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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Alexander Hamilton, New York

Sept. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795 George Washington

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Oliver Wolcott Jr., Connecticut

Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797 Washington
Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800 John Adams   

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Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts

Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801 John Adams
Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 6, 1801 Thomas Jefferson   

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Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania

May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809 Jefferson
Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 9 , 1814 James Madison

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George W. Campbell , Tennessee

Feb. 9, 1814 - Sept. 26, 1814 Madison   

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Alexander J. Dallas, Pennsylvania

Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816 Madison   

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William H. Crawford, Georgia

Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817 Madison
Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 3, 1825 James Monroe   

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Richard Rush, Pennsylvania

Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 3, 1829 John Quincy Adams   

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Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania

Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831 Andrew Jackson

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Louis McLane, Delaware

Aug. 8, 1831 - May 29, 1833 Jackson   

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William J. Duane, Pennsylvania

May 29, 1833 - Sep. 23, 1833 Jackson   

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Roger B. Taney, Maryland

Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 24, 1834 Jackson   

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Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire

Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837 Jackson
Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841 Martin Van Buren   

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Thomas Ewing, Ohio

Mar. 5, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841  William Henry Harrison
Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841 John Tyler   

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Walter Forward, Pennsylvania

Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843 Tyler   

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John C. Spencer, New York

Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844 Tyler   

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George M. Bibb, Kentucky

Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 3, 1845 Tyler
Mar. 4, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845 James Knox Polk   

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Robert J. Walker, Mississippi

Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 3, 1849 Polk
Mar. 4, 1849 - Mar. 5, 1849 Zachary Taylor

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William M. Meredith, Pennsylvania

Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850 Taylor
Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850 Millard Fillmore

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Thomas Corwin, Ohio

Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 3, 1853 Fillmore
Mar 4, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1853 Franklin Pierce

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James Guthrie, Kentucky

Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1857 Pierce
Mar. 4, 1857 - Mar. 6, 1857 James Buchanan   

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Howell Cobb, Georgia

Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860 Buchanan   

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Philip F. Thomas, Maryland

Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861 Buchanan   

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John A. Dix, New York

Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 3, 1861 Buchanan
Mar. 4, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861 Abraham Lincoln

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Salmon P. Chase, Ohio

Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864 Lincoln   

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William P. Fessenden, Maine

Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865 Lincoln   

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Hugh McCulloch, Indiana

Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865 Lincoln
Apr. 15, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869 Andrew Johnson

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George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts

Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873 Ulysses Simpson Grant   

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William A. Richardson, Massachusetts

Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874 Grant   

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Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky

Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876 Grant   

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Lot M. Morrill, Maine

Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877 Grant
Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877 Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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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   

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William G. McAdoo, New York

Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918 Wilson   

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Carter Glass, Virginia

Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920 Wilson   

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David F. Houston, Missouri

Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921 Wilson   

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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

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Ogden L. Mills, New York

Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 3, 1933 Hoover   

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William H. Woodin, New York

Mar. 4, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt   

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Henry Morgenthau, Jr., New York

Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945 F.D. Roosevelt
Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945 Harry S. Truman

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Fred M. Vinson, Kentucky

Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946 Truman   

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John W. Snyder, Missouri

Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953 Truman   

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George M. Humphrey, Ohio

Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957 Dwight David Eisenhower

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Robert B. Anderson, Connecticut

Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961 Eisenhower   

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C. Douglas Dillon, New Jersey

Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963  Kennedy
Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson

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Henry H. Fowler, Virginia

Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968 L.B. Johnson   

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Joseph W. Barr, Indiana

Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969 L.B. Johnson   

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David M. Kennedy, Utah

Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 11, 1971 Richard Milhous Nixon

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John B. Connally, Texas

Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972 Nixon   

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George P. Shultz, Illinois

Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974 Nixon   

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William E. Simon, New Jersey

May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974 Nixon
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977 Gerald Rudolph Ford

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W. Michael Blumenthal, Michigan

Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979 James Earl Carter, Jr.

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G. William Miller, Rhode Island

Aug. 6, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981 Carter   

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Donald T. Regan, New Jersey

Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 2, 1985 Ronald Wilson Reagan

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James A. Baker, III, Texas

Feb. 3, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988 Reagan   

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Nicholas F. Brady, New Jersey

Sep. 16, 1988 - Jan. 20, 1989 Reagan
Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993 George Herbert Walker Bush   

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Lloyd M. Bentsen, Texas

Jan. 22, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994 William Jefferson Clinton

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Robert E. Rubin, New York

Jan. 10, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999 Clinton   

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Lawrence H. Summers, Massachusetts

Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001 Clinton   

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Paul H. O'Neill, Pennsylvania

Jan. 30, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002 George Walker Bush

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John W. Snow, Virginia

Feb. 3, 2003 - June 29, 2006  G.W. Bush   

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Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Illinois

Jul. 10, 2006 - Present G.W. Bush