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Excerpt from Executive Register of the United States 1789-1902 A complete list of the heads of the executive departments from the beginning of the government, in 1789, to the present time does not exist even in the departments themselves, and it was the primary object of this publication to supply the need; but as the work progressed it seemed that its value as a book of reference would be materially enhanced if there should be added the constitutional provisions and the acts of Congress governing the election, qualification, and term of the President, and the appointment, qualification, and term of the heads of departments. There have also been included the electoral and popular vote at each election, the first acts providing for the several departments, and, as an appendix, literal copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, from the originals in the archives of the Department of State. The dates of entry upon duty and termination of service of the members of the cabinet, which represent the actual beginning and close of their services in the departments, have been taken from the department records, contemporary newspapers, memoirs, biographies, and the correspondence of the forefathers. The term cabinet, which has no place in the Constitution or laws, has been popularly applied to the executive officers who are regularly consulted by the President. The Attorney General was included in this category from the beginning, although the Department of Justice was not established until 1870. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.