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APPENDIX. 19
CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
PRESIDENTS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.1774-1788.
Peyton Randolph, |
Va., |
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John Hanson, |
Md., |
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Henry Middleton, |
S. C., |
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Elias Boudinot, |
N. J., |
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Peyton Randolph, |
Va., |
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Thomas Mifflin, |
Penn., |
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John Hancock, |
Mass., |
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Richard Henry Lee, |
Va., |
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Henry Laurens, |
S. C., |
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Nathaniel Gorham, |
Mass., |
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John Jay, |
N. Y., |
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Arthur St. Clair, |
Penn., |
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Samuel Huntington, |
Conn., |
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Cyrus Griffin, |
Va., |
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Thomas McKean, |
Del., |
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Benjamin Stoddert, |
Md., |
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GEORGE WASHINGTON, |
Va., |
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Joseph Habersham, |
Ga., |
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JOHN ADAMS, |
Mass., |
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Charles Lee, |
Va., |
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Thomas Jefferson, |
Va., |
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Edmund Randolph, |
Va., |
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Timothy Pickerin, |
Penn, |
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Jonathan Dayton, |
N.J., |
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Theodore Sedgwick, |
Mass., |
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Alexander Hamilton, |
N. Y., |
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Oliver Wolcott, |
Conn., |
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Henry Knox, |
Mass., |
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Timothy Pickering, |
Penn., |
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James McHenry, |
Md., |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, |
Va., |
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Samuel Osgood, |
Mass., |
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Timothy Pickering, |
Penn., |
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AARON BURR, |
N. Y., |
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Joseph Habersham, |
Ga., |
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GEORGE CLINTON, |
N. Y., |
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Edmund Randolph, |
Va., |
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James Madison, |
Va., |
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William Bradford, |
Penn., |
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Charles Lee, |
Va., |
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Samuel Dexter, |
Mass., |
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Fred. A. Muhlenberg, |
Penn., |
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Albert Gallatin, |
Penn., |
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Jonathan Trumbull, |
Conn., |
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Fred. A. Muhlenberg, |
Penn., |
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Henry Dearborn, |
Mass., |
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Jonathan Dayton, |
N. J., |
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Benjamin Stoddert, |
Md., |
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Robert Smith, |
Md., |
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Jacob Crowninshield, |
Mass., |
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JOHN ADAMS, |
Mass., |
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Joseph Habersham, |
Ga., |
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, |
Va., |
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Gideon Granger, |
Conn., |
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Timothy Pickering, |
Penn., |
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Levi Lincoln, |
Mass., |
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John Marshall, |
Va., |
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Robert Smith, |
Md., |
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John Breckinridge, |
Ky., |
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Oliver Wolcott, |
Conn., |
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Caesar A. Rodney, |
Del., |
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Samuel Dexter, |
Mass., |
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Nathaniel Macon, |
N. C., |
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James McHenry, |
Md., |
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Nathaniel Macon, |
N. C., |
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Samuel Dexter, |
Mass., |
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Nathaniel Macon, |
N. C., |
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Roger Griswold, |
Conn., |
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Joseph B. Varnum, |
Mass., |
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* Continued in office.
¥ The War Department had the superintendence of naval affairs till the Navy Department was established, in 1798.
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CHIEF OFFICERS.
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JAMES MADISON, |
Va., |
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, |
Mass., |
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GEORGE CLINTON, |
N. Y., |
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JOHN C. CALHOUN, |
S. C., |
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ELBRIDGE GERRY, |
Mass., |
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Robert Smith , |
Md., |
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Henry Clay, |
Ky., |
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James Monroe, |
Va., |
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Richard Rush, |
Pena., |
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Albert Gallatin, |
Penn., |
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George W. Campbell, |
Tenn., |
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James Barbour, |
Va., |
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Alexander J. Dallas, |
Penn., |
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Peter B. Porter, |
N. Y., |
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William Eustis, |
Mass., |
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Samuel L. Southard, |
N. J., |
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John Armstrong, |
N. Y., |
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James Monroe, |
Va., |
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John McLean, |
Ohio, |
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William H. Crawford, |
Ga., |
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William Wirt, |
Va., |
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Paul Hamilton, |
S.C., |
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William Jones, |
Penn., |
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Benj. W. Crowninshield, |
Mass., |
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John W. Taylor, |
N. Y., |
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Andrew Stevenson, |
Va., |
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Gideon Granger, |
Conn., |
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Return J. Meigs, |
Ohio, |
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Attorneys-General. |
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Caesar A. Rodney, |
Del., |
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William Pinkney, |
Md., |
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ANDREW JACKSON, |
Tenn., |
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Richard Rush, |
Penn., |
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JOHN C. CALHOUN, |
S. C., |
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Joseph B. Varnum, |
Mass., |
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MARTIN VAN BUREN, |
N. Y., |
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Henry Clay, |
Ky., |
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Henry Clay, ¥ |
Ky., |
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Martin Van Buren, |
N. Y., |
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Landon Cheves, ± |
S. C., |
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Edward Livingston, |
La., |
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Henry Clay, |
Ky., |
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Louis McLane, |
Del., |
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John Forsyth, |
Ga., |
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Samuel D. Ingham, |
Penn., |
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JAMES MONROE, |
Va., |
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Louis McLane, |
Del., |
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William J. Duane, |
Penn., |
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DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, |
N. Y., |
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Roger B. Taney, |
Md., |
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Levi Woodbury, |
N. H., |
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John Q. Adams, |
Mass., |
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John H. Eaton, |
Tenn., |
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William H. Crawford, |
Ga., |
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Lewis Cass, |
Ohio, |
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John C. Calhoun, |
S. C., |
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John Branch, |
N. C., |
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Levi Woodbury, |
N. H., |
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Beni. W. Crowninshied, |
Mass., |
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Mahlon Dickerson, |
N. J., |
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Smith Thompson, |
N. Y., |
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Samuel L. Southard, |
N. J., |
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William T. Barry, |
Ky., |
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Amos Kendall, |
Ky., |
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Return J. Meigs, |
Ohio, |
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John McLean, |
Ohio, |
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John M. Berrien, |
Ga., |
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Roger B. Taney, |
Md., |
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William Wirt, |
Va., |
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Benjamin F. Butler, |
N. Y., |
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Henry Clay, |
Ky., |
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Andrew Stevenson, |
Va., |
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Henry Clay, ¥ |
Ky., |
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Andrew Stevenson, |
Va., |
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John W. Taylor, ± |
N. Y., |
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Andrew Stevenson, ¥ |
Va., |
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Philip P. Barbour, |
Va., |
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John Bell, ± |
Tenn., |
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Henry Clay, |
Ky., |
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James K. Polk, |
Tenn., |
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* Continued in office. ¥ 1st session.
§ Appointed during the recess of congress, and negatived by the Senate. ± 2d session.
|| The Postmaster-General was not a member of the Cabinet in 1829.
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