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In 1791, President Washington asked Jefferson, then secretary of state, and Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury, if the Congress had the authority to create a national bank. While Hamilton believed so, Jefferson and Madison thought a national bank would ignore the needs of individuals and farmers, and would violate the Tenth Amendment by ...
On September 15, 1789, before Jefferson could return to take the post, Washington signed into law another act which changed the name of the office from Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Secretary of State, changed the name of the department to the Department of State, and added several domestic powers and responsibilities to both the office of secretary and the department.
Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson: 1801–1809 James Monroe: Secretary of State James Madison: 1811–1817 Secretary of War: 1814–1815 John Quincy Adams: Secretary of State James Monroe: 1817–1825 Martin Van Buren: Secretary of State Andrew Jackson: 1829–1831 James Buchanan: Secretary of State James K. Polk: 1845–1849 Ulysses S. Grant ...
The United States secretary of state (SecState) [5] is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.The office holder is the second-highest-ranking member of the president's Cabinet, after the vice president, and ranks fourth in the presidential line of succession; first amongst cabinet secretaries.
By July 1801, Jefferson had assembled his cabinet, which consisted of Secretary of State James Madison, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr., and Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith. After his decision to pursue the presidency in the contingent election, Burr was excluded ...
The "Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States" was a report submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives on July 13, 1790, by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.
Washington selected Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State and Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury, [13] and he relied on James Madison as a key adviser and ally in Congress. [ 14 ] Hamilton implemented an expansive economic program, establishing the First Bank of the United States , [ 15 ] and convincing Congress to assume the ...
Washington initially offered the position of Secretary of State to John Jay, who had served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs since 1784 and acted as the interim Secretary of State. After Jay expressed his preference for a judicial appointment, Washington selected Thomas Jefferson as the first permanent Secretary of State. [42]