United States Secretary of Commerce

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." 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.

List of U.S. secretaries of commerce
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No.PortraitNameDepartment of Commerce: SecretariesState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)75pxNew York(1913–1921)75pxMissouri75pxCalifornia(1921–1923)(1923-1929)75pxMassachusetts75pxIllinois(1929–1933)75pxMichigan75pxSouth Carolina(1933–1945)75pxNew York75pxTexas75pxIowa(1945–1953)75pxMissouri75pxNew York75pxOhio75pxMassachusetts(1953–1961)75pxNew York75pxMichigan75pxNorth Carolina(1961–1963)(1963–1969)1675pxNew Jersey75pxNew York75pxNew York75pxNew York(1969–1974)75pxIllinois75pxSouth Carolina(1974–1977)75pxMaryland75pxMassachusetts75pxNorth Carolina(1977–1981)North Carolina75pxIllinois75pxConnecticut(1981–1989)75pxOhio75pxOhio75pxTexas(1989–1993)75pxCalifornia75pxPennsylvania75pxNew York(1993–2001)75pxTexas75pxTennessee75pxIllinois75pxTexas75pxCalifornia75pxTexas(2001–2009)75pxFlorida75px(2009–2017)75pxWashington75pxMinnesota75pxNew York75pxMinnesota75pxMassachusetts75pxIllinoisVacant(2017–2021)75pxFlorida80pxVirginia(2021–2025)frameless|100x100pxRhode Island80pxMaryland(2025–present)75pxNew YorkIncumbent

 Living former secretaries of commerce 
As of December 2025, there are nine living former secretaries of agriculture, the oldest being Wilbur Ross (served 2017-2021). The most recent death of a former secretary of state was that of John Bryson (served 2011-2012) on May 13, 2025. 

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Category:1913 establishments in the United States