The Constitution does not say how large the cabinet should be. It was up to Washington to decide on the size and make-up of his cabinet and later Presidents followed a similar plan. Departments were slowly added and combined .
Washington didn't have to justify his creation of a cabinet. As the first president he set the tone for future presidents.
Roberta Harris was the first woman to serve in the Presidents Cabinet in 1896
Robert Weaver who was Secretary of HUD under LB Johnson was the first Black cabinet member in the US.
The first president, George Washington had the first cabinet. His cabinet consisted of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
establishing a cabinet picking a vice president setting an example for presidents to follow
Several presidents were cabinet members before they were president. Thomas Jefferson was the first. Others were Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Van Buren, and Buchanan. All served as Secretary of State .
The Cabinet positions were created by Congress and are not mentioned in the Constitution. There were only four at first. New ones have been added from time to time and various mergers and name-changes have occurred through the years.
The first members of the President's cabinet were: Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson ------- Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton ------- Secretary of War: Henry Knox ------- Attorney General: Edmund Randolph ------- Postmaster General: I Don't Know... SorryPresident appoints them
The presidency of the United States began when the US Constitution was ratified by 9 states. An election for a president was first held in 1787 and the first president took office in April of 1789.
George Washington set the precedent that presidents should not dress fancily, demean the people, and also that they SHOULD establish a cabinet.
who "were" the first presidents of UT? john dough
The first Cabinet department formed in the 1900s was the Commerce Department.