JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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Secretary of Defense
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Secretary of Treasury
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Secretary of State
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Senator
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cabinet has 15 members, of which the secretary of state is first in line; the other Cabinet secretaries follow in the order of when their departments (or the department of which their department is the successor) were created.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cabinet is an advisory body made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments. Appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the members of the Cabinet are often the President’s closest confidants.
Detailed explanation-4: -The National Security Council (NSC) was established by statute in 1947 to create an interdepartmental body to advise the President on matters of national security.