Secretary of War

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United States federal executive position cabinet-level position

The Secretary of War was a former U.S. Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing the Army and managing the nation’s military affairs before the creation of the Department of Defense.

Aliases (6)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal executive position → cabinet-level position →
abolishedBy	National Security Act of 1947 →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Department of War →
appointedBy	President of the United States →
category	Defunct United States executive branch positions → United States military appointments →
confirmedBy	United States Senate →
country	United States of America →
dissolutionEvent	reorganization of U.S. military departments under the Department of Defense →
hasDuty	administration of the War Department → advising the President on military matters → coordination of wartime mobilization for the Army → management of U.S. military affairs → oversight of the United States Army → planning for national defense → supervision of Army personnel policy → supervision of Army procurement and logistics →
historicalPeriod	American Civil War era → Early Republic of the United States → World War I → World War II →
inceptionEvent	establishment of the Department of War in 1789 →
legalBasis	United States statutes establishing the Department of War →
locationOfWork	Washington, D.C. →
memberOf	President's Cabinet →
notResponsibleFor	United States Navy (after creation of separate Navy Department) →
officeAbolished	1947 →
officeCreated	1789 →
partOf	United States Cabinet → United States Department of War →
positionHeldBy	Edwin M. Stanton → Henry Knox → Henry L. Stimson → John C. Calhoun → Kenneth C. Royall → Newton D. Baker → Robert P. Patterson → William Howard Taft →
precededBy	Secretary at War (under the Articles of Confederation) →
replacedBy	United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of the Army →
reportsTo	President of the United States →
residence	Washington, D.C. →
scopeOfAuthority	United States Army →
seat	War Department Building, Washington, D.C. →
usedFor	centralized control of Army operations before 1947 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edwin M. Stanton ("United States Secretary of War") → Elihu Root ("United States Secretary of War") → Henry Knox ("United States Secretary of War") → Henry L. Stimson ("United States Secretary of War") → James McHenry ("United States Secretary of War") → James Monroe ("United States Secretary of War") → Jefferson Davis ("United States Secretary of War") → John Armstrong Jr. ("United States Secretary of War") → John C. Calhoun ("United States Secretary of War") → Kenneth C. Royall ("United States Secretary of War") → Mirabeau B. Lamar ("Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas") → Newton Baker ("United States Secretary of War") → Robert Todd Lincoln ("United States Secretary of War") → Thomas Ewing ("United States Secretary of War (ad interim)") → Ulysses S. Grant ("Secretary of War ad interim of the United States") → William Howard Taft ("Secretary of War of the United States") →	positionHeld
United States War Department building ("United States Secretary of War") →	associatedWith
First United States Congress ("Secretary of War of the United States") →	createdOffice
United States Department of War →	headOfGovernmentBody
Tenure of Office Act →	keyOfficeInvolved
Fort Crawford ("U.S. Secretary of War") →	namedAfterOccupation
Kenneth C. Royall ("United States Secretary of War") →	officeForPeriod
Washington administration →	positionFilled
Secretary of the Army →	precededBy
SecDef ("United States Secretary of War") →	precededByOffice
Commanding General of the United States Army ("United States Secretary of War") →	reportsTo
Assistant Secretary of War →	subordinateTo