Cabinet offices in the United States.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Norman Jay Coleman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1827; d. November 3 1911.
1889
Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1812; d. March 28 1872.
1889 – 1893
Julius Sterling Morton
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1832; d. April 27 1902.
1893 – 1897
James “Tama Jim” Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1835; d. August 26 1920.
1897 – 1913
Henry Cantwell Wallace
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1866; d. October 25 1924.
1921 – 1924
Howard Mason Gore
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1877; d. June 20 1947.
1924 – 1925
William Marion Jardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1879; d. January 17 1955.
1925 – 1929
Arthur Mastick Hyde
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1877; d. October 17 1947.
1929 – 1933
Henry Agard Wallace
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1888; d. November 18 1965.
1933 – 1940
Claude Raymond Wickard
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1893; d. April 29 1967.
1940 – 1945
Clinton Presba Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1895; d. November 11 1975.
1945 – 1948
Orville Lothrop Freeman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1918; d. February 20 2003.
1961 – 1969
Edward Rell “Ed” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1936; d. December 7 1994.
1991 – 1993
Edward Thomas “Ed” Schafer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1946.
2008 – 2009
United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Xochitl Liana Torres Small
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1984.
2023 – 2025
United States Under Secretary of Agriculture
Milburn Lincoln Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1885; d. November 22 1969.
1937 – 1940
United States Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
Jill Lynette Long Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1952.
1995 – 2001
Xochitl Liana Torres Small
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1984.
2021 – 2023
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Howard Mason Gore
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1877; d. June 20 1947.
1923 – 1924
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1891; d. July 21 1979.
1933 – 1934
Milburn Lincoln Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1885; d. November 22 1969.
1934 – 1937
United States Department of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor
George Bruce Cortelyou
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1862; d. October 23 1940.
1903 – 1904
United States Secretary of Commerce
Joshua Willis Alexander
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1852; d. February 27 1936.
1919 – 1921
Herbert Clark Hoover
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1874; d. October 20 1964.
1921 – 1928
William Fairfield Whiting
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1864; d. August 31 1936.
1928 – 1929
Harold Lloyd “Harry” Hopkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1890; d. January 29 1946.
1938 – 1940
Jesse Holman Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1874; d. June 1 1956.
1940 – 1945
Henry Agard Wallace
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1888; d. November 18 1965.
1945 – 1946
William Averell Harriman
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1891; d. July 26 1986.
1946 – 1948
Charles W. Sawyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1887; d. April 7 1979.
1948 – 1953
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1896; d. January 21 1974.
1958 – 1959
Peter George Peterson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1926; d. March 20 2018.
1972 – 1973
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1914; d. April 19 1979.
1975 – 1976
Elliot Lee Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.
1976 – 1977
William Michael Daley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1948.
1997 – 2000
Norman Yoshio Mineta
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1931; d. May 3 2022.
2000 – 2001
United States Under Secretary of Commerce
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1914; d. August 17 1988.
1963 – 1965
James Addison Baker III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1930.
1975 – 1976
United States Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
Stuart Elliott Eizenstat
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
1996 – 1997
United States Department of Defense
United States Secretary of Defense
James Vincent Forrestal
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1892; d. May 22 1949.
1947 – 1949
Louis Arthur Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1891; d. April 24 1966.
1949 – 1950
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1880; d. October 16 1959.
1950 – 1951
Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1906; d. March 25 1983.
1959 – 1961
Robert Strange McNamara
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1916; d. July 6 2009.
1961 – 1968
Clark McAdams Clifford
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1906; d. October 10 1998.
1968 – 1969
Melvin Robert Laird, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1922; d. November 16 2016.
1969 – 1973
Elliot Lee Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.
1973
William Perry “Bill” Clements, Jr. (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1917; d. May 29 2011.
1973
James Rodney Schlesinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1929; d. March 27 2014.
1973 – 1975
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1932; d. June 29 2021.
1975 – 1977
Frank Charles Carlucci III
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1930; d. June 3 2018.
1987 – 1989
Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1941.
1989 – 1993
Leslie “Les” Aspin, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1938; d. May 21 1995.
1993 – 1994
William James Perry
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1927.
1994 – 1997
William Sebastian Cohen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1940.
1997 – 2001
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1932; d. June 29 2021.
2001 – 2006
Robert Michael Gates
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1943.
2006 – 2011
Leon Edward Panetta
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1938.
2011 – 2013
James Norman “Jim” Mattis
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1950.
2017 – 2019
Mark Thomas Esper (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1964.
2019
Mark Thomas Esper
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1964.
2019 – 2020
Peter Brian “Pete” Hegseth
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1980.
2025 – present
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Robert Bernard Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1910; d. August 14 1989.
1954 – 1955
Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1906; d. March 25 1983.
1959
Cyrus Roberts Vance
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1917; d. January 12 2002.
1964 – 1967
Paul Henry Nitze
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1907; d. October 19 2004.
1967 – 1969
William Perry “Bill” Clements, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1917; d. May 29 2011.
1973 – 1977
Frank Charles Carlucci III
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1930; d. June 3 2018.
