Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission are appointed by the President of the United States: The Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

Under Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

• Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. - 1934-35 (Chair: 1934-35)
• George C. Mathews - 1934-40
• James M. Landis - 1934-37 (Chair: 1935-37)
• Robert E. Healy - 1934-46
• Ferdinand Pecora - 1934-35
• J.D. Ross - 1935-37
• William O. Douglas - 1936-39 (Chair: 1937-39)
• Jerome N. Frank - 1937-41 (Chair: 1939-41)
• John W. Hanes - 1938
• Edward C. Eicher - 1938-42 (Chair: 1941-42)
• Leon Henderson - 1939-41
• Sumner T. Pike - 1940-46
• Ganson Purcell - 1941-46 (Chair: 1942-46)
• Edmund Burke, Jr. - 1941-43
• Robert H. O'Brien - 1942-44
• Robert K. McConnaughey - 1943-49
• James J. Caffrey - 1945-47 (Chair: 1946-47)

Under Harry S. Truman: This article is about the politician, Joseph Kennedy, Sr. ... During the New Deal, James M. Landis (James McCauley Landis, 1899-1964) served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (1933-1934), as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1935), and then as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1935-1937). ... Douglas William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980) was a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. ... For the victim of Mt. ...

• Richard B. McEntire - 1946-53
• Edmond M. Hanrahan - 1946-49 (Chair: 1948-49)
• Harry A. McDonald - 1947-52 (Chair: 1949-52)
• Paul R. Rowen - 1948-55
• Donald C. Cook - 1949-53 (Chair: 1952-53)
• Edward T. McCormick - 1949-51
• Robert I. Millonzi - 1951-52
• Clarence H. Adams - 1952-56
• J. Howard Rossbach - 1952-53

Under Dwight D. Eisenhower: Order: 34th President Vice President: Richard Nixon Term of office: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 Preceded by: Harry S. Truman Succeeded by: John F. Kennedy Date of birth: October 14, 1890 Place of birth: Denison, Texas Date of death: March 28, 1969 Place of death: Washington, D.C. First...

• Ralph H. Demmler - 1953-55 (Chair: 1953-55)
• J. Sinclair Armstrong - 1953-57 (Chair: 1955-57)
• A.J. Goodwin, Jr. - 1953-55
• Andrew Downey Orrick - 1955-60
• Harold C. Patterson - 1955-60
• Earl F. Hastings - 1956-61
• James C. Sargent - 1956-60
• Edward N. Gadsby - 1957-61 (Chair: 1957-61)
• Byron D. Woodside - 1960-67
• Daniel J. McCauley - 1960-61

Under John F. Kennedy: Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First...

• J. Allen Frear, Jr. - 1961-63
• William L. Cary - 1961-64 (Chair: 1961-64)
• Manuel F. Cohen - 1961-69 (Chair: 1964-69)
• Jack M. Whitney II - 1961-64

Under Lyndon B. Johnson: Order: 36th President Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey Term of office: November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 Preceded by: John F. Kennedy Succeeded by: Richard M. Nixon Date of birth: August 27, 1908 Place of birth: Gillespie County, Texas Date of death: January 22, 1973 Place of death: Johnson City...

• Hugh F. Owens - 1964-73
• Hamer H. Budge - 1964-71 (Chair: 1969-71)
• Francis M. Wheat - 1964-69
• Richard B. Smith - 1967-71

Under Richard Nixon: Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22...

• James J. Needham - 1969-72
• Albert Sydney Herlong - 1969-73
• William J. Casey - 1971-73 (Chair: 1971-73)
• Philip A. Loomis, Jr. - 1971-82
• John R. Evans - 1973-83
• G. Bradford Cook - 1973 (Chair: 1973)
• Ray Garrett, Jr. - 1973-75 (Chair: 1973-75)
• A.A. Sommer, Jr. - 1973-76
• Irving M. Pollack - 1974-80

Under Gerald Ford: William Joseph Casey (March 13, 1913 – May 6, 1987) was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1981 to 1987. ... Ray Garrett, Jr. ... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ...

• Roderick M. Hills - 1975-77 (Chair: 1975-77)

Under Jimmy Carter: Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...

• Harold M. Williams - 1977-81 (Chair: 1977-81)
• Roberta S. Karmel - 1977-80
• Stephen J. Friedman - 1980-81
• Barbara S. Thomas - 1980-83

Under Ronald Reagan: Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: 20 January 1981 – 20 January 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: 6 February 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: 5 June 2004 Place of death: Bel-Air...

• John S.R. Shad - 1981-87 (Chair: 1981-87)
• Bevis Longstreth - 1981-84
• James C. Treadway, Jr. - 1982-85
• Charles C. Cox - 1983-89
• Charles L. Marinaccio - 1984-85
• Aulana L. Peters - 1984-88
• Joseph A. Grundfest - 1985-90
• Edward H. Fleischman - 1986-92
• David S. Ruder - 1987-89 (Chair: 1987-89)
• Mary L. Schapiro - 1988-94

Under George H. W. Bush: David Sturtevant Ruder (born 1929) was a U.S. administrator. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June...

• Richard C. Breeden - 1989-93 (Chair: 1989-93)
• Philip R. Lochner, Jr. - 1990-91
• Richard Y. Roberts - 1990-95
• J. Carter Beese, Jr. - 1992-94

Under Bill Clinton: Richard Breeden In July of 2002, Richard C. Breeden (born 1949) was appointed to act as Corporate Monitor of WorldCom, Inc. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born...

• Arthur Levitt, Jr. - 1993-2001 (Chair: 1993-2001)
• Steven Wallman - 1994-97
• Norman S. Johnson - 1996-2000
• Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. - 1996-2002
• Paul R. Carey - 1997-2001
• Laura Unger - 1997-2002

Under George W. Bush: Arthur Levitt Jr. ... Steven Wallman was Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1994 to 1997, for which he was appointed by Bill Clinton. ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present (Current Term will end on January 20, 2009. ...

• Harvey Pitt - 2001-03 (Chair: 2001-03)
• Cynthia Glassman - 2002-present
• Paul Atkins - 2002-present
• Roel Campos - 2002-present
• Harvey Goldschmid - 2002-present
• William H. Donaldson - 2003-2005 (Chair: 2003-2005)
• Chris Cox - Nominated as chair 2 June 2005