El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-03
A STUDY OF CABINETS.
The Selections of Former PreSi-
dents.
GRANT HAD p DIFFERENT MEN.

Cleveland Had Almost as NTany-The Ge-
ographicaI Distribution of Cabinets.
States That Have Never Been Repre-
scented In the Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80 Especial. -
/ President Mckinley 5 ca binct, about which
/ the newspapers have been 50 industriously
/ rossiping for several months, will soon be
officially announced. Eight more names
will be added to the roll of fame. 1 find
upon looking over the official records that
up to date just 225 men have held places in
| the cabinets of our presidents But 81 of
/ these cabinet ministers We're appointed to
more than one post, some serving in the
| same department under different presidents
and others in different departments under
( the same president.
| Hard to Suit.
General Grant had greater number of
men in his cabinet than any other presi-
| dent, or 20. President Cleveland has had
! %.
The president who made the most fire.
oucnt changes in his cabinet was Tyler.
! Though he was in the White House IL little
| less than four years, he had % men in his
| cabinet At that time the cabinet was
| COMPOSED of only six officials, the interior
! department and department of agriculture
not having been established. Tyler had
four secretaries of state, four secretaries of
the treasury, five secretaries of war, five
J secretaries of the navy, two postmasters
! general and three attorneys general.
| We have recently heard Il great deal of
| talk about the geographical distribution Of
! the Offices in Mckinlcy's cabinet. There is
always a desire that the various sections of
! the country shall be represented. In this
| connection it is interesting to note how
past presidents have distributed their cabi-
| NOT fnyprS 1p1pDO The states 1t must he
| borne in mind that until Taylor admin
| jstration there were only six places in the
! cabinet and after Taylor till the first
| Cleveland administration only seven. The
! postmaster general was not considered
| cabinet officer until 1929 but all the post
| masters general are included in our totals.
| Below we find the distribution of cabinet
appointments by all the presidents:
| Washington two Massachusetts,, 5;
Virginia. !; New York, l; Connecticut l;
| Maryland, l; Pennsylvania, l; Georgia, l.
! Total, IL
/ necticut, ,: Maryland, ,; Georgia, I. Total ID.
| jefferson 1.-TWO terms) .-Massachusctts, 4;
| Maryland, 3; Virginia, /; Pennsylvania, l;
Georgia, l; Connecticut, l; kentucky, |; DeIa-
| ware, l. Total, 10.
Madison 1.-TWO Massachusetts, 3;
Pennsylvania, 3; Maryland, ,; Virginia. 2;
Georgia, ?; Tennessee, !; New York |; South
| Carolina, l; Connecticut, /: Ohio, /; Della
ware, l. Total, Is.
Monroe 1.-TWO Massachusetts, 2; Vir-
ginia, >; Georgia, l; kentucky, l; South Caro-
lima, / New York, l; New Jersey, l; Connecti-
cut /; Ohio, l; Pennsylvania, l. Total, r.
j. Q. Adams.-Virginia, 2; Kentucky, l;
Pennsylvania, /; New York, l; Ohio l; New
Jersey, l. Total, :.
gia, >; Pennsylvania, =; Maryland, ?; New
Hampshire, 2; Kentucky, ?; Delaware, 2;
Louisiana, l; Tennessee, l; Ohio, l; North
Carolina, /; New Jersey, l. Total, 20.
Nrr .. Npy
Hampshire, L South Carolina, l; New Jersey.
/; Kentucky, l; Connecticut, l; Tennessee, 1;
! Pennsylvania, l. Total 10.
! William H. MISUNDERSTANDING l;
! Tennessee, l; North Carolina, l; New York, l;
Kentucky, /; Ohio, l. Total 6.
Tyler.-Virginia, 4; South Carolina, B; Penn
sylvania, 3; Nv York, B; Kentucky, 3; Ohio,
2; Massachusetts, 2; Tennessee, l; North Car
DINA. l Mary land, l. Total, %.
! Polk.-Virginia, ,; Pennsylvania, l. Missis-
I sippi, /; New York, /; Massachusetts, /; Ten
nessee, /; Maine, l; Connecticut, /. Total g.
Observation-Disclosures, Pennsylvani l; Geor-
gia, l Missouri, |; Ohio, l. Virginia, l; Yer
mont l; Maryland, l. Total, 8.
FiIImore.-Mas sachusetts, 2; Maryland, ?;
Ohio, /; Louisiana, /; Pennsylvania, /; Vir-
ginia, l; North Carolina, l; New York. l;
| Connecticut, l; Kentucky, l. Total, ~
Pierce.-New York, l; Kentucky, I; Missis-
sippi, Michigan, l; North Carolina, l; Penn
! sylvania, Massachusetts, l. Total, T.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ,; Kentucky, 2;
Michigan, a; Georgia /; Maryland l; New
York /: Virginia, l; Mississippi, l; Connecti-
cut l; Tennessee, l; Maine, /; Ohio, l. To-
tai, Il.
Lincoln 1.-TWO erms).-Ohio, 3; Indiana, 3;
Pennsylvania, 2; New York, /; Maine, /; Con-
necticut, l; Maryland, !; Missouri, l; Ken
lucky, l. Total, Il.
Johnson-Ohio, 3; New York 3; Indiana, 2;
Illinois, 2: Iowa, l. Connecticut, l; Wisconsin,
l; Kentucky, l. Total, II.
Grant two terms).-Ohio, >; Massachusetts,
3; Illinois, ,; New York, ,; Pennsylvania, 2;
Kentucky, /; Maine, l; Iowa, /; Michigan, l;
New Jersey, l; Maryland l; Virginia, l; Con-
necticut, : Indiana, l; Georgia, l; Oregon, l.
Total, 25
Hayes-Terncsseo, 2: New York, / ; Ohio, /;
Iowa, l. Minnesota, l; Missouri, l; Indiana, !;
West Virginia. 1; Massachusetts,, l. Total, 10.
Garfield.-Mainc, l; Minnesota, : Illinois, l;
Iowa, / Louisiana, l; New York, l; Pennsyl-
vania, l. Total, Z.
Arthur.-Indiana, 8; New Jersey, /; New
York, /; Illinois, l; Colorado, l; New Hamp-
shire, l; Wisconsin, l; Iowa, l; Pennsy lvania,
l. Total, II.
Cleveland two terms).-New York 5; Mas
sachusetts, 3: Missouri, ,; Wisconsin, 2; Della
ware. /; Illinois, l; Kentucky, /; Georgia, l;
Mississippi, /; Alabama, !; Michigan, l; Ar.
kansas, /; West Virginia, !; Ohio, l; Ne
brasla, l. Total, 3D.
Benjamin Observation-Disclosures, ?; Maine, l;
Minnesota, l; Ohio, /; Vermont, /; West Vir-
ginia, l; Missouri l; New York, !; Wisconsin,
/; Pennsylvania, l. Total, II.
states Honorcd.
These figures, it must be borne in mind,
are cabinet appointments, not the number
of individuals. They show that the states
have been honorCd with cabinet appoint
mCntS as follows:
observation-disclosures. q North Carolina.
New York........... 80 Mississippi.
Pennsylvania ....... 20 MIssourl.......
Ohio 49,. ............ % New Hampshire. 4
Neutrality-suspicious.. % Iowa ........ ....... 4
Kentucky ........... IS Michigan ........... 4