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The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet , beginning with
George Washington 's administration. 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 .
Previous Secretaries of War
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Picture
Name
State of Residence
Began Service
Ended Service
President(s) served under
1
Henry Knox
Massachusetts
September 12 , 1789
December 31 1794
George Washington
2
Timothy Pickering
Pennsylvania
January 2 , 1795
December 10 , 1795
Washington
3
James McHenry
Maryland
January 27 , 1796
May 13 , 1800
Washington, John Adams
4
Samuel Dexter
Massachusetts
May 13 , 1800
January 31 , 1801
John Adams
5
Henry Dearborn
Massachusetts
March 5 , 1801
March 4 , 1809
Thomas Jefferson
6
William Eustis
Massachusetts
March 7 , 1809
January 13 , 1813
James Madison
7
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
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
October 8 , 1817
March 4 , 1825
James Monroe
11
James Barbour
Virginia
March 7 , 1825
May 23 , 1828
John Quincy Adams
12
Peter Buell Porter
New York
May 23 , 1828
March 4 , 1829
John Quincy Adams
13
John Henry Eaton
Tennessee
March 9 , 1829
June 18 , 1831
Andrew Jackson
14
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
John Bell
Tennessee
March 5 , 1841
September 13 , 1841
William Henry Harrison , John Tyler
17
John C. Spencer
New York
October 12 , 1841
March 4 , 1843
Tyler
18
James Madison Porter
Pennsylvania
March 8 , 1843
February 14 , 1844
Tyler
19
William Wilkins
Pennsylvania
February 15 , 1844
March 4 , 1845
Tyler
20
William L. Marcy
New York
March 6 , 1845
March 4 , 1849
James K. Polk
21
George Walker Crawford
Georgia
March 8 , 1849
July 22 , 1850
Zachary Taylor
22
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
Joseph Holt
Kentucky
January 18 , 1861
March 4 , 1861
Buchanan
26
Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
March 5 , 1861
January 14 , 1862
Abraham Lincoln
27
Edwin M. Stanton
Ohio
January 20 , 1862
May 28 , 1868
Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
28
John M. Schofield
Missouri
June 1 , 1868
March 13 , 1869
Johnson
29
John Aaron Rawlins
Illinois
March 13 , 1869
September 6 , 1869
Ulysses S. Grant
30
William W. Belknap
Iowa
October 25 , 1869
March 2 , 1876
Grant
31
Alphonso Taft
Ohio
March 8 , 1876
May 22 , 1876
Grant
32
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
May 22 , 1876
March 4 , 1877
Grant
33
George W. McCrary
Iowa
March 12 , 1877
December 10 , 1879
Rutherford B. Hayes
34
Alexander Ramsey
Minnesota
December 10 , 1879
March 4 , 1881
Hayes
35
Robert Todd Lincoln
Illinois
March 5 , 1881
March 4 , 1885
James A. Garfield , Chester A.
Arthur
36
William C. Endicott
Massachusetts
March 5 , 1885
March 4 , 1889
Grover Cleveland
37
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
March 5 , 1889
November 5 , 1891
Benjamin Harrison
38
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
December 17 , 1891
March 4 , 1893
Harrison
39
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
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
Luke Edward Wright
Tennessee
July 1 , 1908
March 4 , 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
44
Jacob M. Dickinson
Illinois
March 12 , 1909
May 21 , 1911
William Howard Taft
45
Henry L. Stimson
New York
May 22 , 1911
March 4 , 1913
Taft
46
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
March 5 , 1913
February 10 , 1916
Woodrow Wilson
47
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
March 9 , 1916
March 4 , 1921
Wilson
48
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
March 5 , 1921
October 13 , 1925
Warren G. Harding , Calvin Coolidge
49
Dwight F. Davis
Missouri
October 14 , 1925
March 4 , 1929
Coolidge
50
James W. Good
Iowa
March 6 , 1929
November 18 , 1929
Herbert Hoover
51
Patrick J. Hurley
December 9 , 1929
March 4 , 1933
Hoover
52
George H. Dern
Utah
March 4 , 1933
August 27 , 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt
53
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
September 25 , 1936
June 20 , 1940
FDR
54
Henry L. Stimson
New York
July 10 , 1940
September 21 , 1945
FDR, Harry S. Truman
55
Robert P. Patterson
New York
September 27 , 1945
July 18 , 1947
Truman
56
Kenneth C. Royall
North Carolina
July 19 , 1947
September 18 , 1947
Truman
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