美国邮政部(1829年-1971年),及其负责人美国邮政部长:改组为美国邮政局(United States Postal Service),屬於新設独立机构。
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美国外交部长(United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs):设立于1789年7月,1789年9月更名为美国国务卿。[1]
美国商务与劳工部长(United States Department of Commerce and Labor):设立于1903年,在1913年更名为美国商务部长(United States Secretary of Commerce),其所负责的有关劳工问题转由新设立的美国劳工部长(United States Secretary of Labor)负责。
美国卫生、教育与福利部长(Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare):设立于1953年,在1979年更名为美国卫生及公共服务部长(United States Secretary of Health and Human Services),其所负责的有关教育问题转由新设立的美国教育部长(United States Secretary of Education)负责。
^The office of Secretary of Foreign Affairs existed under the Articles of Confederation from October 20, 1781 to March 3, 1789, the day before the United States Constitution|Constitution came into force.
^George Tenet. At the Center of the Storm. London: HarperCollins. 2007: 136. ISBN 0061147788. Under President Clinton, I was a cabinet member - a legacy of John Deutch's requirement when he took the job as DCI - but my contacts with the president, while always interesting, were sporadic. I could see him as often as I wanted but was not on a regular schedule. Under President Bush, the DCI lost its Cabinet-level status.
^Schoenfeld, Gabriel. The CIA Follies (Cont'd.). Commentary. July/August 2007 [2009-05-22]. Though he was to lose the cabinet rank he had enjoyed under Clinton, he came to enjoy “extraordinary access” to the new President, who made it plain that he wanted to be briefed every day.请检查|date=中的日期值 (帮助)[永久失效連結]
^Sciolino, Elaine. C.I.A. Chief Charts His Own Course. New York Times. 1996-09-29 [2009-05-22]. (原始内容存档于2020-02-21). It is no secret that Mr. Deutch initially turned down the intelligence position, and was rewarded for taking it by getting cabinet rank.
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Clinton, Bill. Remarks by the President and Lee Brown, Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy. White House. 1993-07-01 [2009-05-22]. (原始内容存档于2011-07-21). We are here today to install a uniquely qualified person to lead our nation's effort in the fight against illegal drugs and what they do to our children, to our streets, and to our communities. And to do it for the first time from a position sitting in the President's Cabinet.
^Cook, Dave. New drug czar gets lower rank, promise of higher visibility. Christan Science Monitor. 2009-03-11 [2009-03-16]. (原始内容存档于2009-03-15). For one thing, in the Obama administration the Drug Czar will not have Cabinet status, as the job did during George W. Bush’s administration.
Rudalevige, Andrew. "The President and the Cabinet", in Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 8th ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006).
Grossman, Mark. Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet (three volumes). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2000. ISBN 0-87436-977-0. A history of the United States and Confederate States cabinets, their secretaries, and their departments.
Bennett, Anthony. 'The American President's Cabinet' Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1996. ISBN 0-333-60691-4. A study of the U S Cabinet from Kennedy to Clinton.