Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The United States Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue and is administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, who is a member of the Cabinet. The first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, who came into office on the 11th of September 1789. President George Washington initially asked Robert Morris to serve as the Treasury's Secretary but the latter declined and recommended Hamilton...