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From 1966-1968, Robert C. Weaver served as the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Who did Lyndon B. Johnson appoint as the first African American to serve as a cabinet member?
Robert C. Weaver, head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Who is Roberta Harris?
Roberta Harris was the first woman to serve in the Presidents Cabinet in 1896
What is the length of a term in the presidents cabinet?
They serve at the pleasure of the President. He can dismiss them at any time. Cabinet members do not have term limits
What Constitutional principal would not exist if members of congress could serve in the presidents cabinet?
The separation of powers.
What did Robert F Kennedy serve as in his brothers administration?
Robert served as the Attorney General in his brother's cabinet.
How long does president cabinent serve?
Presidential Cabinet Members usually serve for a single administration. There is no law declaring term limits on members but they serve at the Presidents discretion or in other words they serve at the pleasure of the President. He decides who and for how long a cabinet member serves after Senatorial Conformation of course.
Who was the first African American presidential cabinet member?
condalisa rice serving under george w bush sorry but you are actually wrong, she was the second and the first was roberta harris in 1896 so get your facts straight Both answers are incorrect. Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African- American woman to serve in a president's cabinet. She served as Sec. of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter in 1977, then as Secretary of Health Education & Welfare in 1979 and remained as sec after the department was renamed the Dept of Health and Human Services in 1980. She served until Carter left office in 1981.
Why does the Cabinet not serve as an effective advisory body?
Actually most cabinents have done very well in advising the cabinet, but I suppose the few cabinents that have failed were because the president can choose who he wants in his cabinent and some presidents choose their friends and they might not necessarly be well educated in the area to which they were appointed, like JFK appointed his own brother to GIVE him law experience, not because Robert had it
What current US Cabinet official is expected to continue to serve under President-elect Obama?
Robert Gates
How many terms do the president's 15 executive department heads serve?
The cabinet heads serve at the discretion of the President. It is fairly rare, but not unheard of, for a person to serve under more than one President. Most of Obama's cabinet resigned at the end of his first term. I do not know whether he asked them to, as other Presidents have done.
How many presidents served as vice president and in the Senate but did not serve in a cabinet post?
John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon were all vice-presidents and US senators but never held a cabinet post. ( Martin Van Buren was the only man to be the VP, US Senator and hold a cabinet post.)
What is the term of executive branch?
Executive=President Presidents serve for 4 years, with possibility of one-time reelection. His cabinet goes with him after he leaves office (They too, serve 4 years, unless he kicks them out).
