John Beckley..

1 April, 1789 Jonathan Williams Condy.... Pennsylvania ...| 15 May,

Virginia.......

15 May, 1797

1797

Matthew St. Clair Clarke..... Pennsylvania... 31 May, 1841

SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIONS.

FIRST ADMINISTRATION-1789 To 1797.-EIGHT YEARS.

President-GEORGE WASHINGTON, Virginia.

Vice-President-JOHN ADAMS, Massachusetts.

Secretaries of State*-Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, September 26, 1789; Edmund Randolph, of Virginia, January 2, 1794; Timothy Pickering, of Massachusetts, December 10, 1795.

Secretaries of the Treasury-Alexander Hamilton, of New York, September 11, 1789; Oliver Wolcott, of Connecticut, February 3, 1795..

Secretaries of War and of the Navy†-Henry Knox, of Massachusetts, September 12, 1789; Timothy Pickering, of Massachusetts, January 2, 1794; James McHenry, of Maryland, January 27, 1796. Postmasters-General-Samuel Osgood, of Massachusetts, September 26, 1789; Timothy Pickering, of Massachusetts, November 7, 1791; Joseph Habersham, of Georgia, February 25, 1795.

SECOND ADMINISTRATION-1797 To 1801.-FOUR YEARS.

President JOHN ADAMS, Massachusetts.
Vice-President-THOMAS JEFFERSON, Virginia.

Secretaries of State-Timothy Pickering, continued in office; John Marshall, of Virginia, May 13, 1800.

Secretaries of the Treasury-Oliver Wolcott, continued in office; S. Dexter, of Massachusetts, December 31, 1800.

Secretaries of War-James McHenry, continued in office; S. Dexter, of Massachusetts, May 13, 1800; Roger Griswold, of Connecticut, February 3, 1801.

Secretaries of the Navy-George Cabot, of Massachusetts, May 3, 1798, declined; Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland, May 21, 1798. Postmaster-General-Joseph Habersham, continued.

*The Department of State was created by the Act of September 15, 1759, previously to which, by Act of July 27, 1789, it was denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs.

†The War Department, as created by Act of Congress of August 7, 1759, had also the superintendence of Naval Affairs. A separation, took place in April, 1789, when a Navy Department was established.

THIRD ADMINISTRATION-1801 TO 1809.-EIGHT YEARS.

President-THOMAS JEFFERSON, Virginia.

Vice-Presidents-AARON BURR, New York; GEORGE CLINTON,

New York.

Secretary of State-James Madison, of Virginia, March 5, 1801. Secretaries of the Treasury-S. Dexter, continued in office; Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania, January 26, 1802.

Secretary of War-Henry Dearborn, of Massachusetts, March 4,

1801.

Secretaries of the Navy-Benjamin Stoddert, continued in office; Robert Smith, of Maryland, January 26, 1802; Jacob Crowninshield, of Massachusetts, March 2, 1805.

Postmasters-General-Joseph Habersham, continued in office; Gideon Granger, of Connecticut, January 26, 1802.

FOURTH ADMINISTRATION-1809 TO 1817.-EIGHT YEARS.

President JAMES MADISON, Virginia.

Vice-Presidents-GEORGE CLINTON, New York; ELBRIDGE GERRY,

Massachusetts.

Secretaries of State - Robert Smith, of Maryland, March 6, 1809; James Monroe, of Virginia, November 25, 1811.

Secretaries of the Treasury-Albert Gallatin, continued in office; George W. Campbell, of Tennessee, February 9, 1814; Alexander J. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, October 6, 1814.

Secretaries of War-William Eustis, of Massachusetts, March 7, 1809; John Armstrong, of New York, January 19, 1813; James Monroe, of Virginia, September 26, 1814; William H. Crawford, of Georgia, March 2, 1815.

Secretaries of the Navy-Paul Hamilton, of South Carolina, March 7, 1809; William Jones, of Pennsylvania, January 12, 1813; Benjamin W. Crowninshield, of Massachusetts, December 17, 1814.

