The heads of major executive departments
of government constitute the Cabinet. This institution, not provided
for in the U.S. Constitution, developed as an advisory body out
of the desire of presidents to consult on policy matters. Aside
from its advisory role, the Cabinet as a body has no formal function
and wields no executive authority. Individual members exercise authority
as heads of their departments, reporting to the president.
In addition to the heads of federal
departments as listed below, the Cabinet commonly includes other
officials designated by the president as of Cabinet rank.
The officials so designated by Pres.
George W. Bush include: Vice Pres. Richard B. Cheney, Chief of Staff
to the President Andrew H. Card Jr., Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen
Johnson, Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua B. Bolten,
Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters,
and United States Trade Representative Rob Portman.
The Cabinet meets at times set by the
president. Members of Pres. Bush's Cabinet listed in this
chapter are as of Oct. 2005.
Secretaries of State
The Department of Foreign Affairs was created by act of
Congress on July 27, 1789, and the name changed to Department of
State on Sept. 15, 1789.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Washington |
Thomas
Jefferson |
VA |
1789 |
|
Edmund
Randolph |
VA |
1794 |
|
Timothy
Pickering |
PA |
1795 |
|
Adams, J. |
Timothy
Pickering |
PA |
1797 |
|
John Marshall |
VA |
1800 |
|
Jefferson |
James Madison |
VA |
1801 |
|
Madison |
Robert
Smith |
MD |
1809 |
|
James Monroe |
VA |
1811 |
|
Monroe |
John Quincy
Adams |
MA |
1817 |
|
Adams,
J.Q. |
Henry Clay |
KY |
1825 |
|
Jackson |
Martin
Van Buren |
NY |
1829 |
|
Edward
Livingston |
LA |
1831 |
|
Louis McLane |
DE |
1833 |
|
John Forsyth |
GA |
1834 |
|
Van Buren |
John Forsyth |
GA |
1837 |
|
Harrison,
W.H. |
Daniel
Webster |
MA |
1841 |
|
Tyler |
Daniel
Webster |
MA |
1841 |
|
Abel P.
Upshur |
VA |
1843 |
|
John C.
Calhoun |
SC |
1844 |
|
Polk |
John C.
Calhoun |
SC |
1845 |
|
James Buchanan |
PA |
1845 |
|
Taylor |
James Buchanan |
PA |
1849 |
|
John M.
Clayton |
DE |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
John M.
Clayton |
DE |
1850 |
|
Daniel
Webster |
MA |
1850 |
|
Edward
Everett |
MA |
1852 |
|
Pierce |
William
L. Marcy |
NY |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
William
L. Marcy |
NY |
1857 |
|
Lewis Cass |
MI |
1857 |
|
Jeremiah
S. Black |
PA |
1860 |
|
Lincoln |
Jeremiah
S. Black |
PA |
1861 |
|
William
H. Seward |
NY |
1861 |
|
Johnson,
A. |
William
H. Seward |
NY |
1865 |
|
Grant |
Elihu B.
Washburne |
IL |
1869 |
|
Hamilton
Fish |
NY |
1869 |
|
Hayes |
Hamilton
Fish |
NY |
1877 |
|
William
M. Evarts |
NY |
1877 |
|
Garfield |
William
M. Evarts |
NY |
1881 |
|
James G.
Blaine |
ME |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
James G.
Blaine |
ME |
1881 |
|
F.T. Frelinghuysen |
NJ |
1881 |
|
Cleveland |
F.T. Frelinghuysen |
NJ |
1885 |
|
Thomas
F. Bayard |
DE |
1885 |
|
Harrison,
B. |
Thomas
F. Bayard |
DE |
1889 |
|
Harrison, B. |
James G.
Blaine |
ME |
1889 |
|
John W.
Foster |
IN |
1892 |
|
Cleveland |
Walter
Q. Gresham |
IN |
1893 |
|
Richard
Olney |
MA |
1895 |
|
McKinley |
Richard
Olney |
MA |
1897 |
|
John Sherman |
OH |
1897 |
|
William
R. Day |
OH |
1898 |
|
John Hay |
DC |
1898 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
John Hay |
DC |
1901 |
|
Elihu Root |
NY |
1905 |
|
Robert
Bacon |
NY |
1909 |
|
Taft |
Robert
Bacon |
NY |
1909 |
|
Philander
C. Knox |
PA |
1909 |
|
Wilson |
Philander
C. Knox |
PA |
1913 |
|
William
J. Bryan |
NE |
1913 |
|
Robert
Lansing |
NY |
1915 |
|
Bainbridge
Colby |
NY |
1920 |
|
Harding |
Charles
E. Hughes |
NY |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Charles
E. Hughes |
NY |
1923 |
|
Frank B.
Kellogg |
MN |
1925 |
|
Hoover |
Frank B.
Kellogg |
MN |
1929 |
|
Henry L.
Stimson |
NY |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
Cordell
Hull |
TN |
1933 |
|
E.R. Stettinius
Jr. |
VA |
1944 |
|
Truman |
E.R. Stettinius
Jr. |
VA |
1945 |
|
James F.
Byrnes |
SC |
1945 |
|
George
C. Marshall |
PA |
1947 |
|
Dean G.
Acheson |
CT |
1949 |
|
Eisenhower |
John Foster
Dulles |
NY |
1953 |
|
Christian
A. Herter |
MA |
1959 |
|
Kennedy |
Dean Rusk |
NY |
1961 |
|
Johnson,
L.B. |
Dean Rusk |
NY |
1963 |
|
Nixon |
William
P. Rogers |
NY |
1969 |
|
Henry A.
