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(Top) List of secretaries. Secretary at War (1781–1789) Secretary of War (1789–1947) See also. References. Footnotes. Further reading. United States Secretary of War. The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president 's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington 's administration.
No.Secretary Of WarTook OfficeLeft Office1September 12, 1789December 31, 17942January 2, 1795December 10, 17953January 27, 1796June 1, 18004June 1, 1800January 31, 1801- No fixed term
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Secretaries of War. The War Department was an executive department of the United States government from 1789 to 1947, when its name was changed and it was reorganized. It was created to supervise all military functions and aspects of national defense. In 1798, Congress separated the Navy from the Army, which created a new Department of the Navy ...
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The Secretary of War became the Secretary of the Army, and incumbent Kenneth C. Royall presided over the transition to become the first Secretary of the Army. In its more than two centuries...
Contents. hide. Beginning. Secretaries of War. United States Secretary of War. The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington 's administration.
#NameState Of ResidenceBegan Service1September 12, 17892January 2, 17953January 27, 17964May 13, 1800107.3.3 Records of the Purchase and Contract Branch. History: Established in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War, July 11, 1940, as successor, with Production Branch, to Current Procurement Branch (SEE 107.4.2). Transferred to OUSW pursuant to the act of December 16, 1940.
Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army, 1775-2005, first published in 1981 by William Gardner Bell and periodically updated while preserving its original purpose and scope, continues the institutional history of the Secretariat followed by side-by-side presentations of the biography and official portrait of each secretary in the line of ...
On 22 October 1816, effective with Secretary William H. Crawford’s transfer from the War Department to the Treasury Department, George Graham, Chief Clerk of the War Department, was designated Acting Secretary by President Madison under special Congressional authority, and held the position for almost a year until Secretary Calhoun’s ...
