Secretaries of the Interior

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), with eight bureaus, is the nation's principal conservation agency, charged with the mission to protect America's treasures for future generations, provide access to the nation's natural and cultural heritage, offer recreation opportunities, honor its trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives and its responsibilities to island communities.

In addition, the department conducts scientific research, provides wise stewardship of energy and mineral resources, fosters sound use of land and water resources, and conserves and protects fish and wildlife.

The Secretary of the Interior is appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate. He or she directs and supervises all aspects of the department, including the territorial governments.

Term of Service	Secretary	Home State	Administration
1849 - 1850	Thomas Ewing	Ohio	Taylor
1850	Thomas M.T. McKennan	Pennsylvania	Fillmore
1850 - 1853	Alex H.H. Stewart	Virginia	Fillmore
1853 - 1857	Robert McClelland	Michigan	Pierce
1857 - 1861	Jacob Thompson	Mississippi	Buchanan
1861 - 1863	Caleb B. Smith	Indiana	Lincoln
1863 - 1865	John P. Usher	Indiana	Lincoln
1865 - 1865	John P. Usher	Indiana	A. Johnson
1865 - 1866	James Harlan	Iowa	A. Johnson
1866 - 1869	Orville Browning	Illinois	A. Johnson
1869 - 1870	Jacob D. Cox	Ohio	Grant
1870 - 1875	Columbus Delano	Ohio	Grant
1875 - 1877	Zachariah Chandler	Michigan	Grant
1877 - 1881	Carl Schurz	Missouri	Hayes
1881 - 1882	Samuel J. Kirkwood	Iowa	Garfield
1882 - 1885	Henry M. Teller	Colorado	Arthur
1885 - 1888	Lucius Q.C. Lamar	Mississippi	Cleveland
1888 - 1889	William F. Vilas	Wisconsin	Cleveland
1889 - 1893	John W. Noble	Missouri	B. Harrison
1893 - 1896	Hoke Smith	Georgia	Cleveland
1896 - 1897	David R. Francis	Missouri	Cleveland
1897 - 1899	Cornelius N. Bliss	New York	McKinley
1899 - 1901	Ethan A. Hitchcock	Missouri	McKinley
1901 - 1907	Ethan A. Hitchcock	Missouri	T. Roosevelt
1907 - 1909	James R. Garfield	Ohio	T. Roosevelt
1909 - 1911	Richard A. Ballinger	Washington	Taft
1911 - 1913	Walter L. Fisher	Illinois	Taft
1913 - 1920	Franklin K. Lane	California	Wilson
1920 - 1921	John B. Payne	Illinois	Wilson
1921 - 1923	Albert B. Fall	New Mexico	Harding
1923 - 1923	Hubert Work	Colorado	Harding
1923 - 1929	Hubert Work	Colorado	Coolidge
1929	Roy O. West	Illinois	Coolidge
1929 - 1933	Ray Lymon Wilbur	California	Hoover
1933 - 1945	Harold L. Ickes	Illinois	F.D. Roosevelt
1945 - 1946	Harold L. Ickes	Illinois	Truman
1946 - 1949	Julius A. Krug	Wisconsin	Truman
1949 - 1953	Oscar L. Chapman	Colorado	Truman
1953 - 1956	Douglas McKay	Oregon	Eisenhower
1956 - 1961	Fred A. Seaton	Nebraska	Eisenhower
1961 - 1963	Stuart L. Udall	Arizona	Kennedy
1963 - 1969	Stuart L. Udall	Arizona	L.B. Johnson
1969 - 1971	Walter J. Hickel	Alaska	Nixon
1971 - 1974	Rogers C.B. Morton	Maryland	Nixon
1974 - 1975	Rogers C.B. Morton	Maryland	Ford
1975 - 1977	Stanley K. Hathaway	Wyoming	Ford
1977 - 1981	Cecil D. Andrus	Idaho	Carter
1981 - 1983	James G. Watt	Colorado	Reagan
1983 - 1985	William P. Clark	California	Reagan
1985 - 1989	Donald P. Hodel	Oregon	Reagan
1989 - 1993	Manuel Lujan Jr.	New Mexico	Bush
1993 - 2001	Bruce Babbitt	Arizona	Clinton
2001 -	Gale A. Norton	Colorado	G.W. Bush

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