Heavens, no. He was Secretary of War in the administration of the 14th US president, Franklin Pierce, but not in Lincolns cabinet.
The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
It was Henry Kissinger.
At the end of the US Civil War, General in Chief US Grant remained in that position. Later, President Andrew Johnson appointed US Grant to the position of secretary of war. Grant remained in that position until he was elected to the US presidency.
John Hay, The US. Ambassador To Great Britain, called it "A Splendid Little War" and then became the Secretary of State.
The position of Secretary of War refers to the leader of the War Department. This agency and position was disbanded in the US in 1947, after WWII. The most similar agency in the US is now the Department of Defense, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Simple: The Secretary of War
US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War.
Henry L. Stimson , if you meant the Secretary of War .
Colin Powell
Bob gates
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton.
Heavens, no. He was Secretary of War in the administration of the 14th US president, Franklin Pierce, but not in Lincolns cabinet.
The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
It was Henry Kissinger.
US Secretary of War