aug 30, 1789 - Congress creates the Department of Foreign Affairs
Description:
Washington introduces departments of state, war and foreign affairs. He and Jefferson also introduced the patronage system, something that was most prominently featured in Andrew Jackson's government (1828), who argued that it would reduce corruption since it would force civil servants to rotate outAdded to timeline:
Date:
aug 30, 1789
Now
~ 234 years ago
