====1797-1801==== ^Office^Office Holder^Political Party^Home State^Preceded by^Followed by^ ^Executive Chair|Thomas Jefferson|Democratic-Republican|Virginia|George Washington|Alexander Hamilton| ^Constitutional Chair|Alexander Hamilton|Federalist|New York|George Mason|Thomas Jefferson| ^Chair of State|John Adams|Federalist|Massachusetts|Thomas Jefferson|James Madison| ^Chair of the Treasury|James Madison|Democratic-Republican|Virginia|Alexander Hamilton|John Adams| ^Chair of Justice|John Marshall|Federalist|New York|John Jay|John Marshall| ^Chair of Defense|John Paul Jones (through 1799)|American|New York|Henry Knox|//Office Ended//| ^Chair of the Interior|James Monroe|Democratic-Republican|Virginia|John Adams|James Monroe| ^Chair of the Army|John Paul Jones (from 1799)|American|New York|//Office Created//|John Quincy Adams| ^Chair of the Navy|John Paul Jones (from 1799)|American|New York|//Office Created//|William Bainbridge|