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United States Secretary of War

former statutory office and the head of the U.S. War Department
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United States Secretary of War
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United States Secretary of War

Summary

United States Secretary of War is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,015 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United States Secretary of War is in the country of United States[3].
  • United States Secretary of War's image is recorded as WarOfficeSeal1.gif[4].
  • United States Secretary of War's instance of is recorded as position[5].
  • United States Secretary of War's seal image is recorded as Seal of the United States War Office.png[6].
  • United States Secretary of War's official residence is recorded as Washington, D.C.[7].
  • United States Secretary of War's official residence is recorded as Fort Lesley J. McNair[8].
  • United States Secretary of War's subclass of is recorded as secretary of state[9].
  • United States Secretary of War's subclass of is recorded as minister of war[10].
  • United States Secretary of War's part of is recorded as United States Cabinet[11].
  • United States Secretary of War's Commons category is recorded as Secretaries of War of the United States[12].
  • United States Secretary of War's honorific prefix is recorded as The Honourable[13].
  • +1789-09-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United States Secretary of War[14].
  • United States Secretary of War was dissolved in +1947-09-19T00:00:00Z[15].
  • United States Secretary of War's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c028[16].
  • United States Secretary of War's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States secretaries of war[17].
  • United States Secretary of War's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[18].
  • United States Secretary of War's replaces is recorded as United States Secretary of Defense[19].
  • United States Secretary of War's replaced by is recorded as United States Secretary of the Army[20].
  • United States Secretary of War's replaced by is recorded as United States Secretary of the Air Force[21].
  • United States Secretary of War's replaced by is recorded as United States Secretary of the Navy[22].
  • United States Secretary of War's replaced by is recorded as United States Secretary of Defense[23].
  • United States Secretary of War's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'United States Secretary of War'}[24].
  • United States Secretary of War's has list is recorded as list of United States Secretaries of War[25].
  • United States Secretary of War's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as United States Department of War[26].
  • United States Secretary of War's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00070184n[27].

Why It Matters

United States Secretary of War ranks in the top 2% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,015 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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