For convenience of reference we insert a list of the members of the Cabinet in each administration from 1789 down to 1874, to which is added the name of the Vice-President of each presidential term, though he is not a member of the Cabinet. First Administration, from 1789 to 1797—7 years, 10 months, and 4 days.
 
George Washington, Va., President.
John Adams, Mass., Vice-President.
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CABINET.
 
Thomas Jefferson, Va., Secretary of State.
Edmund Randolph, Va., ” ”
Timothy Pickering, Mass., ” ”
Alexander Hamilton, N. Y., Secretary of the Treasury.
Oliver Wolcott, Conn., ” ”
Timothy Pickering, Mass., Secretary of War.
James McHenry, Md., ” ”
Henry Knox, Mass., ” ”
Second Administration, 1797 to 1801—4 years.
 
John Adams, Mass., President.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Timothy Pickering, Mass., Secretary of State.
John Marshall, Va., ” ”
Oliver Wolcott, Ct., Secretary of the Treasury.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., ” ”
James McHenry, Md., Secretary of War.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., ” ”
Roger Griswold, ” ”
George Cabot, Mass., Secretary of the Navy.
Benjamin Stoddert, Md., ” ”
Third Administration, 1801 to 1809—8 years.
 
Thomas Jefferson, Va., President.
Aaron Burr, N. Y., Vice-President.
George Clinton, N. Y., ”
CABINET.
 
James Madison, Va., Secretary of State.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., Secretary of the Treasury.
Albert Gallatin, Pa., ” ”
Henry Dearborn, Mass., Secretary of War.
Benjamin Stoddert, Md., Secretary of the Navy.
Robert Smith, Md., ” ”
Fourth Administration, 1809 to 1817—8 years.
 
[392]James Madison, Va., President.
George Clinton, N. Y., Vice-President.
Elbridge Gerry, Mass., ”
CABINET.
 
Robert Smith, Md., Secretary of State.
James Monroe, Va., ” ”
Albert Gallatin, Pa., Secretary of the Treasury.
George W. Campbell, Tenn., ” ”
Alexander J. Dallas, Pa., ” ”
William Eustis, Mass., Secretary of War.
John Armstrong, N. Y., ” ”
James Monroe, Va., ” ”
William H. Crawford, Ga., ” ”
Paul Hamilton, S. C., Secretary of the Navy.
William Jones, Pa., ” ”
B. W. Crowninshield, Mass. ” ”
Fifth Administration, 1817 to 1825—8 years.
 
James Monroe, Va., President.
Daniel D. Tompkins, N. Y., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
John Q. Adams, Mass., Secretary of State.
William H. Crawford, Ga., Secretary of the Treasury.
Isaac Shelby, Ky., Secretary of War.
John C. Calhoun, S. C., ” ”
B. W. Crowninshield, Mass., Secretary of the Navy.
Smith Thompson, N. Y., ” ”
Samuel L. Southard, N. J., ” ”
Sixth Administration, 1825 to 1829—4 years.
 
John Q. Adams, Mass., President.
John C. Calhoun, S. C., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Henry Clay, Ky., Secretary of State.
Richard Rush, Pa., Secretary of the Treasury.
James Barbour, Va., Secretary of War.
Peter B. Porter, N. Y., ” ”
Samuel L. Southard, N. J., Secretary of the Navy.
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Seventh Administration, 1829 to 1837—8 years.
 
Andrew Jackson, Tenn., President.
John C. Calhoun, S. C., Vice-President.
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., ”
CABINET.
 
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., Secretary of State.
Edward Livingston, La., ” ”
Louis McLane, Del., ” ”
John Forsyth, Geo., ” ”
Samuel D. Ingham, Pa., Secretary of the Treasury.
Louis McLane, Del., ” ”
William J. Duane, Pa., ” ”
Roger B. Taney, Md., ” ”
Levi Woodbury, N. H., ” ”
John H. Eaton, Tenn., Secretary of War.
Lewis Cass, Mich., ” ”
Benjamin F. Butler, N. Y., ” ”
John Branch, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
Levi Woodbury, N. H., ” ”
Mahlon Dickerson, N. J., ” ”
POSTMASTERS GENERAL,
 
And for the first time considered members of the Cabinet,
John McLean, O.
William F. Barry, Ky.
Amos Kendall, Ky.
Eighth Administration, 1837 to 1841—4 years.
 
