Former Cabinet Departments
- Department of War (1789–1949): subsumed into new Department of Defense.
- Department of the Navy (1798–1947): subsumed into new Department of Defense.
- Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the Postmaster General: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, an independent executive agency.
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