Postmasters-General-Gideon Granger, continued in office; R. J. Meigs, of Ohio, March 17, 1814.

FIFTH ADMINISTRATION-1817 To 1825.-EIGHT YEARS.

President JAMES MONROE, Virginia.

Vice-President-DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, New York.

Secretary of State-John Q. Adams, of Massachusetts, March 3, 1817.

Secretary of the Treasury-William H. Crawford, of Georgia, March 5, 1817.

Secretaries of War-Isaac Shelby, of Kentucky, March 5, 1817, declined the appointment; John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, December 16, 1817.

Secretaries of the Navy-Benjamin W. Crowninshield, continued in office; Smith Thompson, of New York, November 30, 1818; Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, December 9, 1823.

Postmasters-General-Return J. Meigs, continued in office; John McLean, of Ohio, December 9, 1823.

SIXTH ADMINISTRATION-1824 TO 1829.-FOUR YEARS.

President-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Massachusetts.
Vice-President-JOHN C. CALHOUN, South Carolina.

Secretary of State-Henry Clay, of Kentucky, March 8, 1825. Secretary of the Treasury — Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, March 7, 1825.

Secretaries of War-James Barbour, of Virginia, March 7, 1825; Peter B. Porter, of New York, May 26, 1828.

Secretary of the Navy-Samuel L. Southard, continued in office. Postmaster-General-John McLean, continued in office.

SEVENTH ADMINISTRATION-1829 to 1837.-EIGHT YEARS.

President-ANDREW JACKSON, Tennessee.

Vice-Presidents-JOHN C. CALHOUN, South Carolina; MARTIN VAN BUREN, New York.

Secretaries of State-Martin Van Buren, of New York, March 6, 1829; Edward Livingston, of Louisiana, 1831; Louis McLane, of Delaware, 1833; John Forsyth, of Georgia, 1834.

Secretaries of the Treasury-Samuel D. Ingham, of Pennsyl

vania, March 6, 1829; Louis McLane, of Delaware, 1831; William J. Duane, of Pennsylvania, 1833; Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, 1833, (not confirmed by the Senate;) Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, 1834.

Secretaries of War-John H. Eaton, of Tennessee, March 9, 1829; Lewis Cass, of Ohio, 1831.

Secretaries of the Navy-John Branch, of North Carolina, March 9, 1829; Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, 1831; Mahlon Dickerson, of New Jersey, 1834.

Postmasters-General-William T. Barry, of Kentucky, March 9, 1829; Amos Kendall, of Kentucky, 1835.*

EIGHTH ADMINISTRATION-1837 TO 1841.-FOUR YEARS.

President-MARTIN VAN BUREN, New York.
Vice-President-RICHARD M. JOHNSON, Kentucky.

Secretary of State-John Forsyth, appointed June 27, 1834, resigned March 3, 1841.

Secretary of the Treasury-Levi Woodbury, appointed June 27, 1834, resigned March 2, 1841.

Secretary of War-Joel R. Poinsett, appointed March 7, 1837, resigned March 2, 1841.

Secretaries of the Navy-Mahlon Dickerson, appointed June 30, 1834, resigned June, 1838; James K. Paulding, appointed from June 30, 1838; resigned March 2, 1841.

Postmasters-General-Amos Kendall, appointed May 1, 1835, resigned; John M. Niles, appointed from May 25, 1840, resigned March 1, 1841.

NINTH ADMINISTRATION-1841 TO 1845.-FOUR YEARS.

President-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Ohio. Died April 4, 1841.

Vice-President-JOHN TYLER, Virginia.

President-JOHN TYLER, Virginia, (from April 4, 1841.)

* Before the accession of Andrew Jackson to the Presidency, the PostmasterGeneral was looked upon as the head of a bureau, but President Jackson invited Mr. Barry to a seat in his cabinet meetings, since which time the head of the Post-office Department has been considered a regular member of the cabinet.