USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While the current presidential cabinet includes sixteen members, George Washington’s cabinet included just four original members: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

Detailed explanation-2: -In selecting the four members of his first cabinet-Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state, Alexander Hamilton as secretary of treasury, Henry Knox as secretary of war, and Edmund Randolph as attorney general-Washington balanced the two parties evenly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alexander Hamilton served as Washington’s aide during the Revolutionary War, the first Secretary of Treasury under Washington’s administration, and is considered to be the founder of our nation’s economic system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Joining Jefferson were Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1791, The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, 9: 231-232. Lindsay M.

Detailed explanation-5: -In George Washington’s cabinet, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, became bitter rivals. They had different political and economic views and each wanted to be Washington’s most trusted advisor. Hamilton’s First Bank of the United States received its charter in 1791.