McKinley’s Cabinet
Officials who served during the 1897–1901 elected term, including brief holdovers from the preceding administration. Years show full tenure in office, including service outside the term; acting service is identified where included. Garret A. Hobart died on November 21, 1899, and the vice presidency remained vacant for the rest of the term. Commerce and Labor had not yet been established.
President: William McKinley (1897–1901)
Vice President: Garret A. Hobart (1897–1899), Vacant after Hobart’s death (1899–1901)
Secretary of State: Richard Olney (1895–1897), John Sherman (1897–1898), William R. Day (1898–1898), Alvey A. Adee (acting) (1898–1898), John Hay (1898–1905)
Secretary of the Treasury: John G. Carlisle (1893–1897), Lyman J. Gage (1897–1902)
Secretary of War: Daniel S. Lamont (1893–1897), Russell A. Alger (1897–1899), Elihu Root (1899–1904)
Attorney General: Judson Harmon (1895–1897), Joseph McKenna (1897–1898), John K. Richards (acting) (1898–1898), John W. Griggs (1898–1901)
Postmaster General: William L. Wilson (1895–1897), James A. Gary (1897–1898), Charles Emory Smith (1898–1902)
Secretary of the Navy: Hilary A. Herbert (1893–1897), John D. Long (1897–1902)
Secretary of the Interior: David R. Francis (1896–1897), Cornelius N. Bliss (1897–1899), Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899–1907)
Secretary of Agriculture: Julius Sterling Morton (1893–1897), James Wilson (1897–1913)
