The office of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the mid-20th century.
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet .
1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor , uniting this department with the Department of Labor , which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor .
Secretaries of Commerce Picture Name Term of Office President(s) served under William Cox Redfield March 5 , 1913 – October 31 , 1919 Woodrow Wilson Joshua Willis Alexander December 16 , 1919 – March 4 , 1921 Woodrow Wilson Herbert Clark Hoover March 5 , 1921 – August 21 , 1928 Warren G. Harding , Calvin Coolidge William Fairfield Whiting August 22 , 1928 – March 4 , 1929 Calvin Coolidge Robert Patterson Lamont March 5 , 1929 – August 7 , 1932 Herbert Hoover Roy Dikeman Chapin August 8 , 1932 – March 3 , 1933 Herbert Hoover Daniel Calhoun Roper March 4 , 1933 – December 23 , 1938 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry Lloyd Hopkins December 24 , 1938 – September 18 , 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jesse Holman Jones September 19 , 1940 – March 1 , 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Henry Agard Wallace March 2 , 1945 – September 20 , 1946 Franklin Delano Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman William Averell Harriman October 7 , 1946 – April 22 , 1948 Harry S. Truman Charles Sawyer May 6 , 1948 – January 20 , 1953 Harry S. Truman Charles Sinclair Weeks January 21 , 1953 – November 10 , 1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss 1958 – 1959 (Acting Secretary)Dwight D. Eisenhower Frederick Henry Mueller August 10 , 1959 – January 19 , 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Luther Hartwell Hodges January 21 , 1961 – January 15 , 1965 John F. Kennedy , Lyndon Johnson John Thomas Connor January 18 , 1965 – January 31 , 1967 Lyndon Johnson Alexander Buel Trowbridge June 14 , 1967 – March 1 , 1968 Lyndon Johnson Cyrus Rowlett Smith March 6 , 1968 – January 19 , 1969 Lyndon Johnson Maurice Hubert Stans January 21 , 1969 – February 15 , 1972 Richard Nixon Peter George Peterson February 29 , 1972 – February 1 , 1973 Richard Nixon Frederick Baily Dent February 2 , 1973 – March 26 , 1975 Richard Nixon , Gerald Ford Rogers Clark Ballard Morton May 1 , 1975 – February 2 , 1976 Gerald Ford Elliot Lee Richardson February 2 , 1976 – January 20 , 1977 Gerald Ford Juanita Morris Kreps January 23 , 1977 – October 31 , 1979 Jimmy Carter Philip Morris Klutznick January 9 , 1980 – January 19 , 1981 Jimmy Carter Howard Malcolm Baldrige January 20 , 1981 – July 25 , 1987 Ronald Reagan Calvin William Verity October 19 , 1987 – January 30 , 1989 Ronald Reagan Robert Adam Mosbacher January 31 , 1989 – January 15 , 1992 George H. W. Bush Barbara Hackman Franklin February 27 , 1992 – January 20 , 1993 George H. W. Bush Ronald Harmon Brown January 22 , 1993 – April 3 , 1996 Bill Clinton Mickey Kantor April 12 , 1996 – January 21 , 1997 Bill Clinton William M. Daley January 30 , 1997 – July 19 , 2000 Bill Clinton Norman Yoshio Mineta July 21 , 2000 – January 19 , 2001 Bill Clinton Donald Louis Evans January 20 , 2001 – February 7 , 2005 George W. Bush Carlos M. Gutierrez February 7 , 2005 – presentGeorge W. Bush
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Department of Commerce Home Page - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Biography (561 words)
Commerce also issues patents and trademarks, protects intellectual property, forecasts the weather, conducts oceanic and atmospheric research, provides stewardship over living marine resources, develops and applies technology, measurements and standards, formulates telecommunications and technology policy, fosters minority business development and promotes economic growth in distressed communities. Secretary Gutierrez is also one of the President’s point men working with Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation, an issue he sees as one of the greatest domestic social issues of our time. Secretary Gutierrez was sworn into office on February 7, 2005 .
United States Secretary of Commerce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (128 words)
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry. Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor , which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor. Footnote: Under Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges Jr served as Interim Secretary of Commerce October 31 , 1979 to January 9 , 1980 .
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