Cabinet Secretary by Administration

==Secretary of State==
Name 	State of Residence 	Term Began 	Term Ended 	President(s) served under
John Jay[A] 	New York 	September 26, 1789	March 22, 1790 	George Washington
Thomas Jefferson[M] 	Virginia 	March 22, 1790 	December 31, 1793 	George Washington
Edmund Randolph 	Virginia 	January 2, 1794 	August 20, 1795 	George Washington
Timothy Pickering 	Pennsylvania 	August 20, 1795 	December 10, 1795[B]	George Washington
John Adams
Timothy Pickering 	Pennsylvania 	December 10, 1795 	May 12, 1800 	George Washington
John Adams
Charles Lee[C] 	Virginia 	May 13, 1800 	June 5, 1800 	John Adams
John Marshall 	Virginia 	June 13, 1800 	March 4, 1801 	John Adams
Levi Lincoln, Sr.[C] 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1801 	May 1, 1801 	Thomas Jefferson
James Madison[M] 	Virginia 	May 2, 1801 	March 3, 1809 	Thomas Jefferson
Robert Smith 	Maryland 	March 6, 1809 	April 1, 1811 	James Madison
James Monroe[M] 	Virginia 	April 2, 1811 	September 30, 1814 	James Madison
James Monroe[M] 	Virginia 	September 30, 1814	February 28, 1815[B]	James Madison
James Monroe[M] 	Virginia 	February 28, 1815 	March 3, 1817 	James Madison
John Graham 	Kentucky 	March 4, 1817 	March 9, 1817 	James Monroe
Richard Rush[C] 	Pennsylvania 	March 10, 1817 	September 22, 1817 	James Monroe
John Quincy Adams[M] 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1817 	March 3, 1825 	James Monroe
Daniel Brent 	 	March 4, 1825 	March 7, 1825 	John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay 	Kentucky 	March 7, 1825 	March 3, 1829 	John Quincy Adams
James Alexander Hamilton 	New York 	March 4, 1829 	March 27, 1829 	Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren[M] 	New York 	March 28, 1829 	May 23, 1831 	Andrew Jackson
Edward Livingston 	Louisiana 	May 24, 1831 	May 29, 1833 	Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane 	Delaware 	May 29, 1833 	June 30, 1834 	Andrew Jackson
John Forsyth 	Georgia 	July 1, 1834 	March 3, 1841 	Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Jacob L. Martin 	 	March 4, 1841 	March 5, 1841 	William Henry Harrison
Daniel Webster 	Massachusetts 	March 6, 1841 	May 8, 1843 	William Harrison
John Tyler
Hugh S. Legaré 	South Carolina 	May 9, 1843 	June 20, 1843 	John Tyler
William S. Derrick 	 	June 21, 1843 	June 23, 1843 	John Tyler
Abel P. Upshur 	Virginia 	June 24, 1843 	July 23, 1843[D] 	John Tyler
Abel P. Upshur 	Virginia 	July 24, 1843 	February 28, 1844 	John Tyler
John Nelson[C] 	Maryland 	February 29, 1844 	March 31, 1844 	John Tyler
John C. Calhoun 	South Carolina 	April 1, 1844 	March 10, 1845 	John Tyler[E]
James Buchanan[M] 	Pennsylvania 	March 10, 1845 	March 7, 1849 	James K. Polk[E]
John M. Clayton 	Delaware 	March 8, 1849 	July 22, 1850 	Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster 	Massachusetts 	July 23, 1850 	October 24, 1852 	Millard Fillmore
Charles M. Conrad[B] 	Louisiana 	October 25, 1852 	November 5, 1852 	Millard Fillmore
Edward Everett 	Massachusetts 	November 6, 1852 	March 3, 1853 	Millard Fillmore
William Hunter[F] 	Rhode Island 	March 4, 1853 	March 7, 1853 	Franklin Pierce
William L. Marcy 	New York 	March 7, 1853 	March 6, 1857 	Franklin Pierce[E]
Lewis Cass 	Michigan 	March 6, 1857 	December 14, 1860 	James Buchanan
William Hunter 	Rhode Island 	December 15, 1860 	December 16, 1860 	James Buchanan
Jeremiah S. Black 	Pennsylvania 	December 17, 1860 	March 5, 1861 	James Buchanan[E]
William H. Seward 	New York 	March 5, 1861 	March 4, 1869 	Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Elihu B. Washburne 	Illinois 	March 5, 1869 	March 16, 1869 	Ulysses S. Grant
Hamilton Fish 	New York 	March 17, 1869 	March 12, 1877 	Ulysses S. Grant[E]
William M. Evarts 	New York 	March 12, 1877 	March 7, 1881 	Rutherford B. Hayes[E]
James G. Blaine 	Maine 	March 7, 1881 	December 19, 1881 	James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	New Jersey 	December 19, 1881 	March 6, 1885 	Chester Arthur[E]
Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. 	Delaware 	March 7, 1885 	March 6, 1889 	Grover Cleveland[E]
James G. Blaine 	Maine 	March 7, 1889 	June 4, 1892 	Benjamin Harrison
William F. Wharton[G] 	Massachusetts 	June 4, 1892 	June 29, 1892 	Benjamin Harrison
John W. Foster 	Indiana 	June 29, 1892 	February 23, 1893 	Benjamin Harrison
William F. Wharton[G] 	Massachusetts 	February 24, 1893 	March 6, 1893 	Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Walter Q. Gresham 	Illinois 	March 7, 1893 	May 28, 1895 	Grover Cleveland
