Within the executive branch, what did the three department heads and the attorney general come to be know as?

Question

USA History?

Answer 1

The Cabinet. The first President of the United States, George Washington, had only four members in his Cabinet, namely the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War and the first Attorney General (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/cabinet-members/).

 

The current Cabinet has 16 members (https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/).