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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
United States Secretary of War 47
Secretary of War canonical 6
Secretary of War of the United States 5

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: President's Cabinet
notResponsibleFor United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy (after creation of separate Navy Department)
officeAbolished 1947 ⓘ
officeCreated 1789 ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Cabinet

United States Department of War ⓘ
positionHeldBy Edwin M. Stanton ⓘ
Henry Knox ⓘ
Henry L. Stimson ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Kenneth C. Royall ⓘ
Elihu Root ⓘ
surface form: Newton D. Baker

Robert P. Patterson ⓘ
President William Howard Taft ⓘ
surface form: William Howard Taft
precededBy Secretary at War ⓘ
surface form: Secretary at War (under the Articles of Confederation)
replacedBy United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of the Army ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of the Army
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority United States Army ⓘ
seat United States War Department building ⓘ
surface form: War Department Building, Washington, D.C.
usedFor centralized control of Army operations before 1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of the Army → precededBy → Secretary of War ⓘ
SecDef → precededByOffice → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
United States Department of War → headOfGovernmentBody → Secretary of War ⓘ
Henry Knox → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Jefferson Davis → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
John Armstrong → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: John Armstrong Jr.
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of War ad interim of the United States
Robert Todd Lincoln → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
President William Howard Taft → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: William Howard Taft
this entity surface form: Secretary of War of the United States
First United States Congress → createdOffice → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of War of the United States
Thomas Ewing → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War (ad interim)
James Monroe → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Washington administration → positionFilled → Secretary of War ⓘ
United States War Department building → associatedWith → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
James McHenry → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Tenure of Office Act → keyOfficeInvolved → Secretary of War ⓘ
Edwin M. Stanton → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Elihu Root → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Commanding General of the United States Army → reportsTo → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
John C. Calhoun → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Mirabeau → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mirabeau B. Lamar
this entity surface form: Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas
Newton Baker → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Fort Crawford → namedAfterOccupation → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of War
Assistant Secretary of War → subordinateTo → Secretary of War ⓘ
Kenneth C. Royall → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Kenneth C. Royall → officeForPeriod → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Council of National Defense → chairperson → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of War (ex officio)
Henry Dearborn → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Lewis Cass → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Newton D. Baker → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Newton D. Baker → hasHonorificTitle → Secretary of War ⓘ
U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs → subordinateTo → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of War of the United States
Military Governor of the Philippines → subordinateTo → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of War of the United States
Alphonso Taft → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Benjamin Lincoln → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary at War
Cass County, Nebraska → namedAfterPosition → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of War
George Dern → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Stanton Park (Capitol Hill Parks) → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Edwin M. Stanton
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant administration → officeHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
McHenry Papers → relatesToRole → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Simon Cameron → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
John Bell → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Root → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Elihu Root
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Root reforms of the U.S. Army → officeHeldByImplementer → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Stanton → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Edwin M. Stanton
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
John Schofield → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
Stimson → positionHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry L. Stimson
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War
On Active Service in Peace and War → describesOfficeHeld → Secretary of War ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of War