Kriegsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten
Das Kriegsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten (englisch United States Department of War) war von 1789 bis 1947 das für die Landstreitkräfte verantwortliche Ministerium der USA. Es wurde 1947 in das Department of the Army des Verteidigungsministeriums überführt.
Kriegsminister
Das Ministerium wurde vom Kriegsminister (Secretary of War) geleitet. Der Kriegsminister war auch Mitglied des Kabinetts. Er war anfangs für alle militärischen Angelegenheiten verantwortlich. 1798 wurde erstmals ein Marineminister (Secretary of the Navy) ins Kabinett berufen. Dadurch beschränkte sich der Aufgabenbereich des Kriegsministers fortan auf das Heer.
1947 wurden die Bereiche unter dem Verteidigungsministerium zusammengeführt. Das Amt des Kriegsministers wurde durch das des Heeres-Staatssekretärs (Secretary of the Army) ersetzt. Für die gleichzeitig von der US Army abgespaltene Luftwaffe wurde zudem ein gleichrangiger Posten, der des Luftwaffen-Staatssekretärs (Secretary of the Air Force) eingeführt. Beide sind jedoch keine Mitglieder des Kabinetts mehr, sondern dem Verteidigungsminister unterstellt und im Rang einem Staatssekretär vergleichbar.
Liste der Kriegsminister
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J. Donald Cameron, former Secretary of War of the United States.
- TITLE
- James Madison Porter, Secretary of War
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- PGA - Fenderich, no. 188 (B size) [P&P]
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- LC-USZ61-1247 (b&w film copy neg.)
- No known restrictions on publication.
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- 1 print.
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- [no date recorded on shelflist card]
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- This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.
- Associated name on shelflist card: Fenderich, Ch.
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- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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- (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a03006 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a03006
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- 2003656279
Secretary of War George W. McCrary
Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War and State.
William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900), Secretary of War, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front
William Wilkins (United States Senator). Library of Congress description: "Wilkins, Judge Wm.".
John Schofield. Library of Congress description: "Gen. John Schofield"
John Aaron Rawlins. Library of Congress description: "John A. Rawlins".
United States Senator Jefferson Davis, about a year before he became President of the Confederate States of America. Library of Congress attributes this original photograph to about 1859 when Davis was still a US Senator. Wilson, 2013, p. 58,p. 156 also puts the photograph before the war. Wilson, Robert (2013) Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, Bloomsbury ISBN: 9781620402030. OCLC: 1150291751.
Henry Knox. Published 1881 in Young Persons' Cyclopedia of Persons and Places. Provided by en:User:Kingturtle on 30 May 2003 to the englisch Wikipedia. Public Domain.
The former seal of the now-defunct United States Department of War. It is now used as the seal of the United States Department of the Army. Can be found in: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 2) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912). More information can be found here.
Blank and white image of pastel portrait (color) drawing of James McHenry held by Independence National Historical Park.
TITLE: Hon. John B. Floyd CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4753 A <P&P>[P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-01730 (b&w copy scan) No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1855 and 1865] NOTES: Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). FORMAT: Portrait photographs 1850-1870. Glass negatives 1850-1870. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w scan) cwpbh 01730 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01730Charles Magill Conrad
Title: William Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Alexander Ramsey. Library of Congress description: "Alexander Ramsey"
Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. Secretary of War, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, first American minister to Mexico, and namesake of the poinsettia flower.
Picture a young William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) in military uniform.
William L. Marcy. Library of Congress description: "Hon. Wm. L. Marcy of N.Y."
Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/sw-sa/Spencer.htm en:John C. Spencer (1788-1855)
Stephen Benton Elkins, former Secretary of War.
Jacob M. Dickinson, former U.S. Secretary of War.
William W. Belknap, former Secretary of War and Army General.
Robert Porter Patterson, 55rd United States Secretary of War
Kenneth Claiborne Royall
Lewis Cass ( October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 1848.
Elihu Root (1845—1937)
Harry Hines Woodring, 53rd United States Secretary of War
Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) Governor and U.S. Senator of Michigan, Secretary of War during the Presidential adminisration of William McKinley.
Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), US politician, General of the War of 1812 and Secretary of War.
Timothy Pickering, U.S. Secretary of State, (ad interim August 20, 1795 to December 9, 1795) December 10, 1795 to May 12, 1800
Simon Cameron