Kissinger |
DC |
1973 |
|
Ford |
Henry A.
Kissinger |
DC |
1974 |
|
Carter |
Cyrus R.
Vance |
NY |
1977 |
|
Edmund
S. Muskie |
ME |
1980 |
|
Reagan |
Alexander
M. Haig Jr. |
CT |
1981 |
|
George
P. Shultz |
CA |
1982 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
James A.
Baker III |
TX |
1989 |
|
Lawrence
S. Eagleburger |
MI |
1992 |
|
Clinton |
Warren
M. Christopher |
CA |
1993 |
|
Madeleine
K. Albright |
DC |
1997 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Colin L.
Powell |
NY |
2001 |
|
Condoleezza
Rice |
DC |
2005 |
Secretaries of the Treasury
The Treasury Department was organized by act of Congress
on Sept. 2, 1789.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Washington |
Alexander
Hamilton |
NY |
1789 |
|
Oliver
Wolcott |
CT |
1795 |
|
Adams, J. |
Oliver
Wolcott |
CT |
1797 |
|
Samuel
Dexter |
MA |
1801 |
|
Jefferson |
Samuel
Dexter |
MA |
1801 |
|
Albert
Gallatin |
PA |
1801 |
|
Madison |
Albert
Gallatin |
PA |
1809 |
|
George
W. Campbell |
TN |
1814 |
|
Alexander
J. Dallas |
PA |
1814 |
|
William
H. Crawford |
GA |
1816 |
|
Monroe |
William
H. Crawford |
GA |
1817 |
|
Adams,
J.Q. |
Richard
Rush |
PA |
1825 |
|
Jackson |
Samuel
D. Ingham |
PA |
1829 |
|
Louis McLane |
DE |
1831 |
|
William
J. Duane |
PA |
1833 |
|
Roger B.
Taney |
MD |
1833 |
|
Levi Woodbury |
NH |
1834 |
|
Van Buren |
Levi Woodbury |
NH |
1837 |
|
Harrison,
W.H. |
Thomas
Ewing |
OH |
1841 |
|
Tyler |
Thomas
Ewing |
OH |
1841 |
|
Walter
Forward |
PA |
1841 |
|
John C.
Spencer |
NY |
1843 |
|
George
M. Bibb |
KY |
1844 |
|
Polk |
Robert
J. Walker |
MS |
1845 |
|
Taylor |
William
M. Meredith |
PA |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
Thomas
Corwin |
OH |
1850 |
|
Pierce |
James Guthrie |
KY |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
Howell
Cobb |
GA |
1857 |
|
Phillip
F. Thomas |
MD |
1860 |
|
John A.
Dix |
NY |
1861 |
|
Lincoln |
Salmon
P. Chase |
OH |
1861 |
|
William
P. Fessenden |
ME |
1864 |
|
Hugh McCulloch |
IN |
1865 |
|
Johnson,
A. |
Hugh McCulloch |
IN |
1865 |
|
Grant |
George
S. Boutwell |
MA |
1869 |
|
William
A. Richardson |
MA |
1873 |
|
Benjamin
H. Bristow |
KY |
1874 |
|
Lot M.
Morrill |
ME |
1876 |
|
Hayes |
John Sherman |
OH |
1877 |
|
Garfield |
William
Windom |
MN |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
Charles
J. Folger |
NY |
1881 |
|
Walter
Q. Gresham |
IN |
1884 |
|
Hugh McCulloch |
IN |
1884 |
|
Cleveland |
Daniel
Manning |
NY |
1885 |
|
Charles
S. Fairchild |
NY |
1887 |
|
Harrison, B. |
William
Windom |
MN |
1889 |
|
Charles
Foster |
OH |
1891 |
|
Cleveland |
John G.
Carlisle |
KY |
1893 |
|
McKinley |
Lyman J.
Gage |
IL |
1897 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
Lyman J.
Gage |
IL |
1901 |
|
Leslie
M. Shaw |
IA |
1902 |
|
George
B. Cortelyou |
NY |
1907 |
|
Taft |
Franklin
MacVeagh |
IL |
1909 |
|
Wilson |
William
G. McAdoo |
NY |
1913 |
|
Carter
Glass |
VA |
1918 |
|
David F.
Houston |
MO |
1920 |
|
Harding |
Andrew
W. Mellon |
PA |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Andrew
W. Mellon |
PA |
1923 |
|
Hoover |
Andrew
W. Mellon |
PA |
1929 |
|
Ogden L.
Mills |
NY |
1932 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
William
H. Woodin |
NY |
1933 |
|
Henry Morgenthau,
Jr. |
NY |
1934 |
|
Truman |
Fred M.
Vinson |
KY |
1945 |
|
John W.
Snyder |
MO |
1946 |
|
Eisenhower |
George
M. Humphrey |
OH |
1953 |
|
Robert
B. Anderson |
CT |
1957 |
|
Kennedy |
C. Douglas
Dillon |
NJ |
1961 |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
C. Douglas
Dillon |
NJ |
1963 |
|
Henry H.
Fowler |
VA |
1965 |
|
Joseph
W. Barr |
IN |
1968 |
|
Nixon |
David M.
Kennedy |
IL |
1969 |
|
John B.
