5. He was also charged with the control over the Board of Inspectors and Warden of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia.
The Secretary of the Interior has the same power in appointing and removing clerks and other subordinates in his department, that the Secretaries of the other departments had over these several bureaus before they were transferred to this department.
This office has a seal, which must be affixed to the commissions of all its subordinate officers.
The President and Senate appoint the Assistant Secretaries.
From the foregoing it is easy to understand what branches of the public service are conducted in this office, and what are the duties of its Secretary.
6. The following is a list of all who have filled the office of Secretary of the Interior since the establishment of the department:
- Thomas H. Ewing, Ohio, March 7, 1849.
- T. M. T. McKennan, Pa., 1850.
- Alexander H. H. Stuart, Va., Sept. 12, 1850.
- Robert McClelland, Mich., March 5, 1853.
- Jacob Thompson, Miss., March 6, 1857.
- Caleb B. Smith, Ind., March 5, 1861.
- John P. Usher, Ind., Jan. 7, 1863.
- James Harlan, Iowa, 1865.
- Orville H. Browning, Ill., 1866.
- Jacob D. Cox, Ohio, March 5, 1869.
- Columbus Delano, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1870.
- ” ” reappointed March 17, 1873.