United States Cabinet

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.

Current cabinet members[change | change source]

The Cabinet officers are listed in rank order according to the United States presidential line of succession:

Office (statutory basis)	Incumbent	Term began
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)	Chuck Hagel	February 27, 2013
Attorney General (28 U.S.C. § 503)	Eric Holder	February 2, 2009
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)	Arne Duncan	January 20, 2009
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