United States Secretary of War

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The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. The Secretary of War led the War Department. At first, he was responsible for all military affairs. In 1798, the Secretary of the Navy was added to the cabinet, and the scope of this office was reduced to a general concern with the Army. In 1947, the departments were recombined under the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of War was replaced by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, non-Cabinet positions under the Secretary of Defense.

[edit] Previous Secretaries of War

Picture	Name	Began Service	Ended Service	President(s) served under
Image:Henry Knox by Peale.jpg	Henry Knox	September 12, 1789	December 31 1794	George Washington
	Timothy Pickering	January 2, 1795	December 10, 1795	Washington
	James McHenry	January 27, 1796	May 13, 1800	Washington, John Adams
Image:Samuel dexter.jpg	Samuel Dexter	May 13, 1800	January 31, 1801	John Adams
Image:HenryDearborn.jpg	Henry Dearborn	March 5, 1801	March 4, 1809	Thomas Jefferson
Image:William Eustis.jpg	William Eustis	March 7, 1809	January 13, 1813	James Madison
Image:John Armstrong Jr..jpg	John Armstrong, Jr.	January 13, 1813	September 27, 1814	Madison
	James Monroe	September 27, 1814	March 2, 1815	Madison
	William Harris Crawford	August 1, 1815	October 22, 1816	Madison
	John C. Calhoun	October 8, 1817	March 4, 1825	James Monroe
Image:BarbourT.jpg	James Barbour	March 7, 1825	May 23, 1828	John Quincy Adams
Image:Peter Buell Porter.jpg	Peter Buell Porter	May 23, 1828	March 4, 1829	John Quincy Adams
Image:JHE.jpg	John Henry Eaton	March 9, 1829	June 18, 1831	Andrew Jackson
Image:LewCass.jpg	Lewis Cass	August 1, 1831	October 5, 1836	Jackson
	Joel Roberts Poinsett	March 7, 1837	March 4, 1841	Martin Van Buren
Image:John Bell of Tenn.jpg	John Bell	March 5, 1841	September 13, 1841	William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Image:SpencerJohn.jpg	John C. Spencer	October 12, 1841	March 4, 1843	Tyler
Image:PorterJM.jpg	James Madison Porter	March 8, 1843	February 14, 1844	Tyler
Image:William Wilkins.jpg	William Wilkins	February 15, 1844	March 4, 1845	Tyler
Image:Marcy.gif	William L. Marcy	March 6, 1845	March 4, 1849	James K. Polk
Image:GeorgeWCrawford.jpg	George Walker Crawford	March 8, 1849	July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor
Image:Charles Magill Conrad.jpg	Charles Magill Conrad	August 15, 1850	March 4, 1853	Millard Fillmore
Image:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg	Jefferson Davis	March 7, 1853	March 4, 1857	Franklin Pierce
	John Buchanan Floyd	March 6, 1857	December 29, 1860	James Buchanan
	Joseph Holt	January 18, 1861	March 4, 1861	Buchanan
Image:S Cameron-SoW.jpg	Simon Cameron	March 5, 1861	January 14, 1862	Abraham Lincoln
Image:Edwin McMasters Stanton- Secretary of War.jpg	Edwin M. Stanton	January 20, 1862	May 28, 1868	Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
Image:John McAllister Schofield.jpg	John M. Schofield	June 1, 1868	March 13, 1869	Johnson
	John Aaron Rawlins	March 13, 1869	September 6, 1869	Ulysses Simpson Grant
	William Tecumseh Sherman	September 9, 1869	October 24, 1869	Grant
Image:William Belknap, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1855-1865.jpg	William W. Belknap	October 25, 1869	March 2, 1876	Grant
Image:Alphonso Taft seated.jpg	Alphonso Taft	March 8, 1876	May 22, 1876	Grant
Image:James Donald Cameron, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca 1865-1880.jpg	J. Donald Cameron	May 22, 1876	March 4, 1877	Grant
Image:GW-McCrary.jpg	George W. McCrary	March 12, 1877	December 10, 1879	Rutherford B. Hayes
Image:Alexander Ramsey - Brady-Handy.jpg	Alexander Ramsey	December 10, 1879	March 4, 1881	Hayes
Image:Robert Todd Lincoln, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg	Robert Todd Lincoln	March 5, 1881	March 4, 1885	James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
Image:William Endicott, bw photo portrait, 1886.jpg	William C. Endicott	March 5, 1885	March 4, 1889	Grover Cleveland
Image:Redfield Proctor, bw photo portrait, 1904.jpg	Redfield Proctor	March 5, 1889	November 5, 1891	Benjamin Harrison
Image:Stephen Benton Elkins, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1865-1880.jpg	Stephen B. Elkins	December 17, 1891	March 4, 1893	Harrison
Image:Daniel Lamont, bw photo portrait, 1904.jpg	Daniel Scott Lamont	March 5, 1893	March 4, 1897	Cleveland (2nd term)
	Russell A. Alger	March 5, 1897	August 1, 1899	William McKinley
Image:Elihu Root, bw photo portrait, 1902.jpg	Elihu Root	August 1, 1899	January 31, 1904	McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Image:William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg	William Howard Taft	February 1, 1904	June 30, 1908	Theodore Roosevelt
Image:Luke Edward Wright.jpg	Luke Edward Wright	July 1, 1908	March 4, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
Image:Jacob Dickinson, bw photo portrait standing, 1909.jpg	Jacob M. Dickinson	March 12, 1909	May 21, 1911	William Howard Taft
Image:Henry Stimson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1929.jpg	Henry L. Stimson	May 22, 1911	March 4, 1913	Taft
Image:Lindley Garrison, BW photo portrait, 1913.jpg	Lindley M. Garrison	March 5, 1913	February 10, 1916	Woodrow Wilson
Image:Newton Baker, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	Newton D. Baker	March 9, 1916	March 4, 1921	Wilson
Image:John Wingate Weeks, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	John W. Weeks	March 5, 1921	October 13, 1925	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Image:Dwight Davis, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	Dwight F. Davis	October 14, 1925	March 4, 1929	Coolidge
Image:James William Good, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg	James W. Good	March 6, 1929	November 18, 1929	Herbert Hoover
Image:PJayHurl.jpg	Patrick J. Hurley	December 9, 1929	March 4, 1933	Hoover
Image:George Dern, Bain bw photo portrait.jpg	George H. Dern	March 4, 1933	August 27, 1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image:HarryHWoodring.jpg	Harry H. Woodring	September 25, 1936	June 20, 1940	FDR
Image:Henry Stimson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1929.jpg	Henry L. Stimson	July 10, 1940	September 21, 1945	FDR, Harry S. Truman
Image:SecretaryWarPatterson.jpg	Robert P. Patterson	September 27, 1945	July 18, 1947	Truman
Image:KCR portrait.jpg	Kenneth C. Royall	July 19, 1947	September 18, 1947	Truman

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Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches

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