McKinley and Roosevelt’s Cabinets
Officials who served during the 1901–1905 elected term under William McKinley and, after his death on September 14, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt. Years show full tenure in office, including service outside the term; acting service is identified where included. Roosevelt served as vice president until succeeding McKinley, after which the vice presidency remained vacant. Commerce and Labor was established as a combined department in 1903.
President: William McKinley (1897–1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
Vice President: Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1901), Vacant after Roosevelt’s succession (1901–1905)
Secretary of State: John Hay (1898–1905)
Secretary of the Treasury: Lyman J. Gage (1897–1902), Leslie M. Shaw (1902–1907)
Secretary of War: Elihu Root (1899–1904), William H. Taft (1904–1908)
Attorney General: John W. Griggs (1898–1901), John K. Richards (acting) (1901–1901), Philander C. Knox (1901–1904), William H. Moody (1904–1906)
Postmaster General: Charles Emory Smith (1898–1902), Henry C. Payne (1902–1904), Robert J. Wynne (1904–1905)
Secretary of the Navy: John D. Long (1897–1902), William H. Moody (1902–1904), Paul Morton (1904–1905)
Secretary of the Interior: Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899–1907)
Secretary of Agriculture: James Wilson (1897–1913)
Secretary of Commerce and Labor: George B. Cortelyou (1903–1904), Victor H. Metcalf (1904–1906)
