party controlled the Federal Government. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that the new President could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election. Older editions of the Plum Book are held by any Federal depository library.
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