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Department of State, 
 
 Bureau of Appointments, 
 
 Washington, October ig, igoi. 
 
 Sir: I have the honor to submit a list of the Executive Officers of the United 
 States from 1789 to 1901, w^ith the dates of their respective commissions. 
 I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 Robert Brent Mosher, 
 Chief of the Bureau of Appoititments. 
 The Honorable John Hay, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Ordered to be printed. 
 
 John Hay, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 George Washington, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Adams, Massachusetts. 
 
 April 30, ijSg^ to March 4, 1793. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Jay, of New York, was Secretary for Foreign Affairs under the Confedera- 
 tion, and continued to act, at the request of Washington, until Jefferson's arrival 
 in March, 1790. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, September 26, 1789. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Alexander Hamilton, of New York, September 11, 1789. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Henry Knox, of Massachusetts, September 12, 1789. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Edmund Randolph, of Virginia, September 26, 1789. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts, September 26, 1789. 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania, August 12, 1791. 
 
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 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 George Washington, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Adams, Massachusetts. 
 
 March 4, IJQJ, to March 4, lypy. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Edmund Randolph, of Virginia, January 2, 1794. 
 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania (Secretary of War), ad interim, August 20, 
 
 1795- 
 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania, December 10, 1795. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Alexander Hamilton, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Oliver Wolcott, jr., of Connecticut, February 2, 1795. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Henry Knox, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania, January 2, 1795. 
 James McHenry, of Maryland, January 27, 1796. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Edmund Randolph, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 William Bradford, of Pennsylvania, January 27, 1794. 
 Charles Lee, of Virginia, December 10, 1795. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration, 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania; recommissioned June i, 1794. 
 Joseph Habersham, of Georgia, February 25, 1795. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Adams, Massachusetts. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia. 
 
 March 4, lypy, to March 4, 1801. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Timothy Pickering, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Charles Lee, of Virginia (Attorney-General), ad interim^ May 13, 1800. 
 John Marshall, of Virginia, May 13, 1800. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Oliver Wolcott, jr., of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts, January i, 1801. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 James McHenry, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland (Secretary of the Navy), ad i?iterim, May 6, 
 1800. 
 
 Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts, May 13, 1800. 
 
 Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts (Secretary of the Treasury), ad interim, Janu- 
 ary I, 1801. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles Lee, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Joseph Habersham, of Georgia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland, May 21, 1798. 
 
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 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Aaron Burr, New York. 
 
 Mat-ch 4, iSoi, to March 4, 1805. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts (Attorney-General), ad interim, March 4, 1801. 
 James Madison, of Virginia, March 5, 1801. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Samuel Dexter, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania, May 14, 1801. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1801. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1801. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Joseph Habersham, of Georgia; continued from last Administration, 
 Gideon Granger, of Connecticut, November 28, 1801. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts (Secretary of War), ad interim, April i, 1801. 
 
 Robert Smith, of Maryland, July 15, 1801. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 George Clinton, New York. 
 
 March 4, 1805^ to March 4, i8og. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 James Madison, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 John Smith (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ February 17, 1809. 
 
 ' ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John Breckenridge, of Kentucky, August 7, 1805. 
 Caesar A. Rodney, of Pennsylvania, January 20, 1807. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Gideon Granger, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Robert Smith, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 
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 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James Madison, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 George Clinton, New York. (Died April 20, 1812.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 William H. Crawford, Georgia. 
 
 March 4^ i8og, to March 4, 181 j. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Robert Smith, of Maryland, March 6, 1809. 
 James Monroe, of Virginia, April 2, 1811. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John Smith (Chief Clerk), ad intei-im\ continued from last Administration. 
 William Eustis, of Massachusetts, March 7, 1809. 
 
 James Monroe, of Virginia (Secretary of State), ad interim^ December 14, 1812. 
 John Armstrong, of New York, January 13, 1813. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Caesar A. Rodney, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 William Pinkney, of Maryland, December 11, 181 1. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Gideon Granger, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Robert Smith, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 Paul Hamilton, of South Carolina, March 7, 1809. 
 Charles W. Goldsborough (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ January 7, 1813 
 William Jones, of Pennsylvania, January 12, 1813. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 1 1 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James Madison, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts. (Died November 23, 1814.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 John Gaillard, South Carolina. 
 
 March 4, 1813, to March 4^ i8iy. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 James Monroe, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 James Monroe, of Virginia (Secretary of War), ad intertfn, September 30, 1814. 
 
