United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is a Cabinet member charged with developing fiscal policy for the United States of America and overseeing the Department of the Treasury. The position was established in 1789, giving it the distinction of being one of the two oldest Cabinet positions. The first and most influential secretary was Alexander Hamilton (1789-1794), who established the new nation's finances on a sound bases, and to provide political support created the world's first voter-based political party, the Federalist Party, using the Treasury's national network of supporters.

In most countries this position is generally known as the Minister of Finance; Britain calls it the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Secretary is fifth in the line of succession to the Presidency. The current Secretary is Henry Paulson.

Secretaries of the Treasury

Below is a list of the Secretaries of the Treasury along with their dates of service, and the President(s) they served under:

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name	term(s) and appointing President
Alexander Hamilton New York	Sept. 11, 1789 Jan. 31, 1795 George Washington
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Connecticut	Feb. 3, 1795 Mar. 3, 1797 George Washington Mar. 4, 1797 Dec. 31, 1800 John Adams
Samuel Dexter Massachusetts	Jan. 1, 1801 Mar. 3, 1801 John Adams Mar. 4, 1801 May. 6, 1801 Thomas Jefferson
Albert Gallatin Pennsylvania	May 14, 1801 Mar. 3, 1809 Thomas Jefferson Mar. 4, 1809 Feb 9, 1814 James Madison
George W. Campbell Tennessee	Feb. 9, 1814 Sept. 26, 1814 James Madison
Alexander J. Dallas Pennsylvania	Oct. 6, 1814 Oct. 21, 1816 James Madison
William H. Crawford Georgia	Oct. 22, 1816 Mar. 3, 1817 James Madison Mar. 4, 1817 Mar. 3, 1825 James Monroe
Richard Rush Pennsylvania	Mar. 7, 1825 Mar. 3, 1829 John Quincy Adams
Samuel D. Ingham Pennsylvania	Mar. 6, 1829 Jun. 20, 1831 Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane Delaware	Aug. 8, 1831 May 29, 1833 Andrew Jackson
William J. Duane Pennsylvania	May 29, 1833 Sep. 23, 1833 Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney Maryland	Sep. 23, 1833 Jun. 24, 1834 Andrew Jackson
Levi Woodbury New Hampshire	Jul. 1, 1834 Mar. 3, 1837 Andrew Jackson Mar. 4, 1837 Mar. 3, 1841 Martin Van Buren
Thomas Ewing Ohio	Mar. 5, 1841 Apr. 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison Apr. 5, 1841 Sep. 11, 1841 John Tyler
Walter Forward Pennsylvania	Sep. 13, 1841 Mar. 1, 1843 John Tyler
John C. Spencer New York	Mar. 8, 1843 May 2, 1844 John Tyler
George M. Bibb Kentucky	Jul. 4, 1844 Mar. 3, 1845 John Tyler Mar. 4, 1845 Mar. 7, 1845 James Knox Polk
Robert J. Walker Mississippi	Mar. 8, 1845 Mar. 3, 1849 James Knox Polk Mar. 4, 1849 Mar. 5, 1849 Zachary Taylor

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name

term(s) and appointing President

William M. Meredith, Pennsylvania Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850 Taylor Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850 Millard Fillmore Thomas Corwin, Ohio Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 3, 1853 Fillmore Mar 4, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1853 Franklin Pierce James Guthrie, Kentucky Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1857 Pierce Mar. 4, 1857 - Mar. 6, 1857 James Buchanan Howell Cobb, Georgia Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860 Buchanan Philip F. Thomas, Maryland Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861 Buchanan John A. Dix, New York Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 3, 1861 Buchanan Mar. 4, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Salmon P. Chase, Ohio Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864 Lincoln William P. Fessenden, Maine Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865 Lincoln Hugh McCulloch, Indiana Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865 Lincoln Apr. 15, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869 Andrew Johnson George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873 Ulysses Simpson Grant William A. Richardson, Massachusetts Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874 Grant Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876 Grant Lot M. Morrill, Maine Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877 Grant Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877 Rutherford Birchard Hayes John Sherman, Ohio Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881 Hayes

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William Windom, Minnesota Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881 James Abram Garfield Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881 Chester Alan Arthur

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Charles J. Folger, New York

Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884 Arthur   

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Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana

Sep. 25, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884 Arthur   

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Hugh McCulloch, Indiana

Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885 Arthur
Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885 Grover Cleveland

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Daniel Manning, New York

Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887 Cleveland   

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Charles S. Fairchild, New York

Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 3, 1889 Cleveland
Mar. 4, 1889 - Mar. 6, 1889 Benjamin Harrison

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William Windom, Minnesota

Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891 B. Harrison   

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Charles Foster, Ohio

Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893 B. Harrison
Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893 Cleveland   

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John G. Carlisle, Kentucky

Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897 Cleveland
Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897 William McKinley

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Lyman J. Gage, Illinois

Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901 McKinley
Sep. 14, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902 Theodore Roosevelt   

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Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa

Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907 T. Roosevelt   

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George B. Cortelyou, New York

Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 3, 1909 T. Roosevelt
Mar. 4, 1909 - Mar. 7, 1909 William Howard Taft  

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Franklin MacVeagh, Illinois

Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 3, 1913 Taft
Mar. 4, 1913 - Mar. 5, 1913 Woodrow Wilson   

name	term(s) and appointing President

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name

term(s) and appointing President

William G. McAdoo, New York Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918 Wilson Carter Glass, Virginia Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920 Wilson David F. Houston, Missouri Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921 Wilson Andrew W. Mellon, Pennsylvania Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923 Warren Gamaliel Harding Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929 Calvin Coolidge Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932 Herbert Clark Hoover Ogden L. Mills, New York Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 3, 1933 Hoover William H. Woodin, New York Mar. 4, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Henry Morgenthau, Jr., New York Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945 F.D. Roosevelt Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945 Harry S. Truman Fred M. Vinson, Kentucky Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946 Truman John W. Snyder, Missouri Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953 Truman George M. Humphrey, Ohio Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957 Dwight David Eisenhower Robert B. Anderson, Connecticut Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961 Eisenhower

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name

term(s) and appointing President

C. Douglas Dillon, New Jersey Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson Henry H. Fowler, Virginia Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968 L.B. Johnson Joseph W. Barr, Indiana Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969 L.B. Johnson David M. Kennedy, Utah Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 11, 1971 Richard Milhous Nixon John B. Connally, Texas Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972 Nixon George P. Shultz, Illinois Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974 Nixon William E. Simon, New Jersey May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974 Nixon Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977 Gerald Rudolph Ford W. Michael Blumenthal, Michigan Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979 James Earl Carter, Jr. G. William Miller, Rhode Island Aug. 6, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981 Carter

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name

term(s) and appointing President

Donald T. Regan, New Jersey Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 2, 1985 Ronald Wilson Reagan James A. Baker, III, Texas Feb. 3, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988 Reagan Nicholas F. Brady, New Jersey Sep. 16, 1988 - Jan. 20, 1989 Reagan Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993 George Herbert Walker Bush Lloyd M. Bentsen, Texas Jan. 22, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994 William Jefferson Clinton Robert E. Rubin, New York Jan. 10, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999 Clinton Lawrence H. Summers, Massachusetts Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001 Clinton Paul H. O'Neill, Pennsylvania Jan. 30, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002 George Walker Bush John W. Snow, Virginia Feb. 3, 2003 - June 29, 2006 G.W. Bush Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Illinois Jul. 10, 2006 - Present G.W. Bush