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
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 of War
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 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
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
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
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
United States Department of the Navy
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 Justice
United States 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
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
United States Department of State
United States Secretary of State
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
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 for Management and Resources
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 Assistant Secretary of State
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1917 – 1920
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
Director of Policy Planning
Gregory Bestor Craig
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1945.
1997 – 1998
United States Department of Transportation
Andrew Hill “Andy” Card, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1947.
1992 – 1993
United States Department of the Treasury
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
David Robert Malpass
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1956.
2017 – 2019