The Civil Service and the Patronage/Appendix A

by Carl Russell Fish

APPENDICES.

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APPENDIX A.

TRANSFER OF OFFICERS (1789-1791).

Table I.
Officers of the Confederation.

Old Position.				New Position.
Superintendent of Foreign Affairs		John Jay		Chief Justice.
Minister to France		Thomas Jefferson		Secretary of State.
Commissioner of Treasury Board		Samuel Osgood		Postmaster-general.
Secretary at War		Henry Knox		Secretary of War.
Governor of Northwest Territory		Arthur St. Clair		Governor of Northwest Territory.
Secretary of Northwest Territory		Winthrop Sargent		Secretary of Northwest Territory.
Judge of Northwest Territory		Samuel Holden Parsons		Judge of Northwest Territory.
Judge of Northwest Territory		John Cleves Symmes		Judge of Northwest Territory.
Continental Loan Officer in Virginia		John H. Hopkins		Commissioner of Loans for Virginia.
Assistant Secretary of Congress		Roger Alden		Place in State Department.

Table II.
State Customs Offices (1789-1791).

Collectors.
Number of national offices	67
State collectors or equivalents made federal collectors	27
State collectors appointed to lower offices	4
State collectors not appointed to any customs office	8
New offices, or no data	28
Naval Officers.
Number of national offices	13
State naval officers made federal naval officers	3
State collectors appointed	2
State naval officer not appointed to any customs office	1
New offices, or no data	7 (or 9)
Surveyors.
Number of national offices	56
State surveyors or searchers made federal surveyors	12
State collectors appointed	2
State surveyors not appointed to any customs office	6
New offices, or no data	36 (or 38)
Total.
Whole number of offices at beginning of federal government	136
State officers appointed to corresponding federal positions	42
State officers appointed to some other customs place	46
State officers not appointed to any customs place	15
New offices, or no data	75