William Taft Presidential Cabinet: Government Issues
The members of the William Taft Presidential Cabinet provided the President with advice on the important events of his presidency from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913. Key government issues requiring Cabinet debate included the 16th and 17th amendments were added to the Constitution, Taft's Dollar Diplomacy and New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state.

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William Taft Presidential Cabinet
The following list provides the names of the William Taft 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

William Taft Presidential Cabinet

Vice President: James S. Sherman (1909-12)

Secretary of State:

Philander C. Knox (1909-13)

Franklin MacVeagh (1909-13)

Jacob M. Dickinson (1909-11)
Henry L. Stimson (1911-13)

George W. Wickersham (1909-13)

Frank H. Hitchcock (1909-13)

George von L. Meyer (1909-13)

Richard A. Ballinger (1909-11)
Walter Lowrie Fisher (1911-13)

James Wilson (1909-13)

Charles Nagel (1909-13)

William Taft Presidential Cabinet

William Taft Presidential Cabinet
The William Taft Presidential Cabinet article provides interesting facts and important information about the Cabinet members and departments of the 27th President of the United States.