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

#	Picture	Name	State of Residence	Began Service	Ended Service	President(s) served under
1	Image:HENRY KNOX OIL.png	Henry Knox	Massachusetts	September 12, 1789	December 31 1794	George Washington
2	Image:Timothy-Pickering.jpg	Timothy Pickering	Pennsylvania	January 2, 1795	December 10, 1795	Washington
3	Image:JMcHenry.jpg	James McHenry	Maryland	January 27, 1796	May 13, 1800	Washington, John Adams
4	Image:Samuel Dexter.jpg	Samuel Dexter	Massachusetts	May 13, 1800	January 31, 1801	John Adams
5	Image:HenryDearborn.jpg	Henry Dearborn	Massachusetts	March 5, 1801	March 4, 1809	Thomas Jefferson
6	Image:William Eustis.jpg	William Eustis	Massachusetts	March 7, 1809	January 13, 1813	James Madison
7	Image:John Armstrong Jr..jpg	John Armstrong, Jr.	Pennsylvania	January 13, 1813	September 27, 1814	Madison
8		James Monroe	Virginia	September 27, 1814	March 2, 1815	Madison
9		William Harris Crawford	Georgia	August 1, 1815	October 22, 1816	Madison
10	Image:JCCalhoun-1822.jpg	John C. Calhoun	South Carolina	October 8, 1817	March 4, 1825	James Monroe
11	Image:BarbourT.jpg	James Barbour	Virginia	March 7, 1825	May 23, 1828	John Quincy Adams
12	Image:Peter Buell Porter.jpg	Peter Buell Porter	New York	May 23, 1828	March 4, 1829	John Quincy Adams
13	Image:John Eaton.jpg	John Henry Eaton	Tennessee	March 9, 1829	June 18, 1831	Andrew Jackson
14	Image:Cass standing-right.jpg	Lewis Cass	Michigan	August 1, 1831	October 5, 1836	Jackson
15		Joel Roberts Poinsett	South Carolina	March 7, 1837	March 4, 1841	Martin Van Buren
16	Image:JBell.jpg	John Bell	Tennessee	March 5, 1841	September 13, 1841	William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
17	Image:SpencerJohn.jpg	John C. Spencer	New York	October 12, 1841	March 4, 1843	Tyler
18	Image:PorterJM.jpg	James Madison Porter	Pennsylvania	March 8, 1843	February 14, 1844	Tyler
19	Image:William Wilkins United States Senator - Brady-Handy.jpg	William Wilkins	Pennsylvania	February 15, 1844	March 4, 1845	Tyler
20	Image:William L. Marcy.png	William L. Marcy	New York	March 6, 1845	March 4, 1849	James K. Polk
21	Image:GWCrawford2.jpg	George Walker Crawford	Georgia	March 8, 1849	July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor
22	Image:Charles Magill Conrad.jpg	Charles Magill Conrad	Louisiana	August 15, 1850	March 4, 1853	Millard Fillmore
23		Jefferson Davis	Mississippi	March 7, 1853	March 4, 1857	Franklin Pierce
24		John Buchanan Floyd	Virginia	March 6, 1857	December 29, 1860	James Buchanan
25	Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to open image `/home/www/en.wikilib.com/images/c/ce/Joseph_Holt.jpg': 没有那个文件或目录. convert: missing an image filename `/home/www/en.wikilib.com/images/thumb/c/ce/Joseph_Holt.jpg/75px-Joseph_Holt.jpg'.	Joseph Holt	Kentucky	January 18, 1861	March 4, 1861	Buchanan
26	Image:Smn Cameron-SecofWar.jpg	Simon Cameron	Pennsylvania	March 5, 1861	January 14, 1862	Abraham Lincoln
27	Image:Edwin McMasters Stanton Secretary of War.jpg	Edwin M. Stanton	Ohio	January 20, 1862	May 28, 1868	Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
28	Image:John McAllister Schofield.jpg	John M. Schofield	Missouri	June 1, 1868	March 13, 1869	Johnson
29	Image:John Aaron Rawlins - Brady-Handy.jpg	John Aaron Rawlins	Illinois	March 13, 1869	September 6, 1869	Ulysses S. Grant
30	Image:WWBelknap.jpg	William W. Belknap	Iowa	October 25, 1869	March 2, 1876	Grant
