Cabinet Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States

Ulysses S. Grant was the first President of the United States since Andrew Jackson to serve two full terms. He prevailed in 1868 as the Republican candidate against the Democrat Horatio Seymour , then four years later against the Democrat-backed Liberal Republican Horace Greeley , who advocated a breakaway of the Republicans. Despite clear electoral successes, from a historical perspective he is one of the weakest US presidents, which is also due to the numerous corruption scandals during his term in office.

This is also documented in the listing of his cabinet . Treasury Secretary William Adams Richardson lost his post to a scandal, as did Secretary of War William W. Belknap . Vice President Schuyler Colfax was forced to forego a second candidacy. However, Justice Minister Amos T. Akerman also resigned in protest against the growing corruption within the cabinet. Ultimately, all ministerial posts were filled within the eight-year term of Grant.

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish (seated, center) as a member of a negotiating commission in 1871, which also included the later Attorney General George H. Williams (standing, center) and his predecessor Ebenezer R. Hoar (standing, left).

The Cabinet

Department / Office	Official	Period	image
President of the United States	Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877
Vice President of the United States	Schuyler Colfax	1869-1873
	Henry Wilson	1873-1875
	vacant	1875-1877
United States Secretary of State	Elihu Benjamin Washburne	1869
	Hamilton Fish	1869-1877
United States Secretary of the Treasury	George Sewall Boutwell	1869-1873
	William Adams Richardson	1873-1874
	Benjamin Helm Bristow	1874-1876
	Lot Myrick Morrill	1876-1877
United States Secretary of War	John Aaron Rawlins	1869
	William Tecumseh Sherman	1869
	William Worth Belknap	1869-1876
	Alphonso taffeta	1876
	James Donald Cameron	1876-1877
United States Secretary of the Navy	Adolph Edward Borie	1869
	George Maxwell Robeson	1869-1877
United States Attorney General	Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar	1869-1870
	Amos Tappan Akerman	1870-1871
	George Henry Williams	1871-1875
	Edwards Pierrepont	1875-1876
	Alphonso taffeta	1876-1877
United States Postal Secretary	John Angel James Creswell	1869-1874
	James William Marshall	1874
	Marshall Jewell	1874-1876
	James Noble Tyner	1876-1877
United States Secretary of the Interior	Jacob Dolson Cox	1869-1870
	Columbus Delano	1870-1875
	Zachariah Chandler	1875-1877