Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was the technical second Cabinet position created, the Secretaries of War are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the Senate.
As of current there has been 4 Secretaries of War; 3 Constitutional Democrats, 1 Federalist, and 1 Democratic Union. 
The most time served as Secretary of War was by Henry Knox, who served for a total of 3,706 days in office.
==Secretaries of War Firsts==
#First Secretary of War was Henry Knox.
#The longest-serving Secretary of War was Henry Knox at 3,706 days.
==List of Secretaries of War==
United States Secretaries of War
Presidency	Presidency	Secretary of War	Secretary of War	Prior office 	Party	Party 	Year(s)	President
1 	March 22, 1790
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May 14, 1800	 	
===Henry Knox===	Secretary at War 	 	Federalist 	10 	George Washington
1 	March 22, 1790
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May 14, 1800	 	
===Henry Knox===	Secretary at War 	 	Federalist 	10 	John Adams
2 	July 30, 1800
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March 4, 1801	 	
===Theophile Lybaert===	Representative from New York 	 	Constitutional Democratic	1 	John Adams
3 	March 4, 1801
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March 4, 1805	 	
===Henry Dearborn===	Former Representative from Massachusetts	 	Democratic Union 	4 	George Benckendorf
3 	March 4, 1801
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March 4, 1805	 	
===Henry Dearborn===	Former Representative from Massachusetts	 	Constitutional Democratic	4 	George Benckendorf
4 	March 4, 1805
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March 4, 1813	 	
===Theophile Lybaert===	Senior Officer of the Army 	 	Constitutional Democratic	8 	George Benckendorf
4 	March 4, 1805
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March 4, 1813	 	
===Theophile Lybaert===	Senior Officer of the Army 	 	Constitutional Democratic	8 	Amo Gus
5 	March 4, 1813
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August 30, 1816	 	
===Henry Erler===	Governor of Maine 	 	Yankee 	3 1/2 	Rudolph Hartmann
- 	March 4, 1817
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March 8, 1819	 	
===James Monroe===
(Acting)	Senator of Virginia 	 	Democratic 	2 	John Quincy Adams
6 	March 4, 1821
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Present	 	
===William H. Crawford===	Vice President 	 	Democratic 	... 	James Monroe
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