Maybe you are thinking of Patricia Roberts Harris was was HUD Secretary for Jimmy Carter 1977-1979.
Roberta Harris was the first woman to serve in the Presidents Cabinet in 1896
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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.
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.
They serve at the pleasure of the President. He can dismiss them at any time. Cabinet members do not have term limits
The separation of powers.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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).