Washington Cabinet
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 |
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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 .