Connally |
TX |
1971 |
|
George
P. Shultz |
IL |
1972 |
|
William
E. Simon |
NJ |
1974 |
|
Ford |
William
E. Simon |
NJ |
1974 |
|
Carter |
W. Michael
Blumenthal |
MI |
1977 |
|
G. William
Miller |
RI |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Donald
T. Regan |
NY |
1981 |
|
James A.
Baker III |
TX |
1985 |
|
Nicholas
F. Brady |
NJ |
1988 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Nicholas
F. Brady |
NJ |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Lloyd Bentsen |
TX |
1993 |
|
Robert
E. Rubin |
NY |
1995 |
|
Lawrence
H. Summers |
CT |
1999 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Paul H.
O'Neill |
PA |
2001 |
|
John W.
Snow |
PA |
2003 |
Secretaries of Defense
The Department of Defense, originally designated the National
Military Establishment, was created on Sept. 18, 1947. It is headed by
the secretary of defense, who is a member of the president's
Cabinet. The departments of the army, of the navy, and of the air force
function within the Defense Department, and since 1947 the secretaries
of these departments have not been members of the president's
Cabinet.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Truman |
James V.
Forrestal |
NY |
1947 |
|
Louis A.
Johnson |
WV |
1949 |
|
George
C. Marshall |
PA |
1950 |
|
Robert
A. Lovett |
NY |
1951 |
|
Eisenhower |
Charles
E. Wilson |
MI |
1953 |
|
Neil H.
McElroy |
OH |
1957 |
|
Thomas
S. Gates Jr. |
PA |
1959 |
|
Kennedy |
Robert
S. McNamara |
MI |
1961 |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
Robert
S. McNamara |
MI |
1963 |
|
Clark M.
Clifford |
MD |
1968 |
|
Nixon |
Melvin
R. Laird |
WI |
1969 |
|
Elliot
L. Richardson |
MA |
1973 |
|
James R.
Schlesinger |
VA |
1973 |
|
Ford |
James R.
Schlesinger |
VA |
1974 |
|
Donald
H. Rumsfeld |
IL |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Harold
Brown |
CA |
1977 |
|
Reagan |
Caspar
W. Weinberger |
CA |
1981 |
|
Frank C.
Carlucci |
PA |
1987 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Richard
B. Cheney |
WY |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Les Aspin |
WI |
1993 |
|
William
J. Perry |
CA |
1994 |
|
William
S. Cohen |
ME |
1997 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Donald
H. Rumsfeld |
IL |
2001 |
Secretaries of War
The War Department (which included jurisdiction over the
navy until 1798) was created by act of Congress on Aug. 7, 1789,
and Gen. Henry Knox was commissioned secretary of war under that
act on Sept. 12, 1789.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Washington |
Henry Knox |
MA |
1789 |
|
Timothy
Pickering |
PA |
1795 |
|
James McHenry |
MD |
1796 |
|
Adams, J. |
James McHenry |
MD |
1797 |
|
Samuel
Dexter |
MA |
1800 |
|
Jefferson |
Henry Dearborn |
MA |
1801 |
|
Madison |
William
Eustis |
MA |
1809 |
|
John Armstrong |
NY |
1813 |
|
James Monroe |
VA |
1814 |
|
William
H. Crawford |
GA |
1815 |
|
Monroe |
John C.
Calhoun |
SC |
1817 |
|
Adams, J.Q. |
James Barbour |
VA |
1825 |
|
Peter B.
Porter |
NY |
1828 |
|
Jackson |
John H.
Eaton |
TN |
1829 |
|
Lewis Cass |
MI |
1831 |
|
Benjamin
F. Butler |
NY |
1837 |
|
Van Buren |
Joel R.
Poinsett |
SC |
1837 |
|
Harrison,
W.H. |
John Bell |
TN |
1841 |
|
Tyler |
John Bell |
TN |
1841 |
|
John C.
Spencer |
NY |
1841 |
|
James M.
Porter |
PA |
1843 |
|
William
Wilkins |
PA |
1844 |
|
Polk |
William
L. Marcy |
NY |
1845 |
|
Taylor |
George
W. Crawford |
GA |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
Charles
M. Conrad |
LA |
1850 |
|
Pierce |
Jefferson
Davis |
MS |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
John B.
Floyd |
VA |
1857 |
|
Joseph
Holt |
KY |
1861 |
|
Lincoln |
Simon Cameron |
PA |
1861 |
|
Edwin M.
Stanton |
PA |
1862 |
|
Johnson, A. |
Edwin M.
Stanton |
PA |
1865 |
|
John M.
Schofield |
IL |
1868 |
|
Grant |
John A.
Rawlins |
IL |
1869 |
|
William
T. Sherman |
OH |
1869 |
|
William
W. Belknap |
IA |
1869 |
|
Alphonso
Taft |
OH |
1876 |
|
James D.
Cameron |
PA |
1876 |
|
Hayes |
George
W. McCrary |
IA |
1877 |
|
Alexander
Ramsey |
MN |
1879 |
|
Garfield |
Robert
T. Lincoln |
IL |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
Robert
T. Lincoln |
IL |
1881 |
|
Cleveland |
William
C. Endicott |
MA |
1885 |
|
Harrison, B. |
Redfield
Proctor |
VT |
1889 |
|
Stephen
B. Elkins |
WV |
1891 |
|
Cleveland |
Daniel
S. Lamont |
NY |
1893 |
|
McKinley |
Russel
A. Alger |
MI |
1897 |
|
Elihu Root |
NY |
1899 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
Elihu Root |
NY |
1901 |
|
William
H. Taft |
OH |
1904 |
|
Luke E.
