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Arthur M. Hyde (1929–1933)

… of Missouri. He served in that capacity from 1921 to 1925. President Herbert Hoover appointed him secretary of … remained in the cabinet for the duration of the Hoover presidency. Upon leaving government service, Hyde returned to …

John T. Connor (1965–1967)

… 1955, he had risen through the ranks at Merck and become president. During his ten-year tenure, Merck's investments in … and becoming its cochair. Following Johnson's election as President, Connor was appointed secretary of commerce. In …

Ray L. Wilbur (1929–1933)

… Curtis Dwight Wilbur, served as secretary of the Navy for President Calvin Coolidge. He began his education at Stanford … Medical School in 1911. In 1916, Wilbur became the third President of Stanford University, a position he held until …

Benjamin H. Bristow (1874–1876)

… for the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. By 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant had tapped Bristow to be his … prevented him from running as the Republican nominee for President in 1876. He resigned his cabinet post that year and …

Philip F. Thomas (1860–1861)

… of the land office court of eastern Maryland; later, at President Millard Fillmore’s request, Thomas became comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Thomas declined President Franklin Pierce’s 1853 offer to become secretary of …

Levi Woodbury (1834–1837)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Levi Woodbury (1831–1834)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Levi Woodbury (1837–1841)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Robert J. Walker (1845–1849)

… as a Democrat, he served until 1845. During that year, President James K. Polk tapped him to become secretary of the … opened a law practice in Washington, D.C. He declined President Franklin Pierce’s offer, made in 1853, to serve as …

James V. Forrestal (1944–1945)

… returned to the financial sector and, in 1938, assumed the presidency of William A. Read & Company, becoming one of the … served for six weeks as an administrative assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 before being named …

Raymond Donovan (1981–1985)

… and later with Schiavone Construction Company as vice president in charge of labor relations, financing, bonding, … insurance and real estate (1959). He became executive vice president of Schiavone in 1971. Donovan was secretary of …

Roy D. Chapin (1932–1933)

… He worked in the automotive industry and, in 1912, became president of Hudson Motor Company. Chapin toured European … and powerful and efficient engines. On August 8, 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed Chapin to succeed Robert …

John Block (1981–1986)

… in 1977, at the governor’s request, before becoming President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of agriculture in 1981. … in 1986. Most recently, John Rusling Block has served as president of Food Distributors International. …

John Foster Dulles (1953–1959)

… John Foster Dulles served as secretary of state to President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, until his … in 1919 (being one of only five economic advisers to the President at the Versailles Peace Conference), American …

James P. Mitchell (1953–1961)

… James Paul Mitchell was secretary of labor under President Eisenhower from October 8, 1953, to January 20, … for R. H. Macy and Co. (1945) and later became vice president in charge of labor relations and operations at …

Sinclair Weeks (1953–1958)

… Sinclair Weeks was secretary of commerce under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to October 22, … His father was John Wingate Weeks, secretary of war under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. …

James P. McGranery (1952–1953)

… He stayed in that post until April 1952, at which time President Harry S. Truman made McGranery his attorney general … until 1953, when Dwight D. Eisenhower ascended to the presidency. McGranery died in December 1962 while vacationing …

Calvin Coolidge: Foreign Affairs

… changes in American conduct. In a rare trip overseas, President Coolidge personally traveled to Havana to address … of the need for change, which would finally come when President Franklin Roosevelt announced a "Good Neighbor …

Jesse M. Donaldson (1947–1953)

… often sat in for him during cabinet meetings. In 1947, President Truman appointed Donaldson postmaster general upon … post was traditionally given to political leaders in the President's party, and Donaldson was the first career civil …

William Wirt (1817–1825)

… was later appointed U.S. district attorney for Virginia by President James Madison (1816). Wirt would serve as U.S. attorney general in the cabinets of Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams (1817-1829). He …