alleryStart learning →Which two men did Washington appoint as Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury?
AJohn Jay and Alexander Hamilton
BThomas Jefferson and James Madison
CThomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
DJohn Adams and Alexander Hamilton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
1. Congress quickly created departments of State and of the Treasury.
2. Washington named Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State.
3. He named Alexander Hamilton, his aide during the Revolution, Secretary of the Treasury.
4. John Jay was given the post of Chief Justice rather than a department.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section TWO ENDURING VIEWPOINTS COMPETE_
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