Wright |
TN |
1908 |
|
Taft |
Jacob M.
Dickinson |
TN |
1909 |
|
Henry L.
Stimson |
NY |
1911 |
|
Wilson |
Lindley
M. Garrison |
NJ |
1913 |
|
Newton
D. Baker |
OH |
1916 |
|
Harding |
John W.
Weeks |
MA |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
John W.
Weeks |
MA |
1923 |
|
Dwight
F. Davis |
MO |
1925 |
|
Hoover |
James W.
Good |
IL |
1929 |
|
Patrick
J. Hurley |
OK |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
George
H. Dern |
UT |
1933 |
|
Harry H.
Woodring |
KS |
1937 |
|
Henry L.
Stimson |
NY |
1940 |
|
Truman |
Robert
P. Patterson |
NY |
1945 |
|
Kenneth
C. Royall1 |
NC |
1947 |
(1) - Last member of the Cabinet with this title. The War Department
became the Department of the Army and became a branch of the Department
of Defense in 1947.
Secretaries of the Navy
The Navy Department was created by act of Congress on
Apr. 30, 1798.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Adams,
J. |
Benjamin
Stoddert |
MD |
1798 |
|
Jefferson |
Benjamin
Stoddert |
MD |
1801 |
|
Robert
Smith |
MD |
1801 |
|
Madison |
Paul Hamilton |
SC |
1809 |
|
William
Jones |
PA |
1813 |
|
Benjamin
W. Crowninshield |
MA |
1814 |
|
Monroe |
Benjamin
W. Crowninshield |
MA |
1817 |
|
Smith Thompson |
NY |
1818 |
|
Samuel
L. Southard |
NJ |
1823 |
|
Adams,
J.Q. |
Samuel
L. Southard |
NJ |
1825 |
|
Jackson |
John Branch |
NC |
1829 |
|
Levi Woodbury |
NH |
1831 |
|
Mahlon
Dickerson |
NJ |
1834 |
|
Van Buren |
Mahlon
Dickerson |
NJ |
1837 |
|
James K.
Paulding |
NY |
1838 |
|
Harrison,
W.H. |
George
E. Badger |
NC |
1841 |
|
Tyler |
George
E. Badger |
NC |
1841 |
|
Abel P.
Upshur |
VA |
1841 |
|
David Henshaw |
MA |
1843 |
|
Thomas
W. Gilmer |
VA |
1844 |
|
John Y.
Mason |
VA |
1844 |
|
Polk |
George
Bancroft |
MA |
1845 |
|
John Y.
Mason |
VA |
1846 |
|
Taylor |
William
B. Preston |
VA |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
William
A. Graham |
NC |
1850 |
|
John P.
Kennedy |
MD |
1852 |
|
Pierce |
James C.
Dobbin |
NC |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
Isaac Toucey |
CT |
1857 |
|
Lincoln |
Gideon
Welles |
CT |
1861 |
|
Johnson,
A. |
Gideon
Welles |
CT |
1865 |
|
Grant |
Adolph
E. Borie |
PA |
1869 |
|
George
M. Robeson |
NJ |
1869 |
|
Hayes |
Richard
W. Thompson |
IN |
1877 |
|
Nathan
Goff Jr. |
WV |
1881 |
|
Garfield |
William
H. Hunt |
LA |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
William
E. Chandler |
NH |
1882 |
|
Cleveland |
William
C. Whitney |
NY |
1885 |
|
Harrison,
B. |
Benjamin
F. Tracy |
NY |
1889 |
|
Cleveland |
Hilary
A. Herbert |
AL |
1893 |
|
McKinley |
John D.
Long |
MA |
1897 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
John D.
Long |
MA |
1901 |
|
William
H. Moody |
MA |
1902 |
|
Paul Morton |
IL |
1904 |
|
Charles
J. Bonaparte |
MD |
1905 |
|
Victor
H. Metcalf |
CA |
1906 |
|
Truman
H. Newberry |
MI |
1908 |
|
Taft |
George
von L. Meyer |
MA |
1909 |
|
Wilson |
Josephus
Daniels |
NC |
1913 |
|
Harding |
Edwin Denby |
MI |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Edwin Denby |
MI |
1923 |
|
Curtis
D. Wilbur |
CA |
1924 |
|
Hoover |
Charles
Francis Adams |
MA |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
Claude
A. Swanson |
VA |
1933 |
|
Charles
Edison |
NJ |
1940 |
|
Frank Knox |
IL |
1940 |
|
James V.
Forrestal |
NY |
1944 |
|
Truman |
James V.
Forrestal1 |
NY |
1945 |
(1) - Last member of Cabinet with this title. The Navy Department
became a branch of the Department of Defense when the latter was created
on Sept. 18, 1947.
