Cabinet offices in the United States.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Edward Thomas “Ed” Schafer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1946.
2008 – 2009
United States Department of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce
Norman Yoshio Mineta
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1931; d. May 3 2022.
2000 – 2001
United States Department of Defense
United States Secretary of Defense
Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1941.
1989 – 1993
William Sebastian Cohen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1940.
1997 – 2001
United States Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
James Robert Clapper, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1941.
2007 – 2010
United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Bradley Rogers “Brad” Carson*
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1967.
2015 – 2016
United States Department of the Army
United States Secretary at War
Benjamin Lincoln
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1733; d. May 9 1810.
1781 – 1783
Continental States Secretary at War
Henry Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1750; d. October 25 1806.
1785 – 1789
United States Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1750; d. October 25 1806.
1789 – 1794
Timothy Pickering
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.
1795
James McHenry
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1753; d. May 3 1816.
1796 – 1800
Samuel Dexter
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1761; d. May 4 1816.
1800 – 1801
Henry Dearborn
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1751; d. June 6 1829.
1801 – 1809
William Eustis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1757; d. October 29 1824.
1809 – 1813
John Armstrong, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1758; d. April 1 1843.
1813 – 1814
James Monroe
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.
1814 – 1815
Alexander James Dallas (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1759; d. January 16 1817.
1815
William Harris Crawford
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1772; d. September 15 1834.
1815 – 1816
George Graham (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1770; d. August 9 1830.
1816 – 1817
John Caldwell Calhoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.
1817 – 1825
James C. Barbour
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1775; d. June 7 1842.
1825 – 1828
Peter Buell Porter
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1773; d. March 20 1844.
1828 – 1829
John Henry Eaton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1790; d. November 17 1856.
1829 – 1831
Roger Brooke Taney (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.
1831
Lewis Cass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1782; d. June 17 1866.
1831 – 1836
Joel Roberts Poinsett
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1779; d. December 12 1851.
1837 – 1841
John Bell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1796; d. September 10 1869.
1841
William Wilkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1779; d. June 23 1865.
1844 – 1845
William Learned Marcy
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1786; d. July 4 1857.
1845 – 1849
John Buchanan Floyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1806; d. August 26 1863.
1857 – 1860
General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant*
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1822; d. July 23 1885
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1861. Promoted to Major General, 1863. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1864. Promoted to General of the Army, 1866. Retired from the military, 1869.
1867 – 1868
Elihu Root
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1845; d. February 7 1937.
1899 – 1904
William Howard Taft
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930
1904 – 1908
United States Secretary of the Army
Joseph William Westphal*
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
2001
United States Under Secretary of the Army
Joseph William Westphal
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
2009 – 2014
Bradley Rogers “Brad” Carson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1967.
2014 – 2015
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Joseph William Westphal
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
1998 – 2001
United States Department of the Navy
United States Agent of Marine
Robert Morris, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1734; d. May 8 1806.
1781 – 1784
United States Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1751; d. December 18 1813.
1798 – 1801
Robert Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1757; d. November 26 1842.
1801 – 1809
Paul Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1762; d. June 30 1816.
1809 – 1813
William Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1760; d. September 6 1831.
1813 – 1814
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1772; d. February 3 1851.
1815 – 1818
Smith Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1768; d. December 18 1843.
1819 – 1823
Samuel Lewis Southard
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1787; d. June 26 1842.
1823 – 1829
John Branch, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1782; d. January 4 1863.
1829 – 1831
Levi Woodbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1789; d. September 4 1851.
1831 – 1834
Mahlon Dickerson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.
1834 – 1838
James Kirke Paulding
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1778; d. April 6 1860.
1838 – 1841
Abel Parker Upshur
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1790; d. February 28 1844.
1841 – 1843
George Bancroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1800; d. January 17 1891.
1845 – 1846
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919
1897 – 1898
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1882; d. April 12 1945
1913 – 1920
United States Department of Energy
United States Secretary of Energy
James Richard “Rick” Perry
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1950.
2017 – 2019
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tommy George Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1941.
2001 – 2005
Kathleen Sebelius
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1948.
