United States Cabinet
The united states cabinet usually simplified as the cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the united states and its existence dates back to the first american president george washington who appointed a cabinet of four people secretary of state thomas jefferson.
United states cabinet. Additionally the cabinet includes the white house chief of staff and heads of the environmental protection agency office of management and budget united states trade representative central. The cabinet of the united states is part of the executive branch of the federal government of the united states the members of the cabinet are the vice president and the secretary of state and other heads of the federal executive departments all of whom if eligible are in the presidential line of succession. The seal of the president of the united states is used to mark correspondence from the u s.
The following is a list of united states cabinets by the president of the united states under which they operated. While george washington s cabinet only consisted of four people secretary of the treasury secretary of state secretary of war and the attorney general president donald trump s cabinet currently has. President to the united states congress and is also used as a symbol of the presidency.
There are 23 members of the presidential cabinet including the vice president of the united states. Among the famous politicians on this list of united states cabinet members are former and current politicians who held or are holding the positions of secretary of state secretary of the treasury secretary of defense attorney general secretary of the interior and many other secretary positions like agriculture and education. Secretary of the treasury alexander hamilton.
The heads of departments are members of the cabinet of the united states an executive organ that normally acts as an advisory body to the president. Constitution heads of executive departments are referred to as principal officer in each of the executive departments. Your guide to the cabinet of the united states each u s.
The united states constitution does not explicitly establish a cabinet. Below are the cabinet positions and their responsibilities listed in order of succession to the presidency. Text is available under the creative commons.
Vice president of the united states vice president joe biden meets with vice president. In the opinion clause article ii section 2 clause 1 of the u s.
