Assistant Secretary of War

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The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.


Statements (63)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position
civilian office
abolishedAsConsequenceOf National Security Act of 1947
establishment of the United States Department of Defense
appliesToJurisdiction United States Army
appointedBy President of the United States
country United States of America
hasRole budgetary oversight for the United States Army
coordination between civilian leadership and Army command
oversight of Army administration
oversight of Army logistics
oversight of wartime operations planning
policy supervision for the United States Army
historicalPeriod American Civil War
World War I
World War II
officeHeldBy Adlai Stevenson I
Benedict Crowell
Charles A. Dana
Charles P. Stone NERFINISHED
Christopher C. Augur
Dwight F. Davis
Emory S. Land
Frank Pace Jr.
Frederick P. Keppel NERFINISHED
George von Lengerke Meyer NERFINISHED
Gordon Gray NERFINISHED
Harry H. Woodring
Henry Breckinridge
Henry L. Stimson
Howard C. Petersen NERFINISHED
J. M. Dickinson
John A. Rawlins
John B. Payne NERFINISHED
John C. Breckinridge
John J. McCloy
John L. Sullivan
Louis A. Johnson NERFINISHED
Patrick J. Hurley NERFINISHED
Peter H. Watson NERFINISHED
Ralph Bard NERFINISHED
Robert A. Lovett
Robert P. Patterson NERFINISHED
Robert Shaw Oliver
Thomas A. Scott
Tracy Voorhees
William Cary Sanger
William H. Taft
William M. Ingraham NERFINISHED
officeType sub‑Cabinet position
oversaw Army construction and facilities management
Army industrial production coordination
Army mobilization planning
Army personnel policies
Army procurement
Army supply chains
Army training policy
Army transportation and shipping
partOf United States Department of War
replacedBy Assistant Secretary of the Army
requires advice and consent of the United States Senate
seat Washington, D.C.
subordinateTo Secretary of War

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
John J. McCloy ("Assistant Secretary of War of the United States")
positionHeld
Assistant Secretary of War ("Assistant Secretary of the Army")
replacedBy
Strategic Services Unit
subordinateTo

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