President Harry S. Truman's Cabinet

Terms of Office (1945 - 1953)

PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S CABINET
TERMS OF OFFICE
1945 - 1953

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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF:

• 09/40 (held over from FDR): Wickard, Claude R. (Raymond) [1893-1967]
  resigned 04/17/45, effective 06/30/45
• 06/30/45 (sworn in): Anderson, Clinton P. (Presba) [1895-1975]
  nominated 05/23/45
  confirmed 06/01/45
  resigned 05/07/48, effective 05/10/48
   
• 06/02/48 (sworn in): Brannan, Charles F. (Franklin) [1903-1992]
  nominated 05/24/48
  confirmed 05/28/48
  served until 01/20/53
   

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Department of the Air Force (USAF)

SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE:

• 09/18/47 (sworn in): Symington, (William) Stuart [1901-1988]
  nominated 08/21/47 (recess appointment)
  confirmed 12/08/47
  served until sworn in as Chairman of the National Security Resources Board 04/24/50 (appointed 03/30/50)
   
• 04/24/50 (sworn in): Finletter, Thomas K. (Knight) [1893-1980]
  nominated 04/05/50
  confirmed 04/13/50
  served until 01/20/53
   

Department of the Army (USA)

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SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE:

• 8/21/47 (appointed): Royall, Kenneth C. (Claiborne) [1894-1971]
  resigned 04/01/49, effective 04/27/49
   
• 06/20/49 (sworn in): Gray, Gordon [1909-1982]
  nominated 06/07/49
  confirmed 06/13/49
  resigned 02/06/50, effective 04/13/50 (in order to become President of the University of North Carolina)
   
• 04/13/50 (sworn in): Pace, Frank C. Jr. [1912-1988]
  nominated 03/30/50
  confirmed 04/10/50
  served until 01/20/53
   

Department of Commerce (DOC)

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SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF:

• 03/02/45 (held over from FDR): Wallace, Henry A. (Agard)[1888-1965]
  asked to resign by President Truman 09/20/46, effective 09/20/46
   
• 10/07/46 (sworn in): Harriman, W. (William) Averell [1891-1986]
  nominated 09/22/46 (recess appointment)
  confirmed 01/27/47
  resigned 04/22/48, effective 04/22/48
  
   
• 05/06/48 (sworn in): Sawyer, Charles [1887-1979]
  nominated 04/22/48
  confirmed 05/05/48
  served until 01/20/53
  
   

Department of Defense (DOD)

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SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF:

• 09/17/47 (sworn in): Forrestal, James V. (Vincent) [1892-1949]
  nominated 07/26/47
  confirmed 07/26/47
  resigned 03/03/49, effective 03/31/49
   
• 03/28/49 (sworn in): Johnson, Louis A. (Arthur) [1891-1966]
  nominated 03/03/49
  confirmed 03/23/49
  resigned 09/12/50, effective 09/19/50
  
   
• 09/21/50 (sworn in): Marshall, George C. (Catlett), Jr. [1880-1959]
  nominated 09/18/50
  confirmed 09/20/50
  resigned 09/12/51, effective 09/12/51
  
   
• 09/17/51 (sworn in): Lovett, Robert A. (Abercrombie) [1895-1986]
  nominated 09/12/51
  confirmed 09/14/51
  served until 01/20/53

Department of the Interior (DOI)

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SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE:

• 03/04/33 (held over from FDR): Ickes, Harold L. (LeClair) [1874-1952]
  resigned 02/12/46, effective 02/15/46
  
   
• 03/15/46 (sworn in): Krug, Julius A. (Albert) [1907-1970]
  nominated 02/26/46
  confirmed 03/05/46
  resigned 11/10/49, effective 12/01/49
  
  
   
• 12/01/49 (sworn in): Chapman, Oscar L. (Littleton) [1896-1978]
  nominated 11/11/49
  confirmed 01/18/50
  served until 01/20/53
   

Department of Justice (DOJ)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF:

• 09/05/41 (held over from FDR): Biddle, Francis B. (Beverley) [1886-1968]
  resigned 05/21/45, effective 06/30/45
   
• 06/30/45 (sworn in): Clark, Tom C. (Campbell) [1899-1977]
  nominated 05/23/45
  served until sworn in as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 08/24/49
  
   
• 08/24/49 (sworn in): McGrath, J. (James) Howard [1903-1966]
  nominated 07/28/49
  confirmed 08/18/49
  resigned 04/03/52, effective 04/07/52
   
• 05/27/52 (sworn in): McGranery, James P. (Patrick) [1895-1962]
  nominated 04/03/52
  confirmed 05/20/52
  served until 01/20/53
  
   

Department of Labor (DOL)

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SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF:

• 03/04/33 (held over from F