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Name | From State of | Date in Office | |
George Washington | Virginia | 1789 to 1797 | 8yrs. |
John Adams | Massachusetts | 1797 to 1801 | 4yrs. |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | 1801 to 1809 | 8 yrs. |
James Madison | Virginia | 1809 to 1817 | 8 yrs. |
James Monroe | Virginia | 1817 to 1825 | 8 yrs. |
John Qnincy Adams | Massachusetts | 1825 to 1829 | 4 yrs. |
Andrew Jackson | Tennessee | 1829 to 1837 | 8 yrs. |
Martin Van Buren | New York | 1837 to 1841 | 4 yrs. |
William H. Harrison | Ohio | 1841 to 1841 | 1 month |
•John Tyler- | Virginia | 1841 to 1845 | 3 yrs. 11 mos. |
James K. Polk | Tennessee | 1845 to 1849 | 4 yrs. |
Zachary Taylor | Louisiana | 1849 to 1850 | 1 yr. 4 mos. |
* Millard Fillmore | New York | 1850 to 1853 | 2 yrs. 8 mos. |
Franklin Pierce | N. Hampshire | 1853 to 1857 | 4 yrs. |
James Buchanan | Pennsylvania | 1857 to 1861 | 4 yrs. |
Abraham Lincoln | Illinois | 1861 to 1865 | 4 yrs. 1 mo. |
*Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | 1865 to 1869 | 3 yrs. 11 mos. |
Ulysses S. Grant | Illinois | 1869 to 1877 | 8 yrs. |
Rutherford B. Hayes | Ohio | 1877 to 1881 | 4 yrs. |
James A. Garfield | Ohio | 1881 to 1881 | 6 1/2 mos. |
*Chester A. Arthur | New York | 1881 to 1885 | 3 yrs. 5 1/2 mos. |
Grover Cleveland | New York | 1885 to 1889 | 4 yrs. |
Benjamin Harrison | Indiana | 1889 |
* Vice-President became President on death of President.
Name | From State of | With what President |
John Adams | Massachusetts | George Washington |
Thomas Jefferson...... | Virginia | John Adam |
Aaron Burr | New York | Thomas Jefferson |
George Clinton | New York | Thomas Jefferson |
* George Clinton | New York | James Madison |
+ Wm.H.Crawford | Georgia | James Madison |
*Elbridge Gerry | Massachusetts | James Madison |
+ John Gaillord | South Carolina | James Madison |
Daniel D.Tompkins | New York | James Monroe |
John c.Calhoun | South Carolina | John Quincy Adams |
John c.Calhoun | South Carolina | Andrew Jackson |
Name | From State of | With what President |
Martin Van Buren | New York | Andrew Jackson |
Richard M. Johnson | Kentucky | Martin Van Buren |
John Tyler | Virginia | . William H. Harrison |
Samuel L. Southard | New Jersey | John Tyler |
Willie P. Mangum..... | North Carolina | John Tyler |
George M. Dallas....... | Pennsylyvania | James K. Polk |
Millard Fillmore | New York | Zachary Fillmore |
WilliamR. King....... | Alabama | Millard Fillmore |
*William R. King...... | Alabama | Franklin Pierce |
+ D. R. Atchinson...... | Missouri | Frankline Pierce |
J. D. Bright.......... | Alabama | Franklin Pierce |
John C. Breckenbridge.. | Kentucky | James Buchanan |
Hannibal Hamblin | Maine | Abraham Lincoin |
Andrew Johnson | Tennessee | Abraham Lincoin |
+ Lafayette S. Foster ... | Connecticut | Andrew Johnson |
+ Beujamin F. Wade.... | Ohio............... | Andrew Johnson |
Schuyler Colfax | Indiana | Ulysses S. Grant |
* Henry M. Wilson | Massachusetts | Ulysses S. Grant |
+ Thomas W. Ferry | Michigan | Ulysses S. Grant |
William A. Wheeler | New York | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Chester A. Arthur | New York | James A. Garfield |
+ Thomas F. Bayard | Delaware | Chester A. Arthur |
+ David Davis | Illinois | Chester A. Arthur |
+ George F. Edmunds | Vermont | Chester A. Arthur |
*Thomas A. Hendricks.. | Indiana | Grover Cleveland |
+ John Sherman | .Ohio............... | Grover Cleveland |
John J. Ingalls | Kansas | Grover Cleveland |
Levi P. Morton | New York | Benjamin Harrison |
* Died while in office.