Edwin F. Uhl[G] 	Michigan 	May 28, 1895 	June 9, 1895 	Grover Cleveland
Richard Olney 	Massachusetts 	June 10, 1895 	March 5, 1897 	Grover Cleveland[E]
John Sherman 	Ohio 	March 6, 1897 	April 27, 1898 	William McKinley
Alvey A. Adee[H] 	New York 	September 17, 1898	September 29, 1898 	William McKinley
William R. Day 	Ohio 	April 28, 1898 	September 16, 1898 	William McKinley
John Hay 	Illinois 	September 30, 1898	July 1, 1905 	William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Francis B. Loomis[G] 	Ohio 	July 1, 1905 	July 18, 1905 	Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root 	New York 	July 19, 1905 	January 27, 1909 	Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Bacon 	Massachusetts 	January 27, 1909 	March 5, 1909 	Theodore Roosevelt[E]
Philander C. Knox 	Pennsylvania 	March 6, 1909 	March 5, 1913 	William Howard Taft[E]
William Jennings Bryan 	Nebraska 	March 5, 1913 	June 9, 1915 	Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing 	New York 	June 9, 1915 	June 23, 1915 	Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing 	New York 	June 24, 1915 	February 13, 1920 	Woodrow Wilson
Frank Polk[I] 	New York 	February 14, 1920 	March 12, 1920 	Woodrow Wilson
Bainbridge Colby 	New York 	March 23, 1920 	March 4, 1921 	Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes 	New York 	March 5, 1921 	March 4, 1925 	Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Frank B. Kellogg 	Minnesota 	March 5, 1925 	March 28, 1929 	Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Henry L. Stimson 	New York 	March 28, 1929 	March 4, 1933 	Herbert Hoover
Cordell Hull 	Tennessee 	March 4, 1933 	November 30, 1944 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward Stettinius, Jr. 	Virginia 	December 1, 1944 	June 27, 1945 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Grew[I] 	New Hampshire 	June 28, 1945 	July 3, 1945 	Harry S. Truman
James F. Byrnes 	South Carolina 	July 3, 1945 	January 21, 1947 	Harry S. Truman
George Marshall 	Virginia 	January 21, 1947 	January 20, 1949 	Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson 	Connecticut 	January 21, 1949 	January 20, 1953 	Harry S. Truman
Harrison F. Matthews[J] 	Maryland 	January 20, 1953 	January 21, 1953 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles 	New York 	January 21, 1953 	April 22, 1959 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christian Herter 	Massachusetts 	April 22, 1959 	January 20, 1961 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Livingston T. Merchant 	District of Columbia	January 20, 1961 	January 21, 1961 	John F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk 	Georgia 	January 21, 1961 	January 20, 1969 	John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles E. Bohlen 	Washington, DC 	January 20, 1969 	January 22, 1969 	Richard Nixon
William P. Rogers 	New York 	January 22, 1969 	September 3, 1973 	Richard Nixon
Kenneth Rush 	Florida 	September 3, 1973 	September 22, 1973 	Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger 	New York 	September 22, 1973	January 20, 1977 	Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Philip Habib 	California 	January 20, 1977 	January 23, 1977 	Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance 	New York 	January 23, 1977 	April 28, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
Warren Christopher[K][2] 	California 	April 28, 1980 	May 2, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
David D. Newsom[L][2] 	 	May 2, 1980 	May 3, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
Richard N. Cooper[N][2] 	 	May 3, 1980 	May 3, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
David D. Newsom[L][2] 	 	May 3, 1980 	May 4, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
Warren Christopher[K][2] 	California 	May 4, 1980 	May 8, 1980 	Jimmy Carter
Edmund Muskie 	Maine 	May 8, 1980 	January 20, 1981 	Jimmy Carter
Alexander Haig 	Pennsylvania 	January 22, 1981 	July 5, 1982 	Ronald Reagan
Walter J. Stoessel[K] 	California 	July 5, 1982 	July 16, 1982 	Ronald Reagan
George P. Shultz 	Illinois 	July 16, 1982 	January 20, 1989 	Ronald Reagan
Michael Armacost[L] 	Maryland 	January 20, 1989 	January 25, 1989 	George H. W. Bush
James Baker 	Texas 	January 25, 1989 	August 23, 1992 	George H. W. Bush
Lawrence SidneyEagleburger	Wisconsin 	August 23, 1992 	December 8, 1992[K] 	George H. W. Bush
