Vice presidents 21 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1797 John Adams Fed (b. 1735 - d. 1826) 4 Mar 1797 - 4 Mar 1801 Thomas Jefferson D-R (b. 1743 - d. 1826) 4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1805 Aaron Burr D-R (b. 1756 - d. 1836) 4 Mar 1805 - 20 Apr 1812 George Clinton D-R (b. 1739 - d. 1812) 20 Apr 1812 - 4 Mar 1813 vacant 4 Mar 1813 - 23 Nov 1814 Elbridge Gerry D-R (b. 1744 - d. 1814) 4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 Daniel D. Tompkins D-R (b. 1774 - d. 1825) 4 Mar 1825 - 28 Dec 1832 John C. Calhoun Dem (b. 1782 - d. 1850) 28 Dec 1832 - 4 Mar 1833 vacant 4 Mar 1833 - 4 Mar 1837 Martin Van Buren Dem (b. 1782 - d. 1862) 4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 Richard M. Johnson Dem (b. 1780 - d. 1850) 4 Mar 1841 - 4 Apr 1841 John Tyler Whg (b. 1790 - d. 1862) 4 Apr 1841 - 4 Mar 1845 vacant 4 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849 George M. Dallas Dem (b. 1792 - d. 1864) 4 Mar 1849 - 9 Jul 1850 Millard Fillmore Whg (b. 1800 - d. 1874) 9 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 vacant 4 Mar 1853 - 18 Apr 1853 William Rufus de Vane King Dem (b. 1786 - d. 1853) 18 Apr 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 vacant 4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 John C. Breckinridge Dem (b. 1821 - d. 1875) 4 Mar 1861 - 4 Mar 1865 Hannibal Hamlin Rep (b. 1809 - d. 1891) 4 Mar 1865 - 15 Apr 1865 Andrew Johnson Dem (b. 1808 - d. 1875) 15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 vacant 4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1873 Schuyler Colfax Rep (b. 1823 - d. 1885) 4 Mar 1873 - 22 Nov 1875 Henry Wilson Rep (b. 1812 - d. 1875) 22 Nov 1875 - 4 Mar 1877 vacant 4 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 William A. Wheeler Rep (b. 1819 - d. 1887) 4 Mar 1881 - 19 Sep 1881 Chester A. Arthur Rep (b. 1829 - d. 1886) 19 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 vacant 4 Mar 1885 - 25 Nov 1885 Thomas A. Hendricks Dem (b. 1819 - d. 1885) 4 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 Levi P. Morton Rep (b. 1824 - d. 1920) 4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 Adlai E. Stevenson Dem (b. 1835 - d. 1914) 4 Mar 1897 - 21 Nov 1899 Garret A. Hobart Rep (b. 1844 - d. 1899) 21 Nov 1899 - 4 Mar 1901 vacant 4 Mar 1901 - 14 Sep 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Rep (b. 1858 - d. 1919) 14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1905 vacant 4 Mar 1905 - 4 Mar 1909 Charles W. Fairbanks Rep (b. 1852 - d. 1918) 4 Mar 1909 - 30 Oct 1912 James S. Sherman Rep (b. 1855 - d. 1912) 30 Oct 1912 - 4 Mar 1913 vacant 4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 Thomas R. Marshall Dem (b. 1854 - d. 1925) 4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 Calvin Coolidge Rep (b. 1872 - d. 1933) 2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1925 vacant 4 Mar 1925 - 4 Mar 1929 Charles G. Dawes Rep (b. 1865 - d. 1951) 4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Charles Curtis Rep (b. 1860 - d. 1936) 4 Mar 1933 - 20 Jan 1941 John N. Garner Dem (b. 1868 - d. 1967) 20 Jan 1941 - 20 Jan 1945 Henry A. Wallace Dem (b. 1888 - d. 1965) 20 Jan 1945 - 12 Apr 1945 Harry S. Truman Dem (b. 1884 - d. 1972) 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1949 vacant 20 Jan 1949 - 20 Jan 1953 Alben W. Barkley Dem (b. 1877 - d. 1956) 21 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 Richard M. Nixon Rep (b. 1913 - d. 1994) 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson Dem (b. 1908 - d. 1973) 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1965 vacant 20 Jan 1965 - 20 Jan 1969 Hubert H. Humphrey Dem (b. 1911 - d. 1978) 20 Jan 1969 - 10 Oct 1973 Spiro T. Agnew Rep (b. 1918 - d. 1996) 6 Dec 1973 - 9 Aug 1974 Gerald R. Ford Rep (b. 1913 - d. 2006) 9 Aug 1974 - 19 Dec 1974 vacant 19 Dec 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 Nelson A. Rockefeller Rep (b. 1908 - d. 1979) 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Walter F. Mondale Dem (b. 1928) 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 George Bush Rep (b. 1924) 20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Dan Quayle Rep (b. 1947) 20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 Al Gore Dem (b. 1948) 20 Jan 2001 - Richard Cheney Rep (b. 1941)Party abbreviations: Dem=Democratic, D-R=Democratic-Republican, Fed=Federalist, Rep=Republican, Whg=Whig
10 Jul 1781 Department of Foreign Affairs
15 Sep 1789 Department of State
Secretaries
20 Oct 1781 - Jun 1783 Robert R. Livingston (b. 1746 - d. 1813)
7 May 1784 - 22 Mar 1790 John Jay (b. 1745 - d. 1829)
(acting from 4 Mar 1789)
22 Mar 1790 - 31 Dec 1793 Thomas Jefferson (b. 1743 - d. 1826)
2 Jan 1794 - 20 Aug 1795 Edmund Randolph (b. 1753 - d. 1813)
20 Aug 1795 - 12 May 1800 Timothy Pickering (b. 1745 - d. 1829)
(acting to 9 Dec 1795)
13 May 1800 - 5 Jun 1800 Charles Lee (acting) (b. 1758 - d. 1815)
6 Jun 1800 - 4 Mar 1801 John Marshall (b. 1755 - d. 1835)
(acting from 4 Feb 1801)
5 Mar 1801 - 1 May 1801 Levi Lincoln (acting) (b. 1749 - d. 1820)
2 May 1801 - 3 Mar 1809 James Madison (b. 1751 - d. 1836)
6 Mar 1809 - 1 Apr 1811 Robert Smith (b. 1757 - d. 1842)
6 Apr 1811 - 3 Mar 1817 James Monroe (b. 1758 - d. 1831)
(acting 1 Oct 1814 - 28 Feb 1815)
4 Mar 1817 - 9 Mar 1817 John Graham (acting)
10 Mar 1817 - 22 Sep 1817 Richard Rush (acting) (b. 1780 - d. 1859)
22 Sep 1817 - 3 Mar 1825 John Quincy Adams (b. 1767 - d. 1848)
4 Mar 1825 - 7 Mar 1825 Daniel Brent (acting)
7 Mar 1825 - 3 Mar 1829 Henry Clay (b. 1777 - d. 1852)
4 Mar 1829 - 27 Mar 1829 James A. Hamilton (acting)
28 Mar 1829 - 23 May 1831 Martin Van Buren (b. 1782 - d. 1862)
24 May 1831 - 29 May 1833 Edward Livingston (b. 1764 - d. 1836)
29 May 1833 - 30 Jun 1834 Louis McLane (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
1 Jul 1834 - 3 Mar 1841 John Forsyth (b. 1780 - d. 1841)
4 Mar 1841 - 5 Mar 1841 Jacob L. Martin (acting) (b. ... - d. 1848)
6 Mar 1841 - 8 May 1843 Daniel Webster (1st time) (b. 1782 - d. 1852)
9 May 1843 - 20 Jun 1843 Hugh S. Legaré (acting) (b. 1797 - d. 1843)
21 Jun 1843 - 23 Jun 1843 William S. Derrick (acting) (b. 1802 - d. 1852)
24 Jun 1843 - 28 Feb 1844 Abel P. Upshur (b. 1790 - d. 1844)
(acting to 23 Jul 1843)
29 Feb 1844 - 31 Mar 1844 John Nelson (acting) (b. 1794 - d. 1860)
1 Apr 1844 - 10 Mar 1845 John C. Calhoun (b. 1782 - d. 1850)
10 Mar 1845 - 7 Mar 1849 James Buchanan (b. 1791 - d. 1868)
8 Mar 1849 - 22 Jul 1850 John M. Clayton (b. 1796 - d. 1856)
23 Jul 1850 - 24 Oct 1852 Daniel Webster (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Oct 1852 - 5 Nov 1852 Charles M. Conrad (acting) (b. 1804 - d. 1878)
6 Nov 1852 - 3 Mar 1853 Edward Everett (b. 1794 - d. 1865)
4 Mar 1853 - 7 Mar 1853 William Hunter (1st time) (acting) (b. 1805 - d. 1886)
8 Mar 1853 - 6 Mar 1857 William L. Marcy (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
6 Mar 1857 - 14 Dec 1860 Lewis Cass (b. 1782 - d. 1866)
15 Dec 1860 - 16 Dec 1860 William Hunter (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
17 Dec 1860 - 5 Mar 1861 Jeremiah S. Black (b. 1810 - d. 1883)
6 Mar 1861 - 4 Mar 1869 William H. Seward (b. 1801 - d. 1872)
5 Mar 1869 - 16 Mar 1869 Elihu B. Washburne (b. 1816 - d. 1887)
17 Mar 1869 - 12 Mar 1877 Hamilton Fish (b. 1808 - d. 1893)
12 Mar 1877 - 7 Mar 1881 William M. Evarts (b. 1818 - d. 1901)
7 Mar 1881 - 19 Dec 1881 James G. Blaine (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
19 Dec 1881 - 6 Mar 1885 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (b. 1817 - d. 1885)
7 Mar 1885 - 6 Mar 1889 Thomas F. Bayard (b. 1828 - d. 1898)
7 Mar 1889 - 4 Jun 1892 James G. Blaine (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Jun 1892 - 29 Jun 1892 William F. Wharton (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1919)
(acting)
29 Jun 1892 - 23 Feb 1893 John W. Foster (b. 1836 - d. 1917)
24 Feb 1893 - 6 Mar 1893 William F. Wharton (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
7 Mar 1893 - 28 May 1895 Walter Q. Gresham (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
28 May 1895 - 9 Jun 1895 Edwin F. Uhl (acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1901)
10 Jun 1895 - 5 Mar 1897 Richard Olney (b. 1835 - d. 1917)
6 Mar 1897 - 27 Apr 1898 John Sherman (b. 1823 - d. 1900)
28 Apr 1898 - 16 Sep 1898 William R. Day (b. 1849 - d. 1923)
17 Sep 1898 - 29 Sep 1898 Alvey A. Adee (acting) (b. 1842 - d. 1924)
30 Sep 1898 - 1 Jul 1905 John M. Hay (b. 1838 - d. 1905)
1 Jul 1905 - 18 Jul 1905 Francis B. Loomis (acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1948)
19 Jul 1905 - 27 Jan 1909 Elihu Root (b. 1845 - d. 1937)
27 Jan 1909 - 5 Mar 1909 Robert Bacon (b. 1860 - d. 1919)
6 Mar 1909 - 5 Mar 1913 Philander Chase Knox (b. 1853 - d. 1921)
5 Mar 1913 - 9 Jun 1915 William Jennings Bryan (b. 1860 - d. 1925)
9 Jun 1915 - 13 Feb 1920 Robert Lansing (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
(acting to 23 Jun 1915)
14 Feb 1920 - 14 Mar 1920 Frank Lyon Polk (acting) (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
23 Mar 1920 - 4 Mar 1921 Bainbridge Colby (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
5 Mar 1921 - 4 Jan 1925 Charles Evans Hughes (b. 1862 - d. 1948)
5 Mar 1925 - 28 Mar 1929 Frank B. Kellogg (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
28 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Henry L. Stimson (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
4 Mar 1933 - 30 Nov 1944 Cordell Hull (b. 1871 - d. 1955)
1 Dec 1944 - 27 Jun 1945 Edward Stettinius (b. 1900 - d. 1949)
28 Jun 1945 - 3 Jul 1945 Joseph C. Grew (acting) (b. 1880 - d. 1965)
3 Jul 1945 - 21 Jan 1947 James Byrnes (b. 1879 - d. 1972)
21 Jan 1947 - 20 Jan 1949 George C. Marshall (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
20 Jan 1949 - 21 Jan 1949 Robert Lovett (acting) (b. 1895 - d. 1986)
21 Jan 1949 - 20 Jan 1953 Dean Acheson (b. 1893 - d. 1971)
20 Jan 1953 - 21 Jan 1953 H. Freeman Matthews (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1986)
21 Jan 1953 - 22 Apr 1959 John Foster Dulles (b. 1888 - d. 1959)
22 Apr 1959 - 20 Jan 1961 Christian A. Herter (b. 1895 - d. 1966)
20 Jan 1961 - 21 Jan 1961 Livingston T. Merchant (acting) (b. 1903 - d. 1976)
21 Jan 1961 - 20 Jan 1969 Dean Rusk (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
20 Jan 1969 - 22 Jan 1969 Charles E. Bohlen (acting) (b. 1904 - d. 1974)
22 Jan 1969 - 3 Sep 1973 William Rogers (b. 1913 - d. 2001)
3 Sep 1973 - 22 Sep 1973 Kenneth Rush (acting) (b. 1910 - d. 1994)
22 Sep 1973 - 20 Jan 1977 Henry Kissinger (b. 1923)
20 Jan 1977 - 23 Jan 1977 Philip C. Habib (acting) (b. 1920 - d. 1992)
23 Jan 1977 - 28 Apr 1980 Cyrus Vance (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
28 Apr 1980 - 2 May 1980 Warren Christopher (1st time) (b. 1925)
(acting)
2 May 1980 - 3 May 1980 David Newsom (1st time) (acting) (b. 1918 - d. 2008)
3 May 1980 Richard N. Cooper (acting) (b. 1934)
3 May 1980 - 4 May 1980 David Newsom (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
4 May 1980 - 8 May 1980 Warren Christopher (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
8 May 1980 - 18 Jan 1981 Edmund S. Muskie (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
18 Jan 1981 - 22 Jan 1981 David Newsom (3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
22 Jan 1981 - 5 Jul 1982 Alexander Haig (b. 1924)
5 Jul 1982 - 16 Jul 1982 Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. (acting) (b. 1920 - d. 1986)
16 Jul 1982 - 20 Jan 1989 George Shultz (b. 1920)
20 Jan 1989 - 25 Jan 1989 Michael H. Armacost (acting) (b. 1937)
25 Jan 1989 - 23 Aug 1992 James Baker (b. 1930)
23 Aug 1992 - 19 Jan 1993 Lawrence Eagleburger (b. 1930)
(acting to 8 Dec 1992)
20 Jan 1993 Arnold Lee Kantor (acting) (b. 1945)
20 Jan 1993 Frank G. Wisner (acting) (b. 1938)
20 Jan 1993 - 7 Jan 1997 Warren Christopher (3rd time) (s.a.)
7 Jan 1997 - 23 Jan 1997 Strobe Talbott (acting) (b. 1946)
23 Jan 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 Madeleine Albright (f) (b. 1937)
20 Jan 2001 - 26 Jan 2005 Colin Powell (b. 1937)
26 Jan 2005 - Condoleezza Rice (f) (b. 1954)
18 Sep 1947 Department of Defense, including the departments of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force
Secretaries
18 Sep 1947 - 28 Mar 1949 James V. Forrestal (b. 1892 - d. 1949)
28 Mar 1949 - 19 Sep 1950 Louis Johnson (b. 1891 - d. 1956)
21 Sep 1950 - 12 Sep 1951 George C. Marshall (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
17 Sep 1951 - 19 Jan 1953 Robert Lovett (b. 1895 - d. 1986)
19 Jan 1953 - 26 Jan 1953 Wilfred J. McNeil (acting) (b. 1901 - d. 1979)
26 Jan 1953 - 8 Oct 1957 Charles Wilson (b. 1890 - d. 1961)
9 Oct 1957 - 1 Dec 1959 Neil McElroy (b. 1904 - d. 1972)
2 Dec 1959 - 20 Jan 1961 Thomas Gates (b. 1906 - d. 1983)
21 Jan 1961 - 29 Feb 1968 Robert S. McNamara (b. 1916)
1 Mar 1968 - 20 Jan 1969 Clark M. Clifford (b. 1906 - d. 1998)
22 Jan 1969 - 29 Jan 1973 Melvin Laird (b. 1922)
30 Jan 1973 - 24 May 1973 Elliot Richardson (b. 1920 - d. 1999)
2 Jul 1973 - 19 Nov 1975 James R. Schlesinger (b. 1929)
20 Nov 1975 - 20 Jan 1977 Donald Rumsfeld (1st time) (b. 1932)
23 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Harold Brown (b. 1927)
21 Jan 1981 - 23 Nov 1987 Caspar Weinberger (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
23 Nov 1987 - 20 Jan 1989 Frank Carlucci (b. 1930)
20 Jan 1989 - 21 Mar 1989 William Howard Taft IV (acting) (b. 1945)
21 Mar 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Richard Cheney (b. 1941)
21 Jan 1993 - 3 Feb 1994 Les Aspin (b. 1938 - d. 1995)
3 Feb 1994 - 23 Jan 1997 William Perry (b. 1927)
24 Jan 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 William Cohen (b. 1940)
20 Jan 2001 - 18 Dec 2006 Donald Rumsfeld (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Dec 2006 - Robert M. Gates (b. 1943)
1776 Board of War and Ordnance
1777 Board of War
1781 War Office
7 Aug 1789 War Department
18 Sep 1947 War Department becomes the Department of the Army, a
branch of the new Department of Defense
Presidents
1776 - 1777 John Adams (b. 1735 - d. 1826)
1777 - 1781 Horatio Gates (b. 1727 - d. 1806)
Secretaries at War
1781 - 1783 Benjamin Lincoln (b. 1733 - d. 1810)
1783 - 1785 Joseph Carleton (acting) (b. 1754 - d. 1812)
1785 - 12 Sep 1789 Henry Knox (b. 1750 - d. 1806)
