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United States Secretary of War

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The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation between 1781 and 1789. Benjamin Lincoln and later Henry Knox held the position. When Washington was inaugurated as the first president under the Constitution, he appointed Knox to continue serving.

The Secretary of War led the War Department. At first, he was responsible for all military affairs. In 1798, the Secretary of the Navy was added to the cabinet, and the scope of this office was reduced to a general concern with the Army. In 1947, the departments were recombined under the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of War was replaced by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, non-Cabinet positions under the Secretary of Defense.

Secretaries of War

Henry Knox was the first United States Secretary of War, appointed by George Washington in 1789. # Picture Name State of Residence Began Service Ended Service President(s)served under 1 Henry KnoxMassachusettsSeptember 12, 1789December 31, 1794George Washington2 Timothy PickeringPennsylvaniaJanuary 2, 1795December 10, 1795Washington 3 James McHenryMarylandJanuary 27, 1796May 13, 1800Washington, John Adams4 Samuel DexterMassachusettsMay 13, 1800January 31, 1801John Adams 5 Henry DearbornMassachusettsMarch 5, 1801March 4, 1809Thomas Jefferson6 William EustisMassachusettsMarch 7, 1809January 13, 1813James Madison7 John Armstrong, Jr.PennsylvaniaJanuary 13, 1813September 27, 1814Madison 8 James MonroeVirginiaSeptember 27, 1814March 2, 1815Madison 9 William Harris CrawfordGeorgiaAugust 1, 1815October 22, 1816Madison 10 John Caldwell CalhounSouth CarolinaOctober 8, 1817March 4, 1825James Monroe11 James BarbourVirginiaMarch 7, 1825May 23, 1828John Quincy Adams12 Peter Buell PorterNew YorkMay 23, 1828March 4, 1829John Quincy Adams 13 John Henry EatonTennesseeMarch 9, 1829June 18, 1831Andrew Jackson14 Lewis CassMichiganAugust 1, 1831October 5, 1836Jackson 15 Joel Roberts PoinsettSouth CarolinaMarch 7, 1837March 4, 1841Martin Van Buren16 John BellTennesseeMarch 5, 1841September 13, 1841William Henry Harrison, John Tyler17 John Canfield SpencerNew YorkOctober 12, 1841March 4, 1843Tyler 18 James Madison PorterPennsylvaniaMarch 8, 1843February 14, 1844Tyler 19 William WilkinsPennsylvaniaFebruary 15, 1844March 4, 1845Tyler 20 William Learned MarcyNew YorkMarch 6, 1845March 4, 1849James K. Polk21 George Walker CrawfordGeorgiaMarch 8, 1849July 22, 1850Zachary Taylor22 Charles Magill ConradLouisianaAugust 15, 1850March 4, 1853Millard Fillmore23 Jefferson DavisMississippiMarch 7, 1853March 4, 1857Franklin Pierce24 John Buchanan FloydVirginiaMarch 6, 1857December 29, 1860James Buchanan25 Joseph HoltKentuckyJanuary 18, 1861March 4, 1861Buchanan 26 Simon CameronPennsylvaniaMarch 5, 1861January 14, 1862Abraham Lincoln27 Edwin McMasters StantonOhioJanuary 20, 1862May 28, 1868Lincoln, Andrew Johnson28 John McAllister SchofieldMissouriJune 1, 1868March 13, 1869Johnson 29 John Aaron RawlinsIllinoisMarch 13, 1869September 6, 1869Ulysses S. Grant30 William Worth BelknapIowaOctober 25, 1869March 2, 1876Grant 31 Alphonso TaftOhioMarch 8, 1876May 22, 1876Grant 32 James Donald CameronPennsylvaniaMay 22, 1876March 4, 1877Grant 33 George Washington McCraryIowaMarch 12, 1877December 10, 1879Rutherford B. Hayes34 Alexander RamseyMinnesotaDecember 10, 1879March 4, 1881Hayes 35 Robert Todd LincolnIllinoisMarch 5, 1881March 4, 1885James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur36 William Crowninshield EndicottMassachusettsMarch 5, 1885March 4, 1889Grover Cleveland37 Redfield ProctorVermontMarch 5, 1889November 5, 1891Benjamin Harrison38 Stephen Benton ElkinsWest VirginiaDecember 17, 1891March 4, 1893Harrison 39 Daniel Scott LamontNew YorkMarch 5, 1893March 4, 1897Cleveland (2nd term) 40 Russell Alexander AlgerMichiganMarch 5, 1897August 1, 1899William McKinley41 Elihu RootNew YorkAugust 1, 1899January 31, 1904McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt42 William Howard TaftOhioFebruary 1, 1904June 30, 1908Theodore Roosevelt 43 Luke Edward WrightTennesseeJuly 1, 1908March 4, 1909Theodore Roosevelt 44 Jacob McGavock DickinsonIllinoisMarch 12, 1909May 21, 1911William Howard Taft45 Henry Lewis StimsonNew YorkMay 22, 1911March 4, 1913Taft 46 Lindley Miller GarrisonNew JerseyMarch 5, 1913February 10, 1916Woodrow Wilson47 Newton Diehl BakerOhioMarch 9, 1916March 4, 1921Wilson 48 John Wingate WeeksMassachusettsMarch 5, 1921October 13, 1925Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge49 Dwight Filley DavisMissouriOctober 14, 1925March 4, 1929Coolidge 50 James William GoodIowaMarch 6, 1929November 18, 1929Herbert Hoover51 Patrick Jay HurleyOklahomaDecember 9, 1929March 4, 1933Hoover 52 George Henry DernUtahMarch 4, 1933August 27, 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt53 Harry Hines WoodringKansasSeptember 25, 1936June 20, 1940FDR 54 Henry Lewis StimsonNew YorkJuly 10, 1940September 21, 1945FDR, Harry S. Truman55 Robert Porter PattersonNew YorkSeptember 27, 1945July 18, 1947Truman 56 Kenneth Claiborne RoyallNorth CarolinaJuly 19, 1947September 18, 1947Truman

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