The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-13

y
Associate Justice, j. M. Wayne, Georgia.
Do. do. John Catron, Tennessee.
Do. do. P.V. Daniel, Virginia.
Do. do. John A. Campbell, Alabama.
Do. do. John Mclean, Ohio.
Do. do. s. Nelson, Nesc York.
Do. do. R. C. Grier, Pennsylvania.
Do. do. B. R. Curtis, Massachusetts.
Reporter, B. C. Howard, Maryland.
Clerk, w. T. Carroll, ID. C..
Northern sectionalismi
Secretaries of State.
The highest Office in the Cabinet is that of
Secretary of State, who has under his charge
the foreign relations of the country. Since the
year 1889, there have been twenty-five appoint
ments to the Office, fourteen from slave States,
eight from free. Or, counting by years, the
post has been filled by Southern men and Slave
holders very nearly forty years out of .ixty-
seven, as follows:
Appopted-
Sept. &c, 1889, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia.
Jan. 2, 1874, E. Randolph, Virginia.
Dec. 10, 1875, T. Pickering, Massachusetts.
May b. 1900, J. Marshall, Virginia.
March 5, 1901, James Madison, Virginia.
March 6, 1909, R. Smith, Maryland
April 2, 1911, James Monroe, Virginia.
Feb. %, 1915, Do. do.
March 5, 1917, J. Q. Adams, Massachusetts.
March I, 1925, Henry Clay, Kentucky.
March 6, 1929, Martin Van Buren,, New York.
May "a, 1881, E. Livingston, Louisiana.
May 20, 1888, Louis McLane, DelaWare.
June u, 1884, j. Forsyth, Georgia.
March 5, lS4l, Daniel Webster, Massachusetts.
July "a, ls43, A. P. Upshur, Virginia.
March 6, 1874, ]. c. Calhoun, South Carolina.
March s. lS45, Jas. Buchanan, Pennsylvania.
March 7, l849, j. M. Clayton, Delaware
July 20, 1850, Daniel Webster, Massachusetts.
Dec. 9, 1852, E. Everett Massachusetts,.
March s, 1853, W. L. Marcy, Neac York.
Secretaries of the Treasury.
The post of Secretary of the Treasury, al.
though one of great Importance, requires inan-
cial abilities of high order, which are more
frequently found in the North than in the
South, and affords little opportunity for intiu.-
encing general politics, or the ques.:ohs spring
ing out of Slavery. We aot therefore be
surprised to lear that Northern men have been
ailo~ed 10 discharge its duties some fortyeight
years out of sixty-seven, as follows:
Appoined-
Sept H. 1889, A. Hamilton, Neso York.
Feb. 3, 1898, o. Wolcott Connecticut.
Dec. 81, 1900, S. Dexter, Massachusetts.
May IA, 1901, A. Gallatin, Pennsylvania.
Feb. 9, 1914, G. w. Campbell Tennessee.
Oct. 6, 1914, A. J. Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Oct. %, 1916, w. H. Crawford, Georgia.
March Z, 1926, r. Rush, Pennsylvania.
March 6, 1929, s. d. Ingham Pennsylvania.
Aug. 8, 1881, L. McLane, Delapare.
May 20, 1888, w. j. Duane, Pennsylvania.
Sept. %, 1883, Roger B. fancy, Maryland.
June u, 1884, L. Woodbury., Ne,c Hampshire.
March 8, lS4l, Thomas Ewing, Ohio.
Sept. l3, l84l, W. Forward, Pennsylvania.
March 3, l843, j. G. Spencer, Neso York.
June Is, 1874, G. M. Bibb, Kentucky.
March 5, ls45, R. J. Walker, Mississippi.
March 7, ls49, w. M. Meredith, Pennsylvania.
June 20, 1850, Thomas Corwin, Ohio.
March 5, l843, James Guthrie, Kentucky.
Secretaries of War and the Navy.
The Shareholders have graciously shared
these Offices with free State men. on terms of
equality-only since March 9th, ls4I, period
of nearly sixteen years, they have taken almost
exclusive supervision of the Navy, Northern
men having occupied the Secretaryship only
two years. Nor has any Northern man been
Secretary of War since lS49 Considering
that nearly all the shipping belongs to the free
States, which also supply the seamen, it does
seem remarkable that Shareholders should have
monopolized for the last sixteen years the con-
troll of the Navy.
Secretaries of War
Sept. IL, 1889, Henry Knox, Massachusetts.
Jan. 2, 1875, T. Pickering, Massachusetts,.
Jan. q, 1896, j. McHenry, Maryland.
May 7, 1900, J. Marshall, Virginia.
May Ii, 1900, s. Dexter, Massachusetts.
Feb. 3, 1901, r. Griswold, Connecticut
March 5, 1901, 81. Dearborn, Massachusetts.
March Z, 1902, w. Eustis, Massachusetts.
Jan. l3, 1913, j. Armstrong, Mew York.
Sept. p, 1914, James Monroe, Virginia.
March 3, 1915, W. H. Crawford, Georgia.
April Z, 1917, G. Graham, Virginia.
March s, 1917, j. Shelby, Kentucky.
Oct. 8, 1917, j. c. Calhoun, South Carolina.
March Z, 1925, j. Barbour, Virginia.
May rs, 1928, P. B. Porter, Pennsylvania.
March 9, 1929, ]. 81. Eaton, Tennessee.
Aug. /, 1881, Lewis Cass, Ohio.
March 3, 1887, B. F. Butler, Mew York.
March Z, 1887, J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina.
March 5, lS4l, James Bell, Tennessee.
Sept. ID, l84l, John Mclean, Ohio.
Oct. IL, lS4l, j. c. Spencer, Mew York.
March 8, lS43, j. W. Porter, Pennsylvania.
Feb. Is, 1874, w. Wilkins, Pennsylvania.
March s, lS45, William L. Marcy, New York.
March 7, ls4s, G. W. Crawford, Georgia.
July 20, 1850, E. Bates, Missouri.
Aug. Is, 1850, C. M. Conrad, Louisiana.
March 5, 1853, j. c. Dobbin, North Carolina.
Secretaries of the Navy.
Appointed
May 3, 1898, G. Cabot, Massachusetts.
May 81, 1898, B. Stoddart, Massachusetts.
July Is, 1901, r. Smith, Maryland.
May 3, 1905, j. Crowninshield, Mass.
March Z, 1909, P. Hamilton, South Carolina.
Jan. IL, 1913, W. Jones, Pennsylvania.
Dec. II, 1914, B. W. Crowninshield, Mass.
Nov. 9, 1918, Smith Thompson, Nep York.
Sept. !, 1923, John Rogers, Massachusetts.
Sept. l6, 1923, s. L. Southland, MeY Jersey.
Msrch9, 1919, John Branch, North Carolina.
May %, 1881, l.. Woodbury., Ne,c Hampshire.
June 80, 1884, M. Dickerson, Nep Jersey.
June 20, 1888, j. K Paulding. Neas York.