2009 – 2014
Alex Michael Azar II
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1967.
2018 – 2021
United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Alex Michael Azar II
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1967.
2005 – 2007
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Mark McClellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1963.
2004 – 2006
Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Mark McClellan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1963.
2002 – 2004
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Thomas Joseph “Tom” Ridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1945.
2003 – 2005
Michael Chertoff
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.
2005 – 2009
John Francis Kelly
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1950.
2017
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1972.
2017 – 2019
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Carla Anderson Hills
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1934.
1975 – 1977
Alphonso R. Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1945.
2004 – 2008
United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Alphonso R. Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1945.
2001 – 2004
United States Department of the Interior
United States Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Lee Udall
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1920; d. March 20 2010.
1961 – 1969
Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1955.
2009 – 2013
United States Department of Justice
United States Attorney General
Edmund Jennings Randolph
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1753; d. September 12 1813.
1789 – 1794
William Bradford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1755; d. August 23 1795.
1794 – 1795
Charles Lee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1758; d. June 24 1815.
1795 – 1801
Levi Lincoln, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1749; d. April 14 1820.
1801 – 1805
Robert Smith (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1757; d. November 26 1842.
1805
John Breckinridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1760; d. December 14 1806.
1805 – 1806
Caesar Augustus Rodney
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1772; d. June 10 1824.
1807 – 1811
William Pinkney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1764; d. February 25 1822.
1811 – 1814
Richard Rush
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1780; d. July 30 1859.
1814 – 1817
William Wirt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1772; d. February 18 1834.
1817 – 1829
John Macpherson Berrien
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1781; d. January 1 1856.
1829 – 1831
Roger Brooke Taney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.
1831 – 1833
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1795; d. November 8 1858.
1833 – 1838
Felix Grundy
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1777; d. December 19 1840.
1838 – 1840
Henry Dilworth Gilpin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1801; d. January 29 1860.
1840 – 1841
John Jordan Crittenden
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1787; d. July 26 1863.
1841
John Jordan Crittenden
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1787; d. July 26 1863.
1850 – 1853
Caleb Cushing
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1800; d. January 2 1879.
1853 – 1857
Robert Heron Bork*
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.
1973 – 1974
John David Ashcroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1942.
2001 – 2005
United States Associate Attorney General
Rudolph William Louis “Rudy” Giuliani
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1944.
1981 – 1983
Solicitor General of the United States
William Howard Taft
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930
1890 – 1892
Robert Heron Bork
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.
1973 – 1977
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Carla Anderson Hills
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1934.
1973 – 1975
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Michael Chertoff
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.
2001 – 2003
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
Thomas Lawrence “Tom” Sansonetti
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1949.
2001 – 2005
United States Department of State
United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Robert Robert Livingston
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1746; d. February 26 1813.
1781 – 1783
John Jay
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.
1784 – 1789
United States Secretary of State
John Jay (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.
1789 – 1790
Thomas Jefferson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1743; d. July 4 1826.
1790 – 1793
Edmund Jennings Randolph
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1753; d. September 12 1813.
1794 – 1795
Timothy Pickering
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.
1795 – 1800
Charles Lee (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1758; d. June 24 1815.
1800
John Marshall
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1755; d. July 6 1835.
1800 – 1801
Levi Lincoln, Sr. (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1749; d. April 14 1820.
1801
James Madison
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1751; d. June 28 1836.
1801 – 1809
Robert Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1757; d. November 26 1842.
1809 – 1811
James Monroe
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1758; d. July 4 1831.
1811 – 1817
Richard Rush (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1780; d. July 30 1859.
1817
John Quincy Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1767; d. February 23 1848.
1817 – 1825
Henry Clay
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1777; d. June 29 1852.
1825 – 1829
Martin Van Buren
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1782; d. July 24 1862.
1829 – 1831
Edward Livingston
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1764; d. May 23 1836.
1831 – 1833
Louis McLane
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1786; d. October 7 1857.
1833 – 1834
John Forsyth, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1780; d. October 21 1841.
1834 – 1841
Daniel Webster
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1782; d. October 24 1852.
1841 – 1843
Abel Parker Upshur
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1790; d. February 28 1844.