1981 – 1982
Donald Jesse Atwood, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1924; d. April 24 1994.
1989 – 1993
William James Perry
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1927.
1993 – 1994
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1943.
2001 – 2005
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 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1943.
1989 – 1993
Eric Steven Edelman
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1951.
2005 – 2009
United States Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
William James Perry
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1927.
1977 – 1981
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Paul Henry Nitze
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1907; d. October 19 2004.
1961 – 1963
Richard Lee Armitage
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1945; d. April 13 2025.
1983 – 1989
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
William K. Brehm
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1929; d. July 30 2025.
1976 – 1977
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
William K. Brehm
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1929; d. July 30 2025.
1973 – 1976
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Louis Alan “Pete” Williams
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1952.
1989 – 1993
General Counsel of the Department of Defense
Cyrus Roberts Vance
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1917; d. January 12 2002.
1961 – 1962
Jeh Charles Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1957.
2009 – 2012
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
John Canfield Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1788; d. May 17 1855.
1841 – 1843
James Madison Porter
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1793; d. November 11 1862.
1843 – 1844
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
George Walker Crawford
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1798; d. July 27 1872.
1849 – 1850
Jefferson F. Davis
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1808; d. December 6 1889.
1853 – 1857
John Buchanan Floyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1806; d. August 26 1863.
1857 – 1860
Joseph Holt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1807; d. August 1 1894.
1861
Simon Cameron
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1799; d. June 26 1889.
1861 – 1862
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1814; d. December 24 1869.
1862 – 1867
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
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1814; d. December 24 1869.
1868
John McAllister Schofield
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1831; d. March 4 1906.
1868 – 1869
John Aaron Rawlins
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1831; d. September 6 1869.
1869
General of the Army William Tecumseh Sherman (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1820; d. February 14 1891.
1869
William Worth Belknap
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1829; d. October 12 1890.
1869 – 1876
Alphonso Taft
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1810; d. May 21 1891.
1876
George Washington McCrary
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1835; d. June 23 1890.
1877 – 1879
Alexander Ramsey
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1815; d. April 22 1903.
1879 – 1881
Robert Todd Lincoln
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1843; d. July 26 1926.
1881 – 1885
William Crowninshield Endicott
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1826; d. May 6 1900.
1885 – 1889
Redfield Proctor
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1831; d. March 4 1908.
1889 – 1891
Stephen Benton Elkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1841; d. January 4 1911.
1891 – 1893
Daniel Scott Lamont
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1851; d. July 23 1905.
1893 – 1897
Russell Alexander Alger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1836; d. January 24 1907.
1897 – 1899
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
Luke Edward Wright
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1846; d. November 17 1922.
1908 – 1909
Henry Lewis Stimson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1867; d. October 20 1950.
1911 – 1913
Newton Diehl Baker, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1871; d. December 25 1937.
1916 – 1921
John Wingate Weeks
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1860; d. July 12 1926.
1921 – 1925
Dwight Filley Davis, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1879; d. November 28 1945.
1925 – 1929
James William Good
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1866; d. November 18 1929.
1929
Henry Lewis Stimson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1867; d. October 20 1950.
1940 – 1945
United States Secretary of the Army
Cyrus Roberts Vance
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1917; d. January 12 2002.
1962 – 1964
Howard Hollis “Bo” Callaway
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1927; d. March 15 2014.
1973 – 1975
Joseph William Westphal*
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
2001
Mark Thomas Esper
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1964.
2017 – 2019
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 War
Dwight Filley Davis, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1879; d. November 28 1945.
1923 – 1925
Hanford MacNider
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1889; d. February 18 1968.
1925 – 1928
Louis Arthur Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1891; d. April 24 1966.
1937 – 1940
John Jay McCloy
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1895; d. March 11 1989.
1941 – 1945
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil-Military Affairs
Dewey Jackson Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1898; d. November 19 1979.
1957 – 1958
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Joseph William Westphal
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1948.
1998 – 2001
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
William K. Brehm
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1929; d. July 30 2025.
1968 – 1970
United States Department of the Navy
United States Secretary of Marine
Alexander McDougall
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1732; d. June 9 1786.
1781
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
George Edmund Badger
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1795; d. May 11 1866.
1841
Abel Parker Upshur
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1790; d. February 28 1844.
1841 – 1843
David Henshaw
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1791; d. November 11 1852.
1843 – 1844
Thomas Walker Gilmer
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1802; d. February 28 1844.
1844
John Young Mason
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1799; d. October 3 1859.
1844 – 1845
George Bancroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1800; d. January 17 1891.
1845 – 1846
John Young Mason
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1799; d. October 3 1859.
1846 – 1849
William Ballard Preston
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1805; d. November 16 1862.
1849 – 1850
William Alexander Graham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1804; d. August 11 1875.
1850 – 1852
John Pendleton Kennedy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1795; d. August 18 1870.
1852 – 1853
James Cochran Dobbin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1814; d. August 4 1857.
1853 – 1857
Isaac Toucey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1792; d. July 30 1869.