+ President pro tem, of the Senate.
The " State Department" was created by Act of Congress, 1789.
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet Appointed | |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia | George Washington | 1789 |
Edmund Randolph | Virginia | George Washington | 1794 |
Timothy Pickering | Pennsylvania | George Washington | 1795 |
Timothy Pickering | Pennsylvania | John Adams | 1797 |
John Marshall | Virginia | John Adams | 1800 |
James Madison | Virginia | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
Robert Smith | Maryland | James Madison | 1809 |
James Monroe | Virginia | James Madison | 1811 |
John Q. Adams | Massachusetts | James Monroe | 1817 |
Henry Clay | Kentucky | JohnQ. Adams | 1825 |
Martin Van Buren | New York | Andrew Jackson | 1829 |
Edward Livingston | Louisiana | Andrew Jackson | 1831 |
Louis McLane | Delaware | Andrew Jackson | 1833 |
John Forsyth | Georgia | Andrew Jackson | 1834 |
John Forsyth | Georgia | Martin Van Buren | 1837 |
Daniel Webster | Massachusetts | William H. Harrison | 1841 |
Hugh S. Legare | South Carolina | John Tyler | 1843 |
Abel P. Upshur | Virginia | John Tyler | 1843 |
John Nelson (acting) | Maryland | John Tyler | 1844 |
John 0. Calhoun | South Carolina | John Tyler | 1844 |
James Buchanan | Pennsylvania | James K. Polk | 1845 |
James M. Clayton | Delaware | Zachary Taylor | 1849 |
Daniel Webster | Massachusetts | Millard Fillmore | 1850 |
Edward Everett | Massachusetts | Millard Fillmore | 1852 |
William L. Marcy | New York | Franklin Pierce | 1853 |
Lewis Cass | Michigan | James Buchanan | 1857 |
Jeremiah S. Black | Pennsylvania | James Buchanan | 1860 |
William H. Seward | New York | Abraham Lincoln | 1861 |
E. B. Washburne | Illinois | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
Hamilton Fish | New York | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
William M. Evarts | New York | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877 |
James G. Blaine | Maine | James A. Garfield | 1881 |
T. F. Frelinghuysen | New Jersey | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 |
Thomas F. Bayard | Delaware | Grover Cleveland | 1885 |
James G. Blaine | Maine | Benjamin Harrison | 1889 |
The " Treasury Department" was created by Act of Congress, 1789.
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet Appointed | |
Alexander Hamilton | New York | George Washington | 1789 |
Oliver Wolcott | Connecticut | George Washington | 1795 |
Oliver Wolcott | Connecticut | John Adams | 1797 |
Samuel Dexter | Massachusetts | John Adams | 1801 |
Samuel Dexter | Massachusetts | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
Albert Gallatin | Pennsylvania | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
Albert Gallatin | Pennsylvania | James Madison | 1809 |
G. W. Campbell | Tennessee | Junes Madison | 1814 |
Alexander J. Dallas | Pennsylvania | James Madison | 1814 |
W. H. Crawford | Georgia | James Madison | 1816 |
W. H. Crawford | Georgia | James Monroe | 1817 |
Richard Rush | Pennsylvania | John Q. Adams | 1825 |
S. D. Ingham | Pennsylvania | Andrew Jackson | 1829 |
Louis McLane | Delaware | Andrew Jackson | 1831 |
William J. Duane | Pennsylvania | Andrew Jackson | 1833 |
Roger B. Taney | Maryland | Andrew Jackson | 1833 |
Levi Woodbury | New Hampshire Andrew Jackson | 1834 | |
Levi Woodbury | New Hampshire Martin Van Buren | 1837 | |
Thomas Ewing | Ohio | William H. Harrison | 1841 |
W. Forward | Pennsylvania | John Tyler | 1841 |
John C. Spencer | New York | John Tyler | 1843 |
George M. Bilb | Kentucky | John Tyler | 1844 |
R. J. Walker | Mississippi | James K. Polk | 1845 |
W. M. Meredith | Pennsylvania | Zachary Taylor | 1849 |
Thomas Corwin | Ohio | Millard Fillmore | 1850 |
James Guthrie | Kentucky | Franklin Pierce | 1853 |
Howell Cobb | Georgia | James Buchanan | 1857 |
Philip H. Thomas | Maryland | James Buchanan | 1860 |