 James Monroe, of Virginia, February 28, 1815. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 
 William Jones, of Pennsylvania (Secretary of the Navy), performed the duties 
 of the Secretary of the Treasury during the absence of Mr. Gallatin in Europe 
 in 1813. 
 
 George W. Campbell, of Tennessee, February 9, 1814. 
 
 Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, October 6, 1814. 
 
 William H. Crawford, of Georgia, October 22, 1816. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John Armstrong, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 James Monroe, of Virginia (Secretary of State), ad interim, August 31, 1814. 
 James Monroe, of Virginia, September 27, 1814. 
 
 James Monroe, of Virginia (Secretary of State), ad interim, March i, 1815. 
 Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsylvania (Secretary of the Treasury), ad interim, 
 March 14, 1815, 
 
 William H. Crawford, of Georgia, August i, 1815. 
 
 George Graham (Chief Clerk), ad interim, October 22, 1816. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 William Pinkney, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, February 10, 181 4. 
 
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 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Gideon Granger, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 Return J. Meigs, jr., of Ohio, March 17, 1814. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William Jones, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Benjamin Romans (Chief Clerk), ad interim, December 2, 1814. 
 Benjamin W. Crowninshield, of Massachusetts, December 19, 1814. 
 
ExectUive Officers of the United States. 1 3 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James Monroe, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Daniel D. Tompkins, New York. 
 
 March 4, iSi'j, to March 4, 1821. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Graham (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1817. 
 
 John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1817. 
 
 Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania (Attorney-General), ad interim, March 10, 1817. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 William H. Crawford, of Georgia; continued from last Administration. 
 William H. Crawford, of Georgia; recommissioned March 5, 181 7. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 George Graham (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1817. 
 John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, October 8, 181 7. 
 
 * ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 William Wirt, of Virginia, November 13, 181 7. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Return J. Meigs, jr., of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Benjamin W. Crowinshield, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administra- 
 tion. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina (Secretary of War), ad interim, October i, 
 
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 Smith Thompson, of New York, November 9, 1818, 
 
1 4 ' Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James Monroe, Virginia. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Daniel D. Tompkins, New York. 
 
 March j, 1821^ to March 4^ 182^. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 William H. Crawford, of Georgia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina; continued from last Administration. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 William Wirt, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Return J. Meigs, jr., of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 John McLean, of Ohio, June 26, 1823. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Smith Thompson, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 John Rodgers (Commodore, U. S. N., and President of the Board of Navy 
 Commissioners), ad interim^ September i, 1823. 
 
 Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, September 16, 1823. 
 
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 ExectLtive Officers of the United States. 1 5 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, South Carolina. 
 
 March 4^ 182^^ to March 4^ i82g. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Daniel Brent (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ March 4, 1825. 
 Henry Clay, of Kentucky, March 7, 1825. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey (Secretary of the Navy), ad interim, March 
 7, 1825. 
 
 Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, March 7, 1825. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 James Barbour, of Virginia, March 7, 1825. 
 
 Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey (Secretary of the Navy), ad interim, May 26, 
 1828. 
 
 Peter B. Porter, of New York, May 26, 1828. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 William Wirt, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 John McLean, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Samuel L, Southard, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration-. 
 
1 6 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Andrew Jackson, Tennessee. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, South Carolina. (Resigned December 28, 1832.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee. 
 
 March 4, i82g, to March 4, 1833. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 James A. Hamilton, of New York, ad interun, March 4, 1829. 
 Martin Van Buren, of New York, March 6, 1829. 
 Edward Livingston, of Louisiana, May 24, 1831. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Samuel D. Ingham, of Pennsylvania, March 6, 1829. 
 Asbury Dickins (Chief Clerk), ad inter ifn^ June 21, 1831. 
 Louis McLane, of Delaware, August 8, 1831. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John H. Eaton, of Tennessee, March 9, 1829. 
 
 Philip G. Randolph (Chief Clerk), ad interim, June 20, 1831. 
 
 Roger B. Taney, of Maryland (Attorney-General), ad interim, July 21, 1831. 
 
 Lewis Cass, of Ohio, August i, 1831. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John M. Berrien, of Georgia, March 9, 1829. 
 Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, July 20, 1831. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 John McLean, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 William T. Barry, of Kentucky, March 9, 1829. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Charles Hay (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1829. 
 John Branch, of North Carolina, March 9, 1829. 
 John Boyle (Chief Clerk), ad interim, May 13, 1831. 
 Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, May 23, 1831. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. i 7 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Andrew Jackson, Tennessee. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Martin Van Buren, New York. 
 
