Washington’s Cabinet
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No one could tell George Washington how to be president, for no one had ever had the job before. What he did would set an example (known as a precedent) for all the presidents to come. And he himself recognized this. He wrote, "I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."
As president, Washington was head of the executive branch of our three-branch government. Washington knew he couldn't make all the decisions of the executive branch by himself. So he appointed advisers—the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War and the Attorney General . All together they were known as the cabinet; a tradition that would be followed by every president to follow Washington. 
Washington’s Cabinet  Washington picked the very best people he could find. For secretary of state, he needed a man who knew a lot about foreign nations, so he chose Thomas Jefferson. The Secretary of State is principally concerned with foreign affairs and is considered to be the U.S. equivalent of a foreign minister. Today’s Secretary of State is John Kerry.
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