1857 – 1861
Gideon Welles
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1802; d. February 11 1878.
1861 – 1869
Adolph Edward Borie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1809; d. February 5 1880.
1869
George Maxwell Robeson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1829; d. September 27 1897.
1869 – 1877
Richard Wigginton Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1809; d. February 9 1900.
1877 – 1880
William Henry Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1823; d. February 27 1884.
1881 – 1882
William Eaton Chandler
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1835; d. November 30 1917.
1882 – 1885
William Collins Whitney
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1841; d. February 2 1904.
1885 – 1889
Benjamin Franklin Tracy
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1830; d. August 6 1915.
1889 – 1893
Hilary Abner Herbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1834; d. March 6 1919.
1893 – 1897
John Davis Long
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1838; d. August 28 1915.
1897 – 1902
Truman Handy Newberry
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1864; d. October 3 1945.
1908 – 1909
George von Lengerke Meyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1858; d. March 9 1918.
1909 – 1913
Josephus Daniels
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1862; d. January 15 1948.
1913 – 1921
Edwin Denby
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1870; d. February 8 1929.
1921 – 1924
Curtis Dwight Wilbur
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1867; d. September 8 1954.
1924 – 1929
William Franklin “Frank” Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1874; d. April 28 1944.
1940 – 1944
James Vincent Forrestal
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1892; d. May 22 1949.
1944 – 1947
Robert Bernard Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1910; d. August 14 1989.
1953 – 1954
Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1906; d. March 25 1983.
1957 – 1959
John Bowden Connally, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1917; d. June 15 1993.
1961
Paul Henry Nitze
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1907; d. October 19 2004.
1963 – 1967
John Lester Hubbard Chafee
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1922; d. October 24 1999.
1969 – 1972
United States Under Secretary of the Navy
James Vincent Forrestal
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1892; d. May 22 1949.
1940 – 1944
Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1906; d. March 25 1983.
1953 – 1957
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
William McAdoo
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1853; d. June 7 1930.
1893 – 1897
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1858; d. January 6 1919
1897 – 1898
Charles Herbert Allen
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1848; d. April 20 1934.
1898 – 1900
Truman Handy Newberry
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1864; d. October 3 1945.
1905 – 1908
Beekman Winthrop
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1874; d. November 10 1940.
1909 – 1913
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1882; d. April 12 1945
1913 – 1920
Gordon Woodbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1863; d. 1924.
1920 – 1921
Theodore Roosevelt III
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1887; d. July 12 1944.
1921 – 1924
United States Department of the Air Force
United States Secretary of the Air Force
William Stuart Symington III
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1901; d. December 14 1988.
1947 – 1950
Robert Channing Seamans, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1918; d. June 28 2008.
1969 – 1973
Defense Intelligence Agency
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Daniel Orrin Graham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1925; d. December 31 1995.
1974 – 1975
National Security Agency
Director of the National Security Agency
General Samuel Cochran Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1921; d. January 31 1990.
1969 – 1973
United States Department of Education
United States Secretary of Education
Lauro Fred Cavazos, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1927; d. March 15 2022.
1988 – 1990
Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1940.
1991 – 1993
Elisabeth Dee “Betsy” DeVos
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1958.
2017 – 2021
United States Department of Energy
United States Secretary of Energy
James Rodney Schlesinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1929; d. March 27 2014.
1977 – 1979
Steven Chu
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1948.
2009 – 2013
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, Education, and Welfare
Oveta Culp Hobby
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1905; d. August 16 1995.
1953 – 1955
Robert Hutchinson Finch
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1925; d. October 10 1995.
1969 – 1970
Elliot Lee Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.
1970 – 1973
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Richard Schultz Schweiker
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1926; d. July 31 2015.
1981 – 1983
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
Thomas Edmunds “Tom” Price
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1954.
2017
Alex Michael Azar II
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1967.
2018 – 2021
Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1954.
2025 – present
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
United States Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1908; d. January 26 1979.
1953 – 1954
Herold Christian Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1902; d. October 17 1976.
1955 – 1957
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
Jeh Charles Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1957.
2013 – 2017
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
Robert Clifton Weaver
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1907; d. July 17 1997.
1966 – 1968
George Wilcken Romney
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1907; d. July 26 1995.
1969 – 1973
James Thomas Lynn
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1927; d. December 6 2010.
1973 – 1975
Carla Anderson Hills
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1934.
1975 – 1977
Jack French Kemp
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1935; d. May 2 2009.
1989 – 1993
Henry Gabriel Cisneros
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1947.
1993 – 1997
Alphonso R. Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1945.
2004 – 2008
Julián Castro
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1974.
2014 – 2017
Marcia Louise Fudge
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1952.
2021 – 2024
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
Thomas Ewing, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1789; d. October 26 1871.
1849 – 1850
Robert McClelland
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1807; d. August 30 1880.
1853 – 1857
Jacob Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1810; d. March 24 1885.
1857 – 1861
Caleb Blood Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1808; d. January 7 1864.
1861 – 1863
John Palmer Usher
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1816; d. April 13 1889.