Lawrence SidneyEagleburger	Wisconsin 	December 8, 1992 	January 20, 1993 	George H. W. Bush
Arnold Kanter[L][3] 	Virginia 	January 20, 1993 	January 20, 1993 	Bill Clinton
Frank G. Wisner[O][3] 	 	January 20, 1993 	January 20, 1993 	Bill Clinton
Warren Christopher 	California 	January 20, 1993 	January 17, 1997 	Bill Clinton
Madeleine Albright 	Virginia 	January 23, 1997 	January 20, 2001 	Bill Clinton
Colin Powell 	New York 	January 20, 2001 	January 26, 2005 	George W. Bush
Condoleezza Rice 	Alabama 	January 26, 2005 	January 20, 2009 	George W. Bush
William Joseph Burns 	District of Columbia	January 20, 2009 	January 21, 2009 	Barack Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton 	New York 	January 21, 2009 	Present 	Barack Obama
==Secretary of the Treasury==
Name 	State of Residence	Took Office 	Left Office 	President(s)	President(s)
Alexander Hamilton 	New York 	September 11, 1789	January 31, 1795 	 	George Washington
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. 	Connecticut 	February 3, 1795 	December 31, 1800 	 	George Washington
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. 	Connecticut 	February 3, 1795 	December 31, 1800 	 	John Adams
Samuel Dexter 	Massachusetts 	January 1, 1801 	May 13, 1801 	 	John Adams
Samuel Dexter 	Massachusetts 	January 1, 1801 	May 13, 1801 	 	Thomas Jefferson
Albert Gallatin 	Pennsylvania 	May 14, 1801 	February 8, 1814 	 	Thomas Jefferson
Albert Gallatin 	Pennsylvania 	May 14, 1801 	February 8, 1814 	 	James Madison
George W. Campbell 	Tennessee 	February 9, 1814 	October 5, 1814 	 	James Madison
Alexander J. Dallas 	Pennsylvania 	October 6, 1814 	October 21, 1816 	 	James Madison
William Jones[1] 	Pennsylvania 	October 21, 1816 	October 22, 1816 	 	James Madison
William H. Crawford 	Georgia 	October 22, 1816 	March 6, 1825 	 	James Madison
William H. Crawford 	Georgia 	October 22, 1816 	March 6, 1825 	 	James Monroe
Richard Rush 	Pennsylvania 	March 7, 1825 	March 5, 1829 	 	John Quincy Adams
Samuel D. Ingham 	Pennsylvania 	March 6, 1829 	June 20, 1831 	 	Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane 	Delaware 	August 8, 1831 	May 28, 1833 	 	Andrew Jackson
William J. Duane 	Pennsylvania 	May 29, 1833 	September 22, 1833	 	Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney 	Maryland 	September 23, 1833	June 25, 1834 	 	Andrew Jackson
Levi Woodbury 	New Hampshire 	July 1, 1834 	March 3, 1841 	 	Andrew Jackson
Levi Woodbury 	New Hampshire 	July 1, 1834 	March 3, 1841 	 	Martin Van Buren
Thomas Ewing 	Ohio 	March 4, 1841 	September 11, 1841	 	William Henry Harrison
Thomas Ewing 	Ohio 	March 4, 1841 	September 11, 1841	 	John Tyler
Walter Forward 	Pennsylvania 	September 13, 1841	March 1, 1843 	 	John Tyler
John C. Spencer 	New York 	March 8, 1843 	May 2, 1844 	 	John Tyler
George M. Bibb 	Kentucky 	July 4, 1844 	March 7, 1845 	 	John Tyler
Robert J. Walker 	Mississippi 	March 8, 1845 	March 5, 1849 	 	James K. Polk
William M. Meredith 	Pennsylvania 	March 8, 1849 	July 22, 1850 	 	Zachary Taylor
Thomas Corwin 	Ohio 	July 23, 1850 	March 6, 1853 	 	Millard Fillmore
James Guthrie 	Kentucky 	March 7, 1853 	March 6, 1857 	 	Franklin Pierce
Howell Cobb 	Georgia 	March 7, 1857 	December 8, 1860 	 	James Buchanan
Philip Thomas 	Maryland 	December 12, 1860 	January 14, 1861 	 	James Buchanan
John A. Dix 	New York 	January 15, 1861 	March 6, 1861 	 	James Buchanan
Salmon P. Chase 	Ohio 	March 7, 1861 	June 30, 1864 	 	Abraham Lincoln
William P. Fessenden 	Maine 	July 5, 1864 	March 3, 1865 	 	Abraham Lincoln
Hugh McCulloch 	Indiana 	March 9, 1865 	March 3, 1869 	 	Abraham Lincoln
Hugh McCulloch 	Indiana 	March 9, 1865 	March 3, 1869 	 	Andrew Johnson
George S. Boutwell 	Massachusetts 	March 12, 1869 	March 16, 1873 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
William A. Richardson	Massachusetts 	March 17, 1873 	June 3, 1874 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin Bristow 	Kentucky 	June 4, 1874 	June 20, 1876 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Lot M. Morrill 	Maine 	July 7, 1876 	March 9, 1877 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
John Sherman 	Ohio 	March 10, 1877 	March 3, 1881 	 	Rutherford B. Hayes
William Windom 	Minnesota 	March 8, 1881 	November 13, 1881 	 	James A. Garfield
