Amerikanske krigsministre

Edsaflæggelse for Dwight F. Davis som krigsminister i 1925. De tidligere krigsministre John W. Weeks Chief Justice William Howard Taft står ved siden af ham.

Krigsministeren eller Secretary of War var et medlem af den amerikanske præsidents kabinet helt fra George Washingtons embedstid. En tilsvarende stilling, med titlen "Secretary at War" eller "Secretary of War" blev udpeget til at tjene Konføderationskongressen under den forudgående forfatning mellem 1781 og 1789. Benjamin Lincoln og senere Henry Knox beklædte denne post. Da Washington blev indsat som den første præsident efter vedtagelsen af USA's forfatning, udpegede han Knox til at fortsætte.

Krigsministeren ledede det amerikanske krigsministerium. I starten havde han ansvar for alle militære forhold. I 1798 blev flådeministeren optaget i kabinettet, og krigsministerens opgaver blev indskrænket til at vedrøre hæren. I 1947 blev de to poster igen slået sammen under Forsvarsministeren. Krigsministeren blev udskiftet med en minister for hæren og en minister for luftvåbnet, som sammen med ministeren for flåden blev underlagt forsvarsministeren – hvilket betød at de ikke havde sæde i kabinettet.

Krigsministre

#BilledeNavnHjemstatTiltrådtFratrådtUnder præsident(er)
1Henry KnoxHenry KnoxMassachusetts12. september 178931. december 1794George Washington
2Timothy PickeringTimothy PickeringMassachusetts2. januar 179510. december 1795George Washington
3James McHenryJames McHenryMaryland27. januar 17961. juni 1800[1]George Washington
John Adams
4Samuel DexterSamuel DexterMassachusetts1. juni 180031. januar 1801John Adams
5Henry DearbornHenry DearbornMassachusetts5. marts 18014. marts 1809Thomas Jefferson
6William EustisWilliam EustisMassachusetts7. marts 180913. januar 1813James Madison
7John Armstrong, Jr.John Armstrong, Jr.Pennsylvania13. januar 181327. september 1814James Madison
8James MonroeJames MonroeVirginia27. september 18142. marts 1815James Madison
9William H. CrawfordWilliam Harris CrawfordGeorgia1. august 181522. oktober 1816James Madison
10John Caldwell CalhounJohn Caldwell CalhounSouth Carolina8. oktober 18174. marts 1825James Monroe
11James BarbourJames BarbourVirginia7. marts 182523. maj 1828John Quincy Adams
12Peter Buell PorterPeter Buell PorterNew York23. maj 18284. marts 1829John Quincy Adams
13John Henry EatonJohn Henry EatonTennessee9. marts 182918. juni 1831Andrew Jackson
14Lewis CassLewis CassMichigan1. august 18315. oktober 1836Andrew Jackson
15Joel Roberts PoinsettJoel Roberts PoinsettSouth Carolina7. marts 18374. marts 1841Martin Van Buren
16John BellJohn BellTennessee5. marts 184113. september 1841William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
17John Canfield SpencerJohn Canfield SpencerNew York12. oktober 18414. marts 1843John Tyler
18James Madison PorterJames Madison PorterPennsylvania8. marts 184314. februar 1844John Tyler
19William WilkinsWilliam WilkinsPennsylvania15. februar 18444. marts 1845John Tyler
20William Learned MarcyWilliam Learned MarcyNew York6. marts 18454. marts 1849James K. Polk
21George Walker CrawfordGeorge Walker CrawfordGeorgia8. marts 184922. juli 1850Zachary Taylor
22Charles Magill ConradCharles Magill ConradLouisiana15. august 18504. marts 1853Millard Fillmore
23Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisMississippi7. marts 18534. marts 1857Franklin Pierce
24John Buchanan FloydJohn Buchanan FloydVirginia6. marts 185729. december 1860James Buchanan
25Joseph HoltJoseph HoltKentucky18. januar 18614. marts 1861James Buchanan
26Simon CameronSimon CameronPennsylvania5. marts 186114. januar 1862Abraham Lincoln
27Edwin McMasters StantonEdwin McMasters StantonOhio20. januar 186228. maj 1868Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
28John McAllister SchofieldJohn McAllister SchofieldMissouri1. juni 186813. marts 1869Andrew Johnson
29John Aaron RawlinsJohn Aaron RawlinsIllinois13. marts 18696. september 1869Ulysses S. Grant
30William Worth BelknapWilliam Worth BelknapIowa25. oktober 18692. marts 1876Ulysses S. Grant
31Alphonso TaftAlphonso TaftOhio8. marts 187622. maj 1876Ulysses S. Grant
32James Donald CameronJames Donald CameronPennsylvania22. maj 18764. marts 1877Ulysses S. Grant
33George Washington McCraryGeorge Washington McCraryIowa12. marts 187710. december 1879Rutherford B. Hayes
34Alexander RamseyAlexander RamseyMinnesota10. december 18794. marts 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
35Robert Todd LincolnRobert Todd LincolnIllinois5. marts 18814. marts 1885James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
36William Crowninshield EndicottWilliam Crowninshield EndicottMassachusetts5. marts 18854. marts 1889Grover Cleveland
37Redfield ProctorRedfield ProctorVermont5. marts 18895. november 1891Benjamin Harrison
38Stephen Benton ElkinsStephen Benton ElkinsWest Virginia17. december 18914. marts 1893Benjamin Harrison
39Daniel Scott LamontDaniel Scott LamontNew York5. marts 18934. marts 1897Grover Cleveland (2. periode)
40Russell Alexander AlgerRussell Alexander AlgerMichigan5. marts 18971. august 1899William McKinley
41Elihu RootElihu RootNew York1. august 189931. januar 1904William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
42William Howard TaftWilliam Howard TaftOhio1. februar 190430. juni 1908Theodore Roosevelt
43Luke Edward WrightLuke Edward WrightTennessee1. juli 19084. marts 1909Theodore Roosevelt
44Jacob McGavock DickinsonJacob McGavock DickinsonIllinois12. marts 190921. maj 1911William Howard Taft
45Henry Lewis StimsonHenry Lewis StimsonNew York22. maj 19114. marts 1913William Howard Taft
46Lindley Miller GarrisonLindley Miller GarrisonNew Jersey5. marts 191310. februar 1916Woodrow Wilson
47Newton Diehl BakerNewton Diehl BakerOhio9. marts 19164. marts 1921Woodrow Wilson
48John Wingate WeeksJohn Wingate WeeksMassachusetts5. marts 192113. oktober 1925Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
49Dwight Filley DavisDwight Filley DavisMissouri14. oktober 19254. marts 1929Calvin Coolidge
50James William GoodJames William GoodIowa6. marts 192918. november 1929Herbert Hoover
51Patrick Jay HurleyPatrick Jay HurleyOklahoma9. december 19294. marts 1933Herbert Hoover
52George Henry DernGeorge Henry DernUtah4. marts 193327. august 1936Franklin D. Roosevelt
53Harry Hines WoodringHarry Hines WoodringKansas25. september 193620. juni 1940Franklin D. Roosevelt
54Henry Lewis StimsonHenry L. StimsonNew York10. juli 194021. september 1945F. D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
55Robert Porter PattersonRobert P. PattersonNew York27. september 194518. juli 1947Harry S. Truman
56Kenneth Claiborne RoyallKenneth Claiborne RoyallNorth Carolina19. juli 194718. september 1947Harry S. Truman

