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Announces principal Cabinet appointments

In the days after his inauguration Harding publicly named his principal Cabinet selections, including Charles Evans Hughes (State), Andrew Mellon (Treasury), Herbert Hoover (Commerce), Harry M. Daugherty (Attorney General), Will H. Hays (Postmaster General), John W. Weeks (War), and Albert B. Fall (Interior).

Announces principal Cabinet appointments

These appointments defined the administration's leadership and policy direction and included figures—most notably Fall and Daugherty—who would later become central to scandals that shaped Harding's legacy.

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