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| James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet
James Buchanan was the 15th President of the US whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. The Cabinet members of the James Buchanan included his Vice President, John C. Breckinridge (1857-61). His Cabinet members were the official advisers he had appointed to head the executive departments of government during his presidency. James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet: Government Issues
The members of the James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet provided the President with advice on the important events of his presidency from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. Key government issues requiring Cabinet debate included the Panic of 1857 that resulted in a important depression, the formation of the Confederate States in 1861 and the events surrounding the Dred Scott decision. |
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James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet
The following list provides the names of the James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet members and the departments in which they held the positions in which the foreign policies and the domestic policies of the nation were discussed. The Presidential Cabinet Members had to be approved by the Senate by a majority (51 votes). The Presidential Cabinet members of the executive departments of the US Government are ranked in order, according to the United States Presidential Line of Succession | James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet |
Cabinet Departments and Cabinet MembersVice President: John C. Breckinridge (1857-61) | Secretary of State | Lewis Cass (1857-60)
Jeremiah S. Black (1860-61) | | Secretary of the Treasury | Howell Cobb (1857-60)
Philip F. Thomas (1860-61)
John A. Dix (1861) | | Secretary of War | John B. Floyd (1857-60)
Joseph Holt (1861) | | Attorney General | Jeremiah S. Black (1857-60)
Edwin M. Stanton (1860-61) | | Postmaster General | Aaron V. Brown (1857-59)
Joseph Holt (1859-61)
Horatio King (1861) | | Secretary of the Navy | Isaac Toucey (1857-61) | | Secretary of the Interior | Jacob Thompson (1857-61) |
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James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet
The James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet article provides interesting facts and important information about the Cabinet members and departments of the 15th President of the United States. |
James Buchanan Presidential Cabinet Members - President James Buchanan Video
The James Buchanan article provides details of the names of his Presidential Cabinet. The following James Buchanan video will give you additional important facts and dates about both the personal life and political life of the 15th President of the United States whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. | | |
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