Here are all of the cabinet officials during
Ronald Reagan's presidency
The United States Cabinet (usually simplified as "the Cabinet") is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States, and its existence dates back to the first American President (George Washington), who appointed a Cabinet of four people (Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson; Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton; Secretary of War, Henry Knox; and Attorney General, Edmund Randolph) to advise and assist him in his duties.
Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and then presented to the United States Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority. If approved, they are sworn in and begin their duties. Aside from the Attorney General, and previously, the Postmaster General, they all receive the title Secretary.
The Cabinet officers are listed in rank order according to the United States presidential line of succession:
| Cabinet |
Office
(statutory basis) |
Incumbent |
Term began |
Vice President
(Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I) |
Joe Biden
|
January 20, 2009 |
Secretary of State
(22 U.S.C. § 2651a) |
John Kerry
|
February 1, 2013 |
Secretary of the Treasury
(31 U.S.C. § 301) |
Jack Lew
|
February 28, 2013 |
Secretary of Defense
(10 U.S.C. § 113) |
Ashton Carter
|
February 17, 2015 |
Attorney General
(28 U.S.C. § 503) |
Loretta Lynch
|
April 27, 2015 |
Secretary of the Interior
(43 U.S.C. § 1451) |
Sally Jewell
|
April 12, 2013 |
Secretary of Agriculture
(7 U.S.C. § 2202) |
Tom Vilsack
|
January 20, 2009 |
Secretary of Commerce
(15 U.S.C. § 1501) |
Penny Pritzker
|
June 26, 2013 |
Secretary of Labor
(29 U.S.C. § 551) |
Thomas Perez
|
July 23, 2013 |
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501) |
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
|
June 9, 2014 |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(42 U.S.C. § 3532) |
Julian Castro
|
July 28, 2014 |
Secretary of Transportation
(49 U.S.C. § 102) |
Anthony Foxx
|
July 2, 2013 |
Secretary of Energy
(42 U.S.C. § 7131) |
Ernest Moniz
|
May 21, 2013 |
Secretary of Education
(20 U.S.C. § 3411) |
John King, Jr.
|
January 1, 2016 |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(38 U.S.C. § 303) |
Robert McDonald
|
July 30, 2014 |
Secretary of Homeland Security
(6 U.S.C. § 112) |
Jeh Johnson
|
December 23, 2013 |
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