Attorneys General
The Office of Attorney General was established by act
of Congress on Sept. 24, 1789. It officially reached Cabinet rank
in Mar. 1792, when the first attorney general, Edmund Randolph,
attended his initial Cabinet meeting. The Department of Justice,
headed by the attorney general, was created June 22, 1870.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Washington |
Edmund
Randolph |
VA |
1789 |
|
William
Bradford |
PA |
1794 |
|
Charles
Lee |
VA |
1795 |
|
Adams,
J. |
Charles
Lee |
VA |
1797 |
|
Jefferson |
Levi Lincoln |
MA |
1801 |
|
John Breckenridge |
KY |
1805 |
|
Caesar
A. Rodney |
DE |
1807 |
|
Madison |
Caesar
A. Rodney |
DE |
1807 |
|
William
Pinkney |
MD |
1811 |
|
Richard
Rush |
PA |
1814 |
|
Monroe |
Richard
Rush |
PA |
1817 |
|
William
Wirt |
VA |
1817 |
|
Adams,
J.Q. |
William
Wirt |
VA |
1825 |
|
Jackson |
John M.
Berrien |
GA |
1829 |
|
Roger B.
Taney |
MD |
1831 |
|
Benjamin
F. Butler |
NY |
1833 |
|
Van Buren |
Benjamin
F. Butler |
NY |
1837 |
|
Felix Grundy |
TN |
1838 |
|
Henry D.
Gilpin |
PA |
1840 |
|
Harrison,
W.H. |
John J.
Crittenden |
KY |
1841 |
|
Tyler |
John J.
Crittenden |
KY |
1841 |
|
Hugh S.
Legare |
SC |
1841 |
|
John Nelson |
MD |
1843 |
|
Polk |
John Y.
Mason |
VA |
1845 |
|
Nathan
Clifford |
ME |
1846 |
|
Isaac Toucey |
CT |
1848 |
|
Taylor |
Reverdy
Johnson |
MD |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
John J.
Crittenden |
KY |
1850 |
|
Pierce |
Caleb Cushing |
MA |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
Jeremiah
S. Black |
PA |
1857 |
|
Edwin M.
Stanton |
PA |
1860 |
|
Lincoln |
Edward
Bates |
MO |
1861 |
|
James Speed |
KY |
1864 |
|
Johnson, A. |
James Speed |
KY |
1865 |
|
Henry Stanbery |
OH |
1866 |
|
William
M. Evarts |
NY |
1868 |
|
Grant |
Ebenezer
R. Hoar |
MA |
1869 |
|
Amos T.
Akerman |
GA |
1870 |
|
George
H. Williams |
OR |
1871 |
|
Edwards
Pierrepont |
NY |
1875 |
|
Alphonso
Taft |
OH |
1876 |
|
Hayes |
Charles
Devens |
MA |
1877 |
|
Garfield |
Wayne MacVeagh |
PA |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
Benjamin
H. Brewster |
PA |
1882 |
|
Cleveland |
Augustus
Garland |
AR |
1885 |
|
Harrison,
B. |
William
H. H. Miller |
IN |
1889 |
|
Cleveland |
Richard
Olney |
MA |
1893 |
|
Judson
Harmon |
OH |
1895 |
|
McKinley |
Joseph
McKenna |
CA |
1897 |
|
John W.
Griggs |
NJ |
1898 |
|
Philander
C. Knox |
PA |
1901 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
Philander
C. Knox |
PA |
1901 |
|
William
H. Moody |
MA |
1904 |
|
Charles
J. Bonaparte |
MD |
1906 |
|
Taft |
George
W. Wickersham |
NY |
1909 |
|
Wilson |
J.C. McReynolds |
TN |
1913 |
|
Thomas
W. Gregory |
TX |
1914 |
|
A. Mitchell
Palmer |
PA |
1919 |
|
Harding |
Harry M.
Daugherty |
OH |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Harry M.
Daugherty |
OH |
1923 |
|
Harlan
F. Stone |
NY |
1924 |
|
John G.
Sargent |
VT |
1925 |
|
Hoover |
William
D. Mitchell |
MN |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
Homer S.
Cummings |
CT |
1933 |
|
Frank Murphy |
MI |
1939 |
|
Robert
H. Jackson |
NY |
1940 |
|
Francis
Biddle |
PA |
1941 |
|
Truman |
Thomas
C. Clark |
TX |
1945 |
|
J. Howard
McGrath |
RI |
1949 |
|
J.P. McGranery |
PA |
1952 |
|
Eisenhower |
Herbert
Brownell Jr. |
NY |
1953 |
|
William
P. Rogers |
MD |
1957 |
|
Kennedy |
Robert
F. Kennedy |
MA |
1961 |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
Robert
F. Kennedy |
MA |
1963 |
|
N. de B.
Katzenbach |
IL |
1964 |
|
Ramsey
Clark |
TX |
1967 |
|
Nixon |
John N.
Mitchell |
NY |
1969 |
|
Richard
G. Kleindienst |
AZ |
1972 |
|
Elliot
L. Richardson |
MA |
1973 |
|
William
B. Saxbe |
OH |
1974 |
|
Ford |
William
B. Saxbe |
OH |
1974 |
|
Edward
H. Levi |
IL |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Griffin
B. Bell |
GA |
1977 |
|
Benjamin
R. Civiletti |
MD |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
William
French Smith |
CA |
1981 |
|
Edwin Meese
III |
CA |
1985 |
|
Richard
Thornburgh |
PA |
1988 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Richard
Thornburgh |
PA |
1989 |
|
William
P. Barr |
NY |
1991 |
|
Clinton |
Janet Reno |
FL |
1993 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
John Ashcroft |
MO |
2001 |
|
Alberto
Gonzales |
DC |
2005 |
Secretaries of the Interior
The Department of the Interior was created by act of Congress
on Mar. 3, 1849.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Taylor |
Thomas
Ewing |
OH |
1849 |
|
Fillmore |
Thomas
M. T. McKennan |
PA |
1850 |
|
Alex H.
