OF THE

CABINET OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

From President Washington to President Coolidge

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE CABINET, A ROSTER OF
THE VARIOUS MEMBERS WITH THE TERM OF SERVICE,

AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EACH MEMBER,
SHOWING PUBLIC OFFICES HELD BY EACH

ILLUSTRATED

BY

WILLIAM HENRY SMITH

Author of “History of Indiana,” “Life of Oliver P. Morton, the Great War Governor,”
"Life and Public Services of Charles W. Fairbanks"

BALTIMORE, MD., U.S.A.
THE INDUSTRIAL PRINTING COMPANY

1925

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COPYRIGHT BY

THE INDUSTRIAL PRINTING COMPANY

1925

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEDICATION

TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, THAT AGGREGATION OF INDUSTRY AND INTELLI-

GENCE WHICH HAS DONE SO MUCH TO PLACE MODERN
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS ON THE HIGH PLANE THEY

OCCUPY IN THE JOURNALISTIC WORLD, THIS

BOOK IS DEDICATED BY ONE OF AN OLDER

GENERATION OF "MOLDERS.”

THE AUTHOR.