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.[1] 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[2]:
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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 ArthurCharles J. Folger, New York
Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884 Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana
Sep. 25, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884 Arthur
Hugh McCulloch, Indiana
Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885 Arthur Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885 Grover Cleveland
Daniel Manning, New York
Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887 Cleveland
Charles S. Fairchild, New York
Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 3, 1889 Cleveland Mar. 4, 1889 - Mar. 6, 1889 Benjamin Harrison
William Windom, Minnesota
Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891 B. Harrison
Charles Foster, Ohio
Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893 B. Harrison Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893 Cleveland
John G. Carlisle, Kentucky
Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897 Cleveland Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897 William McKinley
Lyman J. Gage, Illinois
Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901 McKinley Sep. 14, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902 Theodore Roosevelt
Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa
Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907 T. Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou, New York
Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 3, 1909 T. Roosevelt Mar. 4, 1909 - Mar. 7, 1909 William Howard Taft
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 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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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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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 |
References
- ↑ DOI history. Department of the Interior. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ↑ http://www.treasury.gov/education/history/secretaries/index.shtml