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== Tenures as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury == During his time at the War Department he urged congressional action to permit appointment and compensation of field officers for general staff duty. When [[Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Oliver Wolcott Jr.]] resigned in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter as interim secretary, and Dexter served from January to May 1801.<ref name=":0" /> With incoming President Thomas Jefferson wanting to delay his choice for Secretary of the Treasury, [[Albert Gallatin]], for a [[recess appointment]] in May, Dexter agreed to retain his duties as Secretary of the Treasury for the first two months of Jefferson's term.<ref>Dumas Malone, ''Jefferson The President: First Term, 1801-1805'', Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970, pp. 34β36.</ref> In a letter to his wife on March 5, 1801, Gallatin said that Dexter had behaved "with great civility."<ref>Dumas Malone, ''Jefferson The President: First Term, 1801-1805'', Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970, p. 36n.</ref>
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