Federal Government
Secretaries of the Navy
Until 1947, the Secretary of the Navy was a Cabinet-level position. This secretary was appointed by the president with the Senate's approval. Since passage of the National Security Act of 1947, the secretary heads the Navy Department under the supervision of the Secretary of Defense. He or she ranks equally with the secretaries of the Army and Air Force. The secretary has general responsibility for all naval affairs. His or her main civilian aides include an undersecretary, assistant secretaries and a special assistant. The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. He or she is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense. The Department of the Navy consists of two uniformed services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
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Term of Service
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Secretary
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Home State
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Administration
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1798 - 1801
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Benjamin Stoddert |
Maryland |
John Adams |
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1801
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Benjamin Stoddert |
Maryland |
Jefferson |
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1801 - 1809
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Robert Smith |
Maryland |
Jefferson |
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1809 - 1813
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Paul Hamilton |
South Carolina |
Madison |
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1813 - 1814
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William Jones |
Pennsylvania |
Madison |
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1814 - 1817
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B. W. Crowninshield |
Massachusetts |
Madison |
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1817 - 1818
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B. W. Crowninshield |
Massachusetts |
Monroe |
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1818 - 1823
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Smith Thompson |
New York |
Monroe |
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1823 - 1825
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Samuel Southard |
New Jersey |
Monroe |
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1825 - 1829
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Samuel Southard |
New Jersey |
J. Q. Adams |
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1829 - 1831
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John Branch |
North Carolina |
Jackson |
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1831 - 1834
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Levi Woodbury |
New Hampshire |
Jackson |
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1834 - 1837
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Mahlon Dickerson |
New Jersey |
Jackson |
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1837 - 1838
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Mahlon Dickerson |
New Jersey |
Van Buren |
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1838 - 1841
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James K. Paulding |
New York |
Van Buren |
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1841
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George E. Badger |
North Carolina |
W. H. Harrison |
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1841
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George E. Badger |
North Carolina |
Tyler |
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1841 - 1843
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Abel P. Upshur |
Virginia |
Tyler |
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1843 - 1844
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David Henshaw |
Massachusetts |
Tyler |
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1844
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Thomas W. Gilmer |
Virginia |
Tyler |
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1844 - 1845
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John Y. Mason |
Virginia |
Tyler |
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1845 - 1846
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George Bancroft |
Maryland |
Polk |
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1846 - 1849
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John Y. Mason |
Virginia |
Polk |
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1849 - 1850
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William B. Preston |
Virginia |
Taylor |
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1850 - 1852
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William A. Graham |
North Carolina |
Fillmore |
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1852 - 1853
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John P. Kennedy |
Massachusetts |
Fillmore |
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1853 - 1857
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James C. Dobbin |
North Carolina |
Pierce |
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1857 - 1861
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Isaac Toucey |
Connecticut |
Buchanan |
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1861 - 1865
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Gideon Welles |
Connecticut |
Lincoln |
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1865 - 1869
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Gideon Welles |
Connecticut |
A. Johnson |
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1869
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Adolph E. Borie |
Pennsylvania |
Grant |
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1869 - 1877
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George M. Robeson |
New Jersey |
Grant |
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1877 - 1881
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Richard W. Thompson |
Indiana |
Hayes |
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1881
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Nathan Goff Jr. |
West Virginia |
Hayes |
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1881 - 1882
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William H. Hunt |
Louisiana |
Garfield |
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1882 - 1885
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William E. Chandler |
New Hampshire |
Arthur |
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1885 - 1889
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William C. Whitney |
New York |
Cleveland |
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1889 - 1893
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Benjamin F. Tracy |
New York |
B. Harrison |
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1893 - 1897
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Hilary A. Herbert |
Alabama |
Cleveland |
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1897 - 1901
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John D. Long |
Massachusetts |
McKinley |
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1901 - 1902
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John D. Long |
Massachusetts |
T. Roosevelt |
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1902 - 1904
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William H. Moody |
Massachusetts |
T. Roosevelt |
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1904 - 1905
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Paul Morton |
Illinois |
T. Roosevelt |
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1905 - 1906
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Charles J. Bonaparte |
Maryland |
T. Roosevelt |
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1906 - 1908
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Victor H. Metcalf |
California |
T. Roosevelt |
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1908 - 1909
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Truman H. Newberry |
Michigan |
T. Roosevelt |
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1909 - 1913
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George V.L. Meyer |
Massachusetts |
Taft |
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1913 - 1921
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Josephus Daniels |
North Carolina |
Wilson |
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1921 - 1923
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Edwin Denby |
Michigan |
Harding |
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1923 - 1924
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Edwin Denby |
Michigan |
Coolidge |
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1924 - 1929
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Curtis D. Wilbur |
California |
Coolidge |
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1929 - 1933
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Charles Francis Adams |
Massachusetts |
Hoover |
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1933 - 1940
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Claude A. Swanson |
Virginia |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1940
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Charles Edison |
New Jersey |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1940 - 1944
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Frank Knox |
Illinois |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1944 - 1945
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James V. Forrestal |
New York |
F.D. Roosevelt |
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1945
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James V. Forrestal |
New York |
Truman |
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