 March 4, 1S33, ^o March 4, iSjj. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Edward Livingston, of Louisiana; continued from last Administration. 
 Louis McLane, of Delaware, May 29, 1833. 
 John Forsyth, of Georgia, June 27, 1834. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Louis McLane, of Delaware; continued from last Administration. 
 William J. Duane, of Pennsylvania, Ma}"^ 29, 1833. 
 Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, September 23, 1833. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim, June 25, 1834. 
 Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, June 27, 1834. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Lewis Cass, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Carey A. Harris, of Tennessee (Commissioner of Indian Affairs), ad interim, 
 October 5, 1836. 
 
 Benjamin F. Butler, of New York (Attorney-General), adinteritn, October 26, 1836. 
 Benjamin F. Butler,* of New York, commissioned March 3, 1837, ad interim. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Roger B. Taney, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 Benjamin F. Butler, of New York, November 15, 1833. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 William T. Barry, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Amos Kendall, of Kentucky, May i, 1835. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire; continued from last Administration. 
 Mahlon Dickerson, of New Jersey, June 30, 1834. 
 
 * Benjamin F. Butler, Attorney-General, was nominated, confirmed, and commissioned March 3, 1837, to be Secretary 
 of War "during the pleasure of the President, until a successor, duly appointed, shall accept such office and enter upon the 
 duties thereof." 
 
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Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Martin Van Buren, New York. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky. 
 
 March 4, 1^37, to March 4, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Forsyth, of Georgia; continued from last Administration. 
 J. L. Martin (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire; continued from last Administration. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Benjamin F. Butler, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Joel R. Poinsett, of South Carolina, March 7, 1837. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Benjamin F. Butler, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Felix Grundy, of Tennessee, July 5, 1838, to take effect September i, \l 
 Henry D. Gilpin, of Pennsylvania, January 11, 1840. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Amos Kendall, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 John M. Niles, of Connecticut, May 19, 1840. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Mahlon Dickerson, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration. 
 James K. Paulding, of New York, June 25, i< 
 
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 Executive Officers of the United States. 19 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 William Henry Harrison, Ohio. (Died April 4, 1841.) 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Tyler, Virginia. 
 
 March 4, 1S41, to April 4, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 J. L. Martin (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ March 4, 1841. 
 Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ March 4, 1841. 
 Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, March 5, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John Bell, of Tennessee, March 5, 1841. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, March 5, 1841. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Selah R. Hobbie, of New York (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim^ 
 March 4, 1841. 
 
 Francis Granger, of New York, March 6, 1841. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 George E. Badger, of North Carolina, March 5, 1841. 
 
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 PRESIDENT. 
 
 John Tyler, Virginia. 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey. 
 William P. Mangum, North Carolina. 
 
 April 4, 1S41, to Mai^ch 4, 184^. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 
 Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina (Attorney-General), ad interim^ May 9, 1843. 
 
 William S. Derrick (Chief Clerk), ad interiin, June 20, 1843. 
 
 Abel P. Upshur, of Virginia (Secretary of the Navy), ad interim^ June 24, 1843. 
 
 Abel P. Upshur, of Virginia, July 24, 1843. 
 
 John Nelson, of Maryland (Attorney-General), ad interim^ February 29, 1844. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, March 6, 1844. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Thomas Ewing, of Ohio; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim, September 13, 1841. 
 Walter Forward, 'of Pennsylvania, September 13, 1841. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March i, 1843. 
 John C. Spencer, of New York, March 3, 1843. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interim, May 2, 1844. 
 George M. Bibb, of Kentucky, June 15, 1844. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John Bell, of Tennessee; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 Albert M. Lea, of Maryland (Chief Clerk), ad interim, September 12, 1841. 
 John C. Spencer, of New York, October 12, 1841. 
 James M. Porter, of Pennsylvania, March 8, 1843. 
 William Wilkins,.of Pennsylvania, February 15, 1844. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina, September 13, 1841. 
 John Nelson, of Maryland, July i, 1843. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Francis Granger, of New York; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, September 13, 1841. 
 
 Selah R. Hobbie, of New York (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim, 
 September 14, 1841. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 2 1 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 George E. Badger, of North Carolina ; continued from Harrison's Administration. 
 
 John D. Simms (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ September 12, 1841. 
 
 Abel P. Upshur, of Virginia, September 13, 1841. 
 
 David Henshaw, of Massachusetts, July 24, 1843. 
 
 Thomas W. Gilmer, of Virginia, February 15, 1844. 
 
 Lewis Warrington (Captain, U. S. N.), ad interim^ February 29, 1844. 
 
 John Y. Mason, of Virginia, March 14, 1844. 
 
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 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James K. Polk, Tennessee. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 George M. Dallas, Pennsylvania. 
 
