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The following is a list of United States Cabinets by the President of the United States under which they operated.
1789-1801
| Vice President | John Adams (1789–1797) |  |
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| Secretary of State | ||
| Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton (1789–1795) • Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1797) | |
| Secretary of War | ||
| Attorney General | ||
| Vice President | Thomas Jefferson (1797–1801) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Timothy Pickering (1797–1800) • John Marshall (1800–1801) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1797–1801) • Samuel Dexter (1801) | |
| Secretary of War | James McHenry (1796–1800) • Samuel Dexter (1800–1801) | |
| Attorney General | Charles Lee (1797–1801) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Benjamin Stoddert (1798–1801) | |
1801-1901
| Vice President | Aaron Burr (1801–1805) • George Clinton (1805–1809) |  |
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| Secretary of State | James Madison (1801–1809) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Samuel Dexter (1801) • Albert Gallatin (1801–1809) | |
| Secretary of War | Henry Dearborn (1801–1809) | |
| Attorney General | Levi Lincoln Sr. (1801–1804) • Robert Smith (1805) • John Breckinridge (1805–1806) • Caesar A. Rodney (1807–1809) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Benjamin Stoddert (1801) • Robert Smith (1801–1809) | |
| Vice President | George Clinton (1809 – 1812) • Elbridge Gerry (1813 – 1814) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Robert Smith (1809 – 1811) • James Monroe (1811 – 1814) (1815 – 1817) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Albert Gallatin (1809 – 1814) • George W. Campbell (1814) • Alexander J. Dallas (1814 – 1816) • William H. Crawford (1816 – 1817) | |
| Secretary of War | William Eustis (1809 – 1813) • John Armstrong, Jr. (1813 – 1814) • James Monroe (1814 – 1815) • William H. Crawford (1815 – 1816) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Secretary of the Navy | Paul Hamilton (1809 – 1813) • William Jones (1813 – 1814) • Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1814 – 1817) | |
| Vice President | Daniel D. Tompkins (1817 – 1825) |  |
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| Secretary of State | John Quincy Adams (1817 – 1825) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | William H. Crawford (1817 – 1825) | |
| Secretary of War | John C. Calhoun (1817 – 1825) | |
| Attorney General | Richard Rush (1817) • William Wirt (1817 – 1825) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1817 – 1818) • Smith Thompson (1819 – 1823) • Samuel L. Southard (1823 – 1825) | |
| Vice President | John C. Calhoun (1825–1829) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Henry Clay (1825–1829) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Richard Rush (1825–1829) | |
| Secretary of War | James Barbour (1825–1828) • Peter B. Porter (1828–1829) | |
| Attorney General | William Wirt (1825–1829) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Samuel L. Southard (1825–1829) | |
| Vice President | John C. Calhoun (1829–1832) • None (1832–1833) • Martin Van Buren (1833–1837) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Martin Van Buren (1829–1831) • Edward Livingston (1831–1833) • Louis McLane (1833–1834) • John Forsyth (1834–1837) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Samuel D. Ingham (1829–1831) • Louis McLane (1831–1833) • William J. Duane (1833) • Roger B. Taney (1833–1834) • Levi Woodbury (1834–1837) | |
| Secretary of War | John Eaton (1829–1831) • Lewis Cass (1831–1836) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | William T. Barry (1829–1835) • Amos Kendall (1835–1837) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | ||
| Vice President | Richard M. Johnson (1837–1841) |  |
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| Secretary of State | John Forsyth (1837–1841) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Levi Woodbury (1837–1841) | |
| Secretary of War | Joel R. Poinsett (1837–1841) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | Amos Kendall (1837–1840) • John M. Niles (1840–1841) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Mahlon Dickerson (1837–1838) • James K. Paulding (1838–1841) | |
| Vice President | George M. Dallas (1845–1849) |  |
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| Secretary of State | James Buchanan (1845–1849) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Robert J. Walker (1845–1849) | |
| Secretary of War | William L. Marcy (1845–1849) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | Cave Johnson (1845–1849) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | George Bancroft (1845–1846) • John Y. Mason (1846–1849) | |
| Vice President | Millard Fillmore (1849-1850) |  |