1863 – 1865
James Harlan
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1820; d. October 5 1899.
1865 – 1866
Orville Hickman Browning
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1806; d. August 10 1881.
1866 – 1869
Jacob Dolson Cox, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1828; d. August 4 1900.
1869 – 1870
Columbus Delano
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1809; d. October 23 1896.
1870 – 1875
Zachariah Chandler
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1813; d. November 1 1879.
1875 – 1877
Carl Schurz
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1829; d. May 14 1906.
1877 – 1881
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1813; d. September 1 1894.
1881 – 1882
Henry Moore Teller
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1830; d. February 23 1914.
1882 – 1885
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1810; d. March 24 1885.
1885 – 1888
William Freeman Vilas
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1840; d. August 27 1908.
1888 – 1889
John Willock Noble
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1831; d. March 22 1912.
1889 – 1893
Michael Hoke Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1855; d. November 27 1931.
1893 – 1896
David Rowland Francis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1850; d. January 15 1927.
1896 – 1897
Cornelius Newton Bliss
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1833; d. October 9 1911.
1897 – 1899
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1835; d. April 9 1909.
1899 – 1907
James Rudolph Garfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1865; d. March 24 1950.
1907 – 1909
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1858; d. June 6 1922.
1909 – 1911
Franklin Knight Lane
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1864; d. May 18 1921.
1913 – 1920
Albert Bacon Fall
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1861; d. November 30 1944.
1921 – 1923
Hubert Work
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1860; d. December 14 1942.
1923 – 1928
Roy Owen West
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1868; d. November 29 1958.
1928 – 1929
Stewart Lee Udall
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1920; d. March 20 2010.
1961 – 1969
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1914; d. April 19 1979.
1971 – 1975
Manuel Archibald Lujan, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1928; d. April 25 2019.
1989 – 1993
Kenneth Lee “Ken” Salazar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1955.
2009 – 2013
Debra Anne “Deb” Haaland
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
2021 – 2025
Douglas James “Doug” Burgum
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1956.
2025 – present
United States Under Secretary of the Interior
Harry A. Slattery
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1887; d. September 1 1949.
1938 – 1939
Abraham “Abe” Fortas
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1910; d. April 5 1982.
1942 – 1943
Abraham “Abe” Fortas
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1910; d. April 5 1982.
1944 – 1946
United States Commissioner of Education
John Eaton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1829; d. February 9 1906.
1870 – 1886
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
Hugh Swinton Legaré
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1797; d. June 20 1843.
1841 – 1843
John Nelson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1791; d. January 18 1860.
1843 – 1845
John Young Mason
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1799; d. October 3 1859.
1845 – 1846
Nathan Clifford
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1803; d. July 25 1881.
1846 – 1848
Isaac Toucey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1792; d. July 30 1869.
1848 – 1849
Reverdy Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1796; d. February 10 1876.
1849 – 1850
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
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1810; d. August 19 1883.
1857 – 1860
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1814; d. December 24 1869.
1860 – 1861
Edward Bates
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1793; d. March 25 1869.
1861 – 1864
James Speed
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1812; d. June 25 1887.
1864 – 1866
Henry Stanbery
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1803; d. June 26 1881.
1866 – 1868
William Maxwell Evarts
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1818; d. February 28 1901.
1868 – 1869
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1816; d. January 31 1895.
1869 – 1870
Amos Tappan Akerman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1821; d. December 21 1880.
1870 – 1871
George Henry Williams
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1823; d. April 4 1910.
1871 – 1875
Edwards Pierrepont
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1817; d. March 6 1892.
1875 – 1876
Alphonso Taft
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1810; d. May 21 1891.
1876 – 1877
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1833; d. January 11 1917.
1881
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1816; d. April 4 1888.
1881 – 1885
Augustus Hill Garland
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1832; d. January 26 1899.
1885 – 1889
William Henry Harrison Miller
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1840; d. May 25 1917.
1889 – 1893
Richard Olney
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1835; d. April 8 1917.
1893 – 1895
Judson Harmon
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1846; d. February 22 1927.
1895 – 1897
Joseph McKenna
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1843; d. November 21 1926.
1897 – 1898
John William Griggs
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1849; d. November 28 1927.
1898 – 1901
Philander Chase Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1853; d. October 12 1921.
1901 – 1904
George Woodward Wickersham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1858; d. January 25 1936.
1909 – 1913
James Clark McReynolds
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1862; d. August 24 1946.
1913 – 1914
Thomas Watt Gregory
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1861; d. February 26 1933.
1914 – 1919
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1872; d. May 11 1936.
1919 – 1921
Harry Micajah Dougherty
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1860; d. October 12 1941.
1921 – 1924
Harlan Fiske Stone
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1872; d. April 22 1946.
1924 – 1925
John Garibaldi Sargent
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1860; d. March 5 1939.
1925 – 1929
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1892; d. October 9 1954.
1940 – 1941
James Howard McGrath
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1903; d. September 2 1966.
1949 – 1952
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1904; d. May 1 1996.