William Windom 	Minnesota 	March 8, 1881 	November 13, 1881 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Charles J. Folger 	New York 	November 14, 1881 	September 4, 1884 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham 	Indiana 	September 5, 1884 	October 30, 1884 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Hugh McCulloch 	Indiana 	October 31, 1884 	March 7, 1885 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Daniel Manning 	New York 	March 8, 1885 	March 31, 1887 	 	Grover Cleveland
Charles S. Fairchild 	New York 	April 1, 1887 	March 6, 1889 	 	Grover Cleveland
William Windom 	Minnesota 	March 7, 1889 	January 29, 1891 	 	Benjamin Harrison
Charles Foster 	Ohio 	February 25, 1891 	March 6, 1893 	 	Benjamin Harrison
John G. Carlisle 	Kentucky 	March 7, 1893 	March 5, 1897 	 	Grover Cleveland
Lyman J. Gage 	Illinois 	March 6, 1897 	January 31, 1902 	 	William McKinley
Lyman J. Gage 	Illinois 	March 6, 1897 	January 31, 1902 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
L. M. Shaw 	Iowa 	February 1, 1902 	March 3, 1907 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou 	New York 	March 4, 1907 	March 7, 1909 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin MacVeagh 	Illinois 	March 8, 1909 	March 5, 1913 	 	William Howard Taft
William Gibbs McAdoo 	California 	March 6, 1913 	December 15, 1918 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Carter Glass 	Virginia 	December 16, 1918 	February 1, 1920 	 	Woodrow Wilson
David F. Houston 	North Carolina 	February 2, 1920 	March 3, 1921 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Andrew W. Mellon 	Pennsylvania 	March 4, 1921 	February 12, 1932 	 	Warren G. Harding
Andrew W. Mellon 	Pennsylvania 	March 4, 1921 	February 12, 1932 	 	Calvin Coolidge
Andrew W. Mellon 	Pennsylvania 	March 4, 1921 	February 12, 1932 	 	Herbert Hoover
Ogden L. Mills 	New York 	February 13, 1932 	March 4, 1933 	 	Herbert Hoover
William H. Woodin 	New York 	March 5, 1933 	December 31, 1933 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.	New York 	January 1, 1934 	July 22, 1945 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.	New York 	January 1, 1934 	July 22, 1945 	 	Harry S. Truman
Fred M. Vinson 	Kentucky 	July 23, 1945 	June 23, 1946 	 	Harry S. Truman
John W. Snyder 	Arkansas 	June 25, 1946 	January 20, 1953 	 	Harry S. Truman
George M. Humphrey 	Ohio 	January 21, 1953 	July 29, 1957 	 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert B. Anderson 	Texas 	July 29, 1957 	January 20, 1961 	 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Douglas Dillon 	New York 	January 21, 1961 	April 1, 1965 	 	John F. Kennedy
C. Douglas Dillon 	New York 	January 21, 1961 	April 1, 1965 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry H. Fowler 	Virginia 	April 1, 1965 	December 20, 1968 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Joseph W. Barr 	Indiana 	December 21, 1968 	January 20, 1969 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
David M. Kennedy 	Utah 	January 22, 1969 	February 10, 1971 	 	Richard Nixon
John Connally 	Texas 	February 11, 1971 	June 12, 1972 	 	Richard Nixon
George P. Shultz 	Illinois 	June 12, 1972 	May 8, 1974 	 	Richard Nixon
William E. Simon 	New Jersey 	May 8, 1974 	January 20, 1977 	 	Richard Nixon
William E. Simon 	New Jersey 	May 8, 1974 	January 20, 1977 	 	Gerald Ford
W. Michael Blumenthal	New York 	January 23, 1977 	August 4, 1979 	 	Jimmy Carter
G. William Miller 	Texas 	August 7, 1979 	January 20, 1981 	 	Jimmy Carter
Donald Regan 	Massachusetts 	January 22, 1981 	February 1, 1985 	 	Ronald Reagan
James Baker 	Texas 	February 4, 1985 	August 17, 1988 	 	Ronald Reagan
M. Peter McPherson[2]	Michigan 	August 17, 1988 	September 15, 1988	 	Ronald Reagan
Nicholas F. Brady 	New Jersey 	September 15, 1988	January 17, 1993 	 	Ronald Reagan
Nicholas F. Brady 	New Jersey 	September 15, 1988	January 17, 1993 	 	George H. W. Bush
Lloyd Bentsen 	Texas 	January 20, 1993 	December 22, 1994 	 	Bill Clinton
Frank N. Newman[3] 	Massachusetts 	December 22, 1994 	January 11, 1995 	 	Bill Clinton
Robert Rubin 	New York 	January 11, 1995 	July 2, 1999 	 	Bill Clinton
Lawrence Summers 	Massachusetts 	July 2, 1999 	January 20, 2001 	 	Bill Clinton
Paul O'Neill 	Pennsylvania 	January 20, 2001 	December 31, 2002 	 	George W. Bush
Kenneth W. Dam[4] 	Illinois 	December 31, 2002 	February 3, 2003 	 	George W. Bush
John W. Snow 	Virginia 	February 3, 2003 	June 30, 2006 	 	George W. Bush
Robert M. Kimmitt[5] 	Virginia 	June 30, 2006 	July 10, 2006 	 	George W. Bush
Henry Paulson 	Illinois 	July 10, 2006 	January 20, 2009 	 	George W. Bush
