Order of Establishment of the Executive Departments

*Indicates current Executive Departments in order of establishment.
Rank*	Year	Executive Departments
1	1789	Department of State
2	1789	Department of the Treasury
3	1789 1947	Department of War Department of Defense (merger of War and Navy departments)
3	1789 1947
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	Department of the Interior
6	1862	Department of Agriculture
	1903	Department of Commerce and Labor (Departments split in 1913)
7	1913	Department of Commerce
8	1913	Department of Labor
9	1953 1980	Department of Health, Education and Welfare Department of Health and Human Services
10	1965	Department of Housing and Urban Development
11	1966	Department of Transportation
12	1977	Department of Energy
13	1979	Department of Education
14	1989	Department of Veterans’ Affairs
15	2002	Department of Homeland Security

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.
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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 ...
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