Washington's first cabinet was
Second term cabinet
Chat with our AI personalities
When George Washington was President, there were four cabinet positions. As of 2002 there are fifteen:Secretary of StateSecretary of the TreasurySecretary of DefenseAttorney GeneralSecretary of the InteriorSecretary of AgricultureSecretary of CommerceSecretary of LaborSecretary of Health and Human ServicesSecretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSecretary of TransportationSecretary of EnergySecretary of EducationSecretary of Veterans AffairsSecretary of Homeland Security
3,500 per year
Advisers.
sec. of state- Thomas Jefferson, sec. of treasury- Alexander Hamilton, sec. of war- Henry Knox, 1st chief justice-john jay, attorney general-Edmund Randolph
One of the responsibilities of George Washington as a President was to oversee the formation of a strong functional government. He did so with the help of a cabinet system that still exists today.