1953 – 1957
William Pierce Rogers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1913; d. January 2 2001.
1957 – 1961
Robert Francis Kennedy
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1925; d. June 6 1968.
1961 – 1964
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1922; d. May 8 2012.
1965 – 1966
William Ramsey Clark (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1927; d. April 9 2021.
1966 – 1967
William Ramsey Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1927; d. April 9 2021.
1967 – 1969
John Newton Mitchell
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1913; d. November 9 1988.
1969 – 1972
Richard Gordon Kleindienst
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1923; d. February 3 2000.
1972 – 1973
Elliot Lee Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.
1973
Robert Heron Bork*
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.
1973 – 1974
Edward Hirsch Levi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1911; d. March 7 2000.
1975 – 1977
Richard Lewis “Dick” Thornburgh (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1932; d. December 31 2020.
1977
Griffin Boyette Bell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1918; d. January 5 2009.
1977 – 1979
Richard Lewis “Dick” Thornburgh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1932; d. December 31 2020.
1988 – 1991
William Pelham “Bill” Barr
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1950.
1991 – 1993
Janet Wood Reno
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1938; d. November 7 2016.
1993 – 2001
John David Ashcroft
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1942.
2001 – 2005
Alberto R. Gonzales
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1955.
2005 – 2007
Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1946.
2017 – 2018
Rod Jay Rosenstein (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1965.
2018
William Pelham “Bill” Barr
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1950.
2019 – 2020
Merrick Brian Garland
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1952.
2021 – 2025
United States Deputy Attorney General
William Pierce Rogers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1913; d. January 2 2001.
1953 – 1957
Lawrence Edward Walsh
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1912; d. March 19 2014.
1957 – 1961
Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1917; d. April 15 2002.
1961 – 1962
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1922; d. May 8 2012.
1962 – 1965
William Ramsey Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1927; d. April 9 2021.
1965 – 1967
Richard Gordon Kleindienst
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1923; d. February 3 2000.
1969 – 1972
William Pelham “Bill” Barr
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1950.
1990 – 1991
Robert Swan Mueller III (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1944.
2001
James Brien Comey, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1960.
2003 – 2005
Rod Jay Rosenstein
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1965.
2017 – 2019
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
Benjamin Helm Bristow
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1832; d. June 22 1896.
1870 – 1872
John Goode, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1829; d. July 14 1909.
1885 – 1886
Orlow W. Chapman
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1832; d. January 19 1890.
1889 – 1890
William Howard Taft
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930
1890 – 1892
Charles Henry Aldrich
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1850; d. April 13 1929.
1892 – 1893
John William Davis
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1873; d. March 24 1955.
1913 – 1918
Stanley Forman Reed
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1884; d. April 2 1980.
1935 – 1938
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1892; d. October 9 1954.
1938 – 1940
James Howard McGrath
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1903; d. September 2 1966.
1945 – 1946
Archibald Cox, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1912; d. May 29 2004.
1961 – 1965
Thurgood Marshall
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1908; d. January 24 1993.
1965 – 1967
Robert Heron Bork
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.
1973 – 1977
Kenneth Winston “Ken” Starr
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1946; d. September 13 2022.
1989 – 1993
Elena Kagan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1960.
2009 – 2010
Assistant Attorney General
Edward Terry Sanford
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1865; d. March 8 1930.
1907 – 1908
William Henry Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1868; d. January 1 1949.
1911 – 1913
Albert Ottinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1878; d. January 13 1938.
1921 – 1924
Oetje John Rogge
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1903; d. March 22 1981.
1939 – 1940
Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division
William Joseph “Wild Bill” Donovan
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1883; d. February 8 1959.
1926 – 1927
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1892; d. October 9 1954.
1937 – 1938
Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
Warren Earl Burger
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1907; d. June 25 1995.
1953 – 1956
Carla Anderson Hills
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1934.
1973 – 1975
John Robert Bolton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1948.
1988 – 1989
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
William Joseph “Wild Bill” Donovan
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1883; d. February 8 1959.
1924 – 1925
Richard Lewis “Dick” Thornburgh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1932; d. December 31 2020.
1975 – 1977
Robert Swan Mueller III
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1944.
1990 – 1993
Michael Chertoff
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.
2001 – 2003
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
William Ramsey Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1927; d. April 9 2021.
1961 – 1965
Thomas Lawrence “Tom” Sansonetti
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1949.
2001 – 2005
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1922; d. May 8 2012.
1961 – 1962
William Hubbs Rehnquist
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1924; d. September 3 2005.
1969 – 1971
Antonin Gregory Scalia
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1936; d. February 13 2016.
1974 – 1977
William Pelham “Bill” Barr
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1950.
1989 – 1990
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs
Addison Mitchell “Mitch” McConnell III (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1942.
1975
John Robert Bolton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1948.
1985 – 1988
Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1892; d. October 9 1954.
1936 – 1937
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director of the Bureau of Investigation
John Edgar Hoover
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1895; d. May 2 1972.
1924 – 1935
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Edgar Hoover
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1895; d. May 2 1972.
