Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor for George W. Bush was of Chinese descent and is the first of Asian ancestry.
If someone said the cabinet is elected, it would not be true. The cabinet is appointed by the president, who first nominates them and then has to get the approval of the Senate.
Lauro Cavazos was appointed in 1988 by Ronald Reagan
Francis Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman in a US Cabinet, appointed as Secretary of Labor by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. She served until June 30, 1945.
Yes, his position was the head of a newly created Department of Housing and Urban Development
the first african american justice appointed to the supreme court was who?
He appointed the first African American cabinet member.
Barack Obama
US President Jimmy Carter appointed her secretary of housing and urban development in 1977. She was the first African American woman to join the Cabinet.
George Washington appointed people to fill the first four cabinet positions.
If someone said the cabinet is elected, it would not be true. The cabinet is appointed by the president, who first nominates them and then has to get the approval of the Senate.
The Cabinet was created by George Washington, the first President of the United States. He appointed four Cabinet members to help him in fulfill his responsibilities and give him advice.
Lauro Cavazos was appointed in 1988 by Ronald Reagan
The Constititution provides the power to creat cabinet positions. George Washington decided he needed Secretaries of State, War,Treasury and an Attorney General and asked Congress to create and fund these positions. He then appointed people to fill them and got them approved by the senate.
the first Asian come to America came in 1843
Robert weaver
She was the first woman ever appointed to a Presiden's cabinet. As such, she opened the door for other female appointees to the cabinet and elsewhere in government.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first female cabinet-member, Frances Perkins, as US Secretary of Labor. She served from 1933-1945.