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UNITED STATES VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

Name From State Term of Service Born Died John Adams. . . Massachusetts. 1789-1797 1735 1826 Thomas Jefferson. . Virginia. . . 1797-1801 1743 1826 Aaron Burr. . . New York. . 1801-1805 1756 1836 George Clinton. . u 1805-1812 1739 1812 Elbridge Gerry,. Massachusetts. 1813-1814 1744 1814 Daniel D, Tompkins. New York. . 1817-1825 1774 1825 John C. Calhoun. . South Carolina. 1825-1832 1782 1850 Martin Van Buren. New York. . 1833-1837 1782 1862 Richard M. Johnson. Kentucky. . 1837-1841 1780 1850 John Tyler .... Virginia. . . March-April 1841 1790 1862 George M. Dallas. . Pennsylvania. 1845-1849 1792 1864 Millard Fillmore. . New York,. 1849-1850 1800 1874 William R. King. . Alabama. . . 1853 1786 1853 John C. Breckinridge Kentucky. . 1857-1861 1821 1875 Hannibal Hamlin. . Maine. . . . 1861-1865 1809 1891 Andrew Johnson. . Tennessee. . March- April 1865 1808 1875 Schuyler Colfax. . Indiana. . . 1869-1873 1823 1885 Henry Wilson. . . Massachusetts. 1873-1875 1812 1875 William A. Wheeler. New York. . 1877-1881 1819 1887 Chester A. Arthur. u March-Sept. 1881 1830 1886 Thomas A. Hendricks Indiana. . . March-Nov. 25.1885 1819 1885 Levi P. Morton. . New York. . 1889-1893 1824 — Adlai E. Stevenson. Illinois. . . 1893-1897 1835

Garret A. Hobart New Jersey. . 1897 1844 —

Bides of the Executive Mansion. — By order of the President, the Cabinet meets on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week from 11 a.m. until 1 P.M. Senators and representatives are received from 10 a.m. to 12 m., except on Cabinet days. Visitors having business with the President are admitted from 12 to 1 o'clock daily, excepting Cabinet days, so far as public business will permit. The East Room, the general reception room of the Executive Mansion, is open daily, Sundays excepted, for the inspec- tion of visitors between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The administrative business of the Government is conducted by eight chief officers, or heads of Departments, denominated <' Secretaries," who constitute what is popularly known as the "Cabinet," although there is no legal or constitutional pro- vision for that designation. The Secretaries are chosen by the President, and commissioned by him after confirmation by the Senate. Each Secretary presides over his particular de- partment, and acts under the immediate authority of the Presi- dent. Each Secretary receives an annual salary of $8000, and holds office during the pleasure of the President. The