 March 4, 1843, ^^ March 4, 184^. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina; continued from last Administration. 
 James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, March 6, 1845. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 George M. Bibb, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi, March 6, 1845. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 William Wilkins, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 William L. Marcy, of New York, March 6, 1845. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John Nelson, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 John Y. Mason, of Virginia, March 6, 1845. 
 Nathan Clifford, of Maine, October 17, 1846. 
 Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, June 21, 1848. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, March 6, 1845. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 John Y. Mason, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 George Bancroft, of Massachusetts, March 10, 1845. 
 John Y. Mason, of Virginia, September 9, 1846. 
 
Exectitive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Zachary Taylor, Louisiana. (Died July 9, 1850.) 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Millard Fillmore, New York. 
 
 March 5, i84g, to July g, 18^0. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 John M. Clayton, of Delaware, March 7, 1849. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi; continued from last Administration. 
 McClintock Young (Chief Clerk), ad interiui, March 6, 1849. 
 William M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania, March 8, 1849. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 William L. Marcy, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland (Attorney-General), ad interim, March 8, 1849. 
 George W. Crawford, of Georgia, March 8, 1849. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, March 8, 1849. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Cave Johnson, of Tennessee; continued from last Administration. 
 Selah R. Hobbie, of New York (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim, 
 March 5, 1849. 
 
 Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, March 8, 1849. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 John Y. Mason, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 William B. Preston, of Virginia, March 8, 1849. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, March 8, 1849. 
 
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 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Millard Fillmore, New York. 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 William R. King, Alabama. 
 
 July p, iS^o^ to March ^, iS^J- 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John M. Clayton, of Delaware; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, July 22, 1850. 
 
 Charles M. Conrad, of Louisiana (Secretary of War), ad interim^ September 2, 
 1852. 
 
 Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, November 6, 1852. 
 William Hunter (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ March 4, 1853. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 William M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, July 23, 1850. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 George W. Crawford, of Georgia; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 Samuel J. Anderson (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ Ji^ly 23, 1850. 
 Winfield Scott (Major-General, U. S. A.), ad interim^ July 24, 1850. 
 Charles M. Conrad, of Louisiana, August 15, 1850. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, July 22, 1850. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Jacob Collamer, of Vermont; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 . Nathan K. Hall, of New York, July 23, 1850. 
 
 Samuel D. Hubbard, of Connecticut, August 31, 1852. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William B. Preston, of Virginia; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 
 William A. Graham, of North Carolina, July 22, 1850. 
 
 Lewis Warrington (Captain, U. S. N.), ad interim^ July 23, 1850. 
 
 John P. Kennedy, of Maryland, July 22, 1852. 
 
Exectitive Officers of the United States. 
 
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 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Thomas Ewing, of Ohio; continued from Taylor's Administration. 
 Daniel C. Goddard (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ July 23, 1850. 
 Thomas M. T. McKennan, of Pennsylvania, August 15, 1850. 
 Daniel C. Goddard (Chief Clerk), ad interim, August 27, 1850. 
 Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia, September 12, 1850. 
 
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 26 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 William R. King, Alabama. (Died April 18, 1853.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 David R. Atchison, Missouri. 
 Lewis Cass, Michigan. 
 Jesse D. Bright, Indiana. 
 Charles E. Stuart, Michigan. 
 James M. Mason, Virginia. 
 
 March 4, iSjj, to March 4, iS^y. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 William Hunter (Chief Clerk), ad interim^ March 4, 1853. 
 William L. Marcy, of New York, March 7, 1853. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Thomas Corwin, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 James Guthrie, of Kentucky, March 7, 1853. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Charles M. Conrad, of Louisiana; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, March 7, 1853. 
 
 Samuel Cooper (Adjutant-General, U. S. A.), ad interifii^ March 3, 1857. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, March 7, 1853. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Samuel D. Hubbard, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 James Campbell, of Pennsylvania, March 7, 1853. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 John P. Kennedy, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 James C. Dobbin, of North Carolina, March 7, 1853. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 Robert McClelland, of Michigan, March 7, 1853. 
 
imiii 
 
 Executive Officers of the United States. 2 7 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James Buchanan, Pennsylvania. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky. 
 
 March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 William L. Marcy, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Lewis Cass, of Michigan, March 6, 1857. 
 
 William Hunter (Chief Clerk), ad interim, December 13, i860. 
 Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, December 17, i860. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 James Guthrie, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Howell Cobb, of Georgia, March 6, 1857. 
 
 Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut (Secretary of the Navy), ad interim, December 10, 
 i860. 
 
