This document is based on the 1992 version of the Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army book.

Mr. West and Mr. Caldera were added the last time we updated this electronic document. Future updates will be accomplished as resources permit.

 


SECRETARIES
OF WAR

-----------AND-----------

SECRETARIES
OF THE ARMY
_______________________

Portraits & Biographical Sketches

by

William Gardner Bell

 

Line Drawing, War Department Seal

 

CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1992


 

 

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Bell, William Gardner.

Secretaries of war and secretaries of the army.

Bibliography: p.
Includes index.

1. United States. Dept. of the Army—Officials and employees—Biography. 2. United States. War Dept.—Officials and employees—Biography. 3. Cabinet officers—United States—Biography. I. Title.
E176.B42     353.62’092’2 [B]     80-20122

First Printed 1981—CMH Pub 70–12

 


FOREWORD

THE AUTHOR

PREFACE TO THE FIRST PRINTING

INTRODUCTION


Secretaries of War

Henry Knox
20
Timothy Pickering
22
James McHenry
24
Samuel Dexter
26
Henry Dearborn
28
William Eustis
30
John Armstrong
32
James Monroe
34
William Harris Crawford
36
John Caldwell Calhoun
38
James Barbour
40
Peter Buell Porter
42
John Henry Eaton
44
Lewis Cass
46
Joel Roberts Poinsett
48
John Bell
50
John Canfield Spencer
52
James Madison Porter
54
William Wilkins
56
William Learned Marcy
58
George Washington Crawford
60
Charles Magill Conrad
62
Jefferson Davis
64
John Buchanan Floyd
66
Joseph Holt
68
Simon Cameron
70
Edwin McMasters Stanton
72
John McAllister Schofield
74
John Aaron Rawlins
76
William Worth Belknap
78
Alphonso Taft
80
James Donald Cameron
82
George Washington McCrary
84
Alexander Ramsey
86
Robert Todd Lincoln
88
William Crowninshield Endicott
90
Redfield Proctor
92
Stephen Benton Elkins
94
Daniel Scott Lamont
96
Russell Alexander Alger
98
Elihu Root
100
William Howard Taft
102
Luke Edward Wright
104
Jacob McGavock Dickinson
106
Henry Lewis Stimson
108
Lindley Miller Garrison
110
Newton Diehl Baker
112
John Wingate Weeks
114
Dwight Filley Davis
116
James William Good
118
Patrick Jay Hurley
120
George Henry Dern
122
Harry Hines Woodring
124
Henry Lewis Stimson
126
Robert Porter Patterson
128

Secretaries of the Army

Kenneth Claiborne Royall
132
Gordon Gray
134
Frank Pace, Jr.
136
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
138
Wilber Marion Brucker
140
Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.
142
Cyrus Roberts Vance
144
Stephen Ailes
146
Stanley Rogers Resor
148
Robert Frederick Froehlke
150
Howard Hollis Callaway
152
Martin Richard Hoffmann
154
Clifford Leopold Alexander, Jr
156
John Otho Marsh, Jr.
158
Michael Patrick William Stone
160

Appendix

A. Secretaries of War Ad Interim and Acting Secretaries of the Army
165
B. Chronological List of Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of War, and Secretaries of the Army
167

General Bibliography
171
Bibliography of Secretaries and Artists
173

Since 1992

Togo Dennis West, Jr.

Louis Edward Caldera

 


page updated 22 May 2001


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