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There is are no such positions universally. Cabinet positions are created if needed or as are politically correct or prudent.
George Washington appointed people to fill the first four cabinet positions.
The original cabinent positions were Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of War and Attorney-General.
Washington had four cabinet members: Sec. of State, Sec. of War, Sec. of Treasury and the Attorney General.
When George Washington was President, there were four cabinet positions. As of 2002 there are fifteen:Secretary of StateSecretary of the TreasurySecretary of DefenseAttorney GeneralSecretary of the InteriorSecretary of AgricultureSecretary of CommerceSecretary of LaborSecretary of Health and Human ServicesSecretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSecretary of TransportationSecretary of EnergySecretary of EducationSecretary of Veterans AffairsSecretary of Homeland Security
The original U.S. cabinet under George Washington was made up of four members. Their names were Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph, Henry Knox, and Alexander Hamilton.
One of the definitions of cabinet is: a body of advisers of a head of state. Therefore, as a body of advisers to the President of the United States, the term Cabinet is fitting. The name comes from English history and the cabinet of the king of England existed long before there was a United States.
The Department of Veteran's Affairs was not part of the original cabinet members. It was not until after World War II that there needed to be an entire department devoted to caring for veterans.
The US Attorney General is in charge of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Although one of the original four cabinet positions in 1789, the Attorney General was not the head of an official agency until the Justice Department was created in 1870, to consolidate the legal roles of the US departments and the United States Attorneys.
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.
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The original cabinet consisted of four positions:The Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson),The Secretary of Treasury (Alexander Hamilton),The Secretary of War (Henry Knox), andThe Attorney General (Edmund Randolph)