1935 – 1972
James Blackburn Adams (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1926; d. April 25 2020.
1978
William Hedgcock Webster
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1924; d. August 8 2025.
1978 – 1987
John E. Otto (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1938; d. April 22 2020.
1987
Robert Swan Mueller III
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1944.
2001 – 2013
James Brien Comey, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1960.
2013 – 2017
Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Mark Felt, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1913; d. December 18 2008.
1972 – 1973
James Blackburn Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1926; d. April 25 2020.
1973 – 1979
Assistant Director of the Bureau of Investigation
John Edgar Hoover
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1895; d. May 2 1972.
1921 – 1924
United States Department of Labor
United States Secretary of Labor
William Bauchop Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1862; d. May 25 1934.
1913 – 1921
James John Davis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1873; d. November 22 1947.
1921 – 1930
Maurice Joseph Tobin
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1901; d. July 19 1953.
1948 – 1953
Arthur Joseph Goldberg
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1908; d. January 19 1990.
1961 – 1962
William Willard Wirtz
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1912; d. April 24 2010.
1962 – 1969
George Pratt Shultz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1920; d. February 6 2021.
1969 – 1970
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1936.
1989 – 1990
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
James Alexander Hamilton (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1788; d. September 24 1878.
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
Hugh Swinton Legaré (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1797; d. June 20 1843.
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
John Middleton Clayton
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1796; d. November 9 1856.
1849 – 1850
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
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1810; d. August 19 1883.
1860 – 1861
William Henry Seward
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1801; d. October 10 1872.
1861 – 1869
Elihu Benjamin Washburne
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1816; d. October 22 1887.
1869
Hamilton Fish
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1808; d. September 7 1893.
1869 – 1877
William Maxwell Evarts
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1818; d. February 28 1901.
1877 – 1881
James Gillespie Blaine
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1830; d. January 27 1893.
1881
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1817; d. May 20 1885.
1881 – 1885
Thomas Francis Bayard
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1828; d. September 28 1898.
1885 – 1889
James Gillespie Blaine
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1830; d. January 27 1893.
1889 – 1892
John Watson Foster
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1836; d. November 15 1917.
1892 – 1893
Walter Quintin Gresham
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1832; d. May 28 1895.
1893 – 1895
Richard Olney
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1835; d. April 8 1917.
1895 – 1897
John Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1823; d. October 22 1900.
1897 – 1898
William Rufus Day
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1849; d. July 9 1923.
1898
Elihu Root
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1845; d. February 7 1937.
1905 – 1909
Philander Chase Knox
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1853; d. October 12 1921.
1909 – 1913
William Jennings Bryan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1860; d. July 26 1925.
1913 – 1915
Robert Lansing
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1864; d. October 30 1928.
1915 – 1920
Bainbridge Colby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1869; d. April 11 1950.
1920 – 1921
Charles Evans Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1862; d. August 27 1948.
1921 – 1925
Frank Billings Kellogg
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1856; d. December 21 1937.
1925 – 1929
Henry Lewis Stimson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1867; d. October 20 1950.
1929 – 1933
Cordell Hull
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1871; d. July 23 1955.
1933 – 1944
James Francis Byrnes
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1882; d. April 9 1972.
1945 – 1947
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1880; d. October 16 1959.
1947 – 1949
Dean Gooderham Acheson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1893; d. October 12 1971.
1949 – 1953
John Foster Dulles
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1888; d. May 24 1959.
1953 – 1959
David Dean Rusk
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1909; d. December 20 1994.
1961 – 1969
William Pierce Rogers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1913; d. January 2 2001.
1969 – 1973
Henry Alfred Kissinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1923; d. November 29 2023.
1973 – 1977
Cyrus Roberts Vance
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1917; d. January 12 2002.
1977 – 1980
Edmund Sixtus Muskie
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1914; d. March 26 1996.
1980 – 1981
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1924; d. February 20 2010.
1981 – 1982
George Pratt Shultz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1920; d. February 6 2021.
1982 – 1989
Michael Hayden Armacost (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1937; d. March 8 2025.
1989
James Addison Baker III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1930.
1989 – 1992
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
Antony John Blinken
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1962.
2021 – 2025
Marco Antonio Rubio
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1971.
2025 – present
United States Deputy Secretary of State
Nelson Strobridge Talbott III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1946.
1994 – 2001
Richard Lee Armitage
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1945; d. April 13 2025.
2001 – 2005
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2011 – 2014
Antony John Blinken
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1962.
2015 – 2017
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
Henry Prather Fletcher
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 10 1873; d. July 10 1959.
1921 – 1922
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
Benjamin Sumner Welles
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1892; d. September 24 1961.
1937 – 1943
Dean Gooderham Acheson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1893; d. October 12 1971.
1945 – 1947
James Edwin Webb
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1906; d. March 27 1992.
1949 – 1952
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1898; d. December 5 1977.
1952 – 1953
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
Herbert Charles Hoover
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1903; d. July 9 1969.
1954 – 1957
Clarence Douglas Dillon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1909; d. January 10 2003.
