The Footprints of Time / And a Complete Analysis of Our American System of Government, with a Concise History of the Original Colonies and of the United States, in Chronological Order

by Charles Bancroft

• Daniel Webster, Mass., Secretary of State.
• Thomas Ewing, O., Secretary of the Treasury.
• John Bell, Tenn., Secretary of War.
• George E. Badger, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
• Gideon Granger, N. Y., Postmaster General.

Tenth Administration, April 6, 1841, to March 4, 1845.

• John Tyler, Va., (acting) President, by death of Harrison.

CABINET.

• Daniel Webster, Mass., Secretary of State.
• Abel P. Upshur, Va., ” ”
• John C. Calhoun, S. C., ” ”
• Thomas Ewing, O., Secretary of the Treasury.
• Walter Forward, Pa., ” ”
• John C. Spencer, N. Y., ” ”
• George M. Bibb, Ky., ” ”
• John Bell, Tenn., Secretary of War.
• John C. Spencer, N. Y., ” ”
• James M. Porter, Pa., ” ”
• William Wilkins, Pa., ” ”
• George E. Badger, N. C., Secretary of the Navy.
• Abel P. Upshur, Va., ” ”
• David Henshaw, Mass., ” ”
• G. W. Gilmer, Va., ” ”
• John Y. Mason, Va., ” ”
• Hugh S. Legaré, S. C., Attorney-General.
• John Nelson, Md., ” ”
• Francis G. Granger, N. Y., Postmaster General.
• Charles A. Wickliffe, Ky., ” ”

Eleventh Administration, March 4, 1845, to March 4, 1849.—4 years.

• James K. Polk, Tenn., President.
• George M. Dallas, Pa., Vice-President.

CABINET.

• James Buchanan, Pa., Secretary of State.
• Robert J. Walker, Miss., Secretary of the Treasury.
• William L. Marcy, N. Y., Secretary of War.
• George Bancroft, Mass., Secretary of the Navy.
• John Y. Mason, Va., ” ”
• Cave Johnson, Tenn., Postmaster General.
• John Y. Mason, Va., Attorney General.
• Nathan Clifford, Me., ” ”
• Isaac Toucey, Ct., ” ”