 Philip F. Thomas, of Maryland, December 12, i860. 
 John A. Dlx, of New York, January 11, 1861. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Samuel Cooper (Adjutant-General, U. S. A.), ad interim, March 4, 1857. 
 John B. Floyd, of Virginia, March 6, 1857. 
 
 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky (Postmaster-General), ad interim, January i, 1861. 
 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, January 18, 1861. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Caleb Gushing, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, March 6, 1857. 
 Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania, December 20, i860. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 James Campbell, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, March 6, 1857. 
 
 Horatio King, of Maine (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim, March 
 
 9, 1859- 
 
 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, March 14, 1859. 
 
 Horatio King, of Maine (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim, Janu- 
 ary I, 1861. 
 
 Horatio King, of Maine, February 12, 1861. 
 
28 
 
 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 James C. Dobbin, of North Carolina; continued from last Administration. 
 Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, March 6, 1857. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Robert McClelland, of Michigan; continued from last Administration. 
 Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, March 6, 1857. 
 Moses Kelly (Chief Clerk), ad interim, January 10, 1861. 
 
ExectUive Officers of the United States. 29 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Hannibal Hamlin, Maine. 
 
 March 4, 1S61, to March 4^ 186^. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 William H. Seward, of New York, March 5, 1861. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 John A. Dix, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, March 5, 1861. 
 
 George Harrington, of the District of Columbia (Assistant Secretary), ad 
 interim^ July i, 1864. 
 
 William P. Fessenden, of Maine, July i, 1864. 
 
 George Harrington, of the District of Columbia (Assistant Secretary), ad 
 interim^ March 4, 1865. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1861. 
 Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania, January 15, 1862. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Edward Bates, of Missouri, March 5, 1861. 
 James Speed, of Kentucky, December 2, 1864. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Horatio King, of Maine; continued from last Administration. 
 Montgomery Blair, of the District of Columbia, March 5, 1861. 
 William Dennison, of Ohio, September 24, 1864. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 Gideon Welles, of Connecticut, March 5, 1861. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Moses Kelly (Chief Clerk), ad interim, March 4, 1861. 
 
 Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, March 5, 1861. 
 
 John P. Usher, of Indiana (Assistant Secretary), ad interim, January i, 1863. 
 
 John P. Usher, of Indiana, January 8, 1863. 
 
30 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, Illinois. (Died April 15, 1865.) 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Andrew Johnson, Tennessee. 
 
 March 4, 186^, to April 75-, 1865. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 William H. Seward, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 George Harrington, of the District of Columbia (Assistant Secretary), ad 
 interim^ March 4, 1865. 
 
 Hugh McCulloch, of Indiana, March 7, 1865. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 James Speed, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 William Dennison, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Gideon Welles, of Connecticut; continued from last Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 John p. Usher, of Indiana; continued from last Administration. 
 
 ■■i-';--;.;/'^^5'^'*S^'-'^-';il, ; -if^i^'^-W^M^ 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Andrew Johnson, Tennessee. 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Lafayette S. Foster, Connecticut. 
 Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio. 
 
 April Tj, 1865, to March 4^ i86g. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 William H. Seward, of New York; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Hugh McCulloch, of Indiana; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 Ulysses S. Grant (General of the Army), ad interim^ August 12, 1867. 
 Edwin M. Stanton,* of Pennsylvania; reinstated January 13, 1868. 
 Lorenzo Thomas (Adjutant-General, U. S. A.), ad interim^ February 21, 1868. 
 John M. Schofield, of Illinois, May 28, 1868. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 James Speed, of Kentucky; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 
 J. Hubley Ashton, of Pennsylvania (Assistant Attorney-General), acting, July 
 17, 1866. 
 
 Henry Stanbery, of Ohio, July 23, 1866. 
 
 Orville H. Browning, of Illinois (Secretary of the Interior), ad interim, March 
 13, 1868. 
 
 William M. Evarts, of New York, July 15, 1868. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 William Dennison, of Ohio; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 Alexander W. Randall, of Wisconsin (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad 
 interim, July 17, 1866. 
 
 Alexander W. Randall, of Wisconsin, July 25, 1866. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Gideon Welles, of Connecticut; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 John P. Usher, of Indiana; continued from Lincoln's Administration. 
 
 James Harlan, of Iowa, May 15, 1865. 
 
 Orville H. Browning, of Illinois, July 27, 1866, to take effect September i, 1866. 
 
 *Mr. Stanton did not cease to perform the duties of Secretary of War until their assumption by Major-General Schofield. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Schuyler Colfax, Indiana. 
 
