General George G. Meade
Samuel Osgood was the 1st United States Postmaster General, serving from 1789 to 1791. He was appointed by President George Washington.
President John F. Kennedy appointed his brother Robert F. Kennedy as the United States Attorney General.
General U. S. Grant
Army Generals are NOT elected. They are appointed, with the consent of the Senate, by the President, as Commander-In-Chief of the US Armed Forces. Lincoln had appointed General George Mcclellan as Commander of the Union Army, but replaced him when little success was achieved in fighting the Civil War.
Thurgood Marshall was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. After that, he was appointed to be the 32nd US Solicitor General by Lyndon B. Johnson. President Johnson later appointed him to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
General George G. Meade
The general is not the commander-in-chief because the general is appointed by the president, but the president is the commander-in-chief because he is supposed to represent the public's opinion for the war.
I don't think they appointed a supreme commander. Robert E. Lee was in charge of the army in the East and was undoubtedly their leading general. Jefferson Davis was the president - I do not know if he was commander-in-chief of military forces like the US president.
US President Harry Truman appointed General Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces - he supervised the occupation.
By all accounts, US President Lincoln believed that general Ulysses S. Grant was the Union's most valuable general. Lincoln appointed him as commander of all Union military forces and had Grant report directly to the president.
Sir, General, Commander, or if also a president...Mr. President.
General Winfield Scott was appointed by President James Madison as a commander during the War of 1812. He later served in various military roles and was appointed to command the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War by President James K. Polk. Scott is also known for his role in developing military strategy and tactics that influenced future U.S. military operations.
Union: Commander-in-Chief President Abraham Lincoln. General-in-Chief Lieutenent General Ulysses Simpson Grant, appointed on March 9, 1865. Grant's predecessors were: Major General Winfield Scott, Major General George McClellan, Major General Henry Wager Halleck. Confederacy: Commander-in-Chief President Jefferson Finis Davis. General in Chief Army General Robert Edward Lee, appointed on Feb.6,1865. Lee didn't have any predecessor because Jefferson Davis didn't appoint anyone to that office before him.
by the president
Davis believed he and only he would make the decisions regarding appointments. While he was the Commander in Chief, Davis often clashed with the Confederate Congress over bills and appointments.
General Grant was appointed Supreme leader of all Union armies.
The surgeon general is appointed by the president and serves for as long as (s)he is willing and the president will have them.