Referencer

  1. ^ "Papers of the War Department » McHenry's Resignation". Arkiveret fra originalen 29. december 2018. Hentet 26. oktober 2009.

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William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900), Secretary of War, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front
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Walter M. Brackett (1823-1919), yngre bror af billedhuggeren Edward A. Brackett, blev født i Unity, Maine. Han tilbragte hovedparten af sin aktive karriere i Boston, Massachusetts, og fremviste sine værker på Boston Athenaeum, the Apollo Association og National Academy of Design. Han var en af de kunstnere, som blev antaget af krigsminister William W. Belknap i starten af 1870'erne til at male portrætter af alle krigsministre og han malede portrætterne af Timothy Pickering, Samuel Dexter, William Eustis og Henry Dearborn, alle fremtrædende borgere fra hans hjemstat. Hans portræt af generalmajor Henry Dearborn tjener det dobbelte formål at repræsentere en højtstående repræsentant for hæren og en højtstående civil og gengives fra hærens kunstsamling.
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Hon. George Washington McCrary of Iowa Secretary of War, Hayes administration.
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John Aaron Rawlins. Library of Congress description: "John A. Rawlins".
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United States Senator Jefferson Davis, about a year before he became President of the Confederate States of America. Library of Congress attributes this original photograph to about 1859 when Davis was still a US Senator. Wilson, 2013, p. 58,p. 156 also puts the photograph before the war. Wilson, Robert (2013) Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781620402030. OCLC: 1150291751.
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Portrait of James Monroe
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Alphonso Taft, former U.S. Secretary of War.
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Henry Knox; Washington Administration.
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Portrait of John C. Calhoun
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TITLE: Hon. John B. Floyd CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4753 A <P&P>[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-01730 (b&w copy scan) No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1855 and 1865] NOTES: Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). FORMAT: Portrait photographs 1850-1870. Glass negatives 1850-1870. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (b&w scan) cwpbh 01730 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01730
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Charles Magill Conrad
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Stephen Benton Elkins, former Secretary of War., crop of original file, restored, image darkened and extensive clone tool work to remove damage from negative.
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Title: William Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
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Alexander Ramsey. Library of Congress description: "Alexander Ramsey"
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Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. Secretary of War, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, first American minister to Mexico, and namesake of the poinsettia flower.
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Title: Snapped after swearing in of Sec. Dwight Davis (3 Secretaries of War), 10/14/25
  • The swearing-in of Dwight Filley Davis (center), the Secretary of War under President Calvin Coolidge's administration. John Wingate Weeks, his predecssor, is standing to Davis's right. Former Secretary of War and President William Howard Taft is standing to Davis's left.
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
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Elihu Root, former Secretary of War and State, and Senator.
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William Eustis, 11th Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Secretary of War
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Painting of a Patrick Jay Hurley by Frank Townsend Hutchens
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James Madison Porter, amerikansk politiker 1793-1862
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Kenneth Claiborne Royall
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Georgia politician George W. Crawford. Whig Congressman from Georgia, 1843; Governor of Georgia 1843-1847; U.S. Secretary of War, 1849-1850.
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Lewis Cass ( October 9, 1782June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 1848.
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Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) Governor and U.S. Senator of Michigan, Secretary of War during the Presidential adminisration of William McKinley.
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en:William L. Marcy, circa 1856

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Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), US politician, General of the War of 1812 and Secretary of War.