 March 4^ i86q, to March 4, 1873. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois, March 5, i86c 
 Hamilton Fish, of New York, March 11, 1869. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 John F. Hartley, of Maine (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ March 5, 1869 
 George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, March 11, 1869. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 John M. Schofield, of Illinois; continued from last Administration. 
 John A. Rawlins, of Illinois, March 11, 1869. 
 William T. Sherman, of Ohio, September 9, 1869. 
 William W. Belknap, of Iowa, October 25, 1869. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 J. Hubley Ashton, of Pennsylvania (Assistant Attorney-General), acting, March 
 5, 1869. 
 
 Ebenezer R. Hoar, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1869. 
 
 Amos T. Akerman, of Georgia, June 23, 1870. 
 
 George H. Williams, of Oregon, December 14, 187 1, to take effect Januarj^ 10, 
 1872. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 St. John B. L. Skinner, of New York (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad 
 interim, March 4, 1869. 
 
 John A. J. Cresswell, of Maryland, March 5, 1869. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William Faxon, of Connecticut (Assistant Secretary), ad interim, March 4, 1869. 
 Adolph E. Borie, of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1869. 
 George M. Robeson, of New Jersey, June 25, 1869. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio, March 5, 1869. 
 Columbus Delano, of Ohio, November i, 1870. 
 
 SSS^^SSS^H!^^SH^^^^SSSS^PSBm 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 33 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Henry Wilson, Massachusetts. (Died November 22, 1875.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Thomas W. Ferry, Michigan. 
 
 March 4, 1873, to March 4, 1S77. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Hamilton Fish, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Hamilton Fish, of New York; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 William A. Richardson, of Massachusetts, March 17, 1873. 
 Benjamin H. Bristow, of Kentucky, June 2, 1874. 
 
 Charles F. Conant, of New Hampshire (Assistant Secretary), ad interim, June 
 , 1876. 
 
 Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, June 21, 1876. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 William W. Belknap, of Iowa; continued from last Administration. 
 William W. Belknap, of Iowa; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 George M. Robeson, of New Jersey (Secretary of the Navy), ad interim, March 
 1876. 
 Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, March 8, 1876. 
 James D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, May 22, 1876. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 George H. Williams, of Oregon; continued from last Administration. 
 George H. Williams, of Oregon; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 Edwards Pierrepont, of New York, April 26, 1875, to take effect May 15, 1875. 
 Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, May 22, 1876. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 John A. J. Cresswell, of Maryland; continued from last Administration. 
 John A. J. Cresswell, of Maryland; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 James W. Marshall, of Virginia, July 3, 1874. 
 Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, August 24, 1874, 
 James M. Tyner, of Indiana, July 12,' 1876, 
 EX 0F-= — 3 
 
34 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 George M. Robeson, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration. 
 George M. Robeson, of New Jersey; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Columbus Delano, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Columbus Delano, of Ohio; recommissioned March 17, 1873. 
 
 Benjamin R. Cowen, of Ohio (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ September 30, j 
 
 1875- 
 
 Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, October 19, 1875. 
 
 ^^^i^^^t^^^T^^^^-^^^^^xr^^^^TM^W^^^^^^ 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 35 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 William A. Wheeler, New York. 
 
 March 5, ^c?77, to March 4, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Hamilton Fish, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 William M. Evarts, of New York, March ^12, 1877. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Lot M. Morrill, of Maine; continued from last Administration. 
 John Sherman, of Ohio, March 8, 1877. 
 
 Henry F. French, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ March 4, 
 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 James D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 George W. McCrary, of Iowa, March 12, 1877. 
 Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota, December 10, 1879. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, March 12, 1877. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 James M. Tyner, of Indiana; continued from last Administration. 
 David M. Key, of Tennessee, March 12, 1877. 
 Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, June 2, 1880. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 George M. Robeson, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration. 
 Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, March 12, 1877. 
 
 Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota (Secretary of War), ad interim, December 21, 
 1880. 
 
 Nathan Goff, jr., of West Virginia, January 6, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan; continued from last Administration. 
 Carl Schurz, of Missouri, March 12, 1877, 
 
 tigmtamms^^'msmnm \f<<i'*rk- -s ^' • 
 
36 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 James A. Garfield, Ohio. (Died September 19, 1881.) 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Chester A. Arthur, New York. 
 
 March 4^ 18S1, to September ip, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 William M. Evarts, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 James G. Blaine, of Maine, March 5, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Henry F. French, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ March 
 4, 1881. 
 
