Jackson’s Cabinet
Officials who served during Jackson’s first elected term, 1829–1833. Years show full tenure in each office, including service outside the term; brief holdovers and acting service are included. Calhoun resigned on December 28, 1832, and the vice presidency remained vacant for the rest of the term. The Postmaster General joined the Cabinet under Jackson. Interior was not established until 1849; Agriculture did not become a Cabinet department until 1889; Commerce and Labor had not yet been established.
President: Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1825–1832), Vacant (1832–1833)
Secretary of State: James A. Hamilton (acting) (1829–1829), Martin Van Buren (1829–1831), Edward Livingston (1831–1833)
Secretary of the Treasury: Samuel D. Ingham (1829–1831), Asbury Dickins (acting) (1831–1831), Louis McLane (1831–1833)
Secretary of War: Peter B. Porter (1828–1829), John H. Eaton (1829–1831), Philip G. Randolph (acting) (1831–1831), Roger B. Taney (acting) (1831–1831), Lewis Cass (1831–1836)
Attorney General: John M. Berrien (1829–1831), Roger B. Taney (1831–1833)
Postmaster General: John McLean (1823–1829), William T. Barry (1829–1835)
Secretary of the Navy: John Branch (1829–1831), John Boyle (acting) (1831–1831), Levi Woodbury (1831–1834)