Secretaries of War
12 Sep 1789 - 31 Dec 1794 Henry Knox (s.a.)
2 Jan 1795 - 10 Dec 1795 Timothy Pickering (b. 1745 - d. 1829)
27 Jan 1796 - 13 May 1800 James McHenry (b. 1753 - d. 1816)
13 May 1800 - 31 Jan 1801 Samuel Dexter (b. 1761 - d. 1816)
3 Feb 1801 - 4 Mar 1801 Roger Griswold (acting) (b. 1762 - d. 1812)
5 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 Henry Dearborn (b. 1751 - d. 1829)
7 Mar 1809 - 13 Jan 1813 William Eustis (b. 1753 - d. 1825)
13 Jan 1813 - 27 Sep 1814 John Armstrong, Jr. (b. 1758 - d. 1843)
27 Sep 1814 - 2 Mar 1815 James Monroe (b. 1758 - d. 1831)
1 Aug 1815 - 22 Oct 1816 William H. Crawford (b. 1772 - d. 1834)
7 Apr 1817 - 4 Oct 1817 George Graham (acting)
8 Oct 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 John C. Calhoun (b. 1782 - d. 1850)
7 Mar 1825 - 23 May 1828 James Barbour (b. 1775 - d. 1842)
26 May 1828 - 4 Mar 1829 Peter B. Porter (b. 1773 - d. 1844)
9 Mar 1829 - 18 Jun 1831 John H. Eaton (b. 1790 - d. 1856)
1 Aug 1831 - 5 Oct 1836 Lewis Cass (b. 1782 - d. 1866)
1836 - 4 Mar 1837 Benjamin F. Butler (acting) (b. 1795 - d. 1858)
7 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 Joel R. Poinsett (b. 1779 - d. 1851)
5 Mar 1841 - 13 Sep 1841 John Bell (b. 1797 - d. 1869)
13 Sep 1841 - 11 Oct 1841 John McLean (acting)
12 Oct 1841 - 4 Mar 1843 John C. Spencer (b. 1788 - d. 1855)
8 Mar 1843 - 14 Feb 1844 James M. Porter (b. 1793 - d. 1862)
15 Feb 1844 - 4 Mar 1845 William Wilkins (b. 1779 - d. 1865)
6 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849 William L. Marcy (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
8 Mar 1849 - 23 Jul 1850 George W. Crawford (b. 1798 - d. 1872)
23 Jul 1850 - 14 Aug 1850 Winfield Scott (acting) (b. 1786 - d. 1866)
15 Aug 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 Charles M. Conrad (b. 1804 - d. 1878)
7 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 Jefferson Davis (b. 1808 - d. 1889)
6 Mar 1857 - 29 Dec 1860 John B. Floyd (b. 1806 - d. 1863)
18 Jan 1861 - 4 Mar 1861 Joseph Holt (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
5 Mar 1861 - 14 Jan 1862 Simon Cameron (b. 1799 - d. 1889)
20 Jan 1862 - 28 May 1868 Edwin M. Stanton (b. 1814 - d. 1869)
1 Jun 1868 - 13 Mar 1869 John M. Schofield (b. 1831 - d. 1906)
13 Mar 1869 - 6 Sep 1869 John A. Rawlins (b. 1831 - d. 1869)
9 Sep 1869 - 24 Oct 1869 William T. Sherman (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
25 Oct 1869 - 2 Mar 1876 William W. Belknap (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
8 Mar 1876 - 22 May 1876 Alphonso Taft (b. 1810 - d. 1891)
22 May 1876 - 4 Mar 1877 J. Donald Cameron (b. 1833 - d. 1918)
12 Mar 1877 - 10 Dec 1879 George W. McCrary (b. 1835 - d. 1890)
10 Dec 1879 - 4 Mar 1881 Alexander Ramsey (b. 1815 - d. 1903)
5 Mar 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 Robert T. Lincoln (b. 1843 - d. 1926)
5 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 William C. Endicott (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
5 Mar 1889 - 5 Nov 1891 Redfield Proctor (b. 1831 - d. 1908)
17 Dec 1891 - 4 Mar 1893 Stephen B. Elkins (b. 1841 - d. 1911)
5 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 Daniel S. Lamont (b. 1851 - d. 1905)
5 Mar 1897 - 1 Aug 1899 Russell A. Alger (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
1 Aug 1899 - 31 Jan 1904 Elihu Root (b. 1845 - d. 1937)
1 Feb 1904 - 30 Jun 1908 William Howard Taft (b. 1857 - d. 1930)
1 Jul 1908 - 4 Mar 1909 Luke E. Wright (b. 1846 - d. 1922)
12 Mar 1909 - 21 May 1911 Jacob M. Dickinson (b. 1851 - d. 1928)
22 May 1911 - 4 Mar 1913 Henry L. Stimson (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
5 Mar 1913 - 10 Feb 1916 Lindley M. Garrison (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
9 Mar 1916 - 4 Mar 1921 Newton D. Baker (b. 1871 - d. 1937)
5 Mar 1921 - 13 Oct 1925 John W. Weeks (b. 1860 - d. 1926)
14 Oct 1925 - 4 Mar 1929 Dwight F. Davis (b. 1879 - d. 1945)
6 Mar 1929 - 18 Nov 1929 James W. Good (b. 1866 - d. 1929)
9 Dec 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Patrick J. Hurley (b. 1883 - d. 1963)
4 Mar 1933 - 27 Aug 1936 George H. Dern (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
25 Sep 1936 - 20 Jun 1940 Harry H. Woodring (b. 1890 - d. 1967)
10 Jul 1940 - 21 Sep 1945 Henry L. Stimson (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Sep 1945 - 18 Jul 1947 Robert Patterson (b. 1891 - d. 1952)
19 Jul 1947 - 18 Sep 1947 Kenneth C. Royall (b. 1894 - d. 1971)
Secretaries of the Army
18 Sep 1947 - 20 Jun 1949 Kenneth C. Royall (s.a.)
20 Jun 1949 - 12 Apr 1950 Gordon Gray (b. 1909 - d. 1982)
12 Apr 1950 - 20 Jan 1953 Frank Pace, Jr. (b. 1912 - d. 1988)
4 Feb 1953 - 21 Jul 1955 Robert T. Stevens (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
21 Jul 1955 - 19 Jan 1961 Wilber M. Brucker (b. 1894 - d. 1968)
24 Jan 1961 - 30 Jun 1962 Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (b. 1916 - d. 1998)
5 Jul 1962 - 21 Jan 1964 Cyrus Vance (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
28 Jan 1964 - 1 Jul 1965 Stephen Ailes (b. 1912 - d. 2001)
2 Jul 1965 - 30 Jun 1971 Stanley R. Resor (b. 1917)
1 Jul 1971 - 14 May 1973 Robert F. Froehlke (b. 1922)
15 May 1973 - 3 Jul 1975 Howard H. Callaway (b. 1927)
5 Aug 1975 - 20 Jan 1977 Martin R. Hoffmann (b. 1932)
14 Feb 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. (b. 1933)
21 Jan 1981 - 13 Aug 1989 John O. Marsh, Jr. (b. 1926)
14 Aug 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Michael P.W. Stone (b. 1925 - d. 1995)
22 Nov 1993 - 2 Jan 1998 Togo D. West, Jr. (b. 1942)
2 Jan 1998 - 2 Jul 1998 Robert M. Walker (acting) (b. 1949)
2 Jul 1998 - 20 Jan 2001 Louis Caldera (b. 1956)
20 Jan 2001 - 5 Mar 2001 Gregory R. Dahlberg (acting)
5 Mar 2001 - 31 May 2001 Joseph W. Westphal (acting)
31 May 2001 - 9 May 2003 Thomas E. White (b. 1943)
9 May 2003 - 19 Nov 2004 Les Brownlee (acting) (b. 1939?)
19 Nov 2004 - 9 Mar 2007 Francis J. Harvey (b. 1944)
9 Mar 2007 - Pete Geren (acting) (b. 1952)
National Guard Bureau
Head of the Section of Militia Affairs
1903 - 1908 James Parker
Chiefs of the Division of Militia Affairs
14 Feb 1908 - 14 Mar 1911 Erasmus M. Weaver, Jr.
15 Mar 1911 - 31 Aug 1912 Robert K. Evans
1 Sep 1912 - 18 Sep 1916 Albert L. Mills
Chiefs of the Militia Bureau
26 Oct 1916 - 26 Nov 1917 William A. Mann
26 Nov 1917 - 15 Aug 1918 Jesse McI. Carter
29 Jun 1921 - 28 Jun 1925 George C. Rickards
29 Jun 1925 - 28 Jun 1929 Creed C. Hammond
29 Jun 1929 - 30 Sep 1929 Ernest R. Redmond (acting)
1 Oct 1929 - 30 Nov 1931 William G. Everson
1 Dec 1931 - 15 Jun 1933 George E. Leach (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau
15 Jun 1933 - 30 Nov 1935 George E. Leach (s.a.)
1 Dec 1935 - 16 Jan 1936 Harold J. Weiler (acting)
17 Jan 1936 - 30 Jan 1936 John F. Williams (1st time)
(acting)
31 Jan 1936 - 30 Jan 1940 Albert H. Blanding (b. 1876 - d. 1970)
31 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1946 John F. Williams (2nd time)
(acting from 31 Jan 1944)
1 Feb 1946 - 29 Sep 1947 Butler B. Miltonberger (b. 1896 - d. 1977)
30 Sep 1947 - 4 Sep 1950 Kenneth F. Cramer (b. 1894 - d. 1954)
5 Sep 1950 - 15 Feb 1953 Raymond H. Fleming
(acting to 13 Aug 1951)
16 Feb 1953 - 21 Jun 1953 Earl T. Ricks (acting)
22 Jun 1953 - 31 May 1959 Edgar C. Erickson
1 Jun 1959 - 19 Jul 1959 Winston P. Wilson (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 1996)
(acting)
20 Jul 1959 - 30 Aug 1963 Donald W. McGowan (b. 1898 - d. 1967)
31 Aug 1963 - 31 Aug 1971 Winston P. Wilson (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1971 - 23 Jun 1974 Francis S. Greenlief (b. 1921 - d. 1999)
16 Aug 1974 - 15 Aug 1982 LaVern E. Weber (b. 1923 - d. 1999)
16 Aug 1982 - 15 Aug 1986 Emmett H. Walker, Jr. (b. 1924 - d. 2007)
16 Aug 1986 - 31 Jan 1990 Herbert R. Temple, Jr.
1 Feb 1990 - 1 Dec 1993 John B. Conaway (b. 1934)
1 Jan 1994 - 31 Jul 1994 Raymond F. Rees (1st time) (b. 1944)
(acting)
1 Oct 1994 - 31 Jul 1998 Edward D. Baca (b. 1938)
31 Jul 1998 - 3 Aug 2002 Russell C. Davis (b. 1938)
(acting to 4 Aug 1998)
4 Aug 2002 - 10 Apr 2003 Raymond F. Rees (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
11 Apr 2003 - H. Steven Blum (b. 1946)
30 Apr 1798 Navy Department established
18 Sep 1947 becomes a branch of the Department of Defense
Secretaries
18 Jun 1798 - 31 Mar 1801 Benjamin Stoddert (b. 1751 - d. 1813)
27 Jul 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 Robert Smith (b. 1757 - d. 1842)
15 May 1809 - 31 Dec 1812 Paul Hamilton (b. 1762 - d. 1816)
19 Jan 1813 - 1 Dec 1814 William Jones (b. 1760 - d. 1831)
16 Jan 1815 - 30 Sep 1818 Benjamin W. Crowninshield (b. 1772 - d. 1851)
1 Jan 1819 - 31 Aug 1823 Smith Thompson (b. 1768 - d. 1843)
16 Sep 1823 - 4 Mar 1829 Samuel L. Southard (b. 1787 - d. 1842)
9 Mar 1829 - 12 May 1831 John Branch (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
23 May 1823 - 30 Jun 1834 Levi Woodbury (b. 1789 - d. 1851)
1 Jul 1834 - 30 Jun 1838 Mahlon Dickerson (b. 1770 - d. 1853)
1 Jul 1838 - 4 Mar 1841 James K. Paulding (b. 1778 - d. 1860)
6 Mar 1841 - 11 Sep 1841 George E. Badger (b. 1795 - d. 1866)
11 Oct 1841 - 23 Jul 1843 Abel P. Upshur (b. 1790 - d. 1844)
24 Jul 1843 - 18 Feb 1844 David Henshaw (b. 1791 - d. 1852)
19 Feb 1844 - 28 Feb 1844 Thomas W. Gilmer (b. 1802 - d. 1844)
26 Mar 1844 - 4 Mar 1845 John Y. Mason (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1859)
11 Mar 1845 - 9 Sep 1846 George Bancroft (b. 1800 - d. 1891)
10 Sep 1846 - 4 Mar 1849 John Y. Mason (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Mar 1849 - 22 Jul 1850 William B. Preston (b. 1805 - d. 1862)
2 Aug 1850 - 25 Jul 1852 William A. Graham (b. 1804 - d. 1875)
26 Jul 1852 - 4 Mar 1853 John P. Kennedy (b. 1795 - d. 1870)
8 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 James C. Dobbin (b. 1804 - d. 1857)
7 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 Isaac Toucey (b. 1796 - d. 1869)
7 Mar 1861 - 4 Mar 1869 Gideon Welles (b. 1802 - d. 1878)
9 Mar 1869 - 25 Jun 1869 Adolph E. Borie (b. 1809 - d. 1880)
26 Jun 1869 - 4 Mar 1877 George M. Robeson (b. 1829 - d. 1897)
13 Mar 1877 - 20 Dec 1880 Richard W. Thompson (b. 1823 - d. 1900)
7 Jan 1881 - 4 Mar 1881 Nathan Goff, Jr. (b. 1843 - d. 1920)
7 Mar 1881 - 16 Apr 1882 William H. Hunt (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
16 Apr 1882 - 4 Mar 1885 William E. Chandler (b. 1835 - d. 1917)
7 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 William C. Whitney (b. 1841 - d. 1904)
6 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 Benjamin F. Tracy (b. 1830 - d. 1915)
7 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 Hilary A. Herbert (b. 1834 - d. 1919)
6 Mar 1897 - 30 Apr 1902 John D. Long (b. 1838 - d. 1915)
1 May 1902 - 30 Jun 1904 William H. Moody (b. 1853 - d. 1917)
1 Jul 1904 - 30 Jun 1905 Paul Morton (b. 1857 - d. 1911)
1 Jul 1905 - 16 Dec 1906 Charles J. Bonaparte (b. 1851 - d. 1921)
17 Dec 1906 - 30 Nov 1908 Victor H. Metcalf (b. 1853 - d. 1936)
1 Dec 1908 - 4 Mar 1909 Truman Handy Newberry (b. 1864 - d. 1945)
6 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 George von Lengerke Meyer (b. 1858 - d. 1918)
5 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 Josephus Daniels (b. 1862 - d. 1948)
6 Mar 1921 - 10 Mar 1924 Edwin C. Denby (b. 1870 - d. 1929)
19 Mar 1924 - 4 Mar 1929 Curtis D. Wilbur (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
5 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Charles Francis Adams (b. 1866 - d. 1954)
4 Mar 1933 - 7 Jul 1939 Claude A. Swanson (b. 1862 - d. 1939)
2 Jan 1940 - 24 Jun 1940 Charles Edison (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
11 Jul 1940 - 28 Apr 1944 Frank Knox (b. 1874 - d. 1944)
19 May 1944 - 17 Sep 1947 James V. Forrestal (b. 1892 - d. 1949)
18 Sep 1947 - 24 May 1949 John L. Sullivan (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
25 May 1949 - 31 Jul 1951 Francis P. Matthews (b. 1887 - d. 1952)
31 Jul 1951 - 20 Jan 1953 Dan A. Kimball (b. 1896 - d. 1970)
4 Feb 1953 - 3 May 1954 Robert B. Anderson (b. 1910 - d. 1989)
3 May 1954 - 1 Apr 1957 Charles S. Thomas (b. 1897 - d. 1983)
1 Apr 1957 - 8 Jun 1959 Thomas Gates (b. 1906 - d. 1983)
8 Jun 1959 - 19 Jan 1961 William Franke (b. 1894 - d. 1979)
25 Jan 1961 - 20 Dec 1961 John B. Connally (b. 1917 - d. 1993)
4 Jan 1962 - 1 Nov 1963 Fred Korth (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
2 Nov 1963 - 28 Nov 1963 Paul B. Fay (acting) (b. 1918)
29 Nov 1963 - 30 Jun 1967 Paul H. Nitze (b. 1907 - d. 2004)
1 Jul 1967 - 31 Aug 1967 Charles F. Baird (acting) (b. 1922)
1 Sep 1967 - 20 Jan 1969 Paul R. Ignatius (b. 1920)
31 Jan 1969 - 4 May 1972 John H. Chafee (b. 1922 - d. 1999)
4 May 1972 - 8 Apr 1974 John H. Warner (b. 1927)
8 Apr 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 J. William Middendorf (b. 1924)
14 Feb 1977 - 24 Aug 1979 W. Graham Clayton, Jr. (b. 1912)
24 Oct 1979 - 20 Jan 1981 Edward Hidalgo (b. 1912 - d. 1995)
5 Feb 1981 - 10 Apr 1987 John Lehman (b. 1942)
1 May 1987 - 23 Feb 1988 James H. Webb (b. 1946)
28 Mar 1988 - 15 May 1989 William L. Ball (b. 1948)
15 May 1989 - 26 Jun 1992 Henry L. Garrett III (b. 1939)
26 Jun 1992 - 7 Jul 1992 Daniel Howard (acting) (b. 1943)
7 Jul 1992 - 20 Jan 1993 Sean O'Keefe (b. 1956)
(acting to 2 Oct 1992)
20 Jan 1993 - 21 Jul 1993 Frank B. Kelso II (acting) (b. 1933)
22 Jul 1993 - 16 Nov 1998 John H. Dalton (b. 1941)
16 Nov 1998 - 20 Jan 2001 Richard Danzig (b. 1944)
20 Jan 2001 - 24 May 2001 Robert B. Pirie, Jr. (acting) (b. 1933)
24 May 2001 - 24 Jan 2003 Gordon R. England (1st time) (b. 1937)
24 Jan 2003 - 7 Feb 2003 Susan Morrisey Livingstone (f) (b. 1946)
(acting)
7 Feb 2003 - 1 Oct 2003 Hansford T. Johnson (acting) (b. 1936)
1 Oct 2003 - 29 Dec 2005 Gordon R. England (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Dec 2005 - 3 Jan 2006 Dionel M. Aviles (acting) (b. 1961?)
