Sec. of Army | Democrat | CRAWFORD, William Harris, a Senator from Georgia; born in Nelson County, Va., February 24, 1772; moved with his father to Edgefield District, S.C., in 1779 and to Columbia County, Ga., in 1783; pursued classical studies in a private school and in Richmond Academy, Augusta, Ga.; studied law; admitted to… Continue reading William Crawford
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Christine Todd Whitman
Admin. of EPA | Republican | WHITMAN, CHRISTINE TODD was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001. Governor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003.… Continue reading Christine Todd Whitman
Allen Dulles
Dir. of CIA | Republican | DULLES, ALLEN WELSH was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and its longest-serving director to date. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War, he oversaw the 1953 Iranian coup d’état, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état, the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program, the… Continue reading Allen Dulles
Leon Panetta
Dir. of OMB | Democrat | PANETTA, LEON EDWARD, (father of James Varni Panetta), a Representative from California; born in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif., June 28, 1938; graduated from Monterey Union High School, Monterey, Calif., 1956; B.A., University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif., 1960; LL.B., Santa Clara Law School, Santa Clara, Calif., 1963; admitted… Continue reading Leon Panetta
Dan Coats
Dir. of Nat. Intelligence | Republican | COATS, DANIEL RAY, a Senator and a Representative from Indiana; born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 16, 1943; attended the public schools; graduated Jackson High School, 1961; graduated Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., B.A., 1965; graduated Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, J.D., 1971; admitted to the Indiana… Continue reading Dan Coats
James Farley
Postmaster General | Democrat | FARLEY, JAMES A. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed his political chum James A. Farley as postmaster general, the highest political patronage position in the nation. Roosevelt, a devoted stamp collector, took particular interest in Farley’s position, and the two frequently shared ideas for stamp designs and their political uses.… Continue reading James Farley
Sherman Adams
Chief of Staff | Republican | ADAMS, SHERMAN the seventy-seventh governor of New Hampshire, was born in East Dover, Vermont on January 8, 1899. His early education was attained in the public schools, and later he attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1920. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I,… Continue reading Sherman Adams
Elizabeth Dole
Sec. of Transportation | Republican | DOLE, ELIZABETH HANFORD, (wife of Robert J. Dole), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on July 29, 1936; B.A., Duke University 1958; M.A., Harvard University 1960; J.D., Harvard University 1965; U.S. secretary of transportation 1983-1987; U.S. secretary of labor 1989-1990; president, American Red… Continue reading Elizabeth Dole
Tom Ridge
Sec. of Homeland Security | Republican | RIDGE, THOMAS JOSEPH, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Munhall, Allegheny County, Pa., August 26, 1945; attended St. Andrew’s School, Erie, Pa.; graduated from Cathedral Prep School, Erie, Pa., 1963; B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1967; J.D., Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., 1972; United States Army, 1968-1970;… Continue reading Tom Ridge
Ed Derwinski
Sec. of Veterans Affairs | Republican | DERWINSKI, Edward Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., September 15, 1926; graduated from Mount Carmel High School in 1944; served in the United States Army as an infantryman with service in the Pacific Theater and with the Japanese Occupation Forces in 1945 and 1946; B.S.,… Continue reading Ed Derwinski