Stuart A. Levey[6] 	Ohio 	January 20, 2009 	January 26, 2009 	 	Barack Obama
Timothy Geithner 	New York 	January 26, 2009 	Incumbent 	 	Barack Obama
==Secretary of War==
Name 	State of Residence	Took Office 	Left Office 	President(s)	President(s)
Henry Knox 	Massachusetts 	September 12, 1789	December 31, 1794 	 	George Washington
Timothy Pickering 	Pennsylvania[1] 	January 2, 1795 	December 10, 1795 	 	George Washington
James McHenry 	Maryland 	January 27, 1796 	June 1, 1800[2] 	 	George Washington
James McHenry 	Maryland 	January 27, 1796 	June 1, 1800[2] 	 	John Adams
Samuel Dexter 	Massachusetts 	June 1, 1800 	January 31, 1801 	 	John Adams
Henry Dearborn 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1801 	March 4, 1809 	 	Thomas Jefferson
William Eustis 	Massachusetts 	March 7, 1809 	January 13, 1813 	 	James Madison
John Armstrong, Jr. 	New York 	January 13, 1813 	September 27, 1814	 	James Madison
James Monroe 	Virginia 	September 27, 1814	March 2, 1815 	 	James Madison
William H. Crawford 	Georgia 	August 1, 1815 	October 22, 1816 	 	James Madison
John C. Calhoun 	South Carolina 	October 8, 1817 	March 4, 1825 	 	James Monroe
James Barbour 	Virginia 	March 7, 1825 	May 23, 1828 	 	John Quincy Adams
Peter Buell Porter 	New York 	May 23, 1828 	March 4, 1829 	 	John Quincy Adams
John H. Eaton 	Tennessee 	March 9, 1829 	June 18, 1831 	 	Andrew Jackson
Lewis Cass 	Michigan 	August 1, 1831 	October 5, 1836 	 	Andrew Jackson
Joel Roberts Poinsett 	South Carolina 	March 7, 1837 	March 4, 1841 	 	Martin Van Buren
John Bell 	Tennessee 	March 5, 1841 	September 13, 1841	 	William Henry Harrison
John Bell 	Tennessee 	March 5, 1841 	September 13, 1841	 	John Tyler
John Canfield Spencer 	New York 	October 12, 1841 	March 4, 1843 	 	John Tyler
James Madison Porter 	Pennsylvania 	March 8, 1843 	February 14, 1844 	 	John Tyler
William Wilkins 	Pennsylvania 	February 15, 1844 	March 4, 1845 	 	John Tyler
William Learned Marcy 	New York 	March 6, 1845 	March 4, 1849 	 	James K. Polk
George W. Crawford 	Georgia 	March 8, 1849 	July 22, 1850 	 	Zachary Taylor
Charles Magill Conrad 	Louisiana 	August 15, 1850 	March 4, 1853 	 	Millard Fillmore
Jefferson Davis 	Mississippi 	March 7, 1853 	March 4, 1857 	 	Franklin Pierce
John B. Floyd 	Virginia 	March 6, 1857 	December 29, 1860 	 	James Buchanan
Joseph Holt 	Kentucky 	January 18, 1861 	March 4, 1861 	 	James Buchanan
Simon Cameron 	Pennsylvania 	March 5, 1861 	January 14, 1862 	 	Abraham Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton 	Ohio 	January 20, 1862 	May 28, 1868 	 	Abraham Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton 	Ohio 	January 20, 1862 	May 28, 1868 	 	Andrew Johnson
John McAllister Schofield 	Missouri 	June 1, 1868 	March 13, 1869 	 	Andrew Johnson
John Aaron Rawlins 	Illinois 	March 13, 1869 	September 6, 1869 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
William W. Belknap 	Iowa 	October 25, 1869 	March 2, 1876 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Alphonso Taft 	Ohio 	March 8, 1876 	May 22, 1876 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
J. Donald Cameron 	Pennsylvania 	May 22, 1876 	March 4, 1877 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
George W. McCrary 	Iowa 	March 12, 1877 	December 10, 1879 	 	Rutherford B. Hayes
Alexander Ramsey 	Minnesota 	December 10, 1879 	March 4, 1881 	 	Rutherford B. Hayes
Robert Todd Lincoln 	Illinois 	March 5, 1881 	March 4, 1885 	 	James A. Garfield
Robert Todd Lincoln 	Illinois 	March 5, 1881 	March 4, 1885 	 	Chester A. Arthur
William Crowninshield Endicott	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1885 	March 4, 1889 	 	Grover Cleveland
Redfield Proctor 	Vermont 	March 5, 1889 	November 5, 1891 	 	Benjamin Harrison
Stephen Benton Elkins 	West Virginia 	December 17, 1891 	March 4, 1893 	 	Benjamin Harrison
Daniel S. Lamont 	New York 	March 5, 1893 	March 4, 1897 	 	Grover Cleveland
Russell A. Alger 	Michigan 	March 5, 1897 	August 1, 1899 	 	William McKinley
Elihu Root 	New York 	August 1, 1899 	January 31, 1904 	 	William McKinley
Elihu Root 	New York 	August 1, 1899 	January 31, 1904 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft 	Ohio 	February 1, 1904 	June 30, 1908 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
Luke Edward Wright 	Tennessee 	July 1, 1908 	March 4, 1909 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob M. Dickinson 	Illinois 	March 12, 1909 	May 21, 1911 	 	William Howard Taft
