Cupboard of George Firedawn

The Cupboard of George Firedawn was the official executive advisory and enforcement panel of President of the United States of Quentin George Firedawn. The Cupboard was made up of three executive secretaries and the GTNEC. The members were Max Wagner as GTNEC, Felicity Jones as Secretary of State, Jefferson Diversiton as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and David Ellison as Secretary of Professions and Labor.

The Cupboard of George Firedawn was the first ever to be assembled, with the ratification of the Constitution coming just one year prior to the formation of the Cupboard. The document authorized the creation of the advisory panel, with officials appointed by the President, which he did in 1835, but only after the House of Bureaucrats created the first three executive departments, with the Constitution being unspecific on the matter of addition of departments. Firedawn served two terms as President, and had the same four officials for both terms, something done only twice in history for multi-term Presidents, the other being Olivia Ehresman.

Cupboard (First and Second Terms)

Position	Name	Tenure	Date Inaugurated	Political Party
GTNEC	Max Wagner	1834-1842	May 1st, 1834	Mild RePublican Party
Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Jefferson Diversiton	1834-1842	May 1st, 1835	Independent
Secretary of State	Felicity Jones	1834-1842	August 1st, 1835	Fundamentalist Party
Secretary of Professions and Labor	David Ellison	1834-1842	May 1st, 1835	Mild RePublican Party

Confirmation Process

The confirmation process for the Firedawn Cupboard was unlike most confirmations today. The House of Bureaucrats had to confirm the candidates of President Firedawn, however this was not stipulated in the Constitution, and was only done as a result of a huge imbalance of power in the federal government favoring the legislature. Another odd quality of the Firedawn confirmation process was the fact that only one of the four members of the Cupboard were of Firedawn's Fundamentalist Party.

Jefferson Diversiton

The confirmation process of Jefferson Diversiton as Secretary of Foreign Affairs began on March 18th, 1835, after the appointment by Firedawn on March 3rd. The House of Bureaucrats examined the history of Diversiton, and after being asked what experience he had writing government policy, he dryly pointed to the Constitution hanging on the wall of the chamber, which bore his signature. The rest of the process was quick, with the House receiving confirmation from the rest of the government that Diversiton had not committed any major crimes, and he was approved on March 21st.

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones was perhaps the longest confirmation process of the three secretaries, mainly because of her political views as a part of the Fundamentalist Party. At the time, the House was made up of independents and Mild RePublicans, and Jones went through a rigorous questioning process starting on July 1st, 1835 after her appointment on May 13th. The House was reluctant to accept a Fundamentalist at the position, and had in fact rejected a many other Fundamentalist candidates for the Cupboard. However Felicity Jones met many qualifications, having actually served in the Megatridimensional government before the war as a surveyor and assistant in the Megatridimensional Senate. While many pundits and Bureaucrats used this as a question of her loyalty, eventually her credentials prevailed and she was confirmed on July 24th.

David Ellison

David Ellison had the shortest confirmation process, as he was a firm Mild RePublican and was a war hero, serving in the Quentinian War for Independence as one of the three Territorial Generals. He was appointed on March 1st by the President, and was quickly confirmed on March 9th after the process began the day before, despite some in the press and House of Representatives raising questions about his qualifications for a position regarding Professions and Labor.

Other Nominees

Other possible nominees for Cupboard positions included J.P. Marketington for Professions, George Penswill for Foreign Affairs, Cockington Ravenclaw for Foreign Affairs, although he was already engaged as a bureaucrat, and Maxamiil Schlager for State. Most of these nominees were Fundamentalist, and were quickly shot down by the House of Bureaucrats, although others like Maxamiil Schlager and Cockington Ravenclaw turned down the nomination.