United States Department of Commerce and Labor

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former United States federal executive department government ministry

The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a former federal executive department (1903–1913) that combined responsibility for both commercial and labor affairs before being split into separate Commerce and Labor departments.

Aliases (4)

Department of Commerce and Labor ×2
United States Commissioner of Labor ×1
United States Department of Labor (predecessor offices) ×1
United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United States federal executive department → government ministry →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	United States Congress →
createdUnder	Theodore Roosevelt administration →
dateEstablished	1903-02-14 →
dissolvedOn	1913-03-04 →
endTime	1913 →
firstOfficeholder	George B. Cortelyou →
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States government →
hasCabinetRank	cabinet-level department →
hasComponent	Bureau of Corporations → Bureau of Fisheries → Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization → Bureau of Standards → Bureau of the Census → Coast and Geodetic Survey → Lighthouse Service → Steamboat Inspection Service →
hasResponsibility	census administration → commercial affairs → corporate regulation → immigration oversight → labor affairs → mediation of labor disputes → promotion of American commerce → standards and measurements →
headOfGovernmentBody	Secretary of Commerce and Labor →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
historicalStatus	defunct federal agency of the United States →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legalBasis	Act of Congress approved February 14, 1903 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
namedAfter	commerce → labor →
officeHeldBy	Secretary of Commerce and Labor →
partOf	Cabinet of the United States →
precededBy	United States Department of the Interior (for some labor and commercial functions) → United States Department of the Treasury (for some commercial functions) →
reasonForDissolution	separation of commerce and labor functions into distinct departments →
replacedBy	United States Department of Commerce → United States Department of Labor →
shortName	Department of Commerce and Labor →
startTime	1903 →
subordinateTo	President of the United States →
timePeriod	Progressive Era →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Department of Labor → United States Secretary of Labor ("United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor") →	precededBy
Carroll D. Wright ("United States Department of Labor (predecessor offices)") →	employer
U.S. Department of Commerce ("Department of Commerce and Labor") →	originalName
Bureau of Fisheries →	parentOrganization
Carroll D. Wright ("United States Commissioner of Labor") →	positionHeld
United States Department of Commerce and Labor ("Department of Commerce and Labor") →	shortName