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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.

Dates of Service	Secretary	Appointed by
Sep. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795	Alexander Hamilton	Washington
Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797	Oliver Wolcott Jr.	Washington
Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800		John Adams
Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801	Samuel Dexter	John Adams
Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 13, 1801		Jefferson
May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809	Albert Gallatin	Jefferson
Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 8, 1814		Madison
Feb. 9, 1814 - Oct. 5, 1814	George W. Campbell	Madison
Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816	Alexander J. Dallas	Madison
Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817	William H. Crawford	Madison
Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 6, 1825		Monroe
Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 5, 1829	Richard Rush	J.Q. Adams
Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831	Samuel D. Ingham	Jackson
Aug. 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833	Louis McLane	Jackson
May 29, 1833 - Sep. 22, 1833	William J. Duane	Jackson
Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 25, 1834	Roger B. Taney	Jackson
Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837	Levi Woodbury	Jackson
Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841		Van Buren
Mar. 4, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841	Thomas Ewing	W.H. Harrison
Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841		Tyler
Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843	Walter Forward	Tyler
Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844	John C. Spencer	Tyler
Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 4, 1845	George M. Bibb	Tyler
Mar. 5, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845		Polk
Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 5, 1849	Robert J. Walker	Polk
Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850	William M. Meredith	Taylor
Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850		Fillmore
Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 6, 1853	Thomas Corwin	Fillmore
Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1857	James Guthrie	Pierce
Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860	Howell Cobb	Buchanan
Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861	Philip F. Thomas	Buchanan
Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861	John A. Dix	Buchanan
Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864	Salmon P. Chase	Lincoln
Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865	William P. Fessenden	Lincoln
Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865	Hugh McCulloch	Lincoln
Apr. 16, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869		A. Johnson
Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873	George S. Boutwell	Grant
Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874	William A. Richardson	Grant
Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876	Benjamin H. Bristow	Grant
Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877	Lot M. Morrill	Grant
Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877		Hayes
Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881	John Sherman	Hayes
Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881	William Windom	Garfield
Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881		Arthur
Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884	Charles J. Folger	Arthur
Sep. 5, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884	Walter Q. Gresham	Arthur
Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885	Hugh McCulloch	Arthur
Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885		Cleveland
Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887	Daniel Manning	Cleveland
Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 6, 1889	Charles S. Fairchild	Cleveland
Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891	William Windom	B. Harrison
Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893	Charles Foster	B. Harrison
Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893		Cleveland
Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897	John G. Carlisle	Cleveland
Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897		McKinley
Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901	Lyman J. Gage	McKinley
Sep. 5, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902		T. Roosevelt
Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907	L.M. Shaw	T. Roosevelt
Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 7, 1909	George B. Cortelyou	T. Roosevelt
Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 5, 1913	Franklin MacVeagh	Taft
Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918	W.G. McAdoo	Wilson
Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920	Carter Glass	Wilson
Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921	David F. Houston	Wilson
Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923	Andrew W. Mellon	Harding
Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929		Coolidge
Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932		Hoover
Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 4, 1933	Ogden L. Mills	Hoover
Mar. 5, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933	William H. Woodin	F.D. Roosevelt
Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945	Henry Morgenthau Jr.	F.D. Roosevelt
Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945		Truman
Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946	Fred M. Vinson	Truman
Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953	John W. Snyder	Truman
Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957	George M. Humphrey	Eisenhower
Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961	Robert B. Anderson	Eisenhower
Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963	C. Douglas Dillon	Kennedy
Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965		L.B. Johnson
Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968	Henry H. Fowler	L.B. Johnson
Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969	Joseph W. Barr	L.B. Johnson
Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 10, 1971	David M. Kennedy	Nixon
Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972	John B. Connally	Nixon
Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974	George P. Schultz	Nixon
May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974	William E. Simon	Nixon
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977		Ford
Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979	W. Michael Blumenthal	Carter
Aug. 7, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981	G. William Miller	Carter
Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 1, 1985	Donald T. Regan	Reagan
Feb. 4, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988	James A. Baker, III	Reagan
Sep. 15, 1988 - Jan. 19, 1989	Nicholas F. Brady	Reagan
Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993		G.H.W. Bush
Jan. 20, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994	Lloyd M. Bentsen	Clinton
Jan. 11, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999	Robert E. Rubin	Clinton
Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001	Lawrence H. Summers	Clinton
Jan. 20, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002	Paul H. O`Neill	G.W. Bush
Feb. 3, 2003 - May 30, 2006	John W. Snow	G.W. Bush
May 30, 2006 - Present	Henry M. Paulson Jr.	G.W. Bush

Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury is often considered the greatest in American history. Andrew W. Mellon, who served under the Republican administrations of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, is sometimes regarded as the second.

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