Jefferson Cabinet

Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson emerged as the third president of the United States in one of the bitterest election campaigns in US history . Under his predecessor John Adams , whom he defeated in the 1800 election , he had held the office of vice president . The election of Jefferson as a member of the Democratic Republican Party marked the first change of power in US history after the administration of federalist Adams.

With Treasury Secretary Samuel Dexter and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert , two members of the predecessor's cabinet remained in office after the beginning of Jefferson's presidency. However, both were replaced within the following year. Secretary of State James Madison succeeded Jefferson.

The Cabinet

Department / Office	Official	Period
President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809
Vice President of the United States	Aaron Burr	1801-1805
Vice President of the United States	George Clinton	1805-1809

United States Secretary of State	James Madison	1801-1809
United States Secretary of the Treasury	Samuel Dexter	1801
United States Secretary of the Treasury	Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin	1801-1809
United States Secretary of War	Henry Dearborn	1801-1809
United States Secretary of the Navy	Benjamin Stoddert	1801
United States Secretary of the Navy	Robert Smith	1801-1809
United States Attorney General	Levi Lincoln	1801-1805
	John Breckinridge	1805-1806
	Caesar Augustus Rodney	1807-1809
United States Postal Secretary	Gideon Granger	1801-1809