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| Secretary of State | John M. Clayton (1849-1850) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | William M. Meredith (1849-1850) | |
| Secretary of War | George W. Crawford (1849-1850) | |
| Attorney General | Reverdy Johnson (1849-1850) | |
| Postmaster General | Jacob Collamer (1849-1850) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | William B. Preston (1849-1850) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Thomas Ewing (1849-1850) | |
| Vice President | None (1850–1853) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Daniel Webster (1850–1852) • Edward Everett (1852–1853) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Thomas Corwin (1850–1853) | |
| Secretary of War | Charles M. Conrad (1850–1853) | |
| Attorney General | John J. Crittenden (1850–1853) | |
| Postmaster General | Nathan K. Hall (1850–1852) • Samuel D. Hubbard (1852–1853) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | William A. Graham (1850–1852) • John P. Kennedy (1852–1853) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Thomas M.T. McKennan (1850) • Alexander H.H. Stuart (1850–1853) | |
| Vice President | William R. King (1853) |  |
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| Secretary of State | William L. Marcy (1853–1857) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | James Guthrie (1853–1857) | |
| Secretary of War | Jefferson Davis (1853–1857) | |
| Attorney General | Caleb Cushing (1853–1857) | |
| Postmaster General | James Campbell (1853–1857) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | James C. Dobbin (1853–1857) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Robert McClelland (1853–1857) | |
| Vice President | John C. Breckinridge (1857–1861) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Lewis Cass (1857–1860) • Jeremiah S. Black (1860–1861) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of War | John B. Floyd (1857–1860) • Joseph Holt (1860–1861) | |
| Attorney General | Jeremiah S. Black (1857–1860) • Edwin M. Stanton (1860–1861) | |
| Postmaster General | ||
| Secretary of the Navy | Isaac Toucey (1857–1861) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Jacob Thompson (1857–1861) | |
| Vice President | Hannibal Hamlin (1861–1865) • Andrew Johnson (1865) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | William H. Seward (1861–1865) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of War | Simon Cameron (1861–1862) • Edwin M. Stanton (1862–1865) | |
| Attorney General | Edward Bates (1861–1864) • James Speed (1864–1865) | |
| Postmaster General | Montgomery Blair (1861–1864) • William Dennison (1864–1865) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Gideon Welles (1861–1865) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Caleb Blood Smith (1861–1862) • John Palmer Usher (1863–1865) | |
| Vice President | Vacant (1865–1869) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | William H. Seward (1865–1869) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Hugh McCulloch (1865–1869) | |
| Secretary of War | Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868) • John Schofield (1868–1869) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | William Dennison (1865–1866) • Alexander Randall (1866–1869) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Gideon Welles (1865–1869) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | ||
| Vice President | Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873) • Henry Wilson (1873–1875) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Elihu B. Washburne (1869) • Hamilton Fish (1869–1877) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | George S. Boutwell (1869–1873) • William A. Richardson (1873–1874) • Benjamin Bristow (1874–1876) • Lot M. Morrill (1876–1877) | |
| Secretary of War | John A. Rawlins (1869) • William W. Belknap (1869–1876) • Alphonso Taft (1876) • J. Donald Cameron (1876–1877) | |
| Attorney General | Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869–1870) • Amos T. Akerman (1870–1871) • George H. Williams (1871–1875) • Edwards Pierrepont (1875–1876) • Alphonso Taft (1876–1877) | |
| Postmaster General | John Creswell (1869–1874) • James W. Marshall (1974) • Marshall Jewell (1874–1876) • James N. Tyner (1876–1877) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Adolph E. Borie (1869) • George M. Robeson (1869–1877) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | ||
| Vice President | William A. Wheeler (1877–1881) |  |
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| Secretary of State | William M. Evarts (1877–1881) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | John Sherman (1877–1881) | |
| Secretary of War | George W. McCrary (1877–1879) • Alexander Ramsey (1879–1881) | |
| Attorney General | Charles Devens (1877–1881) | |
| Postmaster General | David M. Key (1877–1880) • Horace Maynard (1880–1881) | |
| Secratary of the Navy | Richard W. Thompson (1877-1880) • Nathan Goff, Jr. (1881 | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Carl Schurz (1877–1881) | |