John A. Dix | New York | James Buchanan | 1861 |
Salmon P. Chase | Ohio | Abraham Lincoln | 1861 |
W. P. Fessenden | Maine | Abraham Lincoln | 1864 |
Hugh McCulloch | Indiana | Abraham Lincoln | 1865 |
Hugh McCulloch | Indiana | Andrew Johnson | 1865 |
G. S. Boutwell | Massachusetts | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
William A. Richardson Massachusetts | Ulysses S. Grant | 1873 | |
B. H. Bristow | Kentucky | Ulysses S. Grant | 1874 |
Lot M. Morrill | Maine | Ulysses S. Grant | 1876 |
John Sherman | Ohio | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877 |
William Windom | Minnesota | James A. Garfield | 1881 |
Charles J. Folger | New York | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 |
Hugh McCulloch | Indiana | Chester A. Arthur | 1884 |
Daniel F. Manning | New York | Grover Cleveland | 1885 |
Charles S. Fairchild | New York | Grover Cleveland | 1887 |
William Windom | Minnesota | Benjamin Harrison | 1889 |
The " War Department" was created by Act of Congress, August 7, 1789
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet | Appointed |
Henry Knox | Massachusetts | George Washington | 1789 |
Timothy Pickering | Pennsylvania | George Washington | 1795 |
James McHenry | Maryland | George Washington | 1795 |
James McHenry | Maryland | John Adams | 1797 |
Samuel Dexter | Massachusetts | John Adams | 1800 |
Roger Griswold | Connecticut | John Adams | 1801 |
Henry Dearborn | Massachusetts | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
William Eustis | Massachusetts | James Madison | 1809 |
John Armstrong | New York | James Madison | 1813 |
James Monroe | Virginia | James Madison | 1814 |
William H. Crawford | Georgia | James Madison | 1815 |
George Graham | Virginia | James Monroe | 1817 |
John C. Calhoun | South Carolina | James Monroe | 1817 |
J ames Barbour | Virginia | John Q. Adams | 1825 |
P. B. Porter | New York | John Q. Adams | 1828 |
J. H. Eaton | Tennessee | Andrew Jackson | 1829 |
Lewis Cass | Michigan | Andrew Jackson | 1831 |
B. F. Butler (acting) | New York | Andrew Jackson | 1837 |
J. R. Pionsett | South Carolina | Martin Van Buren | 1837 |
John Bell | Tennessee | William H. Harrison | 1841 |
J. McLean (declined) | Ohio | John Tyler | 1841 |
J. C. Spencer | New York | John Tyler | 1841 |
James M. Porter | Pennsylvania | John Tyler | 1843 |
William Wilkins | Pennsylvania | John Tyler | 1844 |
William L. Marcy | New York | James K. Polk | 1845 |
R. Johnson (acting) | Zachary Taylor | 1849 | |
G. W. Crawford | Georgia | Zachary Taylor | 1849 |
Winfield Scott {ad int.) | Millard Fillmore | 1850 | |
C. M. Conrad | Louisiana | Millard Fillmore | 1850 |
Jefferson Davis | Mississippi | Franklin Pierce | . 1853 |
John B. Floyd | Virginia | James Buchanan | 1857 |
Joseph Holt | Kentucky | James Buchanan | 1861 |
Simon Cameron | Pennsylvania | Abraham Lincoln | 1861 |
Edwin M. Stanton | Pennsylvania | Abraham Lincoln | 1862 |
E. Stanton (suspended) | 1867 | ||
U. S. Grant {ad int.) | Illinois | Andrew Johnson | 1867 |
L. Thomas (ad int). | Andrew Johnson | 1868 | |
J. M. Schofield | New York | Andrew Johnson | 1868 |
J. A. Rawlins | Illinois | Ulysses S. Grant | 1889 |
W. T. Sherman (adint.) Ohio | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 | |
William W. Belknap | Iowa | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
G. M. Bobeson (acting) | ) New Jersey | Ulysses S. Grant | 1876 |
Alfonzo Taft | Ohio | Ulysses S. Grant | 1876 |
J. D Cameron | Pennsylvania | Ulysses S. Grant | 1876 |
G. W. McCrary | Iowa | Rutherford B. Haye | 1877 |
Alexander Ramsey | Minnesota | Rutherford B. Haye | 1879 |
Robert T. Lincoln | Illinois | James A. Garfield | 1881 |
Robert T. Lincoln | Illinois | Chester A. Arthur | 1881 |
William E. Endicott | Massachusetts | Grover Cleveland | 1885 |
Redfield Proctor | Vermont | Benjamin Harrison | 1889 |
The "Navy Department " was created by Act of Congress,
April 30, 1798.
