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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As outrageous as this is, it made me curious... for me, the Department of Education is just one of those things I've kind of always known about, but did you know that the current office and secretary was created in 1979? Under Jimmy Carter?

🤯

It's amazing how... recent... a lot of these cabinet positions actually are:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States

Homeland Security - 2003 (that tracks)
Veterans Affairs - 1989
Education - 1979
(Previously "Health, Education, and Welfare") - 1953
Energy - 1977
Transportation - 1967
Housing and Urban Development - 1966
Health and Human Services - 1980
(Previously "Health, Education, and Welfare") - 1953
Labor - 1913
(Previously "Commerce and Labor") - 1903
Commerce - 1913
(Previously "Commerce and Labor") - 1903
Agriculture - 1862
Interior - 1849
Attorney General - 1789
Defense - 1947
(Previously "Secretary of War") - 1789
(Previously "Secretary of the Navy") - 1798
(Previously "Secretary AT War") - 1783
Treasury - 1789
(Previously "Superintendent of Finance") - 1771
State - 1789
(Previously "Secretary of foreign affairs") - 1781
Vice President - 1789

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America, land of development. /s

It doesn't surprise me considering how long it took for them to allow women to vote, how long it took them to establish civil rights for blacks, how long it took them to legalize same sex marriage (that's going to be undone at somepoint in the future).

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

They might even throw out mixed race marriage the way things are going...

Thomas - "Thank god, I've been trying to get rid of her for YEARS!"