H. Stuart |
VA |
1850 |
|
Pierce |
Robert
McClelland |
MI |
1853 |
|
Buchanan |
Jacob Thompson |
MS |
1857 |
|
Lincoln |
Caleb B.
Smith |
IN |
1861 |
|
John P.
Usher |
IN |
1863 |
|
Johnson, A. |
John P.
Usher |
IN |
1865 |
|
James Harlan |
IA |
1865 |
|
Orville
H. Browning |
IL |
1866 |
|
Grant |
Jacob D.
Cox |
OH |
1869 |
|
Columbus
Delano |
OH |
1870 |
|
Zachariah
Chandler |
MI |
1875 |
|
Hayes |
Carl Schurz |
MO |
1877 |
|
Garfield |
Samuel
J. Kirkwood |
IA |
1881 |
|
Arthur |
Henry M.
Teller |
CO |
1882 |
|
Cleveland |
Lucius
Q.C. Lamar |
MS |
1885 |
|
William
F. Vilas |
WI |
1888 |
|
Harrison,
B. |
John W.
Noble |
MO |
1889 |
|
Cleveland |
Hoke Smith |
GA |
1893 |
|
David R.
Francis |
MO |
1896 |
|
McKinley |
Cornelius
N. Bliss |
NY |
1897 |
|
Ethan A.
Hitchcock |
MO |
1898 |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
Ethan A.
Hitchcock |
MO |
1901 |
|
James R.
Garfield |
OH |
1907 |
|
Taft |
Richard
A. Ballinger |
WA |
1909 |
|
Walter
L. Fisher |
IL |
1911 |
|
Wilson |
Franklin
K. Lane |
CA |
1913 |
|
John B.
Payne |
IL |
1920 |
|
Harding |
Albert
B. Fall |
NM |
1921 |
|
Hubert
Work |
CO |
1923 |
|
Coolidge |
Hubert
Work |
CO |
1923 |
|
Roy O.
West |
IL |
1929 |
|
Hoover |
Ray Lyman
Wilbur |
CA |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt,
F.D. |
Harold
L. Ickes |
IL |
1933 |
|
Truman |
Harold
L. Ickes |
IL |
1945 |
|
Julius
A. Krug |
WI |
1946 |
|
Oscar L.
Chapman |
CO |
1949 |
|
Eisenhower |
Douglas
McKay |
OR |
1953 |
|
Fred A.
Seaton |
NE |
1956 |
|
Kennedy |
Stewart
L. Udall |
AZ |
1961 |
|
Johnson,
L.B. |
Stewart
L. Udall |
AZ |
1963 |
|
Nixon |
Walter
J. Hickel |
AK |
1969 |
|
Rogers
C.B. Morton |
MD |
1971 |
|
Ford |
Rogers
C.B. Morton |
MD |
1971 |
|
Stanley
K. Hathaway |
WY |
1975 |
|
Thomas
S. Kleppe |
ND |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Cecil D.
Andrus |
ID |
1977 |
|
Reagan |
James G.
Watt |
CO |
1981 |
|
William
P. Clark |
CA |
1983 |
|
Donald
P. Hodel |
OR |
1985 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Manuel
Lujan |
NM |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Bruce Babbitt |
AZ |
1993 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Gale Norton |
CO |
2001 |
Secretaries of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture was created by act of Congress
on May 15, 1862. On Feb. 8, 1889, its commissioner was renamed secretary
of agriculture and became a member of the Cabinet.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Cleveland |
Norman
J. Colman |
MO |
1889 |
|
Harrison,
B. |
Jeremiah
M. Rusk |
WI |
1889 |
|
Cleveland |
J. Sterling
Morton |
NE |
1893 |
|
McKinley |
James Wilson |
IA |
1897 |
|
Roosevelt,
T. |
James Wilson |
IA |
1901 |
|
Taft |
James Wilson |
IA |
1909 |
|
Wilson |
David F.
Houston |
MO |
1913 |
|
Edwin T.
Meredith |
IA |
1920 |
|
Harding |
Henry C.
Wallace |
IA |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Henry C.
Wallace |
IA |
1923 |
|
Howard
M. Gore |
WV |
1924 |
|
William
M. Jardine |
KS |
1925 |
|
Hoover |
Arthur
M. Hyde |
MO |
1929 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
Henry A.
Wallace |
IA |
1933 |
|
Claude
R. Wickard |
IN |
1940 |
|
Truman |
Clinton
P. Anderson |
NM |
1945 |
|
Truman |
Charles
F. Brannan |
CO |
1948 |
|
Eisenhower |
Ezra Taft
Benson |
UT |
1953 |
|
Kennedy |
Orville
L. Freeman |
MN |
1961 |
|
Johnson,
L.B. |
Orville
L. Freeman |
MN |
1963 |
|
Nixon |
Clifford
M. Hardin |
IN |
1969 |
|
Earl L.
Butz |
IN |
1971 |
|
Ford |
Earl L.
Butz |
IN |
1974 |
|
John A.
Knebel |
VA |
1976 |
|
Carter |
Bob Bergland |
MN |
1977 |
|
Reagan |
John R.
Block |
IL |
1981 |
|
Richard
E. Lyng |
CA |
1986 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Clayton
K. Yeutter |
NE |
1989 |
|
Edward
Madigan |
IL |
1991 |
|
Clinton |
Mike Espy |
MS |
1993 |
|
Dan Glickman |
KS |
1995 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Ann M.