The "War Department" had charge of Naval affairs until April 30, 1798.
Name | From State of | In whose Cabinet | Appointed |
G. Cabot (declined) | Massachusetts | John Adams | 1798 |
Benjamin Stoddert | Maryland | John Adams | 1798 |
Benjamin Stoddert | Maryland | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
Robert Smith | Maryland | Thomas Jefferson | 1801 |
J. Crowninshield | Massachusetts | Thomas Jefferson | 1805 |
Paul Hamilton | South Carolina | James Madison | 1809 |
William Jones | Pennsylvania | James Madison | 1813 |
B. W. Crowninshield | Massachusetts | James Madison | 1814 |
B. W. Crowninshield | Massachusetts | James Monroe | 1817 |
S. Thompson | New York | James Monroe | 1818 |
J. Rogers (acting) | Massachusetts | James Monroe | 1823 |
S. L. Southard | New Jersey | James Monroe | 1823 |
S. L. Southard | New Jersey | John Q. Adams | 1825 |
John Branch | North Carolina | Andrew Jackson | 1829 |
L. Woodbury | New Hampshire | Andrew Jackson | 1831 |
M. Dickerson | New Jersey | Andrew Jackson | 1834 |
M. Dickerson | New Jersey | Martin Van Buren | 1837 |
J. K. Paulding | New York | Martin Van Buren | 1838 |
G. E. Badger | North Carolina | William II. Harrisoi | 1841 |
A. P. Upshur | Virginia | John Tyler | 1841 |
D. Henshaw | Massachusetts | John Tyler | 1843 |
T. W. Gilmer | Virginia | John Tyler | 1844 |
John Y. Mason | Virginia | John Tyler | 1844 |
George Bancroft | Massachusetts | James K. Polk | 1845 |
John Y. Mason | Virginia | James K. Polk | 1846 |
William B. Preston | Virginia | Zachary Taylor | 1849 |
William A. Graham | North Carolina | Millard Fillmore | 1850 |
J. P. Kennedy | Maryland | Millard Fillmore | 1852 |
James C. Dobbin | North Carolina | Franklin Pierce | 1853 |
Isaac Toucey | Connecticut | James Buchanan | 1857 |
Gideon Welles | Connecticut | Abraham Lincoln | 1861 |
Gideon Welles | Connecticut | Andrew Johnson | 1865 |
Adolph E. Borie | Pennsylvania | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
G. M. Robeson | New Jersey | Ulysses S. Grant | 1869 |
R. W. Thompson | Indiana | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1877 |
Nathan Goff | West Virginia | Rutherford B. Hayes | 1881 |
William II. Hunt | Louisiana | James A. Garfield | 1881 |
William C. Chandler | New Hampshire1 | Chester A. Arthur | 1882 |
William C. Whitney | New York | Grover Cleveland | 1885 |
B. F. Tracy | New York | Benjamin Harrison | 1889 |
 
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