The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-03-11
The New Cabinet

Is constituted as follows -
Secretary Of State--Lewis Cass, of
Michigan.
Secretary Of The Tfeasury-Howell
Cobb, of Georgia.
Secretary Of War-John B. Floyd,
of Virginia.
Sec' ctary Tie Napy-Isaao Toucy
ef Connecticut.
Secretary of the Interior - Jacob
Thompson. of Mississippi.
Postmaster General - Aaron V.
Brown, of Tennessee.
Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black
Of Pennsylvania.
Only the first two arc in any degree
known to fame. LEWIS CAss, the Pre-
mier, has been before the country ever
since the beginning Of the present cen.
fury. In the year s0G he was elected
a member of the Ohio Legislature, which
Office he held until 1918 He then
moved to Detroit, Michigan, having been
appointed Governor of the Territory uu-
ii! 1881, within fvo years Of tho date of
her admission as a State. In 1881 he
was made Secretary of War by General
Jackson In 1886 he was appointed
Minister to France, which post be held
until Van Buren's administrations
10 1915 he was elected Senator from
Michigan, and falling last fall of re.
election, he is now appointed by Mr.
Buchanan to the Premiership in his
Cabinet.
Ho,ecH Cobb was not born till -sf'er
Mr.. Cass, had been long entered upon
public life, viz the year 1915 He
graduated at Franklin College in 1884.
and in 1897 was chosen Solicitor Gener.
al of the Western Circuit of Georgia
In fS42 he was elected to the House of
Representatives, and was re elected sub
sequently for four consecutive short
terms. In 1858 he was elected Govern.
or Of Georgia, but in 1855 was again rc-
turned to the House. where be also Of
Gciated as Speaker and as chairman Of
several important com'1i'tees He il
nov raised to the post Of Secretary uf
the Treasury
John d FHoyd, # Virginia has new
er dcue anything by the record Of winch
II Is possible 30 ascer ain the facts If his
| than that Ne has been Governor Of Vir.
giui. (iu lS50) aud tia, be made Is
| speech last fall in Wall street Il IL
said that he is between forty aud fifty
years Of age. He is made Secretary Of
War
Isaac Toucey, Of Connecticut. was a
member # the House Of Representatives.
from 1885 to 1889 IN 1876 he was
eleccd Governor If Connecticut. la
lS4S he was appointed Attorney Gener-
al by President Polk. la 1852 he was
elected to the United States Senate He
is now made Secretary of the Navy.
Jacob Thompson. is of Mississippi
He was elected to the House 10 1889,
and continued to be reelected until 1856 |.
Since then he has lived in retirement.
He is hard worker, and we'll qualified
for his post Of Secretary of the Interior
aaron v Bro,cn, is o resident Of
Tennessee, though born in Virginia, in
l775. He graduated 10 1914 at Chapel
Hill College, North Carolina In 1889
be was elected to the House of Repre-
sentatives, and continued to be reelected
until 1916, when be was made Governor.
Since then he has been out Of public life.
He is now made Postmaster General
Jeremiah S Black, of Pennsylvania,
has achieved high local reputation as
a jurist, and though never in Congress
filed up to the time of his appointment
as Attorney General, the office of Jus.
tice of the Supreme Court Of Pennsyl'
vania.
OF Mr.. Buchanan, the Presidsnt aud
head of the Cabinet. we have no history
to write. Has it not been written in
the chronicles Of the newspapers ever
since the summer Of the year that is
gone, and has bis genealogy not been
traced to the boys of Ireland-back for q
thousand ysars2 Yea, verify Bos-
ton Traveller