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APPENDIX.

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1837-1841.
1845-1849.
President.
President.

MARTIN VAN BUREN,

N. Y.,

1837.

JAMES KNOX POLK,

Tenn.,

1845.

Vice-President.
Vice-President.

RICHARD M. JOHNSON,

KY.,

1837.

GEORGE M. DALLAS,

Penn.,

1845.

Secretary of State.
Secretary of State.

John Forsyth ,

Ga.,

*

James Buchanan,

Penn.,

1845.

Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary of the Treasury.

Levi Woodbury,

N. H.,

*

Robert J. Walker,

Miss.,

1845.

Secretary of War.
Secretary of War.

Joel R. Poinsett,

S. C.,

1837.

William L. Marcy,

N.Y.,

1845

Secretaries of the Navy.
Secretaries of the Navy.

Mahlon Dickerson,

N.J.,

*

George Bancroft,

Mass.,

1845.

James K. Paulding,

N. Y.,

1838.

John Y. Mason,

Va.,

1846.

Postmasters-General.
Postmaster-General.

Amos Kendall,

Ky,

*

Cave Johnson,

Tenn.,

1845.

John M. Niles,

Conn.,

1840.

Attorneys-General.
Attorneys-General.

John Y. Mason,

Va .,

1845.

Benjamin F. Butler,

N. Y.,

*

Nathan Clifford,

Me.,

1846.

Felix Grundy,

Tenn.,

1838.

Isaac Toucey,

Conn.,

1848.

Henry D. Gilpin,

Penn.,

1840.

Speakers of the House of Representatives.
Speakers of the House of Representatives.

John W. Davis,

Ind.,

29th COng.

James K. Polk,

Tenn.,

25th Cong.

Robert C. Winthrop,

Mass.,

30th Cong,

R. M. T. Hunter,

Va.,

26th Cong.

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1841-1845.
1849-1853.
Presidents.

Presidents.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, ¥

0.,

1841.

ZACHARY TAYLOR, §

La.,

1849.

JOHN TYLER,

Va.,

1841.

MILLARD FILLMORE,

N. Y.,

1850.

Vice-President.

Vice-President.

JOHN TYLER,

Va.,

1841.

MILLARD FILLMORE,

N.Y.,

1849.

Secretaries of State.
Secretaries of State.

Daniel Webster,

Mass.,

.1841.

John M. Clayton,

Del.,

1849.

Hugh S. Legaré,

S. C.,

.1843.

Daniel Webster,

Mass.,

1850.

Abel P. Upshur,

Va.,

.1843.

Edward Everett

Mass.,

1852.

John C. Calhoun,

S. C.,

.1844.

Secretaries of the Treasury.
Secretaries of the Treasury.

Thomas Ewing,

Ohio,

1841.

William M. Meredith,

Penn.,

1849

Walter Forward,

Penn.,

1841.

Thomas Corwin,

Ohio,

1850.

John C. Spencer,

N. Y.,

1843.

Secretaries of War.

George M. Bibb,

Ky.,

1844.

George W. Crawford,

Ga.,

1849

Secretaries of War.

Charles M. Conrad,

La.,

1850

John Bell,

Tenn.,

1841.

Secretaries of the Navy.

John C. Spencer,

N. Y.,

1841.

William B. Preston,

Va.,

1849

James M. Porter,

Penn.,

1843.

William A. Graham,

N. C.,

1850.

William Wilkins,

Penn.,

1844:

John P. Kennedy,

Md.,

1852.

Secretaries of the Navy.

George E. Badger,

N. C.,

1841.

Secretaries of the Interior.||

Abel P. Upshur,

Va.,

1841.

Thomas Ewing,

Ohio,

1849.

David Henshaw, ±

Mass_

1843.

Alexander H. H. Stuart,

Va.,

1850.

Thomas W. Gilmer,

Va.,

1844.

John Y. Mason,

Va.,

1844.

Postmasters-General.
Postmasters-General.

Jacob Collamer

Vt.,

1849.

Francis Granger,

N.Y.,

1841.

Nathan K. Hall,

N. Y.,

1850.

Charles A. Wickliffe,

Ky

1841.

Samuel D. Hubbard,.

Conn.,

1852.

Attorneys-General.

Attorneys-General.

John J. Crittenden,

Ky.,

1841.

Reverdy Johnson,

Md.,

1849.

Hugh S. Legaré,

S. C.,

1841.

John J. Crittenden,

Ky.,

1850.

John Nelson,

Md.,

1844.

Speakers of the House of Representatives.
Speakers of the House of Representatives.

John White,

Ky.,

27th Cong.

Howell Cobb,

Ga.,

31st Cong.

John W. Jones,

Va.,

28th Cong.

Linn Boyd,

Ky.,

32d Cong.


* Continued in office.     ± Died April 4, 1841, and was succeeded by the vice-preseident.
¥ Negatived by the Senate.  § Died July 9, 1850, and was succeeded by the vice-president.
|| A new department, embracing certain portions of business heretofore transacted in the departments of state, treasury, &c.

