Biographical directory of the United States executive branch, 1774-1989
By: Robert Sobel, editor-in-chief.
Contributors: Sobel, Robert, 1931 Feb. 19-
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Statesmen -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Description: This book "contains career biographies of all cabinet heads, as well as of presidents, vice-presidents, and presidents of the Continental Congress. Only those individuals confirmed in office by the Senate have been included; acting cabinet officials -- of whom there were many, especially in the nineteenth century -- have been omitted since almost all served for very short periods of time. Each biography includes the most significant dates in the subject's life, family and other personal information, religious affiliation where available, service prior to and after cabinet duty, and place of death and interment. In addition, each biography contains a short bibliographic reference to important primary and secondary works to be consulted for additional information" -- Pref.