The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-08
The Cabinef and
The Various States

From the New York Sun.
Some interesting facts are connected
with President McKinley's selection Of his
t3lbinet officers. Since the foundation
OF the government there have been thr-
ty-four different secretaries of state, not
counting reappointments or second ap-
pointments of the same men, and now for
the first time an Ohio man fills the of!
fee. Virginia led off with jefferson, in
1883, and Edmund Randolph, of the same
state, followed, with Thomas Pickering,
of Massachusetts, third, all under Wash
ington. Six different secretaries, in all.
have come from Virginia; five from Mas
SaChusetts, the successors of Pickering
being John Quincy Adams, Webster, EV-
erett and Olney; five also from New York,
Van Buren, Marcy Seward, Fish, and
Evarts; three from Delaware; two each
from South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
Illinois. Maine gave Blaine to two diff
ferent administrations; and Kentucky
with Clay, Maryland, Louisiana, Georgia,
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and New Jer-
sey have furnished each one secretary Of
state. Now Ohio joins the list.
Again. for the first time Illinois furnish
es a secretary of the treasury. The first
secretary was Alexander Hamilton, of
New York, and five others have come
from that state. Pennsylvania has also
yielded six; ohio, five; Kentucky, four;
Massachusetts, three; Georgia, Indiana,
Maryland, and Maine, two each, Win
dom, of Minnesota served under both
Garfield ANA Harrison, while Connecticut
Tennessee, Delaware, New Hampshire
and Mississippi are also states that have
furnished one secretary, Although this
is q wide geographical distribution of the
incumbents, Illinois Is now for the first
time represented,
With General Alger Michigan for the
| first time furnishes a secretary of war.
| There have been more different incum-
| bents of this than of any other cabinet
| office, ana those serving ad interim in
Clude Graham, of Nirgiania, under Mon
roe, and Grant and Thomas, army Of
| iicerS, under Johnson, while SChoheld and
| Sherman, as army officers, also served
| briefly under Presidents johnson ana
| Grant, respectively, outside of these five
| New York and Massachusetts have each
| furnished six incumbents, Ohio four, in
| cludng Stanton, the great war secretary;
| Pennsylvania and Virginia, four; Geor-
| gia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee
| Illinois, and Iowa, two each; Maryland
| Connecticut Missouri Louisiana, Missis-
| sippi, Minnesota, Vermont, and West Viz
| ginia one each.
| New York, with the appointment of Mr.
Bliss, for the first time furnishes a Sec
retary of the interior. 1t is not quite halt
| a century since the office was created
| and in this time Missouri ana Ohio have
each provided three different men for it,
| Michigan, Iowa, Indiana and Mississippi
| two; Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
| Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Geor-
| gia, one each,
| California, under President Mckinley
| gets the first cabinet appointment of any
| kind she has ever had. She begins with
! the office of attorney for which
| Pennsylvania has furnished Saven differ
| ent incumbents, including one ad interim
| Massachusetts, six; Maryland, five; Vir-