Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet: Government Issues
The members of the Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet provided the President with advice on the important events of his presidency from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869. Key government issues requiring Cabinet debate included Reconstruction (the system of bringing the Southern states back into the US), the Purchase of Alaska from Russia and the addition of the 13th and 14th Amendments added to the Constitution.

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Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet
The following list provides the names of the Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet members and the departments in which they held the positions in which the foreign policies and the domestic policies of the nation were discussed. The Presidential Cabinet Members had to be approved by the Senate by a majority (51 votes). The Presidential Cabinet members of the executive departments of the US Government are ranked in order, according to the United States Presidential Line of Succession

Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet

Vice President: None

Secretary of State:

William H. Seward (1865-69)

Hugh McCulloch (1865-69)

Edwin M. Stanton (1865-68)
John M. Schofield (1868-69)

James Speed (1865-66)
Henry Stanbery (1866-68)
William M. Evarts (1868-69)

William Dennison (1865-66)
Alexander W. Randall (1866-69)

Gideon Welles (1865-69)

John P. Usher (1865)
James Harlan (1865-66)
Orville Browning (1866-69)

Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet

Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet
The Andrew Johnson Presidential Cabinet article provides interesting facts and important information about the Cabinet members and departments of the 17th President of the United States.