3 Jan 2006 - Donald C. Winter
18 Sep 1947 Department of the Air Force created as a branch of the
Department of Defense
Secretaries
18 Sep 1947 - 24 Apr 1950 Stuart Symington (b. 1901 - d. 1988)
24 Apr 1950 - 20 Jan 1953 Thomas K. Finletter (b. 1893 - d. 1980)
4 Feb 1953 - 13 Aug 1955 Harold E. Talbott (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
15 Aug 1955 - 30 Apr 1957 Donald A. Quarles (b. 1894 - d. 1959)
1 May 1957 - 10 Dec 1959 James H. Douglas (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
11 Dec 1959 - 20 Jan 1961 Dudley C. Sharp (b. 1905)
24 Jan 1961 - 30 Sep 1965 Eugene M. Zuckert (b. 1911 - d. 2000)
1 Oct 1965 - 15 Feb 1969 Harold Brown (b. 1927)
15 Feb 1969 - 14 May 1973 Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (b. 1918)
15 May 1973 - 23 Nov 1975 John L. McLucas (b. 1920 - d. 2002)
(acting to 18 Jul 1973)
24 Nov 1975 - 1 Jan 1976 James W. Plummer (acting) (b. 1920)
2 Jan 1976 - 6 Apr 1977 Thomas C. Reed (b. 1934)
6 Apr 1977 - 18 May 1979 John C. Stetson (b. 1920)
18 May 1979 - 9 Feb 1981 Hans M. Mark (b. 1929)
(acting to 26 Jul 1979)
9 Feb 1981 - 30 Nov 1985 Verne Orr (b. 1916)
9 Dec 1985 - 6 Apr 1986 Russell A. Rourke (b. 1931 - d. 2003)
8 Apr 1986 - 16 Dec 1988 Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. (b. 1938)
(acting to 8 Jun 1986)
16 Dec 1988 - 29 Apr 1989 James F. McGovern (acting) (b. 1946)
29 Apr 1989 - 21 May 1989 John J. Welch, Jr. (b. 1930)
22 May 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Donald B. Rice (b. 1939)
20 Jan 1993 - 13 Jul 1993 Michael B. Donley (1st time) (b. 1952)
(acting)
14 Jul 1993 - 5 Aug 1993 Merrill A. McPeak (acting) (b. 1936)
6 Aug 1993 - 31 Oct 1997 Sheila E. Widnall (f) (b. 1938)
1 Nov 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 F. Whitten Peters (b. 1946)
(acting to 30 Jul 1999)
21 Jan 2001 - 31 May 2001 Lawrence J. Delaney (acting)
1 Jun 2001 - 20 Jan 2005 James G. Roche (b. 1939)
20 Jan 2005 - 31 Mar 2005 Peter B. Teets (acting)
31 Mar 2005 - 29 Jul 2005 Michael L. Dominguez (acting)
29 Jul 2005 - 3 Nov 2005 Pete Geren (acting) (b. 1952)
3 Nov 2005 - 21 Jun 2008 Michael W. Wynne (b. 1944)
21 Jun 2008 - Michael B. Donley (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief
20 Jul 1942 - 21 Mar 1949 William D. Leahy (b. 1875 - d. 1959)
Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
16 Aug 1949 - 15 Aug 1953 Omar N. Bradley (b. 1893 - d. 1981)
15 Aug 1953 - 15 Aug 1957 Arthur W. Radford (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
15 Aug 1957 - 30 Sep 1960 Nathan F. Twining (b. 1897 - d. 1982)
1 Oct 1960 - 30 Sep 1962 Lyman L. Lemnitzer (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
1 Oct 1962 - 1 Jul 1964 Maxwell D. Taylor (b. 1901 - d. 1987)
3 Jul 1964 - 2 Jul 1970 Earle G. Wheeler (b. 1908 - d. 1975)
2 Jul 1970 - 1 Jul 1974 Thomas H. Moorer (b. 1912 - d. 2004)
1 Jul 1974 - 20 Jun 1978 George S. Brown (b. 1918 - d. 1978)
21 Jun 1978 - 18 Jun 1982 David C. Jones (b. 1921)
18 Jun 1982 - 30 Sep 1985 John W. Vessey, Jr. (b. 1922)
1 Oct 1985 - 30 Sep 1989 William J. Crowe, Jr. (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
1 Oct 1989 - 30 Sep 1993 Colin Powell (b. 1937)
1 Oct 1993 - 24 Oct 1993 David E. Jeremiah (acting) (b. 1934)
25 Oct 1993 - 30 Sep 1997 John Shalikashvili (b. 1936)
1 Oct 1997 - 30 Sep 2001 Henry H. Shelton (b. 1942)
1 Oct 2001 - 30 Sep 2005 Richard B. Myers (b. 1942)
30 Sep 2005 - 1 Oct 2007 Peter Pace (b. 1945)
1 Oct 2007 - Michael Mullen (b. 1946)
Army
Continental Army General and Commander in Chief
15 Jun 1775 - 23 Dec 1783 George Washington (b. 1732 - d. 1799)
Senior Officers
23 Dec 1783 - 20 Jun 1784 Henry Knox (b. 1750 - d. 1806)
20 Jun 1784 - 12 Aug 1784 John Doughty (b. 1754 - d. 1826)
12 Aug 1784 - 4 Mar 1791 Josiah Harmar (b. 1753 - d. 1813)
4 Mar 1791 - 5 Mar 1792 Arthur St. Clair (b. 1736 - d. 1818)
13 Apr 1792 - 15 Dec 1796 Anthony Wayne (b. 1745 - d. 1796)
15 Dec 1796 - 13 Jul 1798 James Wilkinson (1st time) (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
13 Jul 1798 - 14 Dec 1799 George Washington (s.a.)
14 Dec 1799 - 15 Jun 1800 Alexander Hamilton (b. 1757 - d. 1804)
15 Jun 1800 - 27 Jan 1812 James Wilkinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Jan 1812 - 15 Jun 1815 Henry Dearborn (b. 1751 - d. 1829)
15 Jun 1815 - Jun 1821 Jacob J. Brown (b. 1775 - d. 1828)
Commanding Generals
Jun 1821 - 24 Feb 1828 Jacob J. Brown (s.a.)
29 May 1828 - 25 Jun 1841 Alexander Macomb (b. 1782 - d. 1841)
5 Jul 1841 - 1 Nov 1861 Winfield Scott (b. 1786 - d. 1866)
1 Nov 1861 - 11 Mar 1862 George B. McClellan (b. 1826 - d. 1885)
23 Jul 1862 - 9 Mar 1864 Henry W. Halleck (b. 1815 - d. 1872)
9 Mar 1864 - 4 Mar 1869 Ulysses S. Grant (b. 1822 - d. 1885)
8 Mar 1869 - 1 Nov 1883 William T. Sherman (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
1 Nov 1883 - 5 Aug 1888 Philip H. Sheridan (b. 1831 - d. 1888)
14 Aug 1888 - 29 Sep 1895 John M. Schofield (b. 1831 - d. 1906)
5 Oct 1895 - 8 Aug 1903 Nelson A. Miles (b. 1839 - d. 1925)
Chiefs of the Army Staff
15 Aug 1903 - 8 Jan 1904 Samuel B.M. Young (b. 1840 - d. 1924)
9 Jan 1904 - 14 Jan 1906 Adna R. Chaffee (b. 1842 - d. 1914)
15 Jan 1906 - 13 Apr 1906 John C. Bates (b. 1842 - d. 1919)
14 Apr 1906 - 21 Apr 1910 J. Franklin Bell (b. 1856 - d. 1919)
22 Apr 1910 - 20 Apr 1914 Leonard Wood (b. 1860 - d. 1927)
21 Apr 1914 - 15 Nov 1914 William W. Wotherspoon (b. 1850 - d. 1921)
16 Nov 1914 - 21 Sep 1917 Hugh L. Scott (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
22 Sep 1917 - 18 May 1918 Tasker H. Bliss (b. 1853 - d. 1930)
19 May 1918 - 30 Jun 1921 Peyton C. March (b. 1864 - d. 1955)
1 Jul 1921 - 13 Sep 1924 John J. Pershing (b. 1860 - d. 1948)
14 Sep 1924 - 20 Nov 1926 John L. Hines (b. 1868 - d. 1968)
21 Nov 1926 - 20 Nov 1930 Charles P. Summerall (b. 1867 - d. 1955)
21 Nov 1930 - 1 Oct 1935 Douglas MacArthur (b. 1880 - d. 1964)
2 Oct 1935 - 31 Aug 1939 Malin Craig (b. 1875 - d. 1945)
1 Sep 1939 - 18 Nov 1945 George C. Marshall (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
19 Nov 1945 - 7 Feb 1948 Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
7 Feb 1948 - 16 Aug 1949 Omar N. Bradley (b. 1893 - d. 1981)
16 Aug 1949 - 15 Aug 1953 J. Lawton Collins (b. 1896 - d. 1987)
16 Aug 1953 - 30 Jun 1955 Matthew B. Ridgway (b. 1895 - d. 1993)
30 Jun 1955 - 30 Jun 1959 Maxwell D. Taylor (b. 1901 - d. 1987)
1 Jul 1959 - 30 Sep 1960 Lyman L. Lemnitzer (b. 1899 - d. 1988)
1 Oct 1960 - 30 Sep 1962 George H. Decker (b. 1902 - d. 1980)
1 Oct 1962 - 2 Jul 1964 Earle G. Wheeler (b. 1908 - d. 1975)
3 Jul 1964 - 2 Jul 1968 Harold K. Johnson (b. 1912 - d. 1983)
3 Jul 1968 - 30 Jun 1972 William C. Westmoreland (b. 1914 - d. 2005)
1 Jul 1972 - 11 Oct 1972 Bruce Palmer, Jr. (acting) (b. 1913 - d. 2000)
12 Oct 1972 - 4 Sep 1974 Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. (b. 1914 - d. 1974)
3 Oct 1974 - 30 Sep 1976 Frederick C. Weyand (b. 1916)
1 Oct 1976 - 21 Jun 1979 Bernard W. Rogers (b. 1921)
22 Jun 1979 - 21 Jun 1983 Edward C. Meyer (b. 1928)
23 Jun 1983 - 23 Jun 1987 John A. Wickham, Jr. (b. 1928)
23 Jun 1987 - 21 Jun 1991 Carl E. Vuono (b. 1934)
21 Jun 1991 - 20 Jun 1995 Gordon R. Sullivan (b. 1937)
20 Jun 1995 - 22 Jun 1999 Dennis J. Reimer (b. 1939)
22 Jun 1999 - 11 Jun 2003 Eric K. Shinseki (b. 1942)
11 Jun 2003 - 1 Aug 2003 John M. Keane (acting) (b. 1943)
1 Aug 2003 - 10 Apr 2007 Peter J. Schoomaker (b. 1946)
10 Apr 2007 - George Casey (b. 1948)
Women's Army Corps
1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
1943 Women's Army Corps (WAC)
1978 WAC abolished
Directors
16 May 1942 - 11 Jul 1945 Oveta Culp Hobby (f) (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
12 Jul 1945 - 4 Mar 1947 Westray Battle Boyce (f) (b. 1901 - d. 1972)
5 Mar 1947 - 2 Jan 1953 Mary A. Hallaren (f) (b. 1907 - d. 2005)
(acting to 6 May 1947)
3 Jan 1953 - 2 Jan 1957 Irene O. Galloway (f) (b. 1908 - d. 1963)
3 Jan 1957 - 31 Jul 1962 Mary L. Milligan (f) (b. 1911)
1 Aug 1962 - 31 Jul 1966 Emily C. Gorman (f)
1 Aug 1966 - 31 Jul 1971 Elizabeth P. Hoisington (f) (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
1 Aug 1971 - 31 Jul 1975 Mildred C. Bailey (f)
1 Aug 1975 - 28 Apr 1978 Mary E. Clarke (f) (b. 1924)
Navy
Chiefs of Naval Operations
11 May 1915 - 25 Sep 1919 William S. Benson (b. 1855 - d. 1932)
1 Nov 1919 - 21 Jul 1923 Robert E. Coontz (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
21 Jul 1923 - 14 Nov 1927 Edward W. Eberle (b. 1864 - d. 1929)
14 Nov 1927 - 17 Sep 1930 Charles F. Hughes (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
17 Sep 1930 - 30 Jun 1933 William V. Pratt (b. 1869 - d. 1957)
1 Jul 1933 - 1 Jan 1937 William H. Standley (b. 1872 - d. 1963)
2 Jan 1937 - 1 Aug 1939 William D. Leahy (b. 1875 - d. 1959)
1 Aug 1939 - 26 Mar 1942 Harold R. Stark (b. 1880 - d. 1972)
26 Mar 1942 - 15 Dec 1945 Ernest J. King (b. 1878 - d. 1956)
15 Dec 1945 - 15 Dec 1947 Chester W. Nimitz (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
15 Dec 1947 - 1 Nov 1949 Louis E. Denfeld (b. 1891 - d. 1972)
2 Nov 1949 - 22 Jul 1951 Forrest P. Sherman (b. 1896 - d. 1951)
16 Aug 1951 - 17 Aug 1953 William M. Fechteler (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
17 Aug 1953 - 17 Aug 1955 Robert B. Carney (b. 1895 - d. 1990)
17 Aug 1955 - 1 Aug 1961 Arleigh A. Burke (b. 1901 - d. 1996)
1 Aug 1961 - 1 Aug 1963 George W. Anderson, Jr. (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
1 Aug 1963 - 1 Aug 1967 David L. McDonald (b. 1906 - d. 1997)
1 Aug 1967 - 30 Jun 1970 Thomas H. Moorer (b. 1912 - d. 2004)
1 Jul 1970 - 30 Jun 1974 Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (b. 1920 - d. 2000)
1 Jul 1974 - 30 Jun 1978 James L. Holloway III (b. 1922)
1 Jul 1978 - 30 Jun 1982 Thomas B. Hayward (b. 1924)
1 Jul 1982 - 30 Jun 1986 James D. Watkins (b. 1927)
1 Jul 1986 - 30 Jun 1990 Carlisle A.H. Trost (b. 1930)
1 Jul 1990 - 23 Apr 1994 Frank B. Kelso II (b. 1933)
23 Apr 1994 - 16 May 1996 Jeremy M. Boorda (b. 1939 - d. 1996)
2 Aug 1996 - 21 Jul 2000 Jay L. Johnson (b. 1946)
21 Jul 2000 - 22 Jul 2005 Vern Clark (b. 1944)
22 Jul 2005 - 29 Sep 2007 Michael Mullen (b. 1946)
29 Sep 2007 - Gary Roughead
Marine Corps
Commandants of the Marine Corps (subordinate to Secretary of the Navy)
28 Nov 1775 - 1781 Samuel Nicholas¹ (b. 1744 - d. 1790)
12 Jul 1798 - 6 Mar 1804 William W. Burrows (b. 1758 - d. 1804)
7 Mar 1804 - 1 Sep 1818 Franklin Wharton (b. 1767 - d. 1818)
2 Sep 1818 - 15 Sep 1818 Samuel Miller (acting)
16 Sep 1818 - 2 Mar 1819 Archibald Henderson (1st time) (b. 1783 - d. 1859)
(acting)
3 Mar 1819 - 16 Oct 1820 Anthony Gale (b. 1782 - d. 1843)
17 Oct 1820 - 6 Jan 1859 Archibald Henderson (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Jan 1859 - 12 May 1864 John Harris (b. 1790 - d. 1864)
13 May 1864 - 9 Jun 1864 Augustus S. Nicholson (acting)
10 Jun 1864 - 31 Oct 1876 Jacob Zeilin (b. 1806 - d. 1880)
1 Nov 1876 - 29 Jan 1891 Charles McCawley (b. 1827 - d. 1891)
30 Jan 1891 - 2 Oct 1903 Charles Heywood (b. 1839 - d. 1915)
3 Oct 1903 - 30 Nov 1910 George Elliott (b. 1846 - d. 1931)
1 Dec 1910 - 24 Feb 1914 William P. Biddle (b. 1853 - d. 1923)
(acting to 3 Feb 1911)
25 Feb 1914 - 30 Jun 1920 George Barnett (b. 1859 - d. 1930)
1 Jul 1920 - 4 Mar 1929 John A. Lejeune (b. 1867 - d. 1942)
5 Mar 1929 - 8 Jul 1930 Wendell Neville (b. 1870 - d. 1930)
9 Jul 1930 - 28 Feb 1934 Ben H. Fuller (b. 1870 - d. 1937)