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., President.
Richard M. Johnson, Ky., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
John Forsyth, Geo., Secretary of State.
Levi Woodbury, N. H., Secretary of the Treasury.
Joel R. Poinsett, S. C., Secretary of War.
Mahlon Dickerson, N. J., Secretary of the Navy.
James K. Paulding, N. Y., ” ”
Amos Kendall, Ky., Postmaster General.
John M. Niles, Ct., ” ”
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Ninth Administration, March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841.
 
William Henry Harrison, O., President.
John Tyler, Va., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Daniel Webster, Mass., Secretary of State.
Thomas Ewing, O., Secretary of the Treasury.
John Bell, Tenn., Secretary of War.
George E. Badger, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
Gideon Granger, N. Y., Postmaster General.
Tenth Administration, April 6, 1841, to March 4, 1845.
 
John Tyler, Va., (acting) President, by death of Harrison.
CABINET.
 
Daniel Webster, Mass., Secretary of State.
Abel P. Upshur, Va., ” ”
John C. Calhoun, S. C., ” ”
Thomas Ewing, O., Secretary of the Treasury.
Walter Forward, Pa., ” ”
John C. Spencer, N. Y., ” ”
George M. Bibb, Ky., ” ”
John Bell, Tenn., Secretary of War.
John C. Spencer, N. Y., ” ”
James M. Porter, Pa., ” ”
William Wilkins, Pa., ” ”
George E. Badger, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
Abel P. Upshur, Va., ” ”
David Henshaw, Mass., ” ”
G. W. Gilmer, Va., ” ”
John Y. Mason, Va., ” ”
Hugh S. Legaré, S. C., Attorney-General.
John Nelson, Md., ” ”
Francis G. Granger, N. Y., Postmaster General.
Charles A. Wickliffe, Ky., ” ”
Eleventh Administration, March 4, 1845, to March 4, 1849.—4 years.
 
James K. Polk, Tenn., President.
George M. Dallas, Pa., Vice-President.
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CABINET.
 
James Buchanan, Pa., Secretary of State.
Robert J. Walker, Miss., Secretary of the Treasury.
William L. Marcy, N. Y., Secretary of War.
George Bancroft, Mass., Secretary of the Navy.
John Y. Mason, Va., ” ”
Cave Johnson, Tenn., Postmaster General.
John Y. Mason, Va., Attorney General.
Nathan Clifford, Me., ” ”
Isaac Toucey, Ct., ” ”
Twelfth Administration, March 4, 1849, to July 10, 1850—1 year and 4 months.
 
Zachary Taylor, La., President.
Millard Fillmore, N. Y., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
John M. Clayton, Del., Secretary of State.
George W. Crawford, Geo., Secretary of War.
William M. Meredith, Pa., Secretary of the Treasury.
William B. Preston, Va., Secretary of the Navy.
Thomas Ewing, Ohio, Secretary of the Interior.
Jacob Collamer, Vt., Postmaster General.
Reverdy Johnson, Md., Attorney General.
Thirteenth Administration, July 10, 1850, to March 4, 1853.—2 years and 8 months.
 
Millard Fillmore, (acting) President by death of Taylor.
No Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Daniel Webster, Mass., Secretary of State.
Thomas Corwin, Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury.
Charles M. Conrad, La., Secretary of War.
William A. Graham, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
Alexander H. H. Stuart, Va., Secretary of the Interior.
Nathan K. Hall, N. Y., Postmaster General.
John J. Crittenden, Ky., Attorney General.
Fourteenth Administration, March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857.
 
Franklin Pierce, N. H., President.
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William R. King, of Ala., who was elected Vice-President with Mr. Pierce, but died before he took his seat, and there was no Vice-President during Pierce’s administration.
CABINET.
 