Henry L. Stimson 	New York 	May 22, 1911 	March 4, 1913 	 	William Howard Taft
Lindley Miller Garrison 	New Jersey 	March 5, 1913 	February 10, 1916 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Newton D. Baker 	Ohio 	March 9, 1916 	March 4, 1921 	 	Woodrow Wilson
John W. Weeks 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1921 	October 13, 1925 	 	Warren G. Harding
John W. Weeks 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1921 	October 13, 1925 	 	Calvin Coolidge
Dwight F. Davis 	Missouri 	October 14, 1925 	March 4, 1929 	 	Calvin Coolidge
James William Good 	Iowa 	March 6, 1929 	November 18, 1929 	 	Herbert Hoover
Patrick J. Hurley 	Oklahoma 	December 9, 1929 	March 4, 1933 	 	Herbert Hoover
George Dern 	Utah 	March 4, 1933 	August 27, 1936 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Hines Woodring 	Kansas 	September 25, 1936	June 20, 1940 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson 	New York 	July 10, 1940 	September 21, 1945	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson 	New York 	July 10, 1940 	September 21, 1945	 	Harry S. Truman
Robert P. Patterson 	New York 	September 27, 1945	July 18, 1947 	 	Harry S. Truman
Kenneth C. Royall 	North Carolina 	July 19, 1947 	September 18, 1947	 	Harry S. Truman
==Secretary of Defense==
Name 	State of Residence	Took Office 	Left Office 	Days served	President
serving under	President
serving under
James Vincent Forrestal 	New York 	September 19, 1947	March 19, 1949 	558 		Harry S. Truman
Louis Arthur Johnson 	West Virginia 	March 28, 1949 	September 19, 1950	540 		Harry S. Truman
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.	Virginia 	September 19, 1950	September 19, 1951	365 		Harry S. Truman
Robert Abercrombie Lovett 	New York 	September 19, 1951	January 20, 1953 	491 		Harry S. Truman
Charles Erwin Wilson 	Indiana 	January 20, 1953 	October 8, 1957 	1,722 		Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neil Hosler McElroy 	Ohio 	October 9, 1957 	December 1, 1959 	783 		Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. 	Pennsylvania 	December 2, 1959 	January 20, 1961 	415 		Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Strange McNamara 	Michigan 	January 21, 1961 	February 29, 1968 	2,595 		John F. Kennedy
Robert Strange McNamara 	Michigan 	January 21, 1961 	February 29, 1968 	2,595 		Lyndon B. Johnson
Clark McAdams Clifford 	Washington, D.C. 	March 1, 1968 	January 20, 1969 	326 		Lyndon B. Johnson
Melvin Robert Laird 	Wisconsin 	January 22, 1969 	January 29, 1973 	1,469 		Richard Nixon
Elliot Lee Richardson 	Massachusetts 	January 30, 1973 	May 24, 1973 	114 		Richard Nixon
William Perry Clements, Jr.
(as Deputy Secretary)	Texas 	May 24, 1973 	July 2, 1973 	39 		Richard Nixon
James Rodney Schlesinger 	Virginia 	July 2, 1973 	November 19, 1975 	870 		Richard Nixon
James Rodney Schlesinger 	Virginia 	July 2, 1973 	November 19, 1975 	870 		Gerald Ford
Donald Rumsfeld 	Illinois 	November 20, 1975 	January 20, 1977 	427 		Gerald Ford
Harold Brown 	New York 	January 21, 1977 	January 20, 1981 	1,460 		Jimmy Carter
Caspar Willard Weinberger 	California 	January 21, 1981 	November 23, 1987 	2,497 		Ronald Reagan
Frank Charles Carlucci III 	Pennsylvania 	November 23, 1987 	January 20, 1989 	424 		Ronald Reagan
William Howard Taft IV
(as Deputy Secretary)	Ohio 	January 20, 1989 	March 20, 1989 	59 		George H. W. Bush
Richard Bruce Cheney 	Wyoming 	March 21, 1989 	January 20, 1993 	1,402 		George H. W. Bush
Leslie Aspin, Jr. 	Wisconsin 	January 21, 1993 	February 3, 1994 	378 		Bill Clinton
William James Perry 	Pennsylvania 	February 3, 1994 	January 24, 1997 	1,085 		Bill Clinton
William Sebastian Cohen 	Maine 	January 24, 1997 	January 20, 2001 	1,457 		Bill Clinton
Donald Rumsfeld 	Illinois 	January 20, 2001 	December 18, 2006 	2,158 		George W. Bush
Robert M. Gates 	Texas 	December 18, 2006 	July 1, 2011[24] 	1,643 		George W. Bush
Robert M. Gates 	Texas 	December 18, 2006 	July 1, 2011[24] 	1,643 		Barack Obama
Leon Panetta 	California 	July 1, 2011 	Incumbent 	363 		Barack Obama
==Attorney General==
Name 	State of Residence 	Took Office 	Left Office 	President(s)	President(s)
Edmund Randolph 	Virginia 	September 26, 1789 	January 26, 1794 	 	George Washington
William Bradford 	Pennsylvania 	January 27, 1794 	August 23, 1795 	 	George Washington
Charles Lee 	Virginia 	December 10, 1795 	February 19, 1801 	 	George Washington