1843 – 1844
John Caldwell Calhoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1782; d. March 31 1850.
1844 – 1845
James Buchanan, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.
1845 – 1849
Daniel Webster
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1782; d. October 24 1852.
1850 – 1852
Edward Everett
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.
1852 – 1853
William Learned Marcy
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1786; d. July 4 1857.
1853 – 1857
Lewis Cass
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1782; d. June 17 1866.
1857 – 1860
William Henry Seward
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1801; d. October 10 1872.
1861 – 1869
Thomas Francis Bayard
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1828; d. September 28 1898.
1885 – 1889
Elihu Root
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1845; d. February 7 1937.
1905 – 1909
John Foster Dulles
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1888; d. May 24 1959.
1953 – 1959
Henry Alfred Kissinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1923; d. November 29 2023.
1973 – 1977
Colin Luther Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1937; d. October 18 2021.
2001 – 2005
Condoleezza Rice
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1954.
2005 – 2009
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1947.
2009 – 2013
John Forbes Kerry
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1943.
2013 – 2017
Marco Antonio Rubio
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1971.
2025 – present
United States Deputy Secretary of State
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2011 – 2014
United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
Jacob Joseph “Jack” Lew
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1955.
2009 – 2010
Thomas Richard Nides
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1961.
2011 – 2013
United States Under Secretary of State
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1922 – 1924
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1933 – 1936
Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1895; d. August 9 1961
Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1942. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1944. Promoted to General, 1951.
1953 – 1954
United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2008 – 2011
United States Assistant Secretary of State
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1917 – 1920
Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
1996 – 1998
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
John Howard Francis Shattuck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1943.
1993 – 1998
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Daniel Scott “Dan” Sullivan
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1964.
2006 – 2009
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
John Christian Kornblum
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1943; d. December 21 2023.
1996 – 1997
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Alan Lee Keyes
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1950.
1985 – 1987
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2001 – 2005
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Michael A. “Mike” Hammer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 26 1963.
2011 – 2013
Director of Policy Planning
Gregory Bestor Craig
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1945.
1997 – 1998
United States Department of Transportation
United States Secretary of Transportation
John Anthony Volpe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1908; d. November 11 1994.
1969 – 1973
Andrew Hill “Andy” Card, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1947.
1992 – 1993
Norman Yoshio Mineta
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1931; d. May 3 2022.
2001 – 2006
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
John Anthony Volpe (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1908; d. November 11 1994.
1956 – 1957
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Superintendent of Finance
Robert Morris, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1734; d. May 8 1806.
1781 – 1784
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1755/1757; d. July 12 1804.
1789 – 1795
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1760; d. June 1 1833.
1795 – 1800
Samuel Dexter
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1761; d. May 4 1816.
1801
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1761; d. August 12 1849.
1801 – 1814
George Washington Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1769; d. February 17 1848.
1814
Alexander James Dallas
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1759; d. January 16 1817.
1814 – 1816
William Harris Crawford
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1772; d. September 15 1834.
1816 – 1825
Richard Rush
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1780; d. July 30 1859.
1825 – 1829
Samuel Delucenna Ingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1779; d. June 5 1860.
1829 – 1831
Louis McLane
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1786; d. October 7 1857.
1831 – 1833
William John Duane
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1780; d. September 27 1865.
1833
Roger Brooke Taney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.
1833 – 1834
Levi Woodbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1789; d. September 4 1851.
1834 – 1841
Henry Merritt “Hank” Paulson, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1946.
2006 – 2009
Timothy Franz Geithner
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1961.
2009 – 2013
Jacob Joseph “Jack” Lew
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1955.
2013 – 2017
Steven Terner Mnuchin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1962.
2017 – 2021
United States Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance
Jerome Hayden “Jay” Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1953.
1992 – 1993
United States Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
Timothy Franz Geithner
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1961.
1998 – 2001
David Robert Malpass
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1956.
2017 – 2019
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
Jerome Hayden “Jay” Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1953.
1990 – 1992
Solicitor of the United States Treasury
Henry Dilworth Gilpin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1801; d. January 29 1860.
1837 – 1840