31	Image:Alphonso Taft seated.jpg	Alphonso Taft	Ohio	March 8, 1876	May 22, 1876	Grant
32	Image:JDonaldC2.jpg	J. Donald Cameron	Pennsylvania	May 22, 1876	March 4, 1877	Grant
33	Image:GWMcCrary.jpg	George W. McCrary	Iowa	March 12, 1877	December 10, 1879	Rutherford B. Hayes
34	Image:Alexander Ramsey - Brady-Handy.jpg	Alexander Ramsey	Minnesota	December 10, 1879	March 4, 1881	Hayes
35	Image:Robert Todd Lincoln, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg	Robert Todd Lincoln	Illinois	March 5, 1881	March 4, 1885	James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
36	Image:William Endicott, bw photo portrait, 1886.jpg	William C. Endicott	Massachusetts	March 5, 1885	March 4, 1889	Grover Cleveland
37	Image:Redfield Proctor, bw photo portrait, 1904.jpg	Redfield Proctor	Vermont	March 5, 1889	November 5, 1891	Benjamin Harrison
38	Image:SBElkins.jpg	Stephen B. Elkins	West Virginia	December 17, 1891	March 4, 1893	Harrison
39	Image:Daniel Lamont, bw photo portrait, 1904.jpg	Daniel Scott Lamont	New York	March 5, 1893	March 4, 1897	Cleveland (2nd term)
40		Russell A. Alger	Michigan	March 5, 1897	August 1, 1899	William McKinley
41	Image:Elihu Root, bw photo portrait, 1902.jpg	Elihu Root	New York	August 1, 1899	January 31, 1904	McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
42		William Howard Taft	Ohio	February 1, 1904	June 30, 1908	Theodore Roosevelt
43	Image:Luke Edward Wright.jpg	Luke Edward Wright	Tennessee	July 1, 1908	March 4, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
44	Image:Jacob Dickinson, bw photo portrait standing, 1909.jpg	Jacob M. Dickinson	Illinois	March 12, 1909	May 21, 1911	William Howard Taft
45	Image:HLStimson.jpg	Henry L. Stimson	New York	May 22, 1911	March 4, 1913	Taft
46	Image:Lindley Garrison, BW photo portrait, 1913.jpg	Lindley M. Garrison	New Jersey	March 5, 1913	February 10, 1916	Woodrow Wilson
47	Image:Newton Baker, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	Newton D. Baker	Ohio	March 9, 1916	March 4, 1921	Wilson
48	Image:John Wingate Weeks, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	John W. Weeks	Massachusetts	March 5, 1921	October 13, 1925	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
49	Image:Dwight Davis, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	Dwight F. Davis	Missouri	October 14, 1925	March 4, 1929	Coolidge
50	Image:James William Good, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg	James W. Good	Iowa	March 6, 1929	November 18, 1929	Herbert Hoover
51	Image:PJayHurl.jpg	Patrick J. Hurley		December 9, 1929	March 4, 1933	Hoover
52	Image:George Dern, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	George H. Dern	Utah	March 4, 1933	August 27, 1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt
53	Image:HarryHWoodring.jpg	Harry H. Woodring	Kansas	September 25, 1936	June 20, 1940	FDR
54	Image:HLStimson.jpg	Henry L. Stimson	New York	July 10, 1940	September 21, 1945	FDR, Harry S. Truman
55	Image:SecretaryWarPatterson.jpg	Robert P. Patterson	New York	September 27, 1945	July 18, 1947	Truman
56	Image:KCR portrait.jpg	Kenneth C. Royall	North Carolina	July 19, 1947	September 18, 1947	Truman

See also

• Confederate States Secretary of War
• United States Assistant Secretary of War

External links

• Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches

fr:Secrétaire à la Guerre des États-Unis

ja:アメリカ合衆国陸軍長官