### March 26 On March 26, 1790, I took part in the very first presidential cabinet meeting. President George Washington organized it, and the other members present were Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, Henry Knox, Secretary of War, and Edmund Randolph, Attorney General. It was quite a momentous occasion for me as Secretary of the Treasury! It was also notable because even though I had been appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Washington on September 11th of the year before, I had not yet moved to the new capital in Philadelphia. So, this was the first time I met my fellow Cabinet members face-to-face! Perhaps the most humorous part of the cabinet meeting - and something that still makes me smile when I think about it - is that Washington's servant had to bring in two armchairs to complete the circle because the chairs at President Washington's house were not big enough to fit all the members! It's stories like this which make history so interesting. Even after almost 230 years, there are still fun facts to discover about our nation's earliest endeavors.