1959 – 1961
Chester Bliss Bowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1901; d. May 25 1986.
1961
George Wildman Ball
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1909; d. May 26 1994.
1961 – 1966
Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1922; d. May 8 2012.
1966 – 1969
Elliot Lee Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.
1969 – 1970
United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Organization Affairs
James Lane Buckley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1923; d. August 18 2023.
1981 – 1982
John Robert Bolton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1948.
2001 – 2005
United States Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
Timothy Endicott “Tim” Wirth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1939.
1994 – 1997
United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
Clarence Douglas Dillon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1909; d. January 10 2003.
1958 – 1959
George Wildman Ball
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1909; d. May 26 1994.
1961
William Joseph Casey
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1913; d. May 6 1987.
1973 – 1974
Stuart Elliott Eizenstat
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
1997 – 1999
United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Robert Daniel Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 28 1894; d. January 9 1978.
1959
William Averell Harriman
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1891; d. July 26 1986.
1963 – 1965
Michael Hayden Armacost
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1937; d. March 8 2025.
1984 – 1989
William Joseph Burns
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1956.
2008 – 2011
United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Karen Parfitt Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1956.
2005 – 2007
Assistant Secretary of State
William Henry Trescot
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1822; d. May 4 1898.
1860
Frederick William Seward
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1830; d. April 25 1915.
1861 – 1869
Frederick William Seward
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1830; d. April 25 1915.
1877 – 1879
Robert Roberts Hitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1834; d. September 20 1906.
1881
William Woodville Rockhill
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1854; d. December 8 1914.
1896 – 1897
William Rufus Day
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1849; d. July 9 1923.
1897 – 1898
William Phillips
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1878; d. February 23 1968
1917 – 1920
Third Assistant Secretary of State
William Morton Grinnell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1857; d. February 9 1906.
1892 – 1893
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 Far Eastern Affairs
David Dean Rusk
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1909; d. December 20 1994.
1950 – 1951
William Averell Harriman
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1891; d. July 26 1986.
1961 – 1963
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1941; d. December 13 2010.
1977 – 1981
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1943.
1982 – 1986
Daniel Joseph Kritenbrink
Date of birth/date of death: b. ??.
2021 – 2025
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
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1941; d. December 13 2010.
1994 – 1996
John Christian Kornblum
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1943; d. December 21 2023.
1996 – 1997
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
Morton Isaac Abramowitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1933; d. November 29 2024.
1985 – 1989
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
David Dean Rusk
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1909; d. December 20 1994.
1949
Robert Daniel Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 28 1894; d. January 9 1978.
1953
Alan Lee Keyes
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1950.
1985 – 1987
John Robert Bolton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1948.
1989 – 1993
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
Dean Gooderham Acheson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1893; d. October 12 1971.
1944 – 1945
Thruston Ballard Morton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1907; d. August 14 1982.
1953 – 1956
Douglas MacArthur II
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1909; d. November 15 1997.
1965 – 1967
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
Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1908; d. January 26 1979.
1944 – 1945
Spruille Braden
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1894; d. January 10 1978.
1945 – 1947
Counselor of the United States Department of State
Robert Lansing
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1864; d. October 30 1928.
1914 – 1915
George Frost Kennan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1904; d. March 17 2005.
1949 – 1950
Douglas MacArthur II
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1909; d. November 15 1997.
1953 – 1956
Walt Whitman Rostow
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1916; d. February 13 2003.
1961 – 1966
Robert Carl “Bud” McFarlane
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1937; d. May 12 2022.
1981 – 1982
James Lane Buckley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1923; d. August 18 2023.
1982
Timothy Endicott “Tim” Wirth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1939.
1993 – 1994
Director of Policy Planning
George Frost Kennan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1904; d. March 17 2005.
1947 – 1949
Paul Henry Nitze
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1907; d. October 19 2004.
1950 – 1953
Walt Whitman Rostow
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1916; d. February 13 2003.
1961 – 1966
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1943.
1981 – 1982
Gregory Bestor Craig
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1945.
1997 – 1998
Jacob Jeremiah “Jake” Sullivan
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1976.
2011 – 2013
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
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1920; d. March 31 2017.
1975 – 1977
Brockman “Brock” Adams
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1927; d. September 10 2004.
1977 – 1979
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1936.
1983 – 1987
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
Peter Paul Montgomery “Pete” Buttigieg
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1982.
2021 – 2025
Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
Alexander Porter Butterfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1926.
1973 – 1975
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
Thomas Ewing, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1789; d. October 26 1871.
1841
Walter Forward
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1786; d. November 24 1852.
1841 – 1843
John Canfield Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1788; d. May 17 1855.
1843 – 1844
George Mortimer Bibb
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1776; d. April 14 1859.
1844 – 1845
Robert James Walker
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1801; d. November 11 1869.
1845 – 1849
William Morris Meredith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1799; d. August 17 1873.
1849 – 1850
Thomas Corwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1794; d. December 18 1865.
1850 – 1853
James Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1792; d. March 13 1869.
1853 – 1857
Howell Cobb
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1815; d. October 9 1868.
