John W. Taylor......... A. Stephenson.. James K. Polk.... 29 John W. Davis..... 30 31 .............. Robert C. Winthrop...... Howell Cobb... Lynn Boyd... 32 & 33 34 N. P. Banks..... Term of Office. 3, 1827, to June April 3, 1789, to March 3, 1801 3, 1807 3, 1811 3, 1821 3, 1823 3, 1825 3, 1827 3, 1854 3, 1835 3, 1839 3, 1841 June 4, 1834, to March SECRETARY OF TREASURY. SECRETARY OF STATE. James Madison...................Mar. 5, 1801 J. Crowninshield.................Mar. 3, 1805 Albert Gallatin........... POSTMASTER-General. .May 14, 1801 Joseph Habersham.......... Gideon Granger..... .Mar. 4, 1801 ..Nov. 28, 1801 SECRETARY OF WAR. Henry Dearborn......... ATTORNEY-GENERAL. ..Mar. 5, 1801 Levi Lincoln..... .Mar. 5, 1801 *The postmaster-general was not counted a calinet officer until in Jackson's first administration. A newly created department. B. W. Crowninshield...........Mar. 4, 1817 | William Wirt... Richard Rush......... SECRETARY OF STATE. UNDER JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF NAVY. APPOINTED. Henry Clay................ .......Mar. 7, 1825 Samuel L. Southard............Mar. 4, 1825 ......Mar. 26, 1828 William Wirt.......................Mar. 4, 1825 ...... SECRETARY OF TREASURY. UNDER ANDREW JACKSON. APPOINTED. .Mar. 6, 1829 John Branch....... Mahlon Dickerson.. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. John M. Berrien...... UNDER MARTIN VAN BUREN. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF NAVY. May 1, 1835 .Mar. 9, 1829 July 20, 1831 ...Nov. 15, 1833 APPOINTED. .Mar. 4, 1837 James K. Paulding...............June 25, 1838 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Levi Woodbury...................Mar. 4, 1837 Amos Kendall..... SECRETARY OF WAR. Joel R. Poinsett......... SECRETARY OF NAVY. John M. Niles... Mahlon Dickerson...............Mar. 4, 1837 Henry D. Gilpin...... .Mar. 4, 1837 .Mar. UNDER WILLIAM H. HARRISON. SECRETARY OF STATE. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF NAVY. APPOINTED. Daniel Webster.......... .........Mar. 5, 1841 George E. Badger........... * The office was first tendered to Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, who declined. SECRETARY OF STATE. James Buchanan....... SECRETARY OF TREASURY. .April 6, 1841 April 6, 1841 SECRETARY OF WAR. SECRETARY OF NAVY. Abel P. Upshur... David Henshaw. APPOINTED. .Feb. 15, 1844 April 6, 1841 .Sep. 13, 1841 July 24, 1843 ............. .Feb. 15, 1844 ..April 6, 1841 ...Sep. 13, 1841 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Francis Granger... ATTORNEY-GENERAL. John J. Crittenden... UNDER JAMES K. POLK. APPOINTED. .Mar. 6, 1845 John Y. Mason....... .April 6, 1841 .....Sep. 13, 1841 ..July 1, 1843 SECRETARY OF NAVY. POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Robert J. Walker................................ .Mar. 6, 1845 Cave Johnson......................... SECRETARY OF WAR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. W. L. Marcy................. .Mar. 6, 1845 SECRETARY OF NAVY. George Bancroft................Mar. 10, 1845 | Isaac Toucey...... UNDER ZACHARY TAYLOR. SECRETARY OF STATE. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.* APPOINTED. John M. Clayton................Mar. 7, 1849 Thomas Ewing....... William B. Preston..............Mar. 8, 1849 Reverdy Johnson.................Mar. 8, 1849 UNDER MILLARD FILLMORE. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF NAVY. APPOINTED. July 22, 1850 John P. Kennedy................July 22, 1852 SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. SECRETARY OF STATE. Daniel Webster....... Edward Everett...... SECRETARY OF TREASURY. Thomas Corwin..................July 23, 1850 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. SECRETARY OF WAR. Nathan R. Hall...... Alexander H. H. Stuart.......Sep. 12, 1850 ..July 23, 1850 Charles M. Conrad.............Aug. 15, 1850 Samuel D. Hubbard.............Aug. 31, 1852 SECRETARY OF NAVY. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. William A. Graham............July 22, 1850 John J. Crittenden....... ....July 22, 1850 * At the beginning of this administration the department of the interior, first called the home department, was given a position in the cabinet. SECRETARY OF STATE. W. L. Marcy............ SECRETARY OF TREASURY. UNDER FRANKLIN PIERCE. APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. APPOINTED. ..Mar. 7, 1853 Robert McClelland..............Mar. 7, 1853 James C. Dobbin.................Mar. 7, 1853 Caleb Cushing.....................Mar. 7, 1853 William H. Seward..............Mar. 5, 1861 Caleb B. Smith............ William H. Seward..............April 15, 1865 John P. Usher..... SECRETARY OF TREASURY. Hugh McCulloch..................April 15, 1865 SECRETARY OF WAR.* Edwin M. Stanton..... U. S. Grant..... Lorenzo Thomas.... John M. Schofield... SECRETARY OF NAVY. .Mar. 6, 1857 ...Dec. 20, 1860 APPOINTED. ..Mar. 5, 1861 ....Jan. ..... 8, 1863 .Mar. 5, 1861 ....Sep. 24, 1864 .Mar. 5, 1861 APPOINTED. SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. April 15, 1865 William Dennison.............. .Aug. 12, 1867 Alexander W. Randall.........July 25, 1866 Gideon Welles...................... April 15, 1865 William Evarts.... * The trouble connected with Mr. Stanton's term of office under President Johnson, and the appointment of Grant and Thomas as secretary ad interim, will be found in full in the history of Johnson's administration already given. |