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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.
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.
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 – present | George W. Bush |
Footnote: Under Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges Jr served as Interim Secretary of Commerce 31 October 1979 to 9 January 1980.
External links - List of Secretaries of Commerce (http://www.commerce.gov/secretaries.html)
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