Hvornår blev indenrigsministeriet dannet?
3. marts 1849
United States Department of the Interior
I 1849 erklærede Walker i sin årsberetning, at flere forbundskontorer var placeret i departementer, som de ikke havde meget at gøre med. Han bemærkede, at General Land Office havde lidt at gøre med finansministeriet, og fremhævede også kontoret for indianske anliggender, der var en del af krigsministeriet, og patentkontoret, der var en del af udenrigsministeriet. Walker argumenterede for, at disse og andre kontorer burde samles i et nyt indenrigsministerium. Et lovforslag, der gav tilladelse til oprettelsen af ministeriet, blev vedtaget af Repræsentanternes Hus den 15. februar 1849 og brugte kun lidt over to uger i Senatet. Departementet blev oprettet den 3. marts 1849 (9 Stat. 395), aftenen før præsident Zachary Taylors indsættelse, da Senatet stemte 31 mod 25 for oprettelsen af departementet. Vedtagelsen blev forsinket af Demokraterne i Kongressen, som var tilbageholdende med at oprette flere patronatsposter, som den kommende Whig-administration skulle besætte. Den første indenrigsminister blev Thomas Ewing.
March 3, 1849
United States Department of the Interior
In 1849, Walker stated in his annual report that several federal offices were placed in departments with which they had little to do. He noted that the General Land Office had little to do with the Treasury and also highlighted the Indian Affairs office, part of the Department of War, and the Patent Office, part of the Department of State. Walker argued that these and other bureaus should be brought together in a new Department of the Interior. A bill authorizing its creation of the Department passed the House of Representatives on February 15, 1849, and spent just over two weeks in the Senate. The Department was established on March 3, 1849 (9 Stat. 395), the eve of President Zachary Taylor's inauguration, when the Senate voted 31 to 25 to create the Department. Its passage was delayed by Democrats in Congress who were reluctant to create more patronage posts for the incoming Whig administration to fill. The first Secretary of the Interior was Thomas Ewing.
United States Department of the Interior