Veneman |
CA |
2001 |
|
Mike Johanns |
NE |
2005 |
Secretaries of Commerce and
Labor
The Department of Commerce and Labor, created by Congress
on Feb. 14, 1903, was divided by Congress Mar. 4, 1913, into separate
departments of Commerce and Labor. The secretary of each was made
a Cabinet member.
Secretaries of Commerce and Labor
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Roosevelt, T. |
George
B. Cortelyou |
NY |
1903 |
|
Victor
H. Metcalf |
CA |
1904 |
|
Oscar S.
Straus |
NY |
1906 |
|
Taft |
Charles
Nagel |
MO |
1909 |
Secretaries of Labor
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Wilson |
William
B. Wilson |
PA |
1913 |
|
Harding |
James J.
Davis |
PA |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
James J.
Davis |
PA |
1923 |
|
Hoover |
James J.
Davis |
PA |
1929 |
|
William
N. Doak |
VA |
1930 |
|
Roosevelt,
F.D. |
Frances
Perkins |
NY |
1933 |
|
Truman |
L.B. Schwellenbach |
WA |
1945 |
|
Maurice
J. Tobin |
MA |
1949 |
|
Eisenhower |
Martin
P. Durkin |
IL |
1953 |
|
James P.
Mitchell |
NJ |
1953 |
|
Kennedy |
Arthur
J. Goldberg |
IL |
1961 |
|
W. Willard
Wirtz |
IL |
1962 |
|
Johnson,
L.B. |
W. Willard
Wirtz |
IL |
1963 |
|
Nixon |
George
P. Shultz |
IL |
1969 |
|
James D.
Hodgson |
CA |
1970 |
|
Peter J.
Brennan |
NY |
1973 |
|
Ford |
Peter J.
Brennan |
NY |
1974 |
|
John T.
Dunlop |
CA |
1975 |
|
W.J. Usery
Jr. |
GA |
1976 |
|
Carter |
F. Ray
Marshall |
TX |
1977 |
|
Reagan |
Raymond
J. Donovan |
NJ |
1981 |
|
William
E. Brock |
TN |
1985 |
|
Ann D.
McLaughlin |
DC |
1987 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Elizabeth
Hanford Dole |
NC |
1989 |
|
Lynn Martin |
IL |
1991 |
|
Clinton |
Robert
B. Reich |
MA |
1993 |
|
Alexis
M. Herman |
AL |
1997 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Elaine
L. Chao |
KY |
2001 |
Secretaries of Commerce
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Wilson |
William
C. Redfield |
NY |
1913 |
|
Joshua
W. Alexander |
MO |
1919 |
|
Harding |
Herbert
C. Hoover |
CA |
1921 |
|
Coolidge |
Herbert
C. Hoover |
CA |
1923 |
|
William
F. Whiting |
MA |
1928 |
|
Hoover |
Robert
P. Lamont |
IL |
1929 |
|
Roy D.
Chapin |
MI |
1932 |
|
Roosevelt, F.D. |
Daniel
C. Roper |
SC |
1933 |
|
Harry L.
Hopkins |
NY |
1939 |
|
Jesse Jones |
TX |
1940 |
|
Henry A.
Wallace |
IA |
1945 |
|
Truman |
Henry A.
Wallace |
IA |
1945 |
|
W. Averell
Harriman |
NY |
1947 |
|
Charles
Sawyer |
OH |
1948 |
|
Eisenhower |
Sinclair
Weeks |
MA |
1953 |
|
Lewis L.
Strauss |
NY |
1958 |
|
Frederick
H. Mueller |
MI |
1959 |
|
Kennedy |
Luther
H. Hodges |
NC |
1961 |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
Luther
H. Hodges |
NC |
1963 |
|
John T.
Connor |
NJ |
1965 |
|
Alex B.
Trowbridge |
NJ |
1967 |
|
Cyrus R.
Smith |
NY |
1968 |
|
Nixon |
Maurice
H. Stans |
MN |
1969 |
|
Peter G.
Peterson |
IL |
1972 |
|
Frederick
B. Dent |
SC |
1973 |
|
Ford |
Frederick
B. Dent |
SC |
1974 |
|
Rogers
C.B. Morton |
MD |
1975 |
|
Elliot
L. Richardson |
MA |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Juanita
M. Kreps |
NC |
1977 |
|
Philip
M. Klutznick |
IL |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Malcolm
Baldrige |
CT |
1981 |
|
C. William
Verity Jr. |
OH |
1987 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Robert
A. Mosbacher |
TX |
1989 |
|
Barbara
H. Franklin |
PA |
1992 |
|
Clinton |
Ronald
H. Brown |
DC |
1993 |
|
Mickey
Kantor |
CA |
1996 |
|
William
M. Daley |
IL |
1997 |
|
Norman
Y. Mineta |
CA |
2000 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Donald
L. Evans |
TX |
2001 |
|
Carlos
Gutierrez |
MI |
2005 |
Secretaries of Housing and
Urban Development
The Department of Housing and Urban Development was created
by act of Congress on Sept. 9, 1965.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
Robert
C. Weaver |
WA |
1966 |
|
Robert
C. Wood |
MA |
1969 |
|
Nixon |
George
W. Romney |
MI |
1969 |
|
James T.
