President Abraham Lincoln Summons a Cabinet Meeting, Calling Secretary of State William Seward to Attend
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President Lincoln called a Cabinet meeting on April 22, 1864. The Diary of Navy Secretary Gideon Welles indicates “Cabinet meets. Secs. Seward, Chase, and Stanton absent.” Also on that day, the President approved a bill placing the inscription “In God We Trust” on coins. This was first used on 2-cent pieces. That...
President Lincoln called a Cabinet meeting on April 22, 1864. The Diary of Navy Secretary Gideon Welles indicates “Cabinet meets. Secs. Seward, Chase, and Stanton absent.” Also on that day, the President approved a bill placing the inscription “In God We Trust” on coins. This was first used on 2-cent pieces. That day he also discussed some promotions to general forwarded by Stanton. The meeting’s purpose might have been to discuss the change in coinage or the promotions.
Autograph note signed, Washington, April 22, 1864, to Secretary of State William Seward. “Hon. Sec. of State, please call and see me at 9 this morning. A. Lincoln.” As Sec. of the Navy later complained, Seward was not present. It would be interesting to know why Seward could not make the meeting.
Seward and Stanton looked on the State and War Departments as their fiefdoms, and Lincoln had to be careful about how he dealt with matters touching on those departments. Various letters and notes shows that Stanton and Seward could ignore Lincoln’s wishes or summonses when they felt the need. Perhaps this note is an example of that conduct.
This is the first time we can recall having had a Lincoln summons to a Cabinet meeting, and its being issued to the Secretary of State is all the more interesting.
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