| Vice President | Vacant (1881–1885) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | James G. Blaine (1881) • Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1881–1885) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | William Windom (1881) • Charles J. Folger (1881–1884) • Walter Q. Gresham (1884) • Hugh McCulloch (1884–1885) | |
| Secretary of War | Robert Todd Lincoln (1881–1885) | |
| Attorney General | Wayne MacVeagh (1881) • Benjamin H. Brewster (1881–1885) | |
| Postmaster General | Thomas Lemuel James (1881) • Timothy O. Howe (1881–1883) • Walter Q. Gresham (1883–1884) • Frank Hatton (1884–1885) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | William H. Hunt (1881–1882) • William E. Chandler (1882–1885) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Samuel J. Kirkwood (1881–1882) • Henry Moore Teller (1882–1885) | |
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1901-2001
| Vice President | Charles W. Fairbanks (1905–1909) |  |
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| Secretary of State | ||
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of War | ||
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | Charles E. Smith (1901–1902) • Henry C. Payne (1902–1904) • Robert J. Wynne (1904–1905) • George B. Cortelyou (1905–1907) • George von L. Meyer (1907–1909) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | John D. Long (1901–1902) • William H. Moody (1902–1904) • Paul Morton (1904–1905) • Charles J. Bonaparte (1905–1906) • Victor H. Metcalf (1906–1908) • Truman H. Newberry (1908–1909) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Ethan A. Hitchcock (1901–1907) • James R. Garfield (1907–1909) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | James Wilson (1901–1909) | |
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor | ||
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| Vice President |  | |
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| Secretary of State | Cordell Hull (1933–1944) • Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1944–1945) | |
| Secretary of War | ||
| Secretary of the Treasury | William Hartman Woodin (1933–1934) • Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934–1945) | |
| Attorney General | Homer Stille Cummings (1933–1939) • Frank Murphy (1939–1940) • Robert H. Jackson (1940–1941) • Francis Biddle (1941–1945) | |
| Postmaster General | James Farley (1933–1940) • Frank Comerford Walker (1940–1945) | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Claude A. Swanson (1933–1939) • Charles Edison (1940) • Frank Knox (1940–1944) • James Forrestal (1944–1945) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Harold L. Ickes (1933–1945) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Henry A. Wallace (1933–1940) • Claude R. Wickard (1940–1945) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Daniel Calhoun Roper (1933–1938) • Harry Hopkins (1939–1940) • Jesse Holman Jones (1940–1945) • Henry A. Wallace (1945) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Frances Perkins (1933–1945) | |
| Vice President | Lyndon B. Johnson (1961–1963) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Dean Rusk (1961–1963) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | C. Douglas Dillon (1961–1963) | |
| Secretary of Defense | Robert McNamara (1961–1963) | |
| Attorney General | Robert F. Kennedy (1961–1963) | |
| Postmaster General | J. Edward Day (1961–1963) • John A. Gronouski (1963) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Stewart Udall (1961–1963) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Orville Freeman (1961–1963) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Luther H. Hodges (1961–1963) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Arthur Goldberg (1961–1962) • W. Willard Wirtz (1962–1963) | |
| Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare | Abraham A. Ribicoff (1961–1962) • Anthony J. Celebrezze (1962–1963) | |
| Vice President | None (1963-1965) • Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Dean Rusk (1963-1969) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of Defense | Robert McNamara (1963-1968) • Clark Clifford (1968-1969) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Postmaster General | ||
| Secretary of the Interior | Stewart Udall (1963-1969) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Orville Freeman (1963-1969) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Luther H. Hodges (1963-1965) • John Thomas Connor (1965-1967) • Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1967-1968) • C. R. Smith (1968-1969) | |
| Secretary of Labor | W. Willard Wirtz (1963-1969) | |
| Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare | Anthony J. Celebrezze (1962-1965) • John William Gardner (1965-1968) • Wilbur Joseph Cohen (1968-1969) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Robert Clifton Weaver (1963-1968) • Robert Coldwell Wood (1969) | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Alan Stephenson Boyd (1967-1969) | |
