Washington Cabinet

George Washington, First President of the United States

George Washington was the first President of the United States . As the only incumbent in US history, he was elected twice ( 1789 and 1792 ) without a dissenting vote. In contrast to all of his successors, Washington did not belong to any party.

During his tenure, Washington made numerous changes to its cabinet . Timothy Pickering, for example, held three different posts as Minister of Post, War and Foreign Affairs. Justice William Bradford became the first US minister to die in office. Washington was succeeded by its Vice President John Adams .

The Cabinet

Department / Office	Official	Period	image
President of the United States	George Washington	1789-1797
Vice President of the United States	John Adams	1789-1797
United States Secretary of State	John Jay	1789-1790
	Thomas Jefferson	1790-1793
	Edmund Randolph	1794-1795
	Timothy Pickering	1795-1797
United States Secretary of the Treasury	Alexander Hamilton	1789-1795
	Oliver Wolcott	1795-1797
United States Secretary of War	Henry Knox	1789-1794
	Timothy Pickering	1795
	James McHenry	1796-1797
United States Attorney General	Edmund Randolph	1789-1794
	William Bradford	1794-1795
	Charles Lee	1795-1797
United States Postal Secretary	Samuel Osgood	1789-1791
	Timothy Pickering	1791-1795
	Joseph Habersham	1795-1797

literature

• Lindsay M. Chervinsky: The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. Belknap Press, Cambridge 2020, ISBN 978-0-674-98648-0 .