1 Mar 1934 - 30 Nov 1936 John H. Russell (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1 Dec 1936 - 31 Dec 1943 Thomas Holcomb (b. 1879 - d. 1965)
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1947 Alexander A. Vandegrift (b. 1887 - d. 1973)
1 Jan 1948 - 31 Dec 1951 Clifton B. Cates (b. 1893 - d. 1970)
1 Jan 1952 - 31 Dec 1955 Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. (b. 1896 - d. 1990)
1 Jan 1956 - 31 Dec 1959 Randolph McCall Pate (b. 1898 - d. 1961)
1 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1963 David M. Shoup (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
1 Jan 1964 - 31 Dec 1967 Wallace M. Greene, Jr. (b. 1907 - d. 2003)
1 Jan 1968 - 31 Dec 1971 Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. (b. 1913 - d. 2000)
1 Jan 1972 - 30 Jun 1975 Ronert E. Cushman, Jr. (b. 1914 - d. 1985)
1 Jul 1975 - 30 Jun 1979 Louis H. Wilson, Jr. (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
1 Jul 1979 - 30 Jun 1983 Robert H. Barrow (b. 1922)
1 Jul 1983 - 30 Jun 1987 Paul X. Kelley (b. 1928)
1 Jul 1987 - 30 Jun 1991 Alfred M. Gray, Jr. (b. 1928)
1 Jul 1991 - 30 Jun 1995 Carl E. Mundy, Jr. (b. 1935)
1 Jul 1995 - 30 Jun 1999 Charles C. Krulak (b. 1942)
1 Jul 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 James L. Jones (b. 1943)
13 Jan 2003 - 13 Nov 2006 Michael W. Hagee (b. 1944)
13 Nov 2006 - James T. Conway (b. 1947)
¹The resolution of Congress on 10 Nov 1775 provided for a colonel to command two battalions of Marines authorized, but the highest rank received by any Marine during the revolution was major. Samuel Nicholas was appointed "Captain of Marines" on 28 Nov 1775, and promoted to major on 25 Jun 1776. Because of his senior status among other Marine officers of the Revolution, he is numbered as the first Commandant. The year 1781 saw Major Nicholas' return to private life. By the summer of 1781 there were only three Marine captains and three lieutenants on active duty, and the overall organization had ceased to exist.Air Force Chiefs of the Air Force Staff 9 Feb 1942 - 28 Feb 1946 Henry H. Arnold (b. 1886 - d. 1950) 1 Mar 1946 - 30 Apr 1948 Carl A. Spaatz (b. 1891 - d. 1974) 30 Apr 1948 - 30 Jun 1953 Hoyt S. Vandenberg (b. 1899 - d. 1954) 30 Jul 1953 - 30 Jun 1957 Nathan F. Twining (b. 1897 - d. 1982) 1 Jul 1957 - 30 Jun 1961 Thomas D. White (b. 1901 - d. 1965) 30 Jun 1961 - 31 Jan 1965 Curtis E. LeMay (b. 1906 - d. 1990) 1 Feb 1965 - 1 Aug 1969 John P. McConnell (b. 1908 - d. 1986) 1 Aug 1969 - 31 Jul 1973 John D. Ryan (b. 1915 - d. 1983) 1 Aug 1973 - 30 Jun 1974 George S. Brown (b. 1918 - d. 1978) 1 Jul 1974 - 20 Jun 1978 David C. Jones (b. 1921) 1 Jul 1978 - 30 Jun 1982 Lew Allen, Jr. (b. 1925) 1 Jul 1982 - 30 Jun 1986 Charles A. Gabriel (b. 1928) 1 Jul 1986 - 30 Jun 1990 Larry D. Welch (b. 1934) 1 Jul 1990 - 17 Sep 1990 Michael J. Dugan (b. 1937) 17 Sep 1990 - 27 Oct 1990 John M. Loh (acting) (b. 1938) 27 Oct 1990 - 25 Oct 1994 Merrill A. McPeak (b. 1936) 26 Oct 1994 - 1 Sep 1997 Ronald R. Fogleman (b. 1942) 2 Sep 1997 - 5 Oct 1997 Ralph E. Eberhart (acting) (b. 1946) 6 Oct 1997 - 6 Sep 2001 Michael E. Ryan (b. 1941) 6 Sep 2001 - 2 Sep 2005 John P. Jumper (b. 1945) 2 Sep 2005 - T. Michael Moseley (b. c.1950)
African Command (AFRICOM) Commander 1 Oct 2007 - William E. Ward European Command (EUCOM) Commanders-in-chief 1 Aug 1952 - 11 Jul 1953 Matthew B. Ridgway (b. 1895 - d. 1993) 11 Jul 1953 - 20 Nov 1956 Alfred M. Gruenther (b. 1899 - d. 1983) 20 Nov 1956 - 1 Nov 1962 Lauris Norstad (b. 1907 - d. 1988) 1 Nov 1962 - 5 May 1969 Lyman L. Lemnitzer (b. 1899 - d. 1988) 5 May 1969 - 1 Nov 1974 Andrew J. Goodpaster (b. 1915 - d. 2005) 1 Nov 1974 - 27 Jun 1979 Alexander Haig (b. 1924) 27 Jun 1979 - 25 Jun 1987 Bernard Rogers (b. 1921) 25 Jun 1987 - 23 Jun 1992 John Galvin (b. 1929) 23 Jun 1992 - 21 Oct 1993 John Shalikashvili (b. 1936) 21 Oct 1993 - 10 Jul 1997 George A. Joulwan (b. 1939) 10 Jul 1997 - 2 May 2000 Wesley K. Clark (b. 1944) 2 May 2000 - 16 Jan 2003 Joseph W. Ralston (b. 1943) 16 Jan 2003 - 4 Dec 2006 James L. Jones (b. 1943) 4 Dec 2006 - Bantz J. Craddock (b. 1949) Central Command (CENTCOM) Commanders-in-chief 1 Jan 1983 - 27 Nov 1985 Robert C. Kingston (b. 1929) 27 Nov 1985 - 23 Nov 1988 George B. Crist (b. 1931) 23 Nov 1988 - 9 Aug 1991 H. Norman Schwarzkopf (b. 1934) 9 Aug 1991 - 5 Aug 1994 Joseph P. Hoar (b. 1934) 5 Aug 1994 - 13 Aug 1997 J.H. Binford Peay III (b. 1940) 13 Aug 1997 - 6 Jul 2000 Anthony Zinni (b. 1943) 6 Jul 2000 - 7 Jul 2003 Tommy Franks (b. 1945) 7 Jul 2003 - 16 Mar 2007 John Abizaid (b. 1951) 16 Mar 2007 - William J. Fallon (b. 1944) Pacific Command (PACOM) Commanders-in-chief 1 Jan 1947 - 28 Feb 1947 John H. Towers (b. 1885 - d. 1955) 28 Feb 1947 - 3 Dec 1947 Louis E. Denfeld (b. 1891 - d. 1972) 12 Jan 1948 - 30 Apr 1949 DeWitt C. Ramsey (b. 1888 - d. 1961) 30 Apr 1949 - 10 Jul 1953 Arthur W. Radford (b. 1896 - d. 1973) 10 Jul 1953 - 31 Jul 1958 Felix B. Stump (b. 1894 - d. 1972) 31 Jul 1958 - 30 Jun 1964 Harry D. Felt (b. 1902 - d. 1992) 30 Jun 1964 - 31 Jul 1968 Ulysses S. Grant Sharp (b. 1906 - d. 2001) 31 Jul 1968 - 1 Sep 1972 John S. McCain, Jr. (b. 1911 - d. 1981) 1 Sep 1972 - 30 Aug 1976 Noel A.M. Gayler (b. 1914) 30 Aug 1976 - 31 Oct 1979 Maurice F. Weisner (b. 1917) 31 Oct 1979 - 1 Jul 1983 Robert L.J. Long (b. 1920 - d. 2002) 1 Jul 1983 - 18 Sep 1985 William J. Crowe, Jr. (b. 1925) 18 Sep 1985 - 30 Sep 1988 Ronald J. Hays (b. 1928) 30 Sep 1988 - 1 Mar 1991 Huntington Hardisty (b. 1929 - d. 2003) 1 Mar 1991 - 11 Jul 1994 Charles R. Larson (b. 1936) 11 Jul 1994 - 19 Jul 1994 Harold T. Fields (b. 1938) 19 Jul 1994 - 31 Jan 1996 Richard C. Macke (b. 1938) 31 Jan 1996 - 20 Feb 1999 Joseph W. Prueher (b. 1942) 20 Feb 1999 - 2 May 2002 Dennis C. Blair (b. 1947) 2 May 2002 - 26 Feb 2005 Thomas B. Fargo (b. 1948) 26 Feb 2005 - 12 Mar 2007 William J. Fallon (b. 1944) 12 Mar 2007 - 26 Mar 2007 Daniel P. Leaf (acting) 26 Mar 2007 - Timothy J. Keating (b. 1948) Northern Command (NORTHCOM) Commanders-in-chief 1 Oct 2002 - 5 Nov 2004 Ralph E. Eberhart (b. 1946) 5 Nov 2004 - 23 Mar 2007 Timothy J. Keating (b. 1948) 23 Mar 2007 - Victor E. Renuart, Jr. (b. 1949) Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Jul 1917 Panama Canal Department 10 Feb 1941 Caribbean Defense Command 1 Nov 1947 U.S. Caribbean Command 6 Jun 1963 U.S. Southern Command Commanders-in-chief Jul 1917 - Aug 1917 Edward H. Plummer (b. 1855 - d. 1927) Aug 1917 Adelbert Cronkhite (b. 1861 - d. 1937) Aug 1917 - Oct 1917 C.E. Lander Oct 1917 - Feb 1918 W.W. Graves Feb 1918 - Apr 1919 Richard M. Blatchford (b. 1859 - d. 1934) Apr 1919 - May 1921 Charles W. Kennedy May 1921 - Oct 1921 B.B. Babbitt Oct 1921 - Sep 1924 Samuel D. Sturgis (b. 1861 - d. 1933) Sep 1924 - Jan 1926 William Lassiter (b. 1867 - d. 1959) Jan 1926 - Apr 1928 Charles H. Martin (b. 1863 - d. 1946) Apr 1928 - Aug 1930 Malin Craig (b. 1875 - d. 1945) Aug 1930 - Nov 1930 L.R. Erwin Nov 1930 - Sep 1933 Preston Brown (b. 1872 - d. 1948) Sep 1933 - Nov 1935 Harold B. Fiske (b. 1871 - d. 1960) Nov 1935 - Jul 1936 Lytle Brown (b. 1872 - d. 1951) Jul 1936 - Feb 1937 Henry W. Butner (b. 1875 - d. 1937) Feb 1937 - Apr 1937 Frank W. Rowell Apr 1937 - Jan 1940 David L. Stone Jan 1940 - Sep 1941 Daniel Van Voorhis (b. 1878 - d. 1956) 9 Sep 1941 - 8 Nov 1942 Frank M. Andrews (b. 1884 - d. 1943) Nov 1942 - Oct 1945 George Howard Brett (b. 1886 - d. 1963) Oct 1945 - 28 Jun 1948 Willis D. Crittenberger (b. 1890 - d. 1980) 28 Jun 1948 - 1 Oct 1949 Matthew B. Ridgway (b. 1895 - d. 1993) 1 Oct 1949 - 1 Apr 1952 William Morris, Jr. 1 Apr 1952 - 15 Jun 1954 Horace L. McBride 15 Jun 1954 - 5 Jan 1957 William K. Harrison (b. 1895 - d. 1987) 5 Jan 1957 - 20 Feb 1958 Robert M. Montague (b. 1899 - d. 1958) 20 Feb 1958 - 1 Apr 1958 Truman H. Landon (b. 1905 - d. 1986) 1 Apr 1958 - 15 Jul 1960 Ridgely Gaither (b. 1903 - d. 1992) 15 Jul 1960 - 1 Feb 1961 Robert F. Sink (b. 1905 - d. 1965) 1 Feb 1961 - 22 Feb 1965 Andrew P. O'Meara (b. 1907) 22 Feb 1965 - 18 Feb 1969 Robert W. Porter, Jr. (b. 1908 - d. 2000) 18 Feb 1969 - 20 Sep 1971 George R. Mather (b. 1911 - d. 1993) 20 Sep 1971 - 17 Jan 1973 George V. Underwood, Jr. (b. 1913 - d. 1984) 17 Jan 1973 - 1 Aug 1975 William B. Rosson (b. 1918 - d. 2004) 1 Aug 1975 - 1 Oct 1979 Dennis P. McAuliffe (b. 1922) 1 Oct 1979 - 24 May 1983 Wallace H. Nutting (b. 1928) 24 May 1983 - 1 Mar 1985 Paul F. Gorman (b. 1927) 1 Mar 1985 - 6 Jun 1987 John Galvin (b. 1929) 6 Jun 1987 - 1 Oct 1989 Fred F. Woerner (b. 1933) 1 Oct 1989 - 21 Nov 1990 Maxwell R. Thurman (b. 1931 - d. 1995) 21 Nov 1990 - 17 Feb 1994 George A. Joulwan (b. 1939) 17 Feb 1994 - Mar 1996 Barry McCaffrey (b. 1942) Mar 1996 - 26 Jun 1996 James B. Perkins III (acting) (b. 1942) 26 Jun 1996 - Jul 1997 Wesley K. Clark (b. 1944) Jul 1997 - Sep 1997 Walter F. Doran (acting) (b. 1945) Sep 1997 - 8 Sep 2000 Charles E. Wilhelm (b. 1941) 8 Sep 2000 - 1 Oct 2001 Peter Pace (b. 1945) 1 Oct 2001 - 18 Aug 2002 Gary D. Speer (acting) (b. 1950) 18 Aug 2002 - 9 Nov 2004 James T. Hill (b. 1946) 9 Nov 2004 - 19 Oct 2006 Bantz J. Craddock (b. 1949) 19 Oct 2006 - James G. Stavridis (b. 1955)
26 Jul 1775 office of Postmaster General created by Congress
1829 Postmaster General becomes a cabinet member
8 Jun 1872 Post Office Department formally established as an
executive department
1 Jul 1971 U.S. Postal Service (no longer a cabinet position)
Postmasters General
26 Jul 1775 - 7 Nov 1776 Benjamin Franklin (b. 1706 - d. 1790)
7 Nov 1776 - 28 Jan 1782 Richard Bache (b. 1737 - d. 1811)
28 Jan 1782 - 26 Sep 1789 Ebenezer Hazard (b. 1744 - d. 1817)
26 Sep 1789 - 12 Aug 1791 Samuel Osgood (b. 1747 - d. 1813)
12 Aug 1791 - 25 Feb 1795 Timothy Pickering (b. 1745 - d. 1829)
25 Feb 1795 - 28 Nov 1801 Joseph Habersham (b. 1751 - d. 1815)
28 Nov 1801 - 17 Mar 1814 Gideon Granger (b. 1767 - d. 1822)
17 Mar 1814 - 26 Jun 1823 Return J. Meigs, Jr. (b. 1764 - d. 1824)
26 Jun 1823 - 3 Mar 1829 John McLean (b. 1785 - d. 1861)
9 Mar 1829 - 1 May 1835 William T. Barry (b. 1785 - d. 1835)
1 May 1835 - 19 May 1840 Amos Kendall (b. 1789 - d. 1869)
19 May 1840 - 3 Mar 1841 John M. Niles (b. 1787 - d. 1856)
6 Mar 1841 - 13 Sep 1841 Francis Granger (b. 1792 - d. 1868)
13 Sep 1841 - 3 Mar 1845 Charles A. Wickliffe (b. 1788 - d. 1869)
6 Mar 1845 - 3 Mar 1849 Cave Johnson (b. 1793 - d. 1866)
8 Mar 1849 - 23 Jul 1850 Jacob Collamer (b. 1791 - d. 1865)
23 Jul 1850 - 31 Aug 1852 Nathan K. Hall (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
31 Aug 1852 - 3 Mar 1853 Samuel D. Hubbard (b. 1799 - d. 1855)
7 Mar 1853 - 3 Mar 1857 James Campbell (b. 1812 - d. 1893)
6 Mar 1857 - 14 Mar 1859 Aaron V. Brown (b. 1795 - d. 1859)
14 Mar 1859 - 12 Feb 1861 Joseph Holt (b. 1807 - d. 1894)
12 Feb 1861 - 3 Mar 1861 Horatio King (b. 1811 - d. 1897)
5 Mar 1861 - 24 Sep 1864 Montgomery Blair (b. 1813 - d. 1883)
24 Sep 1864 - 25 Jul 1866 William Dennison, Jr. (b. 1815 - d. 1882)
25 Jul 1866 - 3 Mar 1869 Alexander W. Randall (b. 1819 - d. 1872)
5 Mar 1869 - 3 Jul 1874 John A.J. Creswell (b. 1828 - d. 1891)
3 Jul 1874 - 24 Aug 1874 James W. Marshall (b. 1822 - d. 1910)
24 Aug 1874 - 12 Jul 1876 Marshall Jewell (b. 1825 - d. 1883)
12 Jul 1876 - 3 Mar 1877 James N. Tyner (b. 1826 - d. 1904)
12 Mar 1877 - 2 Jun 1880 David M. Key (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
2 Jun 1880 - 3 Mar 1881 Horace Maynard (b. 1814 - d. 1882)
5 Mar 1881 - 20 Dec 1881 Thomas L. James (b. 1831 - d. 1916)