Lynn |
OH |
1973 |
|
Ford |
James T.
Lynn |
OH |
1974 |
|
Carla Anderson
Hills |
CA |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Patricia
Roberts Harris |
DC |
1977 |
|
Moon Landrieu |
LA |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Samuel
R. Pierce Jr. |
NY |
1981 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Jack F.
Kemp |
NY |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Henry G.
Cisneros |
TX |
1993 |
|
Andrew
M. Cuomo |
NY |
1997 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Mel Martinez |
FL |
2001 |
|
Alphonso
Jackson |
TX |
2004 |
Secretaries of Transportation
The Department of Transportation was created by act of
Congress on Oct. 15, 1966.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Johnson,
L.B. |
Alan S.
Boyd |
FL |
1966 |
|
Nixon |
John A.
Volpe |
MA |
1969 |
|
Claude
S. Brinegar |
CA |
1973 |
|
Ford |
Claude
S. Brinegar |
CA |
1974 |
|
William
T. Coleman Jr. |
PA |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Brock Adams |
WA |
1977 |
|
Neil E.
Goldschmidt |
OR |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Andrew
L. Lewis Jr. |
PA |
1981 |
|
Elizabeth
Hanford Dole |
NC |
1983 |
|
James H.
Burnley |
NC |
1987 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Samuel
K. Skinner |
IL |
1989 |
|
Andrew
H. Card Jr. |
MA |
1992 |
|
Clinton |
Federico
F. Peña |
CO |
1993 |
|
Rodney
E. Slater |
AR |
1997 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Norman
Y. Mineta |
CA |
2001 |
Secretaries of Energy
The Department of Energy was created by federal law on
Aug. 4, 1977.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Carter |
James R.
Schlesinger |
VA |
1977 |
|
Charles
Duncan Jr. |
WY |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
James B.
Edwards |
SC |
1981 |
|
Donald
P. Hodel |
OR |
1982 |
|
John S.
Herrington |
CA |
1985 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
James D.
Watkins |
CA |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Hazel R.
O'Leary |
MN |
1993 |
|
Federico
F. Peña |
CO |
1997 |
|
Bill Richardson |
NM |
1998 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Spencer
Abraham |
MI |
2001 |
|
Samuel
W. Bodman |
MA |
2005 |
Secretaries of Health, Education,
and Welfare
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created
by Congress on Apr. 11, 1953. On Sept. 27, 1979, it was divided
by Congress into the departments of Education and of Health and
Human Services, with the secretary of each being a Cabinet member.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Eisenhower |
Oveta Culp
Hobby |
TX |
1953 |
|
Marion
B. Folsom |
NY |
1955 |
|
Arthur
S. Flemming |
OH |
1958 |
|
Kennedy |
Abraham
A. Ribicoff |
CT |
1961 |
|
Anthony
J. Celebrezze |
OH |
1962 |
|
Johnson, L.B. |
Anthony
J. Celebrezze |
OH |
1963 |
|
John W.
Gardner |
NY |
1965 |
|
Wilbur
J. Cohen |
MI |
1968 |
|
Nixon |
Robert
H. Finch |
CA |
1969 |
|
Elliot
L. Richardson |
MA |
1970 |
|
Caspar
W. Weinberger |
CA |
1973 |
|
Ford |
Caspar
W. Weinberger |
CA |
1974 |
|
Forrest
D. Mathews |
AL |
1975 |
|
Carter |
Joseph
A. Califano Jr. |
DC |
1977 |
|
Patricia
Roberts Harris |
DC |
1979 |
Secretaries of Health and Human
Services
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Carter |
Patricia
Roberts Harris |
DC |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Richard
S. Schweiker |
PA |
1981 |
|
Margaret
M. Heckler |
MA |
1983 |
|
Reagan |
Otis R.
Bowen |
IN |
1985 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Louis W.
Sullivan |
GA |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Donna E.
Shalala |
WI |
1993 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Tommy Thompson |
WI |
2001 |
|
Michael
O. Leavitt |
UT |
2005 |
Secretaries of Education
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Carter |
Shirley
Hufstedler |
CA |
1979 |
|
Reagan |
Terrel
Bell |
UT |
1981 |
|
William
J. Bennett |
NY |
1985 |
|
Lauro F.
Cavazos |
TX |
1988 |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Lauro F.
Cavazos |
TX |
1989 |
|
Lamar Alexander |
TN |
1991 |
|
Clinton |
Richard
W. Riley |
SC |
1993 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Roderick
R. Paige |
TX |
2001 |
|
Margaret
Spellings |
TX |
2005 |
Secretaries of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs was created on Oct.
25, 1988, when Pres. Ronald Reagan signed a bill that made the Veterans Administration
into a Cabinet department, effective Mar. 15, 1989.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Bush, G.H.W. |
Edward
J. Derwinski |
IL |
1989 |
|
Clinton |
Jesse Brown |
IL |
1993 |
|
Clinton |
Togo D.
West Jr. |
NC |
1998 |
|
Hershel
W. Gober (acting) |
AR |
2000 |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Anthony
Principi |
CA |
2001 |
|
Jim Nicholson |
CO |
2005 |
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security was created by act
of Congress on Nov. 25, 2002. For further information about the Department,
see <<
Homeland
Security>>.
|
President |
Secretary |
Home |
Sworn
In |
|
Bush, G.W. |
Thomas
Ridge |
PA |
2003 |
|
Michael
Chertoff |
DC |
2005 |
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