The heads of the executive departments are—if eligible—in the presidential line of succession. ==History== The tradition of the Cabinet arose out of the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention regarding whether the president would exercise executive authority solely or collaboratively with a cabinet of ministers or a privy council.
Congress. Department of Social Welfare, proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937. Department of Public Works, proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937. Department of Conservation (renamed Department of Interior), proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937. Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, proposed by President John F.
Senate's list of Cabinet members who did not attend the State of the Union Address (since 1984) United States
The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1996.
Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO; three volumes, 2000; reprint, New York: Greyhouse Publishing; two volumes, 2010).
(Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006). ==External links== Official site of the President's Cabinet U.S.
Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO; three volumes, 2000; reprint, New York: Greyhouse Publishing; two volumes, 2010).
As of April 13, 2021, there were 24 members (26 including the president and vice president): 15 department heads, and nine Cabinet-level members, all of whom, except two, had received Senate confirmation.
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