20 Dec 1881 - 3 Apr 1883 Timothy O. Howe (b. 1816 - d. 1883)
3 Apr 1883 - 14 Oct 1884 Walter Q. Gresham (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
14 Oct 1884 - 3 Mar 1885 Frank Hatton (b. 1846 - d. 1894)
6 Mar 1885 - 6 Jan 1888 William F. Vilas (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
6 Jan 1888 - 3 Mar 1889 Don M. Dickinson (b. 1846 - d. 1917)
5 Mar 1889 - 3 Mar 1893 John Wanamaker (b. 1838 - d. 1922)
6 Mar 1893 - 1 Mar 1895 Wilson S. Bissell (b. 1847 - d. 1903)
1 Mar 1895 - 3 Mar 1897 William L. Wilson (b. 1843 - d. 1900)
5 Mar 1897 - 21 Apr 1898 James A. Gary (b. 1833 - d. 1920)
21 Apr 1898 - 9 Jan 1902 Charles Emory Smith (b. 1842 - d. 1908)
9 Jan 1902 - 10 Oct 1904 Henry C. Payne (b. 1843 - d. 1904)
10 Oct 1904 - 3 Mar 1905 Robert J. Wynne (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
6 Mar 1905 - 15 Jan 1907 George B. Cortelyou (b. 1862 - d. 1940)
15 Jan 1907 - 3 Mar 1909 George von Lengerke Meyer (b. 1858 - d. 1918)
5 Mar 1909 - 3 Mar 1913 Frank H. Hitchcock (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
5 Mar 1913 - 3 Mar 1921 Albert S. Burleson (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
5 Mar 1921 - 4 Mar 1922 Will Hays (b. 1879 - d. 1954)
4 Mar 1922 - 27 Feb 1923 Hubert Work (b. 1860 - d. 1942)
27 Feb 1923 - 3 Mar 1929 Harry S. New (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
5 Mar 1929 - 3 Mar 1933 Walter F. Brown (b. 1869 - d. 1961)
4 Mar 1933 - 10 Sep 1940 James A. Farley (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
10 Sep 1940 - 8 May 1945 Frank C. Walker (b. 1886 - d. 1959)
8 May 1945 - 16 Dec 1947 Robert E. Hannegan (b. 1903 - d. 1949)
16 Dec 1947 - 20 Jan 1953 Jesse M. Donaldson (b. 1885 - d. 1970)
21 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 Arthur E. Summerfield (b. 1899 - d. 1972)
21 Jan 1961 - 30 Sep 1963 J. Edward Day (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
30 Sep 1963 - 3 Nov 1965 John A. Gronouski (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
3 Nov 1965 - 20 Jan 1969 Lawrence F. O'Brien (b. 1917 - d. 1990)
22 Jan 1969 - 1 Jan 1972 Winton M. Blount (b. 1921 - d. 2002)
1 Jan 1972 - 16 Feb 1975 E.T. Klassen (b. 1908 - d. 1990)
16 Feb 1975 - 15 Mar 1978 Benjamin F. Bailar (b. 1934)
15 Mar 1978 - 1 Jan 1985 William F. Bolger (b. 1923 - d. 1989)
1 Jan 1985 - 7 Jan 1986 Paul N. Carlin (b. 1931)
7 Jan 1986 - 16 Aug 1986 Albert V. Casey (b. 1920 - d. 2004)
16 Aug 1986 - 1 Mar 1988 Preston Robert Tisch (b. 1926 - d. 2005)
1 Mar 1988 - 6 Jul 1992 Anthony M. Frank (b. 1931)
6 Jul 1992 - 16 May 1998 Marvin T. Runyon (b. 1924 - d. 2004)
16 May 1998 - 1 Jun 2001 William J. Henderson (b. 1947)
1 Jun 2001 - John E. Potter (b. 1955?)
2 Sep 1789 Department of the Treasury
Secretaries
11 Sep 1789 - 31 Jan 1795 Alexander Hamilton (b. 1757 - d. 1804)
3 Feb 1797 - 31 Dec 1800 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (b. 1760 - d. 1833)
1 Jan 1801 - 13 May 1801 Samuel Dexter (b. 1761 - d. 1816)
14 May 1801 - 8 Feb 1814 Albert Gallatin (b. 1761 - d. 1849)
9 Feb 1814 - 5 Oct 1814 George W. Campbell (b. 1769 - d. 1848)
6 Oct 1814 - 21 Oct 1816 Alexander J. Dallas (b. 1759 - d. 1817)
22 Oct 1816 - 4 Mar 1825 William H. Crawford (b. 1772 - d. 1834)
7 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829 Richard Rush (b. 1780 - d. 1859)
6 Mar 1829 - 20 Jun 1831 Samuel D. Ingham (b. 1779 - d. 1860)
8 Aug 1831 - 28 May 1833 Louis McLane (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
29 May 1833 - 22 Sep 1833 William J. Duane (b. 1780 - d. 1865)
23 Sep 1833 - 25 Jun 1834 Roger B. Taney (b. 1777 - d. 1864)
1 Jul 1834 - 4 Mar 1841 Levi Woodbury (b. 1789 - d. 1851)
4 Mar 1841 - 11 Sep 1841 Thomas Ewing (b. 1789 - d. 1871)
13 Sep 1841 - 1 Mar 1843 Walter Forward (b. 1786 - d. 1852)
8 Mar 1843 - 2 May 1844 John C. Spencer (b. 1788 - d. 1855)
4 Jul 1844 - 4 Mar 1845 George M. Bibb (b. 1776 - d. 1859)
8 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849 Robert J. Walker (b. 1801 - d. 1869)
8 Mar 1849 - 22 Jul 1850 William M. Meredith (b. 1799 - d. 1873)
23 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 Thomas Corwin (b. 1794 - d. 1865)
7 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 James Guthrie (b. 1792 - d. 1869)
7 Mar 1857 - 8 Dec 1860 Howell Cobb (b. 1815 - d. 1868)
12 Dec 1860 - 14 Jan 1861 Philipp F. Thomas (b. 1810 - d. 1890)
15 Jan 1861 - 4 Mar 1861 John A. Dix (b. 1789 - d. 1879)
7 Mar 1861 - 30 Jun 1864 Salmon P. Chase (b. 1808 - d. 1873)
5 Jul 1864 - 4 Mar 1865 William P. Fessenden (b. 1806 - d. 1869)
9 Mar 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 Hugh McCulloch (1st time) (b. 1808 - d. 1895)
12 Mar 1869 - 16 Mar 1873 George S. Boutwell (b. 1818 - d. 1905)
17 Mar 1873 - 3 Jun 1874 William A. Richardson (b. 1821 - d. 1896)
4 Jun 1874 - 20 Jun 1876 Benjamin H. Bristow (b. 1832 - d. 1890)
7 Jul 1876 - 4 Mar 1877 Lot M. Morrill (b. 1813 - d. 1883)
10 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 John Sherman (b. 1823 - d. 1900)
8 Mar 1881 - 13 Nov 1881 William H. Windom (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1891)
14 Nov 1881 - 4 Sep 1884 Charles J. Folger (b. 1818 - d. 1884)
5 Sep 1884 - 30 Oct 1884 Walter Q. Gresham (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
31 Oct 1884 - 7 Mar 1885 Hugh McCulloch (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Mar 1885 - 31 Mar 1887 Daniel Manning (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
1 Apr 1887 - 3 Mar 1889 Charles S. Fairchild (b. 1842 - d. 1924)
7 Mar 1889 - 29 Jan 1891 William H. Windom (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Feb 1891 - 6 Mar 1893 Charles Foster (b. 1828 - d. 1904)
7 Mar 1893 - 5 Mar 1897 John G. Carlisle (b. 1835 - d. 1910)
6 Mar 1897 - 31 Jan 1902 Lyman J. Gage (b. 1836 - d. 1927)
1 Feb 1902 - 4 Mar 1907 Leslie M. Shaw (b. 1848 - d. 1932)
4 Mar 1907 - 4 Mar 1909 George B. Cortelyou (b. 1862 - d. 1940)
8 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 Franklin MacVeagh (b. 1837 - d. 1934)
6 Mar 1913 - 15 Dec 1918 William G. McAdoo (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
16 Dec 1918 - 1 Feb 1920 Carter Glass (b. 1858 - d. 1946)
2 Feb 1920 - 4 Mar 1921 David F. Houston (b. 1866 - d. 1940)
4 Mar 1921 - 12 Feb 1932 Andrew W. Mellon (b. 1855 - d. 1937)
13 Feb 1932 - 4 Mar 1933 Ogden L. Mills (b. 1884 - d. 1937)
5 Mar 1933 - 17 Nov 1933 William H. Woodin (b. 1868 - d. 1934)
17 Nov 1933 - 22 Jul 1945 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (b. 1891 - d. 1967)
(acting to 1 Jan 1934)
23 Jul 1945 - 23 Jun 1946 Fred M. Vinson (b. 1890 - d. 1953)
25 Jun 1946 - 20 Jan 1953 John W. Snyder (b. 1895 - d. 1985)
21 Jan 1953 - 29 Jul 1957 George M. Humphrey (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
29 Jul 1957 - 20 Jan 1961 Robert B. Anderson (b. 1910 - d. 1989)
21 Jan 1961 - 1 Apr 1965 C. Douglas Dillon (b. 1909 - d. 2003)
1 Apr 1965 - 20 Dec 1968 Henry H. Fowler (b. 1908 - d. 2000)
21 Dec 1968 - 20 Jan 1969 Joseph W. Barr (b. 1918 - d. 1996)
22 Jan 1969 - 10 Feb 1971 David M. Kennedy (b. 1905 - d. 1996)
11 Feb 1971 - 12 Jun 1972 John B. Connally (b. 1917 - d. 1993)
12 Jun 1972 - 8 May 1974 George Shultz (b. 1920)
8 May 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 William E. Simon (b. 1927 - d. 2000)
23 Jan 1977 - 4 Aug 1979 Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926)
6 Aug 1979 - 20 Jan 1981 G. William Miller (b. 1925 - d. 2006)
22 Jan 1981 - 1 Feb 1985 Donald Regan (b. 1918 - d. 2003)
4 Feb 1985 - 17 Aug 1988 James Baker (b. 1930)
15 Sep 1988 - 17 Jan 1993 Nicholas F. Brady (b. 1930)
20 Jan 1993 - 22 Dec 1994 Lloyd Bentsen (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
22 Dec 1994 - 11 Jan 1995 Frank Newman (acting)
11 Jan 1995 - 2 Jul 1999 Robert E. Rubin (b. 1938)
2 Jul 1999 - 20 Jan 2001 Lawrence H. Summers (b. 1954)
20 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2002 Paul O'Neill (b. 1935)
1 Jan 2003 - 3 Feb 2003 Kenneth W. Dam (acting) (b. 1932)
3 Feb 2003 - 29 Jun 2006 John Snow (b. 1939)
29 Jun 2006 - 10 Jul 2006 Robert M. Kimmitt (acting) (b. 1947)
10 Jul 2006 - Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (b. 1946)
Treasurers
29 Jul 1775 - 11 Sep 1789 Michael Hillegas (b. 1729 - d. 1804)
11 Sep 1789 - 31 Oct 1801 Samuel Meredith (b. 1741 - d. 1817)
1 Dec 1801 - 2 May 1828 Thomas T. Tucker (b. 1745 - d. 1828)
4 Jun 1828 - May 1829 William Clark (b. 1774 - d. 1851)
May 1829 - 20 Jul 1839 John Campbell
22 Jul 1839 - 23 Nov 1850 William Selden
27 Nov 1850 - 6 Apr 1852 John Sloan
4 Apr 1853 - 22 Dec 1859 Samuel Casey
28 Feb 1860 - Mar 1861 William C. Price
Mar 1861 - 30 Jun 1875 Francis E. Spinner (b. 1802 - d. 1890)
30 Jun 1875 - 1 Jul 1876 John C. New
1 Jul 1876 - 30 Jun 1877 A.U. Wyman (1st time)
1 Jul 1877 - 31 Mar 1883 James Gilfillan
1 Apr 1883 - 30 Apr 1885 A.U. Wyman (2nd time)
1 May 1885 - 23 May 1887 Conrad N. Jordan
24 May 1887 - 10 May 1889 James W. Hyatt
11 May 1889 - 24 Apr 1891 J.N. Huston
25 Apr 1891 - 31 May 1893 Enos H. Nebeker
1 Jun 1893 - 30 Jun 1897 Daniel N. Morgan
1 Jul 1897 - 30 Jun 1905 Ellis H. Roberts
1 Jul 1905 - 30 Oct 1909 Charles H. Treat
1 Nov 1909 - 21 Nov 1912 Lee McClung
22 Nov 1912 - 31 Mar 1913 Carmi A. Thompson
1 Apr 1913 - 5 Jan 1921 John Burke (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
2 May 1921 - 1 May 1928 Frank White (b. 1856 - d. 1940)
31 May 1928 - 17 Jan 1929 H.T. Tate
18 Jan 1929 - 31 May 1933 Walter O. Woods
1 Jun 1933 - 29 May 1949 William A. Julian (b. 1860 - d. 1949)
21 Jun 1949 - 27 Jan 1953 Georgia Neese Clark (f) (b. 1900 - d. 1995)
28 Jan 1953 - 29 Jan 1961 Ivy Baker Priest (f) (b. 1905 - d. 1975)
30 Jan 1961 - 13 Apr 1962 Elizabeth Rudel Smith (f) (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
9 Jan 1963 - 22 Nov 1966 Kathryn O'Hay Granahan (f) (b. 1894 - d. 1979)
8 May 1969 - 3 Jul 1971 Dorothy Andrews Elston
(from 17 Sep 1970, Dorothy
Andrews Kabis) (f) (b. 1917 - d. 1971)
17 Dec 1971 - 8 May 1974 Romana Acosta Bañuelos (f) (b. 1925)
21 Jun 1974 - 19 Jan 1977 Francine I. Neff (f) (b. 1925)
12 Sep 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Azie Taylor Morton (f) (b. 1936 - d. 2003)
17 Mar 1981 - 5 Jul 1983 Angela M. Buchanan (f) (b. 1948)
22 Sep 1983 - 1 Jul 1989 Katherine Davalos Ortega (f) (b. 1934)
20 Nov 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (f) (b. 1940)
1 Mar 1994 - 20 Jan 2001 Mary Ellen Withrow (f) (b. 1930)
16 Aug 2001 - 30 Jun 2003 Rosario Marin (f) (b. 1958)
19 Jan 2005 - Anna Escobedo Cabral (f) (b. 1959)
