The Post Office Department ceased to exist as a Cabinet Department upon the establishment of the United States Postal Service, effective July 1, 1971. Winton M. Blount was the last Postmaster General to be appointed by a President of the United States.

The Navy and War Departments were merged into the National Military Establishment by Public Law 253, 80th Cong., approved July 26, 1947.

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'Recess appointment. Nomination not confirmed by the Senate (June 18, 1959).

"The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, approved Apr. 1, 1953 (67 Stat. 18; 5 U.S.C. 623), which, effective Apr. 11, 1953, abolished the Federal Security Agency and transferred its functions to the new Department. Name changed from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare effective May 4, 1980, pursuant to Executive Order 12212 of May 2, 1980.