 William Windom, of Minnesota, March 5, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota; continued from last Administration. 
 Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois, March 5, 1881. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles Devens, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 Waynie MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1881. 
 - Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina (Solicitor-General), ad interim, March 
 7, 1881. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Horace Maynard, of Tennessee; continued from last Administration. 
 Thomas L. James, of New York, March 5, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 • Nathan Goff, jr., of West Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 William H. Hunt, of Louisiana, March 5, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Carl Schurz, of Missouri; continued from last Administration. 
 Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, March 5, 1881, 
 
 V:^r.^^v ..- .!v£Y^.^^?*^^?¥?£r* 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 3 7 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Chester A. Arthur, New York. 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Thomas F. Bayard, Delaware. 
 
 David Davis, Illinois. 
 
 George F. Edmunds, Vermont. 
 
 September 20, 1881, to March 4, 1883. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 James G. Blaine, of Maine; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, December 12, 1881. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 William Windom, of Minnesota; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 
 Charles J. Folger, of New York, October 27, 1881. 
 
 Charles E. Coon, of New York (Assistant Secretary), adinteri?n, September 4, 1884. 
 
 Henry F. French, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad interim, Septem- 
 ber 8, 1884. 
 
 Charles E. Coon, of New York (Assistant Secretary), ad interim, September 15, 1884. 
 
 Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana, September 24, 1884. 
 
 Hugh McCulloch, of Indiana, October 28, 1884. 
 
 Henry F. French, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad interitn, October 
 29, 1884. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL, 
 
 Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania; contirrued from Garfield's Administration. 
 Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina (Solicitor-General), ad interim, Novem- 
 ber 12, 1881. 
 
 Benjamin H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania, December 19, 1881. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Thomas L. James, of New York; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 
 Thomas L. James, of New York, recommissioned October 27, 1881. 
 
 Timothy O. Howe, of Wisconsin, December 20, 1881. 
 
 Frank Hatton, of Iowa (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad intei-im, March 
 26, 1883. 
 
 Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana, April 3, 1883. 
 
 Frank Hatton, of Iowa (First Assistant Postmaster-General), ad interim, Sep- 
 tember 25, 1884. 
 
 Frank Hatton, of Iowa, October 14, 1884. 
 
 ^ 
 
38 
 
 Ex-ecutive Officers of the United States, 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William H. Hunt, of Louisiana; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, April 12, 1882. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa; continued from Garfield's Administration. 
 Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, April 6, 1882. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Grovef Cleveland, New York. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana. (Died November 25, 1885.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 John Sherman, Ohio. 
 John J. Ingalls, Kansas. 
 
 March 4, 1883, to March 4^ i88g. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration. 
 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, March 6, 1885. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Hugh McCulloch, of Indiana; continued from last Administration. 
 Daniel Manning, of New York, March 6, 1885. 
 Charles S. Fairchild, of New York, April i, 1887. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois; continued from last Administration. 
 William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts, March 6, 1885. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Benjamin H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Augustus H. Garland, of Arkansas, March 6, 1885. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Frank Hatton, of Iowa; continued from last Administration. 
 William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, March 6, 1885. 
 Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan, January 16, 1888. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire; continued from last Administration. 
 William C. Whitney, of New York, March 6, 1885. 
 
40 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, March 6, 1885. 
 
 Henry L. Muldrow, of Mississippi (First Assistant Secretary), ad interim, Jan- 
 uary 10, 1888. 
 
 William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, January 16, 1888. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Norman J. Coleman, of Missouri, February 13, 1889. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 41 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Levi P. Morton, New York. 
 
 March 4, i88g, to March 4^ iSgj. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; continued from last Administration. 
 
 James G. Blaine, of Maine, March 5, 1889. 
 
 William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad inferzm, June 
 5, 1892. 
 
 John W. Foster, of Indiana, June 29, 1892. 
 
 William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), adinterim, February 
 23, 1893. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Charles S. Fairchild, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 William Windom, of Minnesota, March 5, 1889. 
 
 Allured B. Nettleton, of Minnesota (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ January 
 30, 1891. 
 
 Charles Foster, of Ohio, February 24, 1891. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, March 5, 1889. 
 
 Lewis A. Grant, of Minnesota (Assistant Secretary), a^//^/^;-////, December 6, 1891. 
 Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, December 22, 1891. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Augustus H. Garland, of Arkansas; continued from last Administration. 
 William H. H. Miller, of Indiana, March 5, 1889. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan; continued from last Administration. 
 John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1889. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 William C. Whitney, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York, March 5, 1889. 
 
42 
 
 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin; continued from last Administration. 
 John W. Noble, of Missouri, March 5, 1889. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Norman J. Coleman, of Missouri; continued from last Administration. 
 Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, March 5, 1889. 
 
 I 
 
 .: ■jA.'Mmm 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 43 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Grover Cleveland, New York. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois. 
 