Directors Apr 1792 - Jun 1795 David Rittenhouse (b. 1732 - d. 1796) Jul 1795 - Oct 1795 Henry William de Saussure (b. 1763 - d. 1839) Oct 1795 - Jul 1805 Elias Boudinot (b. 1740 - d. 1821) Jan 1806 - Jul 1824 Robert Patterson (b. 1743 - d. 1824) Jul 1824 - Jul 1835 Samuel Moore (b. 1774 - d. 1861) Jul 1835 - Jul 1851 Robert Maskell Patterson (b. 1787 - d. 1854) Jul 1851 - Apr 1853 George N. Eckert (b. 1802 - d. 1865) Apr 1853 - 30 May 1853 Thomas M. Pettit (b. 1797 - d. 1853) Jun 1853 - Apr 1861 James Ross Snowden (b. 1809 - d. 1878) May 1861 - Sep 1866 James Pollock (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1890) Oct 1866 - Apr 1867 William Millward (b. 1822 - d. 1871) Apr 1867 - Apr 1869 Henry Richard Linderman (1st time) (b. 1825 - d. 1879) May 1869 - Mar 1873 James Pollock (2nd time) (s.a.) Apr 1873 - Dec 1878 Henry Richard Linderman (2nd time) (s.a.) Feb 1879 - Jun 1885 Horatio C. Burchard (b. 1825 - d. 1908) Jul 1885 - Oct 1889 James P. Kimball Oct 1889 - May 1893 Edward O. Leech Nov 1893 - Feb 1898 Robert E. Preston Feb 1898 - Jul 1907 George E. Roberts (1st time) (b. 1857? - d. 19...) Sep 1907 - Nov 1909 Frank A. Leach (b. 1846 - d. 19...) Nov 1909 - Jun 1910 A. Piatt Andrew (b. 1873 - d. 1936) Jul 1910 - Nov 1914 George E. Roberts (2nd time) Mar 1915 - Jul 1916 Robert W. Wooley Sep 1916 - Feb 1917 F.J.H. von Engelken Mar 1917 - Mar 1922 Raymond T. Baker (b. 1877 - d. 1935) Mar 1922 - Sep 1923 F.E. Scobey (b. 1866 - d. 1931) Nov 1923 - May 1933 Robert J. Grant (b. 1862 - d. 1949) May 1933 - Apr 1953 Nellie Tayloe Ross (f) (b. 1876 - d. 1977) Jul 1954 - Jan 1961 William H. Brett (b. 1893 - d. 1989) Oct 1961 - Aug 1969 Eva Adams (f) (b. 1908 - d. 1991) Sep 1969 - Feb 1977 Mary Brooks (f) (b. 1907 - d. 2002) Nov 1977 - Apr 1981 Stella Hackel Sims (f) (b. 1926) Jul 1981 - Aug 1991 Donna Pope (f) (b. 1931) Sep 1992 - Nov 1993 David J. Ryder (b. 1955) Jun 1994 - Mar 2000 Philip N. Diehl Mar 2000 - Aug 2001 Jay W. Johnson (b. 1943) 7 Aug 2001 - Aug 2005 Henrietta Holsman Fore (f) (b. 1948) Aug 2005 - 5 Sep 2006 David A. Lebryk (acting) 5 Sep 2006 - Edmund C. Moy (b. 1957)
Commissioners
17 Jul 1862 - 4 Mar 1863 George S. Boutwell (b. 1818 - d. 1905)
5 Mar 1863 - 30 Jun 1865 Joseph J. Lewis
(acting to 17 Mar 1863)
1 Jul 1865 - 31 Oct 1865 William Orton
1 Nov 1865 - 10 Mar 1869 Edward A. Rollins
11 Mar 1869 - 31 Oct 1870 Columbus Delano
1 Nov 1870 - 2 Jan 1871 John W. Douglass (1st time)
(acting)
3 Jan 1871 - 8 Aug 1871 Alfred Pleasonton (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
9 Aug 1871 - 14 May 1875 John W. Douglass (2nd time)
15 May 1875 - 1 Aug 1876 Daniel D. Pratt
2 Aug 1876 - 30 Apr 1883 Green B. Raum (b. 1829 - d. 1909)
1 May 1883 - 10 May 1883 Henry C. Rogers (1st time)
(acting)
11 May 1883 - 20 May 1883 John J. Knox (acting)
21 May 1883 - 19 Mar 1885 Walter Evans (b. 1842 - d. 1923)
20 Mar 1885 - 20 Mar 1889 Joseph S. Miller (1st time)
21 Mar 1889 - 18 Apr 1893 John W. Mason
19 Apr 1893 - 26 Nov 1896 Joseph S. Miller (2nd time)
27 Nov 1896 - 31 Dec 1897 W. St. John Forman
1 Jan 1898 - 28 Feb 1899 Nathan B. Scott (b. 1842 - d. 1924)
1 Mar 1899 - 27 Nov 1900 George W. Wilson
28 Nov 1900 - 19 Dec 1900 Robert Williams, Jr. (acting)
20 Dec 1900 - 30 Apr 1907 John W. Yerkes
1 May 1907 - 4 Jun 1907 Henry C. Rogers (2nd time)
(acting)
5 Jun 1907 - 31 Aug 1909 John G. Capers
1 Sep 1909 - 27 Apr 1913 Royal E. Cabell
28 Apr 1913 - 25 Sep 1917 William H. Osborn (b. 1856 - d. 1921)
26 Sep 1917 - 31 Mar 1920 Daniel C. Roper (b. 1867 - d. 1943)
1 Apr 1920 - 11 Apr 1921 William M. Williams
12 Apr 1921 - 26 May 1921 Millard F. West (acting)
27 May 1921 - 31 May 1929 David H. Blair
1 Jun 1929 - 15 Aug 1930 Robert H. Lucas (b. 1888 - d. 1947)
16 Aug 1930 - 19 Aug 1930 H.F. Mires (acting)
20 Aug 1930 - 15 May 1933 David Burnet
16 May 1933 - 5 Jun 1933 Pressly R. Baldridge (acting)
6 Jun 1933 - 8 Oct 1943 Guy T. Helvering (b. 1878 - d. 1946)
9 Oct 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Robert E. Hannegan (b. 1903 - d. 1949)
23 Jan 1944 - 29 Feb 1944 Harold N. Graves (acting)
1 Mar 1944 - 30 Jun 1947 Joseph D. Nunan, Jr.
1 Jul 1947 - 31 Jul 1951 George J. Schoeneman
1 Aug 1951 - 18 Nov 1952 John B. Dunlap
19 Nov 1952 - 19 Jan 1953 John S. Graham (acting)
20 Jan 1953 - 3 Feb 1953 Justin F. Winkle (acting)
4 Feb 1953 - 31 Oct 1955 T. Coleman Andrews (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
1 Nov 1955 - 4 Dec 1955 O. Gordon Delk (1st time) (acting)
5 Dec 1955 - 30 Sep 1958 Russell C. Harrington
1 Oct 1958 - 4 Nov 1958 O. Gordon Delk (2nd time) (acting)
5 Nov 1958 - 20 Jan 1961 Dana Latham
21 Jan 1961 - 6 Feb 1961 Charles I. Fox (acting)
7 Feb 1961 - 10 Jul 1964 Mortimer M. Caplin
11 Jul 1964 - 24 Jan 1965 Bertrand M. Harding (acting)
25 Jan 1965 - 20 Jan 1969 Sheldon S. Cohen
21 Jan 1969 - 31 Mar 1969 William H. Smith (acting)
1 Apr 1969 - 22 Jun 1971 Randolph W. Thrower (b. 1913)
23 Jun 1971 - 5 Aug 1971 Harold T. Swartz (acting)
6 Aug 1971 - 30 Apr 1973 Johnnie M. Walters
1 May 1973 - 25 May 1973 Raymond F. Harless (acting)
25 May 1973 - 26 Feb 1977 Donald C. Alexander (b. 1921)
27 Feb 1977 - 4 May 1977 William E. Williams (1st time)
(acting)
5 May 1977 - 31 Oct 1980 Jerome Kurtz (b. 1931)
1 Nov 1980 - 13 Mar 1981 William E. Williams (2nd time)
(acting)
14 Mar 1981 - 30 Apr 1986 Roscoe L. Egger, Jr. (b. 1920 - d. 1999)
1 May 1986 - 3 Aug 1986 James I. Owens (acting)
4 Aug 1986 - 4 Mar 1989 Lawrence B. Gibbs (b. 1938)
5 Mar 1989 - 4 Jul 1989 Michael J. Murphy (acting)
5 Jul 1989 - 2 Feb 1992 Fred Goldberg, Jr. (b. 1947)
3 Feb 1992 - 20 Jan 1993 Shirley D. Peterson (f) (b. 1941)
21 Jan 1993 - 26 May 1993 Michael P. Dolan (1st time)
(acting)
27 May 1993 - 31 May 1997 Margaret Milner Richardson (f) (b. 1943)
1 Jun 1997 - 12 Nov 1997 Michael P. Dolan (2nd time)
(acting)
13 Nov 1997 - 6 Nov 2002 Charles O. Rossotti (b. 1941)
6 Nov 2002 - 1 May 2003 Robert E. Wenzel (acting)
1 May 2003 - 4 May 2007 Mark W. Everson (b. 1954)
4 May 2007 - Sep 2007 Kevin M. Brown (acting)
Sep 2007 - Linda Stiff (f) (acting)
24 Sep 1789 Office of Attorney General
Mar 1792 becomes a cabinet post
22 Jun 1870 Department of Justice
Attorneys General
26 Sep 1789 - 26 Jan 1794 Edmund Randolph (b. 1753 - d. 1813)
27 Jan 1794 - 9 Dec 1795 William Bradford (b. 1755 - d. 1795)
10 Dec 1795 - 19 Feb 1801 Charles Lee (b. 1758 - d. 1815)
5 Mar 1801 - 2 Mar 1805 Levi Lincoln (b. 1749 - d. 1820)
3 Mar 1805 - 6 Aug 1805 Robert Smith (b. 1757 - d. 1842)
7 Aug 1805 - 14 Dec 1806 John Breckinridge (b. 1760 - d. 1806)
20 Jan 1807 - 10 Dec 1811 Caesar A. Rodney (b. 1772 - d. 1824)
11 Dec 1811 - 9 Feb 1814 William Pinkney (b. 1764 - d. 1822)
10 Feb 1814 - 12 Nov 1817 Richard Rush (b. 1780 - d. 1859)
13 Nov 1817 - 4 Mar 1829 William Wirt (b. 1772 - d. 1834)
9 Mar 1829 - 19 Jul 1831 John M. Berrien (b. 1781 - d. 1856)
20 Jul 1831 - 14 Nov 1833 Roger B. Taney (b. 1777 - d. 1864)
15 Nov 1833 - 4 Jul 1838 Benjamin F. Butler (b. 1795 - d. 1858)
5 Jul 1838 - 10 Jan 1840 Felix Grundy (b. 1777 - d. 1840)
11 Jan 1840 - 4 Mar 1841 Henry D. Gilpin (b. 1801 - d. 1860)
5 Mar 1841 - 12 Sep 1841 John J. Crittenden (1st time) (b. 1786 - d. 1863)
13 Sep 1841 - 30 Jun 1843 Hugh S. Legaré (b. 1797 - d. 1843)
1 Jul 1843 - 4 Mar 1845 John Nelson (b. 1794 - d. 1860)
5 Mar 1845 - 16 Oct 1846 John Y. Mason (b. 1799 - d. 1859)
17 Oct 1846 - 17 Mar 1848 Nathan Clifford (b. 1803 - d. 1881)
21 Jun 1848 - 4 Mar 1849 Isaac Toucey (b. 1792 - d. 1869)
8 Mar 1849 - 21 Jul 1850 Reverdy Johnson (b. 1796 - d. 1876)
22 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 John J. Crittenden (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 Caleb Cushing (b. 1800 - d. 1879)
6 Mar 1857 - Dec 1860 Jeremiah S. Black (b. 1810 - d. 1883)
20 Dec 1860 - 4 Mar 1861 Edwin M. Stanton (b. 1814 - d. 1869)
5 Mar 1861 - 21 Jan 1863 Edward Bates (b. 1793 - d. 1869)
22 Jan 1863 - 1 Dec 1864 Titian James Coffey (b. 1824 - d. 1867)
2 Dec 1864 - 22 Jul 1866 James Speed (b. 1812 - d. 1887)
23 Jul 1866 - 16 Jul 1868 Henry Stanberry (b. 1803 - d. 1881)
17 Jul 1868 - 4 Mar 1869 William M. Evarts (b. 1818 - d. 1901)
5 Mar 1869 - 22 Nov 1870 Ebenezer R. Hoar (b. 1816 - d. 1895)
23 Nov 1870 - 13 Dec 1871 Amos T. Akerman (b. 1821 - d. 1880)
14 Dec 1871 - 25 Apr 1875 George H. Williams (b. 1823 - d. 1910)
26 Apr 1875 - 21 May 1876 Edwards Pierrepont (b. 1817 - d. 1892)
22 May 1876 - 4 Mar 1877 Alphonso Taft (b. 1810 - d. 1891)
12 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 Charles Devens (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
5 Mar 1881 - 15 Dec 1881 Wayne MacVeagh (b. 1833 - d. 1917)
16 Dec 1882 - 4 Mar 1885 Benjamin H. Brewster (b. 1816 - d. 1888)
6 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 Augustus H. Garland (b. 1832 - d. 1899)
7 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 William H.H. Miller (b. 1840 - d. 1917)
6 Mar 1893 - 7 Apr 1895 Richard Olney (b. 1835 - d. 1917)
8 Apr 1895 - 4 Mar 1897 Judson Harmon (b. 1846 - d. 1927)
5 Mar 1897 - 25 Jan 1898 Joseph McKenna (b. 1843 - d. 1926)
25 Jan 1898 - 29 Mar 1901 John W. Griggs (b. 1849 - d. 1927)
5 Apr 1901 - 30 Jun 1904 Philander Chase Knox (b. 1853 - d. 1921)
1 Jul 1904 - 17 Dec 1906 William H. Moody (b. 1853 - d. 1917)
17 Dec 1906 - 4 Mar 1909 Charles J. Bonaparte (b. 1851 - d. 1921)
4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 George W. Wickersham (b. 1858 - d. 1936)
5 Mar 1913 - 29 Aug 1914 James C. McReynolds (b. 1862 - d. 1946)
29 Aug 1914 - 4 Mar 1919 Thomas W. Gregory (b. 1861 - d. 1933)
5 Mar 1919 - 4 Mar 1921 A. Mitchell Palmer (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
4 Mar 1921 - 6 Apr 1924 Harry M. Daugherty (b. 1860 - d. 1941)
7 Apr 1924 - 1 Mar 1925 Harlan Fiske Stone (b. 1872 - d. 1946)
7 Mar 1925 - 4 Mar 1929 John G. Sargent (b. 1860 - d. 1939)
4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 William D. Mitchell (b. 1874 - d. 1955)
4 Mar 1933 - 1 Jan 1939 Homer S. Cummings (b. 1870 - d. 1956)
2 Jan 1939 - 18 Jan 1940 Francis W. Murphy (b. 1890 - d. 1949)
18 Jan 1940 - 25 Aug 1941 Robert H. Jackson (b. 1892 - d. 1954)
26 Aug 1941 - 26 Jun 1945 Francis Biddle (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
27 Jun 1945 - 26 Jul 1949 Tom C. Clark (b. 1899 - d. 1977)
27 Jul 1949 - 3 Apr 1952 J. Howard McGrath (b. 1903 - d. 1966)
4 Apr 1952 - 20 Jan 1953 James P. McGranery (b. 1895 - d. 1962)
21 Jan 1953 - 23 Oct 1957 Herbert Brownell, Jr. (b. 1904 - d. 1996)
23 Oct 1957 - 20 Jan 1961 William Rogers (b. 1913 - d. 2001)
20 Jan 1961 - 3 Sep 1964 Robert F. Kennedy (b. 1925 - d. 1968)
4 Sep 1964 - 30 Sep 1966 Nicholas deB. Katzenbach (b. 1922)
(acting to 28 Jan 1965)
28 Nov 1966 - 20 Jan 1969 Ramsey Clark (b. 1927)
(acting to 10 Mar 1967)
20 Jan 1969 - 15 Feb 1972 John N. Mitchell (b. 1913 - d. 1988)
15 Feb 1972 - 25 May 1973 Richard G. Kleindienst (b. 1923 - d. 2000)
25 May 1973 - 20 Oct 1973 Elliot Richardson (b. 1920 - d. 1999)
20 Oct 1973 - 17 Dec 1973 Robert H. Bork (acting) (b. 1927)
17 Dec 1973 - 14 Jan 1975 William B. Saxbe (b. 1916)
14 Jan 1975 - 20 Jan 1977 Edward H. Levi (b. 1911 - d. 2000)
26 Jan 1977 - 16 Aug 1979 Griffin B. Bell (b. 1918)
16 Aug 1979 - 19 Jan 1981 Benjamin R. Civiletti (b. 1935)
23 Jan 1981 - 25 Feb 1985 William F. Smith (b. 1917 - d. 1990)
25 Feb 1985 - 12 Aug 1988 Edwin Meese III (b. 1931)
12 Aug 1988 - 15 Aug 1991 Richard Thornburgh (b. 1932)
15 Aug 1991 - 20 Jan 1993 William P. Barr (b. 1950)
(acting to 26 Nov 1991)
20 Jan 1993 - 12 Mar 1993 Stuart M. Gerson (acting) (b. 1944)
12 Mar 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 Janet Reno (f) (b. 1938)
20 Jan 2001 - 2 Feb 2001 Eric H. Holder, Jr. (acting) (b. 1951)
2 Feb 2001 - 3 Feb 2005 John Ashcroft (b. 1942)
3 Feb 2005 - 17 Sep 2007 Alberto Gonzales (b. 1955)
17 Sep 2007 - 9 Nov 2007 Peter Keisler (acting) (b. 1960)
9 Nov 2007 - Michael Mukasey (b. 1941)
Solicitors General
Oct 1870 - Nov 1872 Benjamin H. Bristow (b. 1832 - d. 1896)
Nov 1872 - May 1885 Samuel F. Phillips (b. 1824 - d. 1903)
May 1885 - Aug 1886 John Goode (acting) (b. 1829 - d. 1909)
Aug 1886 - May 1889 George A. Jenks (b. 1836 - d. 1908)
May 1889 - Jan 1890 Orlow W. Chapman (b. 1832 - d. 1890)
Feb 1890 - Mar 1892 William Howard Taft (b. 1857 - d. 1930)
Mar 1892 - May 1893 Charles H. Aldrich (b. 1850 - d. 1929)
May 1893 - Jan 1895 Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.
