March 2 (UPI) -- Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office Thursday to Dr. Ben Carson hours after the Senate confirmed the pediatric neurosurgeon-turned-politician as President Donald Trump's secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The vote was 58-41. Carson won over a handful of Democrats, a relative moment of bipartisanship after heated debate and mostly party-line votes over other Trump Cabinet nominees. Carson also received the unanimous vote of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee following his confirmation hearing in January.