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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.) Nomination 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 Superseded by appointment of George W. Campbell, owing to his protracted absence in Europe as Public Minister of the United States.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 appointed 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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SECRETARIES OF WAR.

HENRY KNOX, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 12th September, 1789. Resigned.

TIMOTHY PICKERING, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed, 2d January, 1795. Appointed Secretary of State 10th December, 1795.

JOHN MCHENRY, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed and appointed 27th January, 1796. Resigned, to take effect 1st June, 1800.

JOHN MARSHALL, of Virginia. Nominated 7th May, 1800. Postponed 9th May, 1800. Appointed 13th May, 1800, Secretary of State.

SAMUEL DEXTER, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th May, 1800. Appointed Secretary of the Treasury 31st December, 1800.

ROGER GRISWOLD, Member of House of Representatives from Connecticut. Nomination confirmed and appointed 3d February, 1801. Vacated.

HENRY DEARBORN, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1801.

WILLIAM EUSTIS, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 7th March, 1809. Resigned, and John Armstrong appointed.

JOHN ARMSTRONG, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th January, 1813. Resigned, and James Monroe appointed.

JAMES MONROE, of Virginia. (Secretary of State.) Nomination confirmed and appointed 27th September, 1814. Appointed Secretary of State 28th February, 1815.

WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, of Georgia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 3d March, 1815. Appointed Secretary of the Treasury 22d October, 1816.

GEORGE GRAHAM, of Virginia. Appointed 7th April, 1817, in recess of the Senate.

ISAAC SHELBY, of Kentucky. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1817. Declined the appointment.

JOHN C. CALHOUN, of South Carolina. Appointed 8th October, 1817, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 15th December, 1817.

JAMES BARBOUR, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and ap pointed 7th March, 1825.

PETER B. PORTER, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 26th May, 1828.

JOHN H. EATON, of Tennessee. Nomination confirmed and appointed 9th March, 1829. Resigned, and Lewis Cass appointed. LEWIS CASS, of Ohio. Appointed 1st August, 1831, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 30th December, 1831. Appointed Minister to France.

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 3d March, 1837.

JOEL R. POINSETT, of South Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed 7th March, 1837.

JOHN BELL, of Tennessee. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1841. Resigned.

JOHN MCLEAN, of Ohio. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th September, 1841, in place of John Bell, resigned. Declined the appointment.

JOHN C. SPENCER, of New York. Appointed 12th October, 1841, in the recess of the Senate, in place of John McLean, declined. Nomination confirmed and appointed 20th December, 1841. JAMES M. PORTER, of Pennsylvania. Appointed 8th March, 1843, in recess of the Senate, in place of John C. Spencer, resigned, and continued to serve until 30th January, 1844.

WILLIAM WILKINS, of Pennsylvania.

appointed 15th February, 1844.

Nomination confirmed and

WILLIAM L. MARCY, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1845.

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SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY.

GEORGE CABOT, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and ap pointed 3d May, 1798.

BENJAMIN STODDERT, of Maryland. Nomination confirmed and appointed 21st May, 1798. Resigned.

ROBERT SMITH, of Maryland. Appointed 15th July, 1801, in re cess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 26th January, 1802. Appointed Attorney General 2d March, 1805.

JACOB CROWNINSHIELD, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 2d March, 1805.

PAUL HAMILTON, of South Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed 7th March, 1809. Resigned, and William Jones appointed.

WILLIAM JONES, of Pennsylvania. Nomination confirmed and appointed 12th January, 1813. Resigned, and Benjamin W. Crowninshield appointed.

BENJAMIN W. CROWNINSHIELD, of Massachusetts. Nomination confirmed and appointed 17th December, 1814.

SMITH THOMPSON, of New York. Appointed 9th November, 1818, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 30th November, 1818. Resigned.

JOHN RODGERS. (President of the Board of Navy Commissioners.) Appointed 1st September, 1823, in recess of the Senate.

SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, of New Jersey. Appointed 16th September, 1823, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 9th December, 1823.

JOHN BRANCH, of North Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed 9th March, 1829. Resigned.

LEVI WOODBURY, of New Hampshire, appointed 23d May, 1831, in recess of the Senate. Nomination confirmed and appointed 27th December, 1831. Resigned, to take effect after 30th June, 1834.

MAHLON DICKERSON, of New Jersey. Nomination confirmed and appointed 30th June, 1834. Resigned.

JAMES K. PAULDING, of New York. Nomination confirmed and appointed 20th June 1838, to take effect from 30th June, 1838, when M. Dickerson's resignation took effect.

GEORGE E. BADGER, of North Carolina. Nomination confirmed and appointed 5th March, 1841. Resigned.

ABEL P. UPSHUR, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 13th September, 1841.

DAVID HENSHAW, of Massachusetts. Appointed 24th July, 1843, in recess of Senate, and served until 15th January, 1844. THOMAS W. GILMER, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and appointed 15th February, 1844, in the place of David Henshaw, rejected by the Senate. (Thomas W. Gilmer, killed 28th February, 1844, by the bursting of a large cannon on board the United States steam-frigate Princeton.)

JOHN Y. MASON, of Virginia. Nomination confirmed and ap

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