CLERKS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

JOHN TUCKER, of Massachusetts, appointed Feb. 3, 1790. Resigned.

MARSHALS OF THE UNITED STATES ATTENDANT ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Under the construction of the judiciary act of 1789, the Marshals of all the Districts were required to attend the sessions of the Supreme Court, until, by the act of 9th June, 1794, the Marshal of the district alone in which the court shall sit was required to attend its sessions.

DAVID LENOX, Marshal Dist. of Pa., attended

Jan. 28, 1794 to Feb. 1801.

CHAPTER 9.

THIS CHAPTER IS APPROPRIATED TO THE

DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS

WHO HAVE FILLED AND CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THE

SEVERAL HIGH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OR OFFICES OF THE GOVERNMENT,

From the 4th March, 1789, to the 3d March, 1851.

SECRETARIES OF STATE.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 26th September, 1789. Resigned.

EDMUND RANDOLPH, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 2d January, 1794. Resigned.

TIMOTHY PICKERING, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 10th December, 1795. Removed.

JOHN MARSHALL, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th May, 1800. Appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court 31st January, 1801. Presided as such at February term, 1801. Continued to act as Secretary of State to 3d March, 1801. JAMES MADISON, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1801. Became President 4th March, 1809. ROBERT SMITH, of Maryland. (Secretary of the Navy.) Nomination confirmed and appointed 6th March, 1809. Resigned, and James Monroe appointed.

JAMES MONROE, of Virginia. Appointed 2d April, 1811, in recess of Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 25th November, 1811. Appointed Secretary of War, 27th September, 1814. JAMES MONROE, of Virginia. (Secretary of War.) Nomination con.

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firmed and appointed 28th February, 1815. Became President of the United States 4th March, 1817.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1817. Became President of the United States 4th March, 1825.

HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky. Nomination confirmed and appointed 7th March, 1825. Resigned.

MARTIN VAN BUREN, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 6th March, 1829. Resigned, and Edward Livingston appointed.

EDWARD LIVINGSTON, of Louisiana, appointed 24th May, 1831, in recess of Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 12th January, 1832.

LOUIS MCLANE, of Delaware. Appointed 29th May, 1833, in recess of Senate. Resigned.

JOHN FORSYTH, of Georgia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 27th June, 1834, in place of Louis McLane, resigned.

DANIEL WEBSTER, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1841. Resigned.

ABEL P. UPSHUR, of Virginia, appointed 24th July, 1843, in recess of the Senate, in place of Daniel Webster, resigned. Nomination confirmed and appointed 2d January, 1844. (Abel P. Upshur was killed on 28th February, 1844, by the bursting of a large cannon on board of the United States steam frigate the Princeton.) JOHN C. CALHOUN, of South Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed 6th March, 1844, in room of Abel P. Upshur, deceased. JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1845.

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SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 11th September, 1789. Resigned.

OLIVER WOLCOTT, jun'r, of Connecticut. Nomination confirmed and appointed 3d February, 1795. Resigned, to take effect 31st December, 1800.

SAMUEL DEXTER, of Massachusetts. (Secretary of War.) Nomina tion confirmed and appointed 31st December 1800.

ALBERT GALLATIN, of Pennsylvania. Appointed 14th May, 1801, in recess of Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 26th January, 1802. Superseded by appointment of George W. Campbell, owing to his protracted absence in Europe as Public Minister of the United States.

GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, of Tennessee. Nomination confirmed and appointed 9th February, 1814. Resigned, and Alexander James Dallas appointed.

ALEXANDER JAMES DALLAS, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 6th October, 1814.

WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, of Georgia. Appointed 22d October, 1816, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and ap pointed 5th March, 1817.

RICHARD RUSH, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and ap. pointed 7th March, 1825.

SAMUEL D. INGHAM, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 6th March, 1829. Resigned, and Louis McLane appointed.

LOUIS MCLANE, of Delaware. Appointed August 8th, 1831, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th January, 1832.

WILLIAM J. DUANE, of Pennsylvania. Appointed 29th May, 1833, in recess of the Senate. Superseded by appointment of Roger B. Taney.

ROGER B. TANEY, of Maryland, appointed 23d September, 1833, in recess of Senate, and continued until 24th June, 1834.

LEVI WOODBURY, of New Hampshire. Nomination confirmed and appointed 27th June, 1834.

THOMAS EWING, of Ohio. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1841. Resigned, and W. Forward appointed. WALTER FORWARD, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th September, 1841, in place of Thomas Ewing, resigned.

JOHN C. SPENCER, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 3d March, 1843, in place of Walter Forward, resigned. GEORGE M. BIBB, of Kentucky. Nomination confirmed and ap pointed 15th June, 1844, in place of John C. Spencer, resigned. ROBERT J. WALKER, of Mississippi Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1845.

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