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
James Rodney Schlesinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1929; d. March 27 2014.
1971 – 1973
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Clarence McCLane Pendleton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1930; d. June 5 1988.
1981 – 1988
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Carol Martha Browner
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1955.
1993 – 2001
Stephen Lee Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1951.
2005 – 2009
Lisa Perez Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1962.
2009 – 2013
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
Clarence Thomas
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1948.
1982 – 1990
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Joe M. Allbaugh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1952.
2001 – 2003
Michael DeWayne Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1954.
2003 – 2005
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
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Melvin Luther “Mel” Watt
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1945.
2014 – 2019
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James Edwin Webb
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1906; d. March 27 1992.
1961 – 1968
Federal Trade Commission
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
James Michael Mead
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1885; d. March 15 1964.
1950 – 1953
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
Henry Clay Payne
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1843; d. October 4 1904.
1902 – 1904
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
Frank Comerford Walker
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1886; d. September 13 1959.
1940 – 1945
Robert Emmet Hannegan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1903; d. October 6 1949.
1945 – 1947
Lawrence Francis “Larry” O’Brien, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1917; d. September 28 1990.
1965 – 1968
William Marvin Watson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1924; d. November 26 2017.
1968 – 1969
Winton Malcolm Blount
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1921; d. October 24 2002.
1969 – 1972
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
William Orville Douglas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1898; d. January 19 1980.
1937 – 1939
Jerome New Frank
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1889; d. January 13 1957.
1939 – 1941
William Joseph Casey
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1913; d. May 6 1987.
1971 – 1973
Charles Christopher Cox
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1952.
2005 – 2009
Mary Jo White
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1947.
2013 – 2017
Small Business Administration
Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Erskine Boyce Bowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1945.
1993 – 1994