22

CHIEF OFFICERS.

1853-1857.
1861-1869.
President.
Presidents,

FRANKLIN PIERCE,

N. H.,

1853.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ¥

Ill.,

1861

ANDREW JOHNSON,

Tenn.,

1865:

Vice-President.
Vice-Presidents

WILLIAM R. KING,*

Ala.,

1853

HANNIBAL HAMLIN,

Me.,

1861.

ANDREW JOHNSON,

Tenn.,

1865.

Secretary of State.
Secretary of State.

William L. Marcy,

N. Y.,

1853.

William H. Seward,

N. Y.,

1861.

Secretaries of the Treasury.
Secretary of the Treasury.

Salmon P. Chase,

Ohio,

1861

James Guthrie,

Ky.,

1853

William Pitt Fessenden,

Me.,

1864.

Hugh McCulloch,

Ind.,

1865.

Secretary of War
Secretaries of War.

Jefferson Davis,

Miss.,

1853

Simon Cameron,

Penn.,

1861.

Edwin M. Stanton,

Penn.,

1861.

Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary of the Navy.

James C. Dobbin,

N. C.,

1853.

Gideon Welles,

Conn.,

1861.

Secretaries of the Interior.
Secretary of the interior.

Caleb B. Smith

Ind.,

1861.

Robert McClelland,

Mich.,

1853.

John P. Usher,

Ind.,

1863.

James Harlan,

Iowa,

1865

Postmaster-General.

O. H. Browning,

Ill.,

1866.

James Campbell

Penn.,

1853

Postmasters-General.

Montgomery Blair,

Md.,

1861.

Attorney-General.

William Dennison,

Ohio,

1864.

Caleb Cushing,

Mass.,

1853.

A. W. Randall,

Wis.,

1866.

Attorneys-General.
Speakers of the Home of Representatives.

Edward Bates,

Mo.,

1861.

Linn Boyd,

Ky.,

33d Cong.

James Speed

Ky.,

1864.

Nathaniel P. Banks,

Mass.,

34th Cong.

Henry Stanbery,

Ohio,

1866.

Speakers of the House of Representatives.
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Galusha A. Grow,

Penn.,

37th Cong:

1857-1861.

Schuyler Colfax

Ind.,

38th Cong.

Schuyler Colfax:

Ind.,

39th Cong.

President.
--------

JAMES BUCHANAN,

Penn.,

1857.

1869-1877.
Vice-President.
President.

JOHN C. BRECKINRIDIGE,

Ky.,

1857.

ULYSSES S. GRANT,

Ill.,

1869.

Secretaries of State.
Vice-Presidents.

Lewis Cass,

Mich.,

1857.

SCHUYLER COLFAX

Ind.,

1869.

Jeremiah S. Black,

Penn.,

1860.

HENRY WILSON, ±

Mass.,

1873.

Secretaries of the Treasury.

THOMAS W. FERRY, §

Mich.,

1875.

Howell Cobb,

Ga.,

1857.

Secretaries of State.

Philip F. Thomas,

Md

1860

Elihu B. Washburne,

Ill.,

1869.

John A. Dix,

N. Y.,

1861:

Hamilton Fish,

N. Y.,

1869.

Secretaries of War.
Secretaries of the Treasury.

John B. Floyd,

Va.,

1857.

Geo. S. Boutwell,

Mass.,

1869.

Joseph Holt,

Ky.,

1861.

Will. A. Richardson

Mass.,

1873.

Secretary of the Navy.

Benj. H. Bristow,

Ky.,

1874.

Isaac Toucey,

Conn.,

1857.

Lot M. Morrill,

Me.,

1876.

Secretary of the Interior.
Secretaries of War.

Jacob Thompson,

Miss.,

1857.

John A Rawlins,

Ill., .

1869.

Postmasters-General.

WM. W. Belknap,

Iowa,.

1869.

Aaron V. Brown,

Tenn.,

1867.

Alphonso Taft,

Ohio,

1876.

Joseph Holt,

KY.,

1859.

James D. Cameron,

Pa.,

1876.

Horatio King,

Me.,

1861.

Secretaries of the Navy.
Attorneys-General.

Adolph E. Borie,

Pa.,

1869.

Jeremiah S. Black,

Penn.

1857.

Geo. M. Robeson,,

N. J.,

1869.

Edwin M. Stanton,

Penn.,

1860.

Secretaries of the Interior.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Jacob D. Cox,

Ohio,

1869.

James L. Orr,

S. C.,

35th Cong.

Columbus Delano,

Ohio,

1870.

William Pennington,

N. J.,

36th Cong.

Zachariah Chandler,

Mich.,

1875.


   * Mr. King did not enter upon the duties of his office. See note 4, page 22a.
   ¥ Assassinated April 14, 1865, and succeeded by the vice-President.
   ± Died November 22,1875.     § Elected by U. S. Senate

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