James Forrestal

James Forrestal


1st United States Secretary of Defense
In office September 17, 1947 – March 28, 1949
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Louis A. Johnson
48th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office May 19, 1944 – September 17, 1947
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Frank Knox
Succeeded by	John Sullivan
United States Under Secretary of the Navy
In office August 22, 1940 – May 16, 1944
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ralph Austin Bard

Personal details
Born	James Vincent Forrestal (1892-02-15)February 15, 1892 Matteawan, New York, U.S. (now Beacon)
Died	May 22, 1949(1949-05-22) (aged 57) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Josephine Ogden Stovall
Children	2, including Michael
Education	Dartmouth College Princeton University (BA)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War I

James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was a United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.

United States Secretaries of Defense
Forrestal • Johnson • Marshall • Lovett • Wilson • McElroy • T. Gates • McNamara • Clifford • Laird • Richardson • Schlesinger • Rumsfeld • Brown • Weinberger • Carlucci • Cheney • Aspin • Perry • Cohen • Rumsfeld • R. Gates • Panetta • Hagel • Carter • Mattis • Esper • Austin • Hegseth

v t e United States Secretaries of the Navy
Cabinet Level	Stoddert • Smith • Hamilton • Jones • Crowninshield • S Thompson • Southard • Branch • Woodbury • Dickerson • Paulding • Badger • Upshur • Henshaw • Gilmer • Mason • Bancroft • Mason • Preston • Graham • Kennedy • Dobbin • Toucey • Welles • Borie • Robeson • R Thompson • Goff • Hunt • Chandler • Whitney • Tracy • Herbert • Long • Moody • Morton • Bonaparte • Metcalf • Newberry • Meyer • Daniels • Denby • Wilbur • Adams • Swanson • Knox • Forrestal	Flag of the Secretary of the Navy
Dept. of Defense	Sullivan • Matthews • Kimball • Anderson • Thomas • Gates • Franke • Connally • Korth • Nitze • Ignatius • Chafee • Warner • Middendorf • Claytor • Hidalgo • Lehman • Webb • Ball • Garrett • O'Keefe • Dalton • Danzig • England • Winter • Mabus • Spencer • Braithwaite • Del Toro	Flag of the Secretary of the Navy

v t e Cabinet of President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
Vice President	None (1945–1949) Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
Secretary of State	Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1945) James F. Byrnes (1945–1947) George Marshall (1947–1949) Dean Acheson (1949–1953)
Secretary of the Treasury	Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1945) Fred M. Vinson (1945–1946) John Wesley Snyder (1946–1953)
Secretary of War	Henry L. Stimson (1945) Robert P. Patterson (1945–1947) Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1947)
Secretary of Defense	James Forrestal (1947–1949) Louis A. Johnson (1949–1950) George Marshall (1950–1951) Robert A. Lovett (1951–1953)
Attorney General	Francis Biddle (1945) Tom C. Clark (1945–1949) J. Howard McGrath (1949–1952) James P. McGranery (1952–1953)
Postmaster General	Frank Comerford Walker (1945) Robert E. Hannegan (1945–1947) Jesse M. Donaldson (1947–1953)
Secretary of the Navy	James Forrestal (1945–1947)
Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1945–1946) Julius A. Krug (1946–1949) Oscar L. Chapman (1949–1953)
Secretary of the Agriculture	Claude R. Wickard (1945) Clinton P. Anderson (1945–1948) Charles F. Brannan (1948–1953)
Secretary of Commerce	Henry A. Wallace (1945–1946) W. Averell Harriman (1946–1948) Charles W. Sawyer (1948–1953)
Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1945) Lewis B. Schwellenbach (1945–1948) Maurice J. Tobin (1948–1953)

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