Show cabinet members long terms Sec allson has been longer in office as a cabinet officer than any other member of a president s official family since the dais ot albert gal latin mr was appointed sec detary ot agriculture by president mckenley march 6 1897 and has ed continuously eyer since albert gallatin was appointed secretary 0 the treasury by president jefferson in 1801 served through both of his administrations through the first ot madison s and until april 17 1813 ot his second gallatin was foreign born as was secretary wilson the former a native of switzerland and the latter of scotland |