Madison’s Cabinet
Officials who served during Madison’s first elected term, 1809–1813. Years show full tenure in each office, including service outside the term; holdovers and identified acting service are included. George Clinton died on April 20, 1812; the vice presidency remained vacant for the rest of the term. The Postmaster General is listed as a senior administration office; it did not formally join the Cabinet until Jackson’s presidency. Interior was not established until 1849; Agriculture did not become a Cabinet department until 1889; Commerce and Labor had not yet been established.
President: James Madison (1809–1817)
Vice President: George Clinton (1805–1812), Vacant after Clinton’s death (1812–1813)
Secretary of State: Robert Smith (1809–1811), James Monroe (including acting service) (1811–1817)
Secretary of the Treasury: Albert Gallatin (1801–1814)
Secretary of War: John Smith (acting) (1809–1809), William Eustis (1809–1812), James Monroe (acting) (1813–1813), John Armstrong Jr. (1813–1814)
Attorney General: Caesar A. Rodney (1807–1811), William Pinkney (1811–1814)
Postmaster General: Gideon Granger (1801–1814)
Secretary of the Navy: Robert Smith (1801–1809), Charles W. Goldsborough (acting) (1809–1809), Paul Hamilton (1809–1812), Charles W. Goldsborough (acting) (1813–1813), William Jones (1813–1814)
