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Federal Government
Order of Establishment of the Executive Departments

*Indicates current Executive Departments in order of establishment.
Rank*
Year
Executive Departments
1
1789
2
1789
3
1789
1947
Department of War
Department of Defense (merger of War and Navy departments)
4
1789
1870
Attorney General
Department of Justice

1798
Department of the Navy
(merged with War Department in 1947)

1829
Postmaster General
(Post Office privatized in 1970)
5
1849
6
1862

1903
Department of Commerce and Labor
(Departments split in 1913)
7
1913
8
1913
9
1953
1980
10
1965
11
1966
12
1977
13
1979
14
1989
15
2002

See list of Cabinet Members by Administration.

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Executive Order on Succession at the Department of State
... an Order of Succession within the Department of State THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011229-8.html

Presidential Medal of Freedom - Executive Order 11494, Establishing the Presidential Citizens Medal
(b) The announcement of the granting of the Medal and the presentation ceremonies may take place at any time during the year. (c) Subject to the provisions of this order, the Medal may be conferred posthumously. SEC. 3. Design of the Medal. The ...
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Executive Order Establishing the President's Board on Safeguarding Americans' Civil Liberties
... 20 days after the date of this order and shall thereafter convene meetings of the Board at such times as the Chair, after consultation with the Vice Chair, deems appropriate. The Deputy Attorney General shall designate an official of the ...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040827-3.html

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