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Which office from the first cabinet most likely became the position known today as the secretary of defense?
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The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
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General Colin Powell became the first black to serve in what top US government position?
a)chairman of joint cheifs of staff b)U.S. president c)secretary of defense
Who is the first black female cabinet minister?
The first black female cabinet minister was Patricia Harris who became Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1977, under Jimmy Carter.
Were the signers of the Declaration of Independence cabinet members?
Off the top of my head, I can only think of one signer who became a cabinet member, and that was Thomas Jefferson, who was Secretary of State under Washington, but he resigned in 1793.
Who served as Franklin D Roosevelt's secretary of labor?
Franklin Roosevelt ^-^ tee hee FDR's administration was beneficial for organized labor. FDR needed the support of labor, and labor needed the support of the national government. Francis Perkins, the first women cabinet member, was appointed as Secretary of Labor and she successfully promoted many elements that became part of the New Deal and helpful to labor.
Secretary of state when was this position created?
The Second Continental Congress created the Department of Foreign Affairs on January 10, 1781, and George Washington signed a bill creating the position of Secretary of Foreign Affairs to head this department on July 27, 1789. On September 15, 1789, George Washington approved a Congressional law adding certain domestic duties to the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The name was changed to the Department of State, headed by the Secretary of State. As the current Secretary of Foreign Affairs at the time, John Jay became the first Secretary of State, and held this position until March 22, 1790.
Who is the US secretary of war?
The position of Secretary of War refers to the leader of the War Department. This agency and position was disbanded in the US in 1947, after WWII. The most similar agency in the US is now the Department of Defense, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Who was FDR's defense secretary?
Herbert Hoover did not have a Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense was a position created under the National Defense Act of 1947. From the first days of the Republic up to that time there were two cabinet secretaries who had the duties later combined into the Secretary of Defense's portfolio. There was a Secretary of the Navy who was responsible for the Navy and the Navy's US Marine Corps, and a Secretary of War, who handled the Army, and after airplanes were invented and became militarized, the Air Force. The air force was part of the US Army as the US Army Air Force, until an independent US Air Force was created as a third branch by the same legislation in 1947 which combined the two previous cabinet positions into one new one.Hoover's Secretary of Was was James W. Good in 1929, and then Patrick J. Hurley from 1929-33, after Good died suddenly in the autumn of 1929.Hoover's Secretary of the Navy was Charles Francis Adams, great grandson of John Quincy Adams and great, great grandson of John Adams.
Who became secretary of defense in 1994?
William Perry replaced Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense in 1994
Who became Secretary of Defense after the National Security Act of 1947 was signed?
James V. Forrestal became the first Secretary of Defense in 1947. He served for two years and then committed suicide.
Who was Secretary of War for the 22nd President of the US?
William C. Endicott held that position in Cleveland's first term cabinet. He was replaced by Daniel S. Lamont when Cleveland became the 24th president.
General Colin Powell became the first black to serve in what top US government position?
a)chairman of joint cheifs of staff b)U.S. president c)secretary of defense
Can the president choose the Chief of war?
He could if this were a cabinet position or a department head. Currently there is no cabinet position known as the "Chief of War" and the War Department became the the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, and came under the control of the National Military Establishment along with the already existing Department of the Navy 18 September 1947. In 1949, the NME became the US Department of Defense.
Former defense secretary before he became president?
No U.S. Defense Secretary has been a U.S. President to date, but one, Dick Cheney, has been a U.S. Vice President. Two U.S. Presidents had been U.S. Secretary of War. The War Department became part of the Defense Department in 1947. The two were James Monroe and William Howard Taft.
What position did Robert Clifton Weaver hold in the cabinet of President Lyndon Johnson?
He became the head of a newly created Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Who was the first woman to hold a US Cabinet Post?
Francis Perkins- she became the Secretary of labor in 1933 under FDR
First women on the cabinet?
The first woman on the US Cabinet was Frances Perkins, who served as US Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.
Who is the first black female cabinet minister?
The first black female cabinet minister was Patricia Harris who became Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1977, under Jimmy Carter.
