WASHINGTON – Janet Yellen was sworn in Tuesday as the nation's 78th Treasury secretary and the first woman to hold the office.
She was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris at a ceremony performed outside on the East Landing of the White House with a view of the Treasury Department that Yellen will lead.
Yellen's husband, George Akerlof, winner of the 2001 Nobel prize in economics and their son Robert, also an economist, were present for the brief ceremony.
Yellen became the third of President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominations to win Senate approval on a vote of 84-15 late Monday. All of the no votes came from Republican senators.