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Continuity of Government—A Network Approach to Cabinet Level Positions Peter A. Hook, JD, MSLIS
Electronic Services LibrarianIndiana Univ. School of Law—Bloomington
Doctoral Student School of Library and Information Science
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~pahook
The Greatest Connected Component
Number of Officials (As of June 6, 2008) Associative Conceptualization of the Cabinet Continuity Network
All networks rendered with Pajek.
Cabinet Mobility Network Is there a Starter Cabinet Position?
• In the graph on the right, arcs represent subsequent cabinet positions held by the same individual.
• In the aggregate, cabinet positions with a net outflow may be regarded as less prestigious than cabinet positions with a net inflow.
• Rationale: In the aggregate, once an individual has held a cabinet position, s/he will not accept a different one unless it is more desirable.
2 Mode Conceptualization of the Cabinet Network
Future President Cabinet Position Administration
Thomas Jefferson State George WashingtonJames Madison State Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
State
James MadisonWar
StateJohn Q. Adams State James Monroe
Martin Van Buren State Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan State James Polk
William Taft War Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover Commerce Harding Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Presidents that have been Cabinet Members
Nodes are both people and offices. This allows for a more nuanced capturing of an administration. High inflow degree for a particular cabinet position indicates high turnover for that particular position (Attorney General (4); Secretary of the Treasury (4)). High outflow for a particular individual might indicate high confidence placed in him/her by the President (Richardson (3)).
620 people have either been President of the United States, Vice President, a cabinet member, or some combination of the three. The numbers on this chart in parenthesis indicate the number of unique individuals in a particular cabinet position. (People are counted twice if they served more than once in the same office with at least one other person serving between the two terms.) The numbers do not sum to 620, because, on average, each person serves in 1.14 different offices.
(42)
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(80)Gray nodes are cabinet officials serving 30 or more days in two or more administrations. The arcs point to the presidents under whom they served (green nodes).
Harrison caveat – As President William Harrison was only in office for 32 days, all of his cabinet officials were counted as having served at least 30 days.
Breaks in ContinuityThe following presidents did not have any cabinet members that were cabinet members for 30 or more days in a previous administration:
Highest out degree = Most administrations served:
John C. Calhoun (4 ) & Henry L. Stimson (4)
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vs.Secretary of State Postmaster GeneralOut Degree Weight - 9In Degree Weight - 1Net - 8 Out
Out Degree Weight - 5In Degree Weight - 24Net - 19 InNote: Out Degree does not include 6 who became President
Σ In Weights
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Σ Out Weights
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State 24 5 19Treasury 11 6 5Commerce 6 2 4Vice President 5 2 3Interior 4 1 3HHS 2 0 2Energy 2 1 1Defense 4 4 0Education 0 0 0Veterans Affairs 0 0 0Homeland Security 0 0 0Labor 1 2 -1Transportation 1 2 -1HUD 0 2 -2Navy 4 7 -3Agriculture 0 3 -3Commerce and Labor 0 3 -3Health, Ed., and Welfare 1 5 -4Attorney General 6 12 -6War 5 12 -7Postmaster General 1 9 -8
Arcs represent subsequent cabinet positions held by the same individual.