Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Government Agencies

United States Atomic Energy Commission

Chair of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1896; d. January 21 1974.

1953 – 1958


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1914; d. August 17 1988.

1965 – 1966


Federal Emergency Management Agency

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Robert David Paulison (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1947.

2005 – 2006

Robert David Paulison

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1947.

2006 – 2009


United States Agency for International Development

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Samantha Jane Power

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1970.

2021 – 2025


United States Postal Service

United States Postmaster General
Benjamin Franklin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1706; d. April 17 1790.

1775 – 1776

Samuel Osgood

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1747; d. August 12 1813.

1789 – 1791

Timothy Pickering

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1745; d. January 29 1829.

1791 – 1795

Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1764; d. March 29 1825.

1814 – 1823

John McLean

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1785; d. April 4 1861.

1823 – 1829

William Taylor Barry

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1784; d. August 30 1835.

1829 – 1835

Amos Kendall

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1789; d. November 12 1869.

1835 – 1840

John Milton Niles

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1787; d. May 31 1856.

1840 – 1841

Francis Granger

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1792; d. August 31 1868.

1841

Charles Anderson Wickliffe

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1788; d. October 31 1869.

1841 – 1845

Cave Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1793; d. November 23 1866.

1845 – 1849

Jacob Collamer

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1791; d. November 9 1865.

1849 – 1850

Nathan Kelsey Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1798; d. November 19 1873.

1850 – 1852

James Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1812; d. January 27 1893.

1853 – 1857

Aaron Venable Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1795; d. March 8 1859.

1857 – 1859

Joseph Holt

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1807; d. August 1 1894.

1859 – 1860

Horatio King

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1811; d. May 20 1897.

1861

Montgomery Blair

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1813; d. July 27 1883.

1861 – 1864

William Dennison, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1815; d. June 15 1882.

1864 – 1866

Alexander Williams Randall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1819; d. July 26 1872.

1866 – 1869

John A.J. Creswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1828; d. December 23 1891.

1869 – 1874

Marshall Jewell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1825; d. February 10 1883.

1874 – 1876

David McKendree Key

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1824; d. February 3 1900.

1877 – 1880

Horace Maynard

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1814; d. May 3 1882.

1880 – 1881

Thomas Lemuel James

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1831; d. September 11 1916.

1881

Timothy Otis Howe

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1816; d. March 25 1883.

1881 – 1883

Walter Quintin Gresham

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1832; d. May 28 1895.

1883 – 1884

William Freeman Vilas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1840; d. August 27 1908.

1885 – 1888

Donald McDonald Dickinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1846; d. October 15 1917.

1888 – 1889

John Wanamaker

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1838; d. December 12 1922.

1889 – 1893

Wilson Shannon Bissell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1847; d. October 6 1903.

1893 – 1895

William Lyne Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1843; d. October 17 1900.

1895 – 1897

George Bruce Cortelyou

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1862; d. October 23 1940.

1905 – 1907

George von Lengerke Meyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1858; d. March 9 1918.

1907 – 1909

Frank Harris Hitchcock

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1867; d. August 5 1935.

1909 – 1913

Albert Sidney Burleson

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1863; d. November 24 1937.

1913 – 1921

William Harrison “Will” Hays, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1879; d. March 7 1954.

1921 – 1922

Hubert Work

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1860; d. December 14 1942.

1922 – 1923

Harry Stewart New

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1858; d. May 9 1937.

1923 – 1929

James Aloysius Farley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1888; d. June 9 1976.

1933 – 1940


United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1888; d. November 18 1969.

1934 – 1935


Small Business Administration

Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Erskine Boyce Bowles

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1945.

1993 – 1994