Madison cabinet

James Madison, fourth President of the United States

James Madison was the fourth President of the United States, and the third after George Washington and Thomas Jefferson , to serve two consecutive terms. In 1808 he won as a candidate of the Democratic-Republican Party against the federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney , four years later against the Democratic Republican DeWitt Clinton , an internal party opponent who positioned himself against the British-American War of 1812.

Madison was the only president with two alternates who did not survive their terms in office. George Clinton died after three years in office, his successor Elbridge Gerry after one and a half years. It was the first time in US history that there was a vacancy in the office of Vice President.

Madison made staff changes in all ministries during his eight-year presidency. There were four official naval ministers; after the move from William Harris Crawford to the Treasury in October 1816, George Graham also held the post on the following March provisionally after the end of Madison's tenure.

The Cabinet

Department / Office	Official	Period
President of the United States	James Madison	1809-1817
Vice President of the United States	George Clinton	1809-1812
	vacant	1812-1813
	Elbridge Gerry	1813-1814
	vacant	1814-1817

United States Secretary of State	Robert Smith	1809-1811
United States Secretary of State	James Monroe	1811-1817
United States Secretary of the Treasury	Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin	1809-1814
	George Washington Campbell	1814
	Alexander James Dallas	1814-1816
	William Harris Crawford	1816-1817
United States Secretary of War	William Eustis	1809-1813
	John Armstrong	1813-1814
	James Monroe	1814-1815
	William Harris Crawford	1815-1816
	George Graham	1816-1817
United States Secretary of the Navy	Paul Hamilton	1809-1812
	William Jones	1813-1814
	Benjamin Williams Crowninshield	1815-1817
United States Attorney General	Caesar Augustus Rodney	1809-1811
	William Pinkney	1811-1814
	Richard Rush	1814-1817
United States Postal Secretary	Gideon Granger	1809-1814
United States Postal Secretary	Return Jonathan Meigs	1814-1817