1857 – 1860
Philip Francis Thomas
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1810; d. October 2 1890.
1860 – 1861
John Adams Dix
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1798; d. April 21 1879.
1861
Salmon Portland Chase
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1808; d. May 7 1873.
1861 – 1864
William Pitt Fessenden
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1806; d. September 8 1869.
1864 – 1865
Hugh McCulloch
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1808; d. May 24 1895.
1865 – 1869
George Sewall Boutwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1818; d. February 27 1905.
1869 – 1873
William Adams Richardson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 2 1821; d. October 19 1896.
1873 – 1874
Benjamin Helm Bristow
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1832; d. June 22 1896.
1874 – 1876
Lot Myrick Morrill
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1813; d. January 10 1883.
1876 – 1877
John Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1823; d. October 22 1900.
1877 – 1881
William Windom
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1827; d. January 29 1891.
1881
Charles James Folger
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1818; d. September 4 1884.
1881 – 1884
Walter Quintin Gresham
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1832; d. May 28 1895.
1884
Hugh McCulloch
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1808; d. May 24 1895.
1884 – 1885
Daniel Manning
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1831; d. December 24 1887.
1885 – 1887
Charles Stebbins Fairchild
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1842; d. November 24 1924.
1887 – 1889
William Windom
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1827; d. January 29 1891.
1889 – 1891
Charles William Foster, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1828; d. January 9 1904.
1891 – 1893
John Griffin Carlisle
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1834; d. July 31 1910.
1893 – 1897
Lyman Judson Gage
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1836; d. January 26 1927.
1897 – 1902
George Bruce Cortelyou
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1862; d. October 23 1940.
1907 – 1909
Franklin MacVeagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1837; d. July 6 1934.
1909 – 1913
William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1863; d. February 1 1941.
1913 – 1918
Carter Glass
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1858; d. May 28 1946.
1918 – 1920
Andrew William Mellon
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1855; d. August 26 1937.
1921 – 1932
William Hartman Woodin
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1868; d. May 3 1934.
1933
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1891; d. February 6 1967.
1934 – 1945
Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.
1945 – 1946
John Wesley Snyder
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1895; d. October 8 1985.
1946 – 1953
George Magoffin Humphrey
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1890; d. January 20 1970.
1953 – 1957
Robert Bernard Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1910; d. August 14 1989.
1957 – 1961
Clarence Douglas Dillon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1909; d. January 10 2003.
1961 – 1965
John Bowden Connally, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1917; d. June 15 1993.
1971 – 1972
George Pratt Shultz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1920; d. February 6 2021.
1972 – 1974
William Edward Simon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1927; d. June 3 2000.
1974 – 1977
George William Miller
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1925; d. March 17 2006.
1979 – 1981
Donald Thomas Regan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1918; d. June 10 2003.
1981 – 1985
James Addison Baker III
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1930.
1985 – 1988
Nicholas Frederick Brady
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1930.
1988 – 1993
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1921; d. May 23 2006.
1993 – 1994
Paul Henry O’Neill
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1935; d. April 18 2020.
2001 – 2002
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 Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
William Edward Simon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1927; d. June 3 2000.
1973 – 1974
Stuart Elliott Eizenstat
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
1999 – 2001
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
William Duer
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1743; d. May 7 1799.
1789 – 1792
Beekman Winthrop
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1874; d. November 10 1940.
1907 – 1909
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
Jerome Hayden “Jay” Powell
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1953.
1990 – 1992
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
George Sewall Boutwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1818; d. February 27 1905.
1862 – 1863
William Orton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1826; d. April 22 1878.
1865
Columbus Delano
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1809; d. October 23 1896.
1869 – 1870
Alfred Pleasanton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1824; d. February 17 1897.
1871
Daniel Darwin Pratt
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1813; d. June 17 1877.
1875 – 1876
Green Berry Raum
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1829; d. December 18 1909.
1876 – 1883
Robert Emmet Hannegan
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1903; d. October 6 1949.
1943 – 1944
Comptroller of the Currency
Hugh McCulloch
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1808; d. May 24 1895.
1863 – 1865
James Herron Eckels
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1858; d. April 14 1907.
1893 – 1897
Charles Gates Dawes
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1865; d. April 23 1951.
1898 – 1901
William Barret Ridgely
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1858; d. April 30 1920.
1901 – 1908
Daniel Richard Crissinger
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1860; d. July 12 1942.
1921 – 1923
Henry May Dawes
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1877; d. September 29 1952.
1923 – 1924
Register of the Treasury
Gabriel Edward “Gabe” Parker
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1878; d. May 8 1953.
1913 – 1914
Solicitor of the United States Treasury
Virgil Maxcy
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1785; d. February 28 1844.
1830 – 1837
Henry Dilworth Gilpin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1801; d. January 29 1860.
1837 – 1840
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Bureau
Director of the Veterans Bureau
Charles Robert Forbes
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1877; d. April 10 1952.
1921 – 1923
Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Douglas Allen “Doug” Collins
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1966.
2025 – present