 March 4, i8gj, to March 4, iSgy. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 .William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary), ad interim; con- 
 tinued from last Administration. 
 
 Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, March 6, 1893. 
 
 Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ May 28, 1895. 
 ■ Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, June 8, 1895. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, 
 
 Charles Foster, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, March 6, 1893. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, March 6, 1893. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 William H. H. Miller, of Indiana; continued from last Administration. 
 Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, March 6, 1893. 
 Judson Harmori, of Ohio, June 8, 1895. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 John Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Wilson S. Bissell, of New York, March 6, 1893. 
 William L. Wilson, of West Virginia, March i, 1895. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York; continued from last A_dministration. 
 Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama, March 6, 1893. 
 
44 ExectUive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 John W. Noble, of Missouri; continued from last Administration. 
 Hoke Smith, of Georgia, March 6, 1893. 
 David R. Francis, of Missouri, September i, 1896. 
 
 John M. Reynolds, of Pennsylvania (Assistant Secretary), ad interim^ Septem- 
 ber 2, 1896. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin; continued from last Administration. 
 Julius Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, March 6, 1893. 
 
 !«H9nn 
 
Exectttive Officers of the United States. ■ 45 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 William McKinley, Ohio. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Garret A. Hobart, New Jersey. (Died November 21, 1899.) 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 William P. Frye, Maine. 
 
 March 4, iSp7, to March 4, igoi. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 Richard Olney, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 
 John Sherman, of Ohio, March 5, 1897. 
 
 William R. Day, of Ohio, April 26, 1898. 
 
 Alvey A. Adee (Second Assistant Secretary), ad i/iterhn, September 17, 189! 
 
 John Hay, of the District of Columbia, September 20, 1898. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky; continued from last Administration. 
 Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois, March 5, 1897. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Daniel S. Lamont, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, March, 5, 1897. 
 Elihu Root, of New York, August i, 1899. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Judson Harmon, of Ohio; continued from last Administration. 
 
 Joseph McKenna, of California, March 5, 1897. 
 
 John K. Richards, of Ohio (Solicitor-General), ad interim, January 25, 1898 
 
 John W. Griggs, of New Jersey, January 25, 1898. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 William L. Wilson, of West Virginia; continued from last Administration. 
 
 James A. Gary, of Maryland, March 5, 1897. 
 
 Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsylvania, April 21, 1898. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama; continued from last Adminigtration, 
 John D, Long, of Massachusetts, March 5, 1897, 
 
4^ Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 David R. Francis, of Missouri; continued from last Administration. 
 Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York, March 5, 1897. 
 Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, December 21. 1808. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Julius Sterling Morton, of Nebraska; continued from last Administration. 
 James Wilson, of Iowa, March 5, 1897. 
 
Executive Officers of the United States. 47 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 William McKinley, Ohio. (Died September 14, 1901.) 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Theodore Roosevelt, New York. 
 
 March 4, 190J, to September 14, igoi. 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Hay, of the District of Columbia; continued from last Administration. 
 John Hay, of the District of Columbia; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois; continued from last Administration. 
 Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Elihu Root, of New York; continued from last Administration. 
 Elihu Root, of New York; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 John W. Griggs, of New Jersey; continued from last Administration. 
 John W. Griggs, of New Jersey; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 John K. Richards, of Ohio (Solicitor-General), ad interim, April i, 1901. 
 Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, April 5, 1901. 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles Emory. Smith, of Pennsylvania; continued from last Administration. 
 Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsylvania; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 John D. Long, of Massachusetts; continued from last Administration. 
 John D. Long, of Massachusetts; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri; continued from last Administration. 
 Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri; recommissioned March 5, 1901. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 James Wilson, of Iowa; continued from last Administration, 
 James Wilson, of Iowa; recommissioned March 5, 1901, 
 
.ii!iLiiMi^iai^2^3ae 
 
 48 Executive Officers of the United States. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Theodore Roosevelt, New York. 
 
 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. 
 
 William P. Frye, Maine. 
 
 September 14, ipor, to 
 
 SECRETARY OF STATE. 
 
 John Hay, of the District of Columbia; continued from McKinley's Adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 •SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois; continued from McKinley's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF WAR. 
 
 Elihu Root, of New York; continued from McKinley's Administration. 
 
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
 
 Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania; continued from McKinley's Adminis- 
 tration. , 
 
 POSTMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsylvania; continued from McKinley's Adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. 
 
 John D. Long, of Massachusetts; continued from McKinley's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri; continued from McKinley's Administration. 
 
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 James Wilson, of Iowa; continued from McKinley's Administration.