| Cabinet Department |
Year
Established |
President |
| State |
1789 |
Washington |
| Treasury |
1789 |
Washington |
| Interior |
1849 |
Polk |
| Justice |
1870 |
Grant |
| Agriculture |
1889 |
Lincoln |
| Commerce1 |
1913 |
Wilson (T. Roosevelt) |
| Labor2 |
1913 |
Wilson (T. Roosevelt) |
| Defense3 |
1947 |
Truman (Washington) |
| Housing and Urban Development |
1965 |
Johnson |
| Transportation |
1966 |
Johnson |
| Energy |
1977 |
Carter (Eisenhower) |
| Education4 |
1980 |
Carter (Eisenhower) |
| Health and Human Services5 |
1980 |
Carter |
| Veterans' Affairs6 |
1989 |
Reagan |
| Homeland Security |
2002 |
Bush, George W. |
Adapted and updated from Edwards III, George C. and Stephen J. Wayne. Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making Fifth ed., New York: St. Martins, p. 189; Ragsdale, Lynn. 1996. Vital Statistics on the Presidency: Washington to Clinton. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, p. 279.
Footnote 1: Formerly the Department of Commerce and Labor, 1903.
Footnote 2: Formerly the Department of Commerce and Labor, 1903.
Footnote 3: Formerly the Department of War 1789; Department of Navy, 1798.
Footnote 4: Formerly the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953.
Footnote 5: Formerly the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953.
Footnote 6: Formerly Veterans Administration.