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George Washington’s cabinet was the first in the United States with four original members.
These are; the secretary of state Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of the
Treasury, Secretary of War Henry Knox, with the Attorney General Edmund Randolph. This
cabinet was the chief executives most trusted advisors (Dugan, B, A, and O'shea, P, G., 2014).
Today, the cabinet consists of sixteen members, including the vice president and the heads of
fifteen executive departments. These units include; department of state led by Secretary John
Kerry, department of treasury led by secretary jack lew, department of defense with Secretary
John Ashton as the head. Also, administration of justice led by attorney general Loretta E.
Lynch, department of interior led by Secretary Sally Jewell, Department of Agriculture led by
Secretary Thomas j. Vilsack, Department of Commerce with Secretary Penny Pritzker as the
head, department of labor with Secretary Thomas E. Perez to the leader, department of health
and human services led by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who was the Secretary, Department of
Housing and Urban development. It led by Secretary Julian Castro, department of transportation
led by Secretary Anthony Foxx, department of energy led by Secretary Earnest Moniz,
department of education whose head is Secretary Arne Duncan, Department of Veterans affairs
with secretary Robert McDonald as the leader, and lastly, department of homeland security
headed by Secretary Jeh Johnson. The duty of this cabinet is advising the president on any matter
he may require, concerning the roles of any member of the different departments.
George Washington did not run for a third term of the presidency; he declined to say that the two
terms were enough for any president. It became an unwritten rule that was followed by
subsequent presidents until 1940 where President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office for a
third term and a fourth term as well in 1944. Franklin is the only president who has served the
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United States for more than two terms (Brain, H,and Vanessa, W., 2014). President Ulysses S.
Grant tried to run for a third term in office but was unsuccessful in the nominations for lack of
enough party support. Theodore Roosevelt, a cousin of Franklin Roosevelt, was president for two
consecutive terms and also tried running for another term in 1912 where he lost.
The proclamation of neutrality was an announcement by George Washington in 1793, declaring
that America would remain neutral in the dispute between France and Great Britain. The
department of state is the primary foreign affairs agency. Its core role is developing and
implementing the president’s foreign policy. It serves as the international diplomatic arm of the
federal government.
Works Cited
Brain, H, and Vanessa, W. (2014). U.s Election. Cambridge: Chicago.
Dugan, B, A, and O'shea, P, G. (2014). The Structure Of Government In The United States Of
America. London: London.