Charles Lee 	Virginia 	December 10, 1795 	February 19, 1801 	 	John Adams
Levi Lincoln, Sr. 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1801 	March 2, 1805 	 	Thomas Jefferson
John Breckinridge 	Kentucky 	August 7, 1805 	December 14, 1806 	 	Thomas Jefferson
Caesar A. Rodney 	Delaware 	January 20, 1807 	December 10, 1811 	 	Thomas Jefferson
Caesar A. Rodney 	Delaware 	January 20, 1807 	December 10, 1811 	 	James Madison
William Pinkney 	Maryland 	December 11, 1811 	February 9, 1814 	 	James Madison
Richard Rush 	Pennsylvania 	February 10, 1814 	November 12, 1817 	 	James Madison
William Wirt 	Virginia 	November 13, 1817 	March 4, 1829 	 	James Monroe
William Wirt 	Virginia 	November 13, 1817 	March 4, 1829 	 	John Quincy Adams
John M. Berrien 	Georgia 	March 9, 1829 	July 19, 1831 	 	Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney 	Maryland 	July 20, 1831 	November 14, 1833 	 	Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin Butler 	New York 	November 15, 1833 	July 4, 1838 	 	Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin Butler 	New York 	November 15, 1833 	July 4, 1838 	 	Martin Van Buren
Felix Grundy 	Tennessee 	July 5, 1838 	January 10, 1840 	 	Martin Van Buren
Henry D. Gilpin 	Pennsylvania 	January 11, 1840 	March 4, 1841 	 	Martin Van Buren
John J. Crittenden 	Kentucky 	March 5, 1841 	September 12, 1841	 	William Henry Harrison
John J. Crittenden 	Kentucky 	March 5, 1841 	September 12, 1841	 	John Tyler
Hugh Swinton Legaré 	South Carolina 	September 13, 1841 	June 30, 1843 	 	John Tyler
John Nelson 	Maryland 	July 1, 1843 	March 4, 1845 	 	John Tyler
John Y. Mason 	Virginia 	March 5, 1845 	October 16, 1846 	 	James K. Polk
Nathan Clifford 	Maine 	October 17, 1846 	March 17, 1848 	 	James K. Polk
Isaac Toucey 	Connecticut 	June 21, 1848 	March 4, 1849 	 	James K. Polk
Reverdy Johnson 	Maryland 	March 8, 1849 	July 21, 1850 	 	Zachary Taylor
John J. Crittenden 	Kentucky 	July 22, 1850 	March 4, 1853 	 	Millard Fillmore
Caleb Cushing 	Massachusetts 	March 7, 1853 	March 4, 1857 	 	Franklin Pierce
Jeremiah S. Black 	Pennsylvania 	March 6, 1857 	December 16, 1860 	 	James Buchanan
Edwin M. Stanton 	Ohio 	December 20, 1860 	March 4, 1861 	 	James Buchanan
Edward Bates 	Missouri 	March 5, 1861 	November 24, 1864 	 	Abraham Lincoln
James Speed 	Kentucky 	December 2, 1864 	July 22, 1866 	 	Abraham Lincoln
James Speed 	Kentucky 	December 2, 1864 	July 22, 1866 	 	Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery 	Ohio 	July 23, 1866 	July 16, 1868 	 	Andrew Johnson
William M. Evarts 	New York 	July 17, 1868 	March 4, 1869 	 	Andrew Johnson
Ebenezer R. Hoar 	Massachusetts 	March 5, 1869 	November 22, 1870 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Amos T. Akerman 	Georgia 	November 23, 1870 	December 13, 1871 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
George Henry Williams 	Oregon 	December 14, 1871 	April 25, 1875 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Edwards Pierrepont 	New York 	April 26, 1875 	May 21, 1876 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Alphonso Taft 	Ohio 	May 22, 1876 	March 4, 1877 	 	Ulysses S. Grant
Charles Devens 	Massachusetts 	March 12, 1877 	March 4, 1881 	 	Rutherford B. Hayes
Wayne MacVeagh 	Pennsylvania 	March 5, 1881 	December 15, 1881 	 	James A. Garfield
Wayne MacVeagh 	Pennsylvania 	March 5, 1881 	December 15, 1881 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin H. Brewster 	Pennsylvania 	December 16, 1881 	March 4, 1885 	 	Chester A. Arthur
Augustus H. Garland 	Arkansas 	March 6, 1885 	March 4, 1889 	 	Grover Cleveland
William H. H. Miller 	Indiana 	March 7, 1889 	March 4, 1893 	 	Benjamin Harrison
Richard Olney 	Massachusetts 	March 6, 1893 	April 7, 1895 	 	Grover Cleveland
Judson Harmon 	Ohio 	April 8, 1895 	March 4, 1897 	 	Grover Cleveland
Joseph McKenna 	California 	March 5, 1897 	January 25, 1898 	 	William McKinley
John W. Griggs 	New Jersey 	January 25, 1898 	March 29, 1901 	 	William McKinley
Philander C. Knox 	Pennsylvania 	April 5, 1901 	June 30, 1904 	 	William McKinley
Philander C. Knox 	Pennsylvania 	April 5, 1901 	June 30, 1904 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Moody 	Massachusetts 	July 1, 1904 	December 17, 1906 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte 	Maryland 	December 17, 1906 	March 4, 1909 	 	Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Wickersham 	New York 	March 4, 1909 	March 4, 1913 	 	William Howard Taft
