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Andrew Jackson
... secretaries of state were: Martin Van Buren (1829-31), Edward Livingston (1831-33), Louis McLane (1833-34), and John Forsyth (1834-37), his secretaries of ... 1829-35) and Amos Kendall (1835-37), and his secretaries of the navy were: John Branch (1829-31), Levi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Louisiana Purchase.
... of the United States Constitution in 1787, Jefferson entered the federal government by virtue of his appointment by George Washington to the position of Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Thomas Jefferson
... Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia He did not want to include his roles as serving as governor, secretary of state ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall
... of secretary of war under John Adams. Surprisingly he successfully ran for a seat in the House of Representatives in 1799. In 1800 however, he accepted the position of Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
APUSH FINAL: 15 DBQ's
... Secretary of State, he assumed that a political deal had occurred between Adams and Clay and that he had been robbed of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Thomas Jefferson
... of the most decorated presidents in the history of this nation. He started out as a surveyor, then Secretary of State, soon after the Governor of ... as governor of Virginia. Later, in 1790-1793 he served as the first United States Secretary of State. In ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Thomas Jefferson
... of his opinions on slavery. From 1783 to 1784 he was a member of the Continental Congress. While Jefferson was secretary of state from 1790 to 1793, Alexander Hamilton, secretary of ... as Secretary of State at the end of the year 1793. During a respite of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Civil War Facts
... States congress man, Secretary of war, Vice President (1825-1832) senator and secretary of state. He supported states rights and slavery. He was a symbol of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
A Brief Biography of Ulysses S. Grant.
... to replace his former secretary of war, Edwin Stanton. Seeing that the Senate would not accept the dismissal of Stanton, Grant gave ... village of Point Pleasant, Ohio, was a child destined to be the president of the United States; the little son of Jesse ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Almost Everything You Should Know About Martin Van Buren (Did this in 8th grade but it's def. highschool/college material)
... secretary of state. Elected in 1828, for governor of New York State, Van Buren resigned in 1829, after Jackson had become President, to become his Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History