Born. Died. Name. State. Term of Service. Born. Died. Mich. 1789-1795 1750 1806 Lewis Cass. 1795-1795 1745 1829 Benjamin F. Butler... N. Y. 1796-1800 Joel R. Poinsett........ S. C. 1800-1800 1761 1816 John Bell...... Tenn. 1801-1801 1762 1812 John C. Spencer........ N. Y. 1801-1809 1751 1829 James M. Porter....... Penn. 1809-1813 1754 1825 William Wilkins...... Penn. 1813-1814 1759 1843 William L. Marcy...... N. Y. 1814-1815 1759 1831 George W. Crawford.. Ga. 1815-1816 1772 1834 Charles M. Conrad.... La. 1817-1817 1758 1826|| Jefferson Davis......... Miss. 1817-1825 1782 1850 John B. Floyd..........Va. 1825-1828 1776 1842 Joseph Holt.... 1828-1829 1773 1844 Simon Cameron........ Penn. 1829-1831 1790 1856|| Edwin M. Stanton.... Penn. Secretaries of the Navy. Ky. 1837-1841 1779 1851 1841-1841 1797 1841-1843 1787 1855 1843-1844 1844-1845 1845-1849 1786 1860 1849-1850 1798 1850-1853 1807 1853-1857 1808 1857-1860 1805 1860-1861 1807 1861-1862 1799 1862-...... Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. I. Mar. 4, 1789, to Mar. 3, 1791 II. Oct. 24, 1791, to March 2, 1793.. III. Dec. 2, 1793, to March 3, 1795... IV. Dec. 7, 1795, to March 3, 1797.. V. May 15, 1797, to March 3, 1799 VI. Dec. 2, 1799, to March 3, 1801 VII. Dec. 7, 1801, to March 8, 1803.. VIII. Oct. 17, 1803, to March 3, 1805.. IX. Dec. 2, 1805, to March 3, 1807... X. Oct. 26, 1807, to March 3, 1809.. XI. May 22, 1809, to March 3, 1811 XII. Nov. 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813., XIII. May 24, 1813, to March 3, 1815 XIV. Dec. 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817... XV. Dec. 1, 1817, to March 3, 1819... XVI. Dec. 6, 1819, to March 3, 1821... XVII. Dec. 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823... New York 2 sessions, and 3d in Phila. Philadelphia. do. do. do. 1st session at Phila., 2d at Washington. Washington. do. XVIII. Dec. 1, 1823, to Mar. 3, 1825 XIX. Dec. 5, 1825, to Mar. 3, 1827 XX. Dec. 3, 1827, to Mar. 3, 1829 XXI. Dec. 7, 1829, to Mar. 3, 1831 XXII. Dec. 5, 1831, to Mar. 3, 1833 XXIII. Dec. 2, 1833, to Mar. 3, 1835 XXIV. Dec. 7, 1835, to Mar. 3, 1837 XXV. Sept. 4, 1837, to Mar. 3, 1839 XXVI. Dec. 2, 1839, to Mar. 3, 1841 XXVII. May 31, '41, to Mar. 3, 1845 XXVIII. Dec. 4, 1843, to Mar. 3, 1845 XXIX. Dec. 1, 1845, to Mar. 3, 1847 XXX. Dec. 6, 1847, to Mar. 3, 1849 XXXI. Dec. 3, 1849, to Mar. 3, 1851 XXXII. Dec. 1, 1851, to Mar. 3, 1853 XXXIII. Dec. 5, 1853, to Mar. 3, 1855 XXXIV. Dec. 3, 1855, to Mar. 3, 1857 Washington. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 1,600 1,400 Virginia......... New Hampshire... District of Columbia.. GEORGE J. BARTLE, Clerk of Commissions and Pardons......... Virginia.... THOMAS L. FORREST, Passport Clerk.......... The Department of State is organized in the following manner : The Diplomatic Branch has charge of all correspondence between the Department and diplomatic agents of the United States abroad, and those of foreign powers accredited to this Government, as well as the consular representatives of such powers in the United States. The bureau is in three divisions, each having a principal clerk with assistants. The first division embraces the following countries:-England, France, Russia, Netherlands, China, and all insular and colonial dependencies, and the corresponding legations. The second, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Prussia, Portugal, Italy, Rome, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, Barbary States, Siam, and all insular and colonial dependencies, and the corresponding legations. The third, all the Spanish-American States; the Sandwich Islands; Hayti, Dominica, and any other States of the Western hemisphere not a colonial dependency, also all their legations. The Consular Branch has charge of the correspondence, &c. between the Department and the consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents of the United States abroad. It consists of two divisions, the first of which has charge of the countries named in the first and second divisions of the diplomatic bureau, and the other of those named in the third division of the said bureau. The Disbursing Agent has charge of all matters connected with accounts relating to any fund disbursed by the Department. The Translator, in addition to his regular duties, records the commissions of foreign consuls and vice-consuls, when not in English, upon which exequaturs are issued. The Clerk of Appointments and Commissions makes out and records commissions, letters of appointment, nominations to the Senate, exequaturs, and records, when in English, the commissions upon which the latter are issued. He Illinois... also prepares and records pardons and remissions, and registers and files the papers on which they are founded. Has charge of the seal of the United States. The Clerk of Rolls and Archives has charge of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress as they are received from the President; prepares authenticated copies thereof, and superintends their publication; writes and answers letters connected therewith; keeps files of letters received; is the custodian of old archives, &c. The Clerk of Authentications has charge of the seal of the Department, and prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for authentication; records all letters from the Department other than diplomatic and consular; has charge of Territorial business. The Passport Clerk makes out and records passports, and files the papers on which they are granted. The Superintendent of Statistics prepares the annual report, required to be communicated to Congress within sixty days after the commencement of each ordinary session, of all changes and modifications in the commercial system of other nations, and all other commercial information communicated to the Department by consular and diplomatic agents of the government abroad, or contained in the official publications of other governments, which the Secretary of State may deem sufficiently important. NOTE.-By an Act of Congress, approved September 15, 1789, it was enacted that the Executive Department of the government, denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs, should thereafter be denominated the Department of State, and the principal officer therein be called the Secretary of State. At that period the salary of the Secretary was $3500 per annum; that of the Chief Clerk, $800 per annum; those of the other clerks, $500 per annum. INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS. By the Act of Congress of August 18, 1856, "To regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," the Ministers and other Diplomatic Agents of the United States in foreign countries are paid by salaries, and the outfit is abolished. MINISTERS AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. |