The Constititution provides the power to creat cabinet positions. George Washington decided he needed Secretaries of State, War,Treasury and an Attorney General and asked Congress to create and fund these positions. He then appointed people to fill them and got them approved by the senate.
Robert weaver
roberta harris
Thomas Jefferson in George Washington's cabinet.
He appointed the first African American cabinet member.
Barack Obama
Sarah E. Goode
Albert Fall was the first for the Teapot Dome scandal
She was the first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position.
Robert C. Weaver was the first African American member of a presidential cabinet. He headed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversaw federal housing programs.
The United States Cabinet (usually referred to as the President's Cabinet or simplified as the Cabinet) is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States.No, the Social Secretary is part of the President's personal staff.See the related links for a complete list of the cabinet and the cabinet level staff.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cabinet#Cabinet
The American English term for "cupboard" is "cabinet."
US President Jimmy Carter appointed her secretary of housing and urban development in 1977. She was the first African American woman to join the Cabinet.