Feb 1895 - Jul 1897 Holmes Conrad (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
Jul 1897 - Mar 1903 John K. Richards
Mar 1903 - Mar 1909 Henry M. Hoyt (b. 1856 - d. 1910)
Apr 1909 - 9 Sep 1910 Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (b. 1859 - d. 1910)
Dec 1910 - Jul 1912 Frederick W. Lehmann (b. 1853 - d. 1931)
Jul 1912 - Mar 1913 William Marshall Bullitt (b. 1873 - d. 1957)
Aug 1913 - Nov 1918 John W. Davis (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
Nov 1918 - May 1920 Alexander C. King (b. 1856 - d. 1926)
Jun 1920 - Jun 1921 William L. Frierson (b. 1869 - d. 1953)
Jun 1921 - Jun 1925 James M. Beck (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
Jun 1925 - Mar 1929 William D. Mitchell (b. 1874 - d. 1955)
May 1929 - Apr 1930 Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. (b. 1889 - d. 1950)
Apr 1930 - May 1933 Thomas D. Thacher (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
May 1933 - Mar 1935 James Crawford Biggs (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
Mar 1935 - Jan 1938 Stanley F. Reed (b. 1884 - d. 1980)
Mar 1938 - Jan 1940 Robert H. Jackson (b. 1892 - d. 1954)
Jan 1940 - Sep 1941 Francis Biddle (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
Nov 1941 - Sep 1945 Charles Fahy (b. 1892 - d. 1979)
Oct 1945 - Oct 1946 J. Howard McGrath (b. 1903 - d. 1966)
Jul 1947 - Aug 1952 Philip B. Perlman (b. 1890 - d. 1960)
Dec 1952 - Mar 1953 Walter J. Cummings, Jr. (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
Feb 1954 - Jul 1956 Simon E. Sobeloff (b. 1894 - d. 1973)
Aug 1956 - Jan 1961 J. Lee Rankin (b. 1907 - d. 1996)
Jan 1961 - Jul 1965 Archibald Cox (b. 1912 - d. 2004)
Aug 1965 - Aug 1967 Thurgood Marshall (b. 1908 - d. 1993)
Oct 1967 - Jun 1973 Erwin N. Griswold (b. 1904 - d. 1994)
Jun 1973 - Jan 1977 Robert H. Bork (b. 1927)
Jan 1977 - Mar 1977 Dan Friedman (acting) (b. 1916)
Mar 1977 - Aug 1981 Wade H. McCree (b. 1920 - d. 1987)
Aug 1981 - Jun 1985 Rex Lee (b. 1935 - d. 1996)
Oct 1985 - Jan 1989 Charles Fried (b. 1935)
May 1989 - Jan 1993 Kenneth W. Starr (b. 1946)
May 1993 - Jul 1996 Drew S. Days III (b. 1941)
Aug 1996 - Aug 1997 Walter Dellinger (acting) (b. 1941)
13 Nov 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 Seth P. Waxman (b. 1951)
20 Jan 2001 - 11 Jun 2001 Barbara D. Underwood (f) (acting) (b. 1944)
11 Jun 2001 - 12 Jul 2004 Theodore B. Olson (b. 1940)
12 Jul 2004 - 2 Jun 2008 Paul D. Clement (b. 1966)
(acting to 13 Jun 2005)
2 Jun 2008 - Gregory Garre (acting) (b. 1964?)
26 Jul 1908 Special Agent Force of the Department of Justice
16 Mar 1909 Bureau of Investigation
1 Jul 1932 U.S. Bureau of Investigation
10 Aug 1933 Division of Investigation
1 Jul 1935 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Chiefs
26 Jul 1908 - 30 Apr 1912 Stanley W. Finch (b. 1872 - d. 1951)
(Chief Examiner to 16 Mar 1909)
30 Apr 1912 - 10 Feb 1919 A. Bruce Bielaski (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
10 Feb 1919 - 1 Jul 1919 William E. Allen (acting)
Directors
1 Jul 1919 - 22 Aug 1921 William J. Flynn (b. 1867 - d. 1928)
22 Aug 1921 - 10 May 1924 William J. Burns (b. 1861 - d. 1932)
10 May 1924 - 2 May 1972 J. Edgar Hoover (b. 1895 - d. 1972)
(acting to 10 Dec 1924)
3 May 1972 - 27 Apr 1973 L. Patrick Gray (acting) (b. 1916 - d. 2005)
27 Apr 1973 - 9 Jul 1973 William D. Ruckelshaus (acting) (b. 1932)
9 Jul 1973 - 23 Feb 1978 Clarence M. Kelley (b. 1911 - d. 1997)
23 Feb 1978 - 26 May 1987 William H. Webster (b. 1924)
26 May 1987 - 2 Nov 1987 John E. Otto (acting) (b. 1938)
2 Nov 1987 - 19 Jul 1993 William S. Sessions (b. 1930)
19 Jul 1993 - 1 Sep 1993 Floyd I. Clarke (acting)
1 Sep 1993 - 25 Jun 2001 Louis Freeh (b. 1950)
25 Jun 2001 - 4 Sep 2001 Thomas J. Pickard (acting) (b. 1950)
4 Sep 2001 - Robert Mueller (b. 1944)
14 Jun 1930 Bureau of Narcotics (under Department of the Treasury)
8 Apr 1968 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (under Department
of Justice)
28 Jan 1972 Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE)
1 Jul 1973 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Commissioners
1930 - 1962 Harry J. Anslinger (b. 1892 - d. 1975)
1962 - 1968 Henry Giordano
1968 - 1973 John E. Ingersoll
Director (of ODALE)
28 Jan 1972 - 1973 Myles J. Ambrose (b. 1926)
Administrators
Oct 1973 - 30 May 1975 John R. Bartels, Jr.
30 May 1975 - 23 Jan 1976 Henry S. Dogin (acting)
23 Jan 1976 - 10 Jul 1981 Peter B. Bensinger (b. 1936)
(acting to 23 Feb 1976)
10 Jul 1981 - 1 Mar 1985 Francis M. Mullen, Jr.
(acting to 10 Nov 1983)
1 Mar 1985 - 23 Mar 1990 John C. Lawn (b. 1935)
(acting to 26 Jul 1985)
23 Mar 1990 - 13 Aug 1990 Terrance M. Burke (acting)
13 Aug 1990 - Oct 1993 Robert C. Bonner (b. 1942)
15 Apr 1994 - 2 Jul 1999 Thomas A. Constantine (b. 1938)
2 Jul 1999 - Jun 2001 Donnie R. Marshall
(acting to 2 Jun 2000)
8 Aug 2001 - 29 Jan 2003 Asa Hutchinson (b. 1950)
29 Jan 2003 - 17 Sep 2003 John B. Brown III (acting)
17 Sep 2003 - Karen Tandy (f) (b. 1953)
1 Jul 1972 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within
Treasury Department
24 Jan 2003 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
within Justice Department
Directors
1972 - 1979 Rex Davis (b. 1924)
1979 - 1982 G.R. Dickerson
1982 - 1993 Stephen Higgins (b. 1938)
Oct 1993 - 20 Dec 1999 John Magaw (b. 1935)
20 Dec 1999 - 3 Jan 2004 Bradley A. Buckles
Jan 2004 - Apr 2004 Edgar A. Domenech (1st time)
(acting)
18 Apr 2004 - Aug 2006 Carl J. Truscott (b. 1957)
Aug 2006 - Sep 2006 Edgar A. Domenech (2nd time)
(acting)
Sep 2006 - Michael J. Sullivan (acting)
3 Mar 1849 Department of the Interior
Secretaries
8 Mar 1849 - 1850 Thomas Ewing (b. 1789 - d. 1871)
1850 Thomas M.T. McKennan (b. 1794 - d. 1852)
1850 - 4 Mar 1853 Alexander H.H. Stuart (b. 1807 - d. 1891)
7 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 Robert McClelland (b. 1807 - d. 1880)
6 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 Jacob Thompson (b. 1810 - d. 1885)
6 Mar 1861 - 7 Jan 1863 Caleb B. Smith (b. 1808 - d. 1864)
8 Jan 1863 - 14 May 1865 John P. Usher (b. 1816 - d. 1889)
15 May 1865 - 26 Jul 1866 James Harlan (b. 1820 - d. 1899)
27 Jul 1866 - 4 Mar 1869 Orville H. Browning (b. 1806 - d. 1881)
5 Mar 1869 - 31 Oct 1870 Jacob D. Cox (b. 1828 - d. 1900)
1 Nov 1870 - 18 Oct 1875 Columbus Delano (b. 1809 - d. 1896)
19 Oct 1875 - 4 Mar 1877 Zachariah Chandler (b. 1813 - d. 1879)
12 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 Carl Schurz (b. 1829 - d. 1906)
5 Mar 1881 - 5 Jun 1882 Samuel J. Kirkwood (b. 1813 - d. 1894)
6 Jun 1882 - 4 Mar 1885 Henry M. Teller (b. 1830 - d. 1914)
6 Mar 1885 - 15 Jan 1888 Lucius Q.C. Lamar (b. 1825 - d. 1893)
16 Jan 1888 - 4 Mar 1889 William F. Vilas (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
7 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 John W. Noble (b. 1831 - d. 1912)
6 Mar 1893 - 24 Aug 1896 Hoke Smith (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
24 Aug 1896 - 4 Mar 1897 David R. Francis (b. 1850 - d. 1927)
Mar 1897 - Dec 1898 Cornelius N. Bliss (b. 1833 - d. 1911)
Dec 1898 - 4 Mar 1907 Ethan A. Hitchcock (b. 1835 - d. 1909)
4 Mar 1907 - 4 Mar 1909 James R. Garfield (b. 1865 - d. 1950)
Mar 1909 - 12 Mar 1911 Richard A. Ballinger (b. 1858 - d. 1922)
13 Mar 1911 - 4 Mar 1913 Walter L. Fisher (b. 1862 - d. 1935)
6 Mar 1913 - 29 Feb 1920 Franklin Knight Lane (b. 1864 - d. 1921)
13 Mar 1920 - 4 Mar 1921 John Barton Payne (b. 1855 - d. 1935)
5 Mar 1921 - 4 Mar 1923 Albert B. Fall (b. 1861 - d. 1944)
5 Mar 1923 - 24 Jul 1928 Hubert Work (b. 1860 - d. 1942)
25 Jul 1928 - 4 Mar 1929 Roy O. West (b. 1868 - d. 1958)
5 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Ray Lyman Wilbur (b. 1875 - d. 1949)
4 Mar 1933 - 15 Feb 1946 Harold L. Ickes (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
18 Mar 1946 - 30 Nov 1949 Julius A. Krug (b. 1907 - d. 1970)
1 Dec 1949 - 20 Jan 1953 Oscar L. Chapman (b. 1896 - d. 1978)
21 Jan 1953 - 15 Apr 1956 Douglas McKay (b. 1893 - d. 1959)
8 Jun 1956 - 20 Jan 1961 Fred A. Seaton (b. 1909 - d. 1974)
21 Jan 1961 - 20 Jan 1969 Stewart L. Udall (b. 1920)
21 Jan 1969 - 25 Nov 1970 Walter J. Hickel (b. 1919)
30 Jan 1971 - 30 Apr 1975 Rogers C.B. Morton (b. 1914 - d. 1979)
13 Jun 1975 - 25 Jul 1975 Stanley K. Hathaway (b. 1924 - d. 2005)
25 Jul 1975 - 17 Oct 1975 Kent Frizzell (acting) (b. 1929)
17 Oct 1975 - 20 Jan 1977 Thomas S. Kleppe (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
23 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Cecil D. Andrus (b. 1931)
21 Jan 1981 - 8 Nov 1983 James G. Watt (b. 1938)
21 Nov 1983 - 6 Feb 1985 William P. Clark (b. 1931)
7 Feb 1985 - 20 Jan 1989 Donald P. Hodel (b. 1935)
8 Feb 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 Manuel Lujan, Jr. (b. 1928)
22 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 Bruce Babbitt (b. 1938)
31 Jan 2001 - 31 Mar 2006 Gale Norton (f) (b. 1954)
1 Apr 2006 - 26 May 2006 Lynn Scarlett (f) (acting) (b. 1949)
26 May 2006 - Dirk Kempthorne (b. 1951)
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
1824 - 1830 Thomas L. McKenney (b. 1785 - d. 1859)
1830 - 1832 Samuel S. Hamilton
1832 - 1836 Elbert Herring (b. 1777 - d. 1876)
1836 - 1838 Carey A. Harris
1838 - 1845 T. Hartley Crawford (b. 1786 - d. 1863)
1845 - 1849 William Meddill
1849 - 1850 Orlando Brown
1850 - 1853 Luke Lea
1853 - 1857 George W. Manypenny
1857 - 1858 James W. Denver
1858 Charles E. Mix
1858 - 1861 Albert B. Greenwood
1861 - 1865 William P. Dole
1865 - 1866 Dennis N. Cooley
1866 - 1869 Lewis V. Bogley
1869 - 1871 Ely S. Parker (b. 1828 - d. 1895)
1871 H.R. Clum (1st time) (acting)
1871 - 1872 Francis A. Walker (b. 1840 - d. 1897)
1872 - 1873 H.R. Clum (2nd time) (acting)
1873 - 1875 Edward P. Smith (b. 1827 - d. 1876)
1875 - 1877 John Q. Smith
1877 - 1880 Ezra A. Hayt (b. 1823 - d. 1902)
1880 E.M. Marble (acting)
1880 - 1881 R.E. Trowbridge
1881 - 1884 Hiram Price
1885 - 1887 John D.C. Atkins (b. 1825 - d. ...)
1887 - 1889 John H. Oberly
1889 - 1893 Thomas J. Morgan
1893 - 1897 Daniel M. Browning
1897 - 1905 William A. Jones
1905 - 1909 Francis E. Leupp (b. 1849 - d. 1918)
1909 - 1913 Robert G. Valentine (b. 1872 - d. 1916)
1913 - 1921 Cato Sells (b. 1859 - d. 1948)
1921 - 1929 Charles H. Burke (b. 1861 - d. 1944)
1929 - 1933 Charles J. Rhoads (b. 1872 - d. 1956)
1933 - 1945 John Collier (b. 1884 - d. 1968)
1945 - 1948 William A. Brophy (b. 1903 - d. 1962)
1948 - 1949 William R. Zimmerman (acting)
1949 - 1950 John R. Nichols
1950 - 20 Mar 1953 Dillon S. Myer
10 Aug 1953 - 1961 Glenn L. Emmons
1961 - 1966 Philleo Nash (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
1966 - 1969 Robert L. Bennett
1969 - 1972 Louis R. Bruce (b. 1905? - d. 1989)
1973 - 1976 Morris Thompson (b. 1938? - d. 2000)
Assistant Secretaries of the Interior for Indian Affairs
1977 - 1981 Forrest Gerard
1981 - 1984 Kenneth L. Smith (b. 1935)
1985 - Jan 1989 Ross Swimmer (b. 1943)
1989 - 1993 Eddie Frank Brown
Jul 1993 - 12 Nov 1997 Ada E. Deer (f) (b. 1935)
12 Nov 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 Kevin Gover (b. 1955)
20 Jan 2001 - 4 Jul 2001 James H. McDivitt (acting)
4 Jul 2001 - 6 Jan 2003 Neal A. McCaleb (b. 1935)
6 Jan 2003 - 2 Feb 2004 Aurene M. Martin (f) (acting) (b. 1965?)
2 Feb 2004 - 12 Feb 2005 Dave Anderson (b. 1953?)
12 Feb 2005 - 8 Mar 2007 Jim Cason (acting)
8 Mar 2007 - Carl J. Artman (b. 1965?)
1902 Service of Reclamation within U.S. Geological Survey
1907 separate service within Department of the Interior
1923 renamed Bureau of Reclamation
Chief Engineer in Charge of the Service of Reclamation
1902 - 1907 Frederick H. Newell (b. 1862 - d. 1932)
Directors of the Service of Reclamation
1907 - 1914 Frederick H. Newell (s.a.)