James C. McReynolds 	New York 	March 5, 1913 	August 29, 1914 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Watt Gregory 	Texas 	August 29, 1914 	March 4, 1919 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Alexander Mitchell Palmer	Pennsylvania 	March 5, 1919 	March 4, 1921 	 	Woodrow Wilson
Harry M. Daugherty 	Ohio 	March 4, 1921 	April 6, 1924 	 	Warren G. Harding
Harry M. Daugherty 	Ohio 	March 4, 1921 	April 6, 1924 	 	Calvin Coolidge
Harlan F. Stone 	New York 	April 7, 1924 	March 1, 1925 	 	Calvin Coolidge
John G. Sargent 	Vermont 	March 7, 1925 	March 4, 1929 	 	Calvin Coolidge
William D. Mitchell 	Minnesota 	March 4, 1929 	March 4, 1933 	 	Herbert Hoover
Homer Stille Cummings 	Connecticut 	March 4, 1933 	January 1, 1939 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Murphy 	Michigan 	January 2, 1939 	January 18, 1940 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson 	New York 	January 18, 1940 	August 25, 1941 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Biddle 	Pennsylvania 	August 26, 1941 	June 26, 1945 	 	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Biddle 	Pennsylvania 	August 26, 1941 	June 26, 1945 	 	Harry S. Truman
Tom C. Clark 	Texas 	June 27, 1945 	July 26, 1949 	 	Harry S. Truman
J. Howard McGrath 	Rhode Island 	July 27, 1949 	April 3, 1952 	 	Harry S. Truman
James P. McGranery 	Pennsylvania 	April 4, 1952 	January 20, 1953 	 	Harry S. Truman
Herbert Brownell, Jr. 	New York 	January 21, 1953 	October 23, 1957 	 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
William P. Rogers 	New York 	October 23, 1957 	January 20, 1961 	 	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy 	Massachusetts, New York	January 20, 1961 	September 3, 1964 	 	John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy 	Massachusetts, New York	January 20, 1961 	September 3, 1964 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach 	New Jersey 	September 4, 1964[1]	January 28, 1965 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach 	New Jersey 	January 28, 1965 	November 28, 1966 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Ramsey Clark 	Texas 	November 28, 1966[1]	March 10, 1967 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
Ramsey Clark 	Texas 	March 10, 1967 	January 20, 1969 	 	Lyndon B. Johnson
John N. Mitchell 	New York 	January 20, 1969 	February 15, 1972 	 	Richard Nixon
Richard Kleindienst 	Arizona 	February 15, 1972 	May 25, 1973 	 	Richard Nixon
Elliot Richardson 	Massachusetts 	May 25, 1973 	October 20, 1973 	 	Richard Nixon
Robert Bork[3] 	Connecticut 	October 20, 1973 	December 17, 1973 	 	Richard Nixon
William B. Saxbe 	Ohio 	December 17, 1973 	January 14, 1975 	 	Richard Nixon
William B. Saxbe 	Ohio 	December 17, 1973 	January 14, 1975 	 	Gerald Ford
Edward H. Levi 	Illinois 	January 14, 1975 	January 20, 1977 	 	Gerald Ford
Richard L. Thornburgh[2] 	Pennsylvania 	January 20, 1977 	January 26, 1977 	 	Jimmy Carter
Griffin Bell 	Georgia 	January 26, 1977 	August 16, 1979 	 	Jimmy Carter
Benjamin Civiletti 	Maryland 	August 16, 1979 	January 19, 1981 	 	Jimmy Carter
William French Smith 	California 	January 23, 1981 	February 25, 1985 	 	Ronald Reagan
Edwin Meese 	California 	February 25, 1985 	August 12, 1988 	 	Ronald Reagan
Richard L. Thornburgh 	Pennsylvania 	August 12, 1988 	August 15, 1991 	 	Ronald Reagan
Richard L. Thornburgh 	Pennsylvania 	August 12, 1988 	August 15, 1991 	 	George H. W. Bush
William P. Barr 	New York 	August 16, 1991[1] 	November 26, 1991 	 	George H. W. Bush
William P. Barr 	New York 	November 26, 1991 	January 20, 1993 	 	George H. W. Bush
Stuart M. Gerson[4] 	Washington, D.C. 	January 20, 1993 	March 12, 1993 	 	Bill Clinton
Janet Reno 	Florida 	March 12, 1993 	January 20, 2001 	 	Bill Clinton
Eric Holder[2] 	Washington, D.C. 	January 20, 2001 	February 2, 2001 	 	George W. Bush
John Ashcroft 	Missouri 	February 2, 2001 	February 3, 2005 	 	George W. Bush
Alberto Gonzales 	Texas 	February 3, 2005 	September 17, 2007	 	George W. Bush
Paul Clement[5] 	Washington, D.C. 	September 17, 2007 	September 18, 2007	 	George W. Bush
Peter Keisler[5] 	Washington, D.C. 	September 18, 2007 	November 9, 2007 	 	George W. Bush
Michael Mukasey 	New York 	November 9, 2007 	January 20, 2009 	 	George W. Bush
Mark Filip[6] 	Illinois 	January 20, 2009 	February 3, 2009 	 	Barack Obama
Eric Holder 	Washington, D.C. 	February 3, 2009 	Incumbent 	 	Barack Obama