| Vice President | Vacant (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977) |  |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Henry Kissinger (1974–1977) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | William E. Simon (1974–1977) | |
| Secretary of Defense | James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977) | |
| Attorney General | William Saxbe (1974–1975) • Edward Levi (1975–1977) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | ||
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976–1977) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | ||
| Secretary of Labor | ||
| Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare | Caspar Weinberger (1974–1975) • F. David Mathews (1975–1977) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | James Thomas Lynn (1974–1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977) | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977) | |
| Vice President | Dan Quayle (1989–1993) | .jpg) |
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| Secretary of State | James Baker (1989–1992) • Lawrence Eagleburger (1992–1993) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Nicholas F. Brady (1989–1993) | |
| Secretary of Defense | Dick Cheney (1989–1993) | |
| Attorney General | Dick Thornburgh (1989–1991) • William Barr (1991–1993) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Manuel Lujan Jr. (1989–1993) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Clayton K. Yeutter (1989–1991) • Edward Madigan (1991–1993) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Robert Mosbacher (1989–1992) • Barbara Hackman Franklin (1992–1993) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Elizabeth Dole (1989–1990) • Lynn Morley Martin (1990–1993) | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Louis Wade Sullivan (1989–1993) | |
| Secretary of Education | Lauro Cavazos (1989–1990) • Lamar Alexander (1991–1993) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Jack Kemp (1989–1993) | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Samuel K. Skinner (1989–1992) • Andrew Card (1992–1993) | |
| Secretary of Energy | James D. Watkins (1989–1993) | |
| Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ed Derwinski (1989–1992) | |
| Vice President | Al Gore (1993 – 2001) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Warren Christopher (1993 – 1997) • Madeleine Albright (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of Defense | ||
| Attorney General | Janet Reno (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Bruce Babbitt (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | Mike Espy (1993 – 1994) • Dan Glickman (1994 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Ronald Brown (1993 – 1996) • Mickey Kantor (1996 – 1997) • William M. Daley (1997 – 2000) • Norman Mineta (2000 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Robert Reich (1993 – 1997) • Alexis Herman (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Donna Shalala (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Education | Richard Riley (1993 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Henry Cisneros (1993 – 1997) • Andrew Cuomo (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Federico Peña (1993 – 1997) • Rodney E. Slater (1997 – 2001) | |
| Secretary of Energy | ||
| Secretary of Veterans Affairs | ||
| Chief of Staff | Mark McLarty (1993 - 1994) • Leon Panetta (1994 - 1997) • Erskine Bowles (1997 - 1998) • John Podesta (1998 - 2001) | |
2001-Present
| Vice President | Richard B. Cheney (2001–2009) |  |
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| Secretary of State | Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009) | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| Secretary of Defense | Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009) | |
| Attorney General | ||
| Secretary of the Interior | Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009) | |
| Secretary of the Agriculture | ||
| Secretary of Commerce | Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009) | |
| Secretary of Labor | Elaine Chao (2001–2009) | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009) | |
| Secretary of Education | Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009) | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | ||
| Secretary of Transportation | Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009) | |
| Secretary of Energy | Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009) | |
| Secretary of Veterans Affairs | ||
| Secretary of Homeland Security | Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009) | |
| Chief of Staff | Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009) | |
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | ||
| Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009) | |
| Director of National Drug Control Policy | John Walters (2001–2009) | |
| Trade Representative | ||
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