Federal Government Secretaries of the Treasury
The United States Treasury Department is entrusted with a broad range of duties and functions. In addition to monetary functions such as budgets, taxes, and currency production and circulation, Treasury also oversees critical functions in enforcement, economic policy development, and international treaty negotiation, just to name a few.
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Dates of Service
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Secretary
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Appointed by
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Sep. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795
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Alexander Hamilton |
Washington |
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Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797
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Oliver Wolcott Jr. |
Washington |
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Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800
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John Adams |
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Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801
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Samuel Dexter |
John Adams |
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Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 13, 1801
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Jefferson |
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May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809
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Albert Gallatin |
Jefferson |
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Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 8, 1814
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Madison |
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Feb. 9, 1814 - Oct. 5, 1814
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George W. Campbell |
Madison |
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Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816
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Alexander J. Dallas |
Madison |
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Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817
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William H. Crawford |
Madison |
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Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 6, 1825
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Monroe |
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Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 5, 1829
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Richard Rush |
J.Q. Adams |
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Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831
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Samuel D. Ingham |
Jackson |
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Aug. 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833
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Louis McLane |
Jackson |
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May 29, 1833 - Sep. 22, 1833
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William J. Duane |
Jackson |
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Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 25, 1834
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Roger B. Taney |
Jackson |
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Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837
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Levi Woodbury |
Jackson |
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Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841
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Van Buren |
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Mar. 4, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841
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Thomas Ewing |
W.H. Harrison |
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Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841
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Tyler |
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Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843
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Walter Forward |
Tyler |
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Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844
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John C. Spencer |
Tyler |
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Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 4, 1845
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George M. Bibb |
Tyler |
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Mar. 5, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845
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Polk |
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Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 5, 1849
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Robert J. Walker |
Polk |
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Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850
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William M. Meredith |
Taylor |
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Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850
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Fillmore |
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Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 6, 1853
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Thomas Corwin |
Fillmore |
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Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1857
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James Guthrie |
Pierce |
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Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860
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Howell Cobb |
Buchanan |
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Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861
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Philip F. Thomas |
Buchanan |
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Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861
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John A. Dix |
Buchanan |
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Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864
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Salmon P. Chase |
Lincoln |
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Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865
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William P. Fessenden |
Lincoln |
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Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865
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Hugh McCulloch |
Lincoln |
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Apr. 16, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869
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A. Johnson |
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Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873
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George S. Boutwell |
Grant |
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Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874
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William A. Richardson |
Grant |
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Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876
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Benjamin H. Bristow |
Grant |
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Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877
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Lot M. Morrill |
Grant |
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Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877
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Hayes |
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Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881
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John Sherman |
Hayes |
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Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881
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William Windom |
Garfield |
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Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881
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Arthur |
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Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884
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Charles J. Folger |
Arthur |
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Sep. 5, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884
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Walter Q. Gresham |
Arthur |
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Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885
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Hugh McCulloch |
Arthur |
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Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885
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Cleveland |
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Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887
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Daniel Manning |
Cleveland |
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Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 6, 1889
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Charles S. Fairchild |
Cleveland |
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Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891
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William Windom |
B. Harrison |
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Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893
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Charles Foster |
B. Harrison |
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Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893
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Cleveland |
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Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897
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John G. Carlisle |
Cleveland |
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Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897
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McKinley |
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Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901
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Lyman J. Gage |
McKinley |
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Sep. 5, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902
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T. Roosevelt |
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Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907
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L.M. Shaw |
T. Roosevelt |
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Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 7, 1909
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George B. Cortelyou |
T. Roosevelt |
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Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 5, 1913
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Franklin MacVeagh |
Taft |
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Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918
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W.G. McAdoo |
Wilson |
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Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920
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Carter Glass |
Wilson |
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Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921
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David F. Houston |
Wilson |
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Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923
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Andrew W. Mellon |
Harding |
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Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929
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Coolidge |
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Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932
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Hoover |
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Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 4, 1933
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Ogden L. Mills |
Hoover |
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Mar. 5, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933
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William H. Woodin |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945
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Henry Morgenthau Jr. |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945
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Truman |
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Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946
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Fred M. Vinson |
Truman |
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Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953
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John W. Snyder |
Truman |
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Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957
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George M. Humphrey |
Eisenhower |
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Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961
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Robert B. Anderson |
Eisenhower |
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Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
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C. Douglas Dillon |
Kennedy |
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Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965
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L.B. Johnson |
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Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968
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Henry H. Fowler |
L.B. Johnson |
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Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969
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Joseph W. Barr |
L.B. Johnson |
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Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 10, 1971
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David M. Kennedy |
Nixon |
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Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972
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John B. Connally |
Nixon |
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Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974
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George P. Schultz |
Nixon |
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May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974
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William E. Simon |
Nixon |
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Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977
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Ford |
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Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979
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W. Michael Blumenthal |
Carter |
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Aug. 7, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981
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G. William Miller |
Carter |
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Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 1, 1985
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Donald T. Regan |
Reagan |
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Feb. 4, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988
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James A. Baker, III |
Reagan |
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Sep. 15, 1988 - Jan. 19, 1989
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Nicholas F. Brady |
Reagan |
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Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993
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G.H.W. Bush |
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Jan. 20, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994
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Lloyd M. Bentsen |
Clinton |
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Jan. 11, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999
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Robert E. Rubin |
Clinton |
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Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001
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Lawrence H. Summers |
Clinton |
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Jan. 20, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002
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Paul H. O'Neill |
G.W. Bush |
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Feb. 3, 2003 - May 30, 2006
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John W. Snow |
G.W. Bush |
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May 30, 2006 - Present
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Henry M. Paulson Jr. |
G.W. Bush |
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