APPENDIX II.
THE CABINETS OF MONROE, ADAMS, JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, POLK, TAYLOR, FILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAN—1816-1858.
THE SECRETARIES OF STATE.
Department created by Act of Congress, September 15, 1789.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| John Quincy Adams Henry Clay James A. Hamilton Martin Van Buren Edward Livingston Louis McLane John Forsyth J. L. Martin Daniel Webster Hugh S. Legaré Abel P. Upshur Abel P. Upshur John Nelson John C. Calhoun James Buchanan John M. Clayton Daniel Webster Charles M. Conrad Edward Everett William Hunter William L. Marcy Lewis Cass | Mass. Ky. N. Y. N. Y. La. Del. Ga. N. C. Mass. S. C. Va. Va. Md. S. C. Penna. Del. Mass. La. Mass. R. I. N. Y. Mich. | March 5, 1817. March 7, 1825. March 4, 1829, ad int. March 6, 1829. May 24, 1831. May 29, 1833. June 27, 1834. March 3, 1841, ad int. March 5, 1841. May 9, 1843, ad int. June 24, 1843, ad int. July 24, 1843. February 29, 1844, ad int. March 6, 1844. March 6, 1845. March 7, 1849. July 22, 1850. September 2, 1852, ad int. November 6, 1852. March 3, 1853, ad int. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.
Department created by Act of Congress, September 2, 1789.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| William H. Crawford Samuel L. Southard Richard Rush Samuel D. Ingham Asbury Dickins Louis McLane William J. Duane Roger B. Taney McClintock Young Levi Woodbury McClintock Young Thomas Ewing McClintock Young Walter Forward McClintock Young John C. Spencer McClintock Young George M. Bibb Robert J. Walker McClintock Young William M. Meredith Thomas Corwin James Guthrie Howell Cobb | Ga. N. J. Penna. Penna. N. C. Del. Penna. Md. Md. N. H. Md. Ohio Md. Penna. Md. N. Y. Md. Ky. Miss. Md. Penna. Ohio Ky. Ga. | October 22, 1816. March 7, 1825, ad int. March 7, 1825. March 6, 1829. June 21, 1831, ad int. August 8, 1831. May 29, 1833. September 23, 1833. June 25, 1834, ad int. June 27, 1834. March 3, 1841, ad int. March 5, 1841. September 13, 1841, ad int. September 13, 1841. March 1, 1843, ad int. March 3, 1843. May 2, 1844, ad int. June 15, 1844. March 6, 1845. March 6, 1849, ad int. March 8, 1849. July 23, 1850. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE SECRETARIES OF WAR.
Department created by Act of Congress, August 7, 1789.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Isaac Shelby George Graham John C. Calhoun James Barbour Samuel L. Southard Peter B. Porter John H. Eaton Philip G. Randolph Roger B. Taney Lewis Cass Benjamin F. Butler Joel R. Poinsett John Bell John McLean John C. Spencer James M. Porter William Wilkins William L. Marcy George W. Crawford Winfield Scott Charles M. Conrad Jefferson Davis Samuel Cooper John B. Floyd | Ky. Va. S. C. Va. N. J. N. Y. Tenn. Va. Md. Ohio N. Y. S. C. Tenn. Ohio N. Y. Penna. Penna. N. Y. Ga. Va. La. Miss. N. Y. Va. | March 5, 1817. April 7, 1817, ad int. October 8, 1817. March 7, 1825. May 26, 1828, ad int. May 26, 1828. March 9, 1829. June 18, 1831, ad int. July 21, 1831, ad int. August 1, 1831. October 25, 1836, ad int. March 7, 1837. March 5, 1841. September 13, 1841. October 12, 1841. March 8, 1843. February 15, 1844. March 5, 1845. March 8, 1849. July 23, 1850, ad int. August 15, 1850. March 7, 1853. March 3, 1857, ad int. March 6, 1857. |
THE SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY.
Department created by Act of Congress, April 30, 1798.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Benjamin W. Crowninshield Smith Thompson John Rodgers Samuel L. Southard John Branch Levi Woodbury Mahlon Dickerson James K. Paulding George E. Badger Abel P. Upshur David Henshaw Thomas W. Gilmer John Y. Mason George Bancroft John Y. Mason William B. Preston William A. Graham John P. Kennedy James C. Dobbin Isaac Toucey | Mass. N. Y. Md. N. J. N. C. N. H. N. J. N. Y. N. C. Va. Mass. Va. Va. Mass. Va. Va. N.C. Md. N. C. Conn. | December 19, 1814. November 9, 1818. September 1, 1823, ad int. September 16, 1823. March 9, 1829. May 23, 1831. June 30, 1834. June 25, 1838. March 5, 1841. September 13, 1841. July 24, 1843. February 15, 1844. March 14, 1844. March 10, 1845. September 9, 1846. March 8, 1849. July 22, 1850. July 22, 1852. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR.
Department created by Act of Congress, March 3, 1849.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Thomas Ewing Thomas M. T. McKennan Alexander H. H. Stuart Robert McClelland Jacob Thompson | Ohio Penna. Va. Mich. Miss. | March 8, 1849. August 15, 1850. September 12, 1850. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.
Duties prescribed by the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789.
Department reorganized in 1870.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Richard Rush William Wirt John M. Berrien Roger B. Taney Benjamin F. Butler Felix Grundy Henry D. Gilpin John J. Crittenden Hugh S. Legaré John Nelson John Y. Mason Nathan Clifford Isaac Toucey Reverdy Johnson John J. Crittenden Caleb Cushing Jeremiah S. Black | Penna. Va. Ga. Md. N. Y. Tenn. Penna. Ky. S. C. Md. Va. Me. Conn. Md. Ky. Mass. Penna. | February 10, 1814. November 3, 1817. March 9, 1829. July 20, 1831. November 15, 1833. July 5, 1838. July 11, 1840. March 5, 1841. September 13, 1841. July 1, 1843. March 6, 1845. October 17, 1846. June 21, 1848. March 8, 1849. July 22, 1850. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE POSTMASTERS-GENERAL.
A Bureau of the Treasury until 1829.
Made a Cabinet office in that year.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Return J. Meigs, Jr. John McLean William T. Barry Amos Kendall John M. Niles Francis Granger Charles A. Wickliffe Cave Johnson Jacob Collamer Nathan K. Hall Samuel D. Hubbard James Campbell Aaron V. Brown | Ohio Ohio Ky. Ky. Conn. N. Y. Ky. Tenn. Vt. N. Y. Conn. Penna. Tenn. | March 17, 1814. June 26, 1823. March 9, 1829. March 1, 1835. May 19, 1840. March 6, 1841. September 13, 1841. March 6, 1845. March 8, 1849. July 23, 1850. August 31, 1852. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |