United States Assistant Secretary of War explained

Post:United States Assistant Secretary of War
Department:United States Department of War
Reports To:United States Secretary of War
Appointer:President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Termlength:No fixed term
First:Thomas Alexander Scott
Last:Howard C. Petersen

The United States Assistant Secretary of War was the second–ranking official within the American Department of War from 1861 to 1867, from 1882 to 1883, and from 1890 to 1940. According to the Military Laws of the United States, "The act of August 5, 1882 authorizing the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of War was repealed by the act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stat L., 331) the power conferred by the act of August 5, 1882 never having been exercised," indicating that the post was not filled between 1882 and 1883 (p. 45, footnote 2).

In 1940, the new position of United States Under Secretary of War replaced this position as the number-two office in the department. Assistant Secretary Robert P. Patterson became the first Under Secretary.[1]

The office continued to exercise administrative duties until the department's end in 1947, when the United States Department of Defense was established.

List of Assistant Secretaries of War

This list only includes those persons who served as the Assistant Secretary, or First Assistant Secretary. At various times, there were also "second" or "third" assistant secretaries, ranking below the Assistant Secretary.

Assistant Secretary of War for Air

The Air Corps Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 780), passed on July 2 of that year,[20] created a Second Assistant Secretary position in the War Department variously called "Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation," "Assistant Secretary of War for Air," or "Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics." Those holding the office, with an eigh-–year vacancy between 1933 and 1941, were F. Trubee Davison (1926–1933),[21] Robert A. Lovett (1941–1945),[22] and Stuart Symington (1946–1947).[23]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/robertpo.htm Arlington National Cemetery: Robert Porter Patterson
  2. Book: Perley Poore, Benjamin . political. The political register and congressional directory: a statistical record of the Federal Officials...1776-1878. 232 . 1878 . Houghton, Osgood and Company . Boston .
  3. http://www.history.army.mil/books/Sw-SA/App-A.htm Secretaries of War and Interim And Acting Secretaries Of The Army
  4. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1134 General Doe, soldier and lawyer, was pioneer in baseball
  5. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980DE4DC133EE333A25750C2A96F9C946197D6CF New York Times: G. D. Meiklejohn In Nebraska. Assistant Secretary of War Speaks at Grand Island on the History of Imperialism
  6. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DE2D6103EEE3ABC4F53DFB467838A639EDE New York Times
  7. http://www.sangermansion.com/history.htm Sanger Mansion
  8. https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaata01bosbgoog Pennsylvania at Antietam: Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial commission
  9. http://www.galleryofhistory.com/archive/1_2005/presidential/15534-PRESIDENT-THEODORE-ROOSEVELT.htm Gallery of History
  10. News: W. M. Ingraham, 80, Wilson Aide In 1917. Assistant Secretary of War for a Year Dies. Former Mayor of Portland, Me . William Moulton Ingraham, Assistant Secretary of War under President Wilson and a former Mayor of this city, died today at his home after a brief illness. He was 80 years old. ... . . October 13, 1951 . 2015-04-17 .
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20081222150147/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723080,00.html Time: "Crowell's Conspiracy," Oct. 15, 1923
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185429/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846966-2,00.html Time magazine
  13. News: . W. R. Williams Dies. Cabinet Aide In 1920. Assistant Secretary of War in the Wilson Administration. Was 65 Years Old . William Reid Williams, Assistant Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson and prominently identified with the business and social life of Richmond, died tonight. He was 65 years old . . 2015-04-20 .
  14. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dfdavis.htm Arlington National Cemetery: Dwight Filley Davis
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185155/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721349-2,00.html Time: "Change," October 26, 1925
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20081220115303/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,739368,00.html Time: "The Hoover Week"
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20100715224621/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,739146,00.html Time: "Second to Hurley," 1930
  18. News: . Frederick Payne, Former U.S. Aide. Assistant Secretary of War for Hoover Dies. Served Springfield Ordnance Unit . Frederick Huff Payne, Assistant Secretary of War under former President Herbert Hoover, died today at the home of his son, Groverman. He was 83 years old. . . March 25, 1960 . 2015-04-19 .
  19. http://ead.diglib.ku.edu/xml/ksrl.kc.woodringhpapers.html Guide to the Harry Hines Woodring Collection
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185535/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744273-4,00.html Time: "Job No. 2"
  21. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185550/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,731277,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Time: "New Amphibian"
  22. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185606/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,778069-2,00.html Time: "Methodists & Businessmen "
  23. https://web.archive.org/web/20120203112119/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887410,00.html Time: "Line-Up"

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