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President Ulysses S. Grant served two consecutives terms of office from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. His cabinet fluxated between reformers who supported civil service reform and those who faced corruption charges in office. Grant himself established the first Civil Service Commission and ended the moiety system.

Secretary of State

Elihu B. Washburne

Washburne's tenure as Secretary of State lasted for only eleven days. Grant had appointed Washburne for his sponsorship during the American Civil War. The idea was to give Washburne clout when he was to be appointed to minister to France. Grant's appointment came sooner then planned as Washburne became ill. Washburne served in France for eight years, where he became known for diplomatic integrity and his humanitarian support of Americans, other neutrals, and Germans in France during the Franco-Prussian War. For his efforts, he received formal praise from governments in both France and Germany. Washburne served under his successor Hamilton Fish.

Secretary of War

Department of Treasury

Cabinet

The Grant cabinet
Office	Name	Term
President	Ulysses S. Grant	1869–1877
Vice President	Schuyler Colfax	1869–1873
	Henry Wilson	1873–1875
None	1875–1877
Secretary of State	Elihu B. Washburne	1869
Hamilton Fish	1869–1877
Secretary of the Treasury	George S. Boutwell	1869–1873
	William A. Richardson	1873–1874
Benjamin H. Bristow	1874–1876
Lot M. Morrill	1876–1877
Secretary of War	John A. Rawlins	1869
	William W. Belknap	1869–1876
Alphonso Taft	1876
J. Donald Cameron	1876–1877
Attorney General	Ebenezer R. Hoar	1869–1870
	Amos T. Akerman	1870–1871
	George H. Williams	1871–1875
Edwards Pierrepont	1875–1876
Alphonso Taft	1876–1877
Postmaster General	John A. J. Creswell	1869–1874
	James W. Marshall	1874
Marshall Jewell	1874–1876
James N. Tyner	1876–1877
Secretary of the Navy	Adolph E. Borie	1869
George M. Robeson	1869–1877
Secretary of the Interior	Jacob D. Cox	1869–1870
	Columbus Delano	1870–1875
Zachariah Chandler	1875–1877