1914 - 1923 Arthur Powel Davis (b. 1861 - d. 1933)
Commissioners of Reclamation
1923 - 1924 David W. Davis (b. 1873 - d. 1959)
1924 - 26 Jan 1936 Elwood Mead (b. 1858 - d. 1936)
1936 - 1943 John C. Page (b. 1887 - d. 1955)
1943 - 1945 Harry W. Bashore (b. 1880 - d. 1973)
1945 - 1953 Michael W. Straus (b. 1897 - d. 1970)
1953 Goodrich W. Lineweaver (acting)
1953 - 1959 Wilbur A. Dexheimer (b. 1901 - d. 1974)
1 May 1959 - 1969 Floyd E. Dominy (b. 1909)
1969 - 1973 Ellis L. Armstrong (b. 1914)
1973 - 1977 Gilbert G. Stamm (b. 1911)
1977 Donald D. Anderson (acting)
1977 - 1981 R. Keith Higginson
1981 Clifford I. Barrett (1st time)
(acting)
1981 - 1984 Robert N. Broadbent (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
1984 Robert N. Olsen (acting)
1985 Clifford I. Barrett (2nd time)
(acting)
1986 - 1989 C. Dale Duvall (b. 1933)
Jul 1989 - Nov 1989 Joe D. Hall (acting)
1989 - 1993 Dennis B. Underwood (b. 1944 - d. 2005)
1993 - 1995 Daniel Beard (b. 1943)
1995 Stephen P. Magnussen (acting)
1995 - 2001 Eluid L. Martinez (b. 1944)
2001 J. William McDonald (acting)
17 Jul 2001 - 14 Apr 2006 John W. Keys III
14 Apr 2006 - 17 Oct 2006 William Rinne (acting)
17 Oct 2006 - Robert W. Johnson
Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries
1871 - 1887 Spencer F. Baird (b. 1823 - d. 1887)
1887 - 1888 George B. Goode (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1896)
1888 - 1895 Marshall McDonald (b. 1835 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1896 Herbert A. Gill (acting)
1896 - 1898 John J. Brice
1898 - 1903 George M. Bowers (b. 1863 - d. 1925)
Chiefs of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
1903 - 1913 George M. Bowers (s.a.)
1913 - 1922 Hugh M. Smith
1922 - 1933 Henry O'Malley
1933 - 1939 Frank T. Bell
1939 - 1940 Charles Jackson (acting)
Chiefs of the Bureau of Biological Survey (1885-86 Office of Economic Ornithology and
Mammalogy; 1886-96 Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy; 1896-1905 Division
of Biological Survey)
1885 - 1910 Clinton H. Merriam (b. 1855 - d. 1942)
1910 - 1916 Henry W. Henshaw
1916 - 1927 Edward W. Nelson (b. 1855 - d. 1934)
1927 - 1934 Paul G. Redington
1934 - 1935 Jay N. Darling (b. 1876 - d. 1962)
1935 - 1940 Ira N. Gabrielson
Directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service
1940 - 1946 Ira N. Gabrielson
1946 - 1953 Albert M. Day
1953 - 1957 John L. Farley
Chiefs of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
1957 - 1967 Donald L. McKernan
1967 - 1970 Harold E. Crowther
Chiefs of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
1957 - 1964 Daniel H. Jantzen
1964 - 1970 John S. Gottschalk
1970 - 1973 Spencer H. Smith
1973 - 1974 Lynn A. Greenwalt
Directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1974 - 1981 Lynn A. Greenwalt
1981 - 1985 Robert A. Jantzen
1986 - 1989 Frank H. Dunkle
1989 - 1993 John F. Turner
10 Sep 1993 - 5 Jun 1996 Mollie H. Beattie (f) (b. 1947 - d. 1996)
31 Jul 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 Jamie R. Clark (f)
20 Jan 2001 - 21 Feb 2002 Marshall Jones (acting)
21 Feb 2002 - 16 Mar 2005 Steven A. Williams (b. 1957?)
16 Mar 2005 - 12 Oct 2005 Matt Hogan (acting) (b. 1967?)
12 Oct 2005 - Dale Hall
Director of the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian¹
1872 - 1879 George M. Wheeler
Director of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel¹
1867 - 1879 Clarence R. King (b. 1842 - d. 1901)
Director of the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
1869 - 1879 John W. Powell (b. 1834 - d. 1902)
Director of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories
1867 - 1879 Ferdinand V. Hayden (b. 1829 - d. 1887)
Directors of the U.S. Geological Survey
1879 - 1881 Clarence R. King (s.a.)
1881 - 1894 John W. Powell (s.a.)
1894 - 1907 Charles D. Walcott (b. 1850 - d. 1927)
1907 - 1930 George O. Smith
1930 - 1943 Walter C. Mendenhall
1943 - 1956 William E. Wrather
1956 - 1965 Thomas B. Nolan
1965 - 1971 William T. Pecora (b. 1913 - d. 1972)
1971 - 1978 Vincent E. McKelvey (b. 1916 - d. 1987)
1978 - 1981 Henry William Menard (b. 1920 - d. 1986)
1981 - 1993 Dallas L. Peck (b. 1929)
1994 - 1997 Gordon P. Eaton (b. 1929)
13 Nov 1998 - 20 Jun 2005 Charles G. Groat (b. 1940)
20 Jun 2005 - 26 Sep 2006 P. Patrick Leahy (acting) (b. 1947)
26 Sep 2006 - Mark Myers
¹Survey dependent on the Department of War/Office of the Chief Engineer.
General Superintendent and Landscape Engineer for the National Parks
1914 - 1915 Mark Daniels
General Superintendent of National Parks
1915 - 1916 Robert Marshall
Directors of the National Park Service
16 May 1917 - 8 Jan 1929 Stephen T. Mather (b. 1867 - d. 1930)
12 Jan 1929 - 9 Aug 1933 Horace M. Albright (b. 1890 - d. 1987)
10 Aug 1933 - 9 Aug 1940 Arno B. Cammerer (b. 1860 - d. 1940)
20 Aug 1940 - 31 Mar 1951 Newton B. Drury (b. 1889 - d. 1978)
1 Apr 1951 - 8 Dec 1951 Arthur E. Demaray (b. 1887 - d. 1958)
9 Dec 1951 - 7 Jan 1964 Conrad L. Wirth (b. 1899 - d. 1993)
8 Jan 1964 - 31 Dec 1972 George B. Hartzog, Jr. (b. 1920)
1 Jan 1973 - 3 Jan 1975 Ronald H. Walker
13 Jan 1975 - 27 May 1977 Gary E. Everhardt
5 Jul 1977 - 13 May 1980 William J. Whalen
15 May 1980 - 3 Mar 1985 Russell E. Dickenson (b. 1923 - d. 2008)
1 May 1985 - 15 Apr 1989 William Penn Mott (b. 1910 - d. 1992)
17 Apr 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 James M. Ridenour
1 Jun 1993 - 29 Mar 1997 Roger G. Kennedy
4 Aug 1997 - 20 Jan 2001 Robert Stanton (b. 1940)
17 Jul 2001 - Oct 2006 Fran P. Mainella (f) (b. 1947?)
17 Oct 2006 - Mary A. Bomar (f)
15 May 1862 Department of Agriculture created
9 Feb 1889 commissioner becomes a cabinet secretary
Commissioners
1862 - 1867 Isaac Newton (b. 1800 - d. 1867)
1867 John W. Stokes
1867 - 1871 Horace Capron (b. 1804 - d. 1885)
1871 - 1877 Frederick Watts (b. 1801 - d. 1889)
1877 - 1881 William G. LeDuc (b. 1823 - d. 1917)
1881 - 1885 George B. Loring (b. 1817 - d. 1891)
1885 - 9 Feb 1889 Norman J. Colman (b. 1827 - d. 1911)
Secretaries
9 Feb 1889 - 4 Mar 1889 Norman J. Colman (s.a.)
6 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 Jeremiah McLain Rusk (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
7 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 J. Sterling Morton (b. 1832 - d. 1902)
6 Mar 1897 - 4 Mar 1913 James Wilson (b. 1835 - d. 1920)
6 Mar 1913 - 2 Feb 1920 David F. Houston (b. 1866 - d. 1940)
2 Feb 1920 - 4 Mar 1921 Edwin T. Meredith (b. 1876 - d. 1928)
5 Mar 1921 - 25 Oct 1924 Henry C. Wallace (b. 1866 - d. 1924)
22 Nov 1924 - 4 Mar 1925 Howard M. Gore (b. 1877 - d. 1947)
5 Mar 1925 - 4 Mar 1929 William M. Jardine (b. 1879 - d. 1955)
6 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 Arthur M. Hyde (b. 1877 - d. 1947)
4 Mar 1933 - 4 Sep 1940 Henry A. Wallace (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
5 Sep 1940 - 29 Jun 1945 Claude R. Wickard (b. 1893 - d. 1967)
30 Jun 1945 - 10 May 1948 Clinton P. Anderson (b. 1895 - d. 1975)
2 Jun 1948 - 20 Jan 1953 Charles F. Brannan (b. 1903 - d. 1992)
21 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 Ezra Taft Benson (b. 1899 - d. 1994)
21 Jan 1961 - 20 Jan 1969 Orville L. Freeman (b. 1918 - d. 2003)
21 Jan 1969 - 17 Nov 1971 Clifford M. Hardin (b. 1915)
22 Dec 1971 - 4 Oct 1976 Earl L. Butz (b. 1909 - d. 2008)
4 Oct 1976 - 20 Jan 1977 John A. Knebel (acting) (b. 1936)
23 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 Robert S. Bergland (b. 1928)
23 Jan 1981 - 14 Feb 1986 John R. Block (b. 1935)
7 Mar 1986 - 20 Jan 1989 Richard Lyng (b. 1918 - d. 2003)
16 Feb 1989 - 1 Mar 1991 Clayton K. Yeutter (b. 1930)
12 Mar 1991 - 20 Jan 1993 Edward Madigan (b. 1936 - d. 1994)
22 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1994 Mike Espy (b. 1953)
31 Dec 1994 - 30 Mar 1995 Bob Nash (acting) (b. 1947)
30 Mar 1995 - 20 Jan 2001 Dan Glickman (b. 1944)
20 Jan 2001 - 21 Jan 2005 Ann Veneman (f) (b. 1949)
21 Jan 2005 - 20 Sep 2007 Mike Johanns (b. 1950)
20 Sep 2007 - 28 Jan 2008 Chuck Conner (acting) (b. 1957)
28 Jan 2008 - Edward T. Schafer (b. 1946)
1881 Division of Forestry
1901 Bureau of Forestry
1905 Forest Service
Special Agent
1876 - 1880 Franklin B. Hough (b. 1822 - d. 1885)
Chiefs
1881 - 1883 Franklin B. Hough (s.a.)
1883 - 1886 Nathaniel H. Egleston (b. 1822 - d. 1912)
1886 - 1898 Bernhard E. Fernow (b. 1851 - d. 1923)
Foresters
1898 - 1910 Gifford Pinchot (b. 1865 - d. 1946)
1910 - 1920 Henry S. Graves (b. 1871 - d. 1951)
1920 - 1928 William B. Greeley (b. 1879 - d. 1955)
1928 - 1933 Robert Y. Stuart (b. 1883 - d. 1933)
1933 - 1935 Ferdinand A. Silcox (b. 1882 - d. 1939)
Chiefs
1935 - 1939 Ferdinand A. Silcox (s.a.)
1939 - 1943 Earle H. Clapp (acting) (b. 1877 - d. 1970)
1943 - 1952 Lyle F. Watts (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
1952 - 1962 Richard E. McArdle (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
1962 - 1972 Edward P. Cliff (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
1972 - 1979 John R. McGuire (b. 1916 - d. 2002)
1979 - 2 Feb 1987 R. Max Peterson (b. 1927)
Feb 1987 - 28 Oct 1993 F. Dale Robertson (b. 1940)
28 Oct 1993 - 1 Dec 1993 Dave Unger (1st time) (acting) (b. 1932?)
1 Dec 1993 - 2 Dec 1996 Jack Ward Thomas (b. 1934)
2 Dec 1996 - 6 Jan 1997 Dave Unger (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1997 - 31 Mar 2001 Mike Dombeck (b. 1948)
12 Apr 2001 - 2 Feb 2007 Dale Bosworth (b. 1945)
5 Feb 2007 - Gail Kimbell (f) (b. 1952?)
14 Feb 1903 Department of Commerce and Labor 4 Mar 1913 divided into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor Secretaries of Commerce and Labor 18 Feb 1903 - 30 Jun 1904 George B. Cortelyou (b. 1862 - d. 1940) 1 Jul 1904 - 16 Dec 1906 Victor H. Metcalf (b. 1853 - d. 1936) 17 Dec 1906 - 5 Mar 1909 Oscar S. Straus (b. 1850 - d. 1926) 6 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 Charles Nagel (b. 1849 - d. 1940) Secretaries of Commerce 5 Mar 1913 - 31 Oct 1919 William C. Redfield (b. 1858 - d. 1932) 16 Dec 1919 - 4 Mar 1921 Joshua W. Alexander (b. 1852 - d. 1936) 5 Mar 1921 - 21 Aug 1928 Herbert Hoover (b. 1874 - d. 1964) 22 Aug 1928 - 4 Mar 1929 William F. Whiting (b. 1864 - d. 1936) 5 Mar 1929 - 7 Aug 1932 Robert P. Lamont (b. 1867 - d. 1948) 8 Aug 1932 - 3 Mar 1933 Roy D. Chapin (b. 1880 - d. 1936) 4 Mar 1933 - 23 Dec 1938 Daniel C. Roper (b. 1867 - d. 1943) 24 Dec 1938 - 18 Sep 1940 Harry L. Hopkins (b. 1890 - d. 1946) 19 Sep 1940 - 1 Mar 1945 Jesse H. Jones (b. 1874 - d. 1956) 2 Mar 1945 - 20 Sep 1946 Henry A. Wallace (b. 1888 - d. 1965) 7 Oct 1946 - 22 Apr 1948 Averell Harriman (b. 1891 - d. 1986) 6 May 1948 - 20 Jan 1953 Charles Sawyer (b. 1887 - d. 1979) 21 Jan 1953 - 10 Nov 1958 Sinclair Weeks (b. 1893 - d. 1972) 13 Nov 1958 - 30 Jun 1959 Lewis L. Strauss (b. 1896 - d. 1974) 10 Aug 1959 - 19 Jan 1961 Frederick H. Muller (b. 1893 - d. 1976) 21 Jan 1961 - 15 Jan 1965 Luther H. Hodges (b. 1898 - d. 1974) 18 Jan 1965 - 31 Jan 1967 John T. Connor (b. 1914 - d. 2000) 14 Jun 1967 - 1 Mar 1968 Alexander B. Trowbridge (b. 1929 - d. 2006) 6 Mar 1968 - 19 Jan 1969 Cyrus R. Smith (b. 1899 - d. 1990) 21 Jan 1969 - 15 Feb 1972 Maurice H. Stans (b. 1908 - d. 1998) 29 Feb 1972 - 1 Feb 1973 Peter G. Peterson (b. 1926) 2 Feb 1973 - 26 Mar 1975 Frederick B. Dent (b. 1922) 1 May 1975 - 2 Feb 1976 Rogers C.B. Morton (b. 1914 - d. 1979) 2 Feb 1976 - 20 Jan 1977 Elliot Richardson (b. 1920 - d. 1999) 23 Jan 1977 - 31 Oct 1979 Juanita M. Kreps (f) (b. 1921) 31 Oct 1979 - 9 Jan 1980 Luther H. Hodges, Jr. (acting) (b. 1937?) 9 Jan 1980 - 19 Jan 1981 Philip M. Klutznick (b. 1907 - d. 1999) 20 Jan 1981 - 25 Jul 1987 Malcolm Baldrige (b. 1922 - d. 1987) 19 Oct 1987 - 30 Jan 1989 C. William Verity (b. 1917 - d. 2007) 31 Jan 1989 - 15 Jan 1992 Robert