William L. Marcy, N. Y., Secretary of State.
James Guthrie, Ky., Secretary of the Treasury.
Jefferson Davis, Miss., Secretary of War.
J. C. Dobbin, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
Robert McClelland, Mich., Secretary of the Interior.
James Campbell, Pa., Postmaster General.
Caleb Cushing, Mass., Attorney General.
Fifteenth Administration, March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861.
 
James Buchanan, Pa., President.
John C. Breckenridge, Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Lewis Cass, Mich., and Jeremiah S. Black, Pa., Secretaries of State.
Howell Cobb, Ga., Philip F. Thomas, and John A. Dix, N. Y., Secretaries of the Treasury.
John B. Floyd, Va., and Joseph Holt, Ky., Secretaries of War.
Isaac Toucey, Ct., Secretary of the Navy.
Jacob Thompson, Miss., Secretary of the Interior.
Aaron V. Brown, Tenn., Joseph Holt, Ky., and Horatio King, Postmasters General.
Jeremiah S. Black, Pa., and Edwin M. Stanton, Pa., Attorneys General.
Sixteenth Administration, March 4, 1861, to April 14, 1865,—4 years, 1 month, and 10 days.
 
Abraham Lincoln, Ill., President.
Hannibal Hamlin, Me., Vice-President, first term, and Andrew Johnson, Tenn., Vice-President, second term.
CABINET.
 
William H. Seward, N. Y., Secretary of State.
[397]Salmon P. Chase, Ohio, William P. Fessenden, Me., Hugh McCulloch, Ind., Secretaries of the Treasury.
Simon Cameron, Pa., Edwin M. Stanton, Pa., Secretaries of War.
Gideon Welles, Conn., Secretary of the Navy.
John P. Usher, Ind., Secretary of the Interior.
Montgomery Blair, Md., William Dennison, O., Postmasters General.
Edward Bates, Mo., James Speed, Ky., Attorneys General.
Seventeenth Administration, April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869.
 
Andrew Johnson, acting President.
No Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
William H. Seward, N. Y., Secretary of State.
Hugh McCulloch, Ind., Secretary of the Treasury.
Edwin M. Stanton, Pa., Ulysses S. Grant, Ill., and J. M. Schofield, Secretaries of War.
Gideon Welles, Conn., Secretary of the Navy.
James Harlan, Iowa, Orville H. Browning, Ill., Secretaries of the Interior.
James Speed, Ky., Henry Stanbery, Ohio, William M. Evarts, N. Y., Attorneys General.
William Dennison, Ohio, Alexander W. Randall, Wis., Postmasters General.
Eighteenth Administration, March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1873.
 
Ulysses S. Grant, Ill., President.
Schuyler Colfax, Ind., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Elihu B. Washburne, Ill., Secretary of State.
Hamilton Fish, N. Y., ” ”
George S. Boutwell, Mass., Secretary of the Treasury.
John A. Rawlins, Secretary of War.
William T. Sherman, ” ”
William W. Belknap, ” ”
Adolph E. Borie, Pa., Secretary of the Navy.
[398]George M. Robeson, N. J., ” ”
Jacob D. Cox, Ohio, Secretary of the Interior.
Columbus Delano, O., ” ”
J. A. J. Creswell, Md., Postmaster General.
Eben Rockwood Hoar, Mass., Attorney General.
Amos T. Akerman, Ga., ” ”
Nineteenth Administration, March 4, 1873, to March 4, 1877.
 
Ulysses S. Grant, Ill., President.
Henry Wilson, Mass., Vice-President.
CABINET.
 
Hamilton Fish, N. Y., Secretary of State.
W. A. Richardson, Ill., Secretary of the Treasury.
B. H. Bristow, Ky., ” ”
W. W. Belknap, Iowa, Secretary of War.
George M. Robeson, N. J., Secretary of the Navy.
Columbus Delano, Ohio, Secretary of the Interior.
J. A. J. Creswell, Md., Postmaster General.
Marshall Jewell, Conn., ” ”
George H. Williams, Oregon, Attorney General.
Edward Pierrepont, N. Y., ” ”
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 1875.
 
The Executive.
 
ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois, President of the United States Salary $50,000
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