Richard Ballinger and Walter Fisher were Secretaries of the Interior for Taft.
William Howard Taft was secretary of war under Roosevelt's administration.
He offended conservationists by appointing Richard A. Ballinger for secretary of the interior.
The Secretary of the Interior under FDR was Harold L. Ickes (1933-1945)
Ickes
Stewart L. Udall
1910 - the Ballinger-Pinchot affair
1910 - the Ballinger-Pinchot affair
William Taft's Secretary of the Interior was Richard A. Ballinger. He was involved in a scandal regarding the sale of Alaskan coal lands, which led to allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest. Ballinger's actions were criticized by conservationists and members of the Taft administration, most notably Gifford Pinchot, the Chief of the Forest Service. Ultimately, Taft's decision to side with Ballinger resulted in Pinchot's dismissal and public outcry, leading to Ballinger's eventual resignation in 1911.
William H. Taft was elected president in 1908. He enraged the Republican Progressives by lowering tariff rates, replacing the secretary of the interior and by breaking up the U.S Steel trust.
James Monroe was a Secretary of War in the James Madison cabinet.Williiam Howard Taft was a Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt.(Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate states, was Secretary of War for Franklin Pierce. )
9 presidents were once cabinet secretaries.Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State under WashingtonJames Madison - Secretary of State under JeffersonJames Monroe- Secretary of State and War under MadisonJohn Quincy Adams - Secretary of State under MonroeMartin Van Buren - Secretary of State under JacksonJames Buchanan - Secretary of State under PolkUlysses S. Grant- Secretary of War ad interum under JohnsonWilliam Howard Taft - Secretary of War under T. RooseveltHerbert Hoover - Secretary of Commerce under Harding and CoolidgeIn addition, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt both served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Secretaries for War under Taft were Jacob M. Dickinson of TN (1909-1911) and Henry L. Stimson of NT (1911-1913).