Washington’s Cabinet
Officials who served during Washington’s elected term, 1793–1797. Years show full tenure in each office, including service outside the term; holdovers and identified acting service are included. The Postmaster General is listed as a senior administration office; it did not formally join the Cabinet until Jackson’s presidency. The Navy Department was not established until 1798. Interior was not established until 1849; Agriculture did not become a Cabinet department until 1889; Commerce and Labor had not yet been established.
President: George Washington (1789–1797)
Vice President: John Adams (1789–1797)
Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson (1790–1793), Edmund Randolph (1794–1795), Timothy Pickering (including acting service) (1795–1800)
Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton (1789–1795), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1800)
Secretary of War: Henry Knox (1789–1794), Timothy Pickering (including acting service) (1795–1796), James McHenry (1796–1800)
Attorney General: Edmund Randolph (1789–1794), William Bradford (1794–1795), Charles Lee (1795–1801)
Postmaster General: Timothy Pickering (1791–1795), Joseph Habersham (1795–1801)