United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.  The Department of the Interior oversees such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The Secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation board. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The Secretary typically comes from a western state; only one of the last 16 Secretaries is not identified with a state lying west of the Mississippi River. The Secretary of the Interior is eighth in the United States presidential line of succession.

Secretaries of the Interior

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NumberPortraitNameState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)175pxThomas EwingOhioMarch 8, 1849July 22, 1850Zachary TaylorMillard Fillmore275pxThomas M. T. McKennanPennsylvaniaAugust 15, 1850August 26, 1850375pxAlexander H. H. StuartVirginiaSeptember 14, 1850March 7, 185375pxRobert McClellandMichiganMarch 8, 1853March 9, 1857Franklin Pierce75pxJacob ThompsonMississippiMarch 10, 1857January 8, 1861James Buchanan75pxCaleb B. SmithIndianaMarch 5, 1861December 31, 1862Abraham Lincoln75pxJohn P. UsherIndianaJanuary 1, 1863May 15, 1865Abraham LincolnAndrew Johnson75pxJames HarlanIowaMay 16, 1865August 31, 1866Andrew Johnson75pxOrville H. BrowningIllinoisSeptember 1, 1866March 4, 1869Andrew Johnson75pxJacob D. CoxOhioMarch 5, 1869October 31, 1870Ulysses S. Grant75pxColumbus DelanoOhioNovember 1, 1870September 30, 187575pxZachariah ChandlerMichiganOctober 19, 1875March 11, 187775pxCarl SchurzMissouriMarch 12, 1877March 7, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes75pxSamuel J. KirkwoodIowaMarch 8, 1881April 17, 1882James A. GarfieldChester A. Arthur75pxHenry M. TellerColoradoApril 18, 1882March 3, 188575pxLucius Q. C. Lamar IIMississippiMarch 6, 1885January 10, 1888Grover Cleveland75pxWilliam F. VilasWisconsinJanuary 16, 1888March 6, 188975pxJohn W. NobleMissouriMarch 7, 1889March 6, 1893Benjamin Harrison75pxHoke SmithGeorgiaMarch 6, 1893September 1, 1896Grover Cleveland75pxDavid R. FrancisMissouriSeptember 3, 1896March 5, 189775pxCornelius N. BlissNew YorkMarch 6, 1897February 19, 1899William McKinley75pxEthan A. HitchcockMissouriFebruary 20, 1899March 4, 1907Theodore Roosevelt75pxJames R. GarfieldOhioMarch 5, 1907March 4, 190975pxRichard A. BallingerWashingtonMarch 6, 1909March 12, 1911William Howard Taft75pxWalter L. FisherIllinoisMarch 13, 1911March 5, 191375pxFranklin K. LaneCaliforniaMarch 6, 1913February 29, 1920Woodrow Wilson–Alexander T. VogelsangCaliforniaFebruary 29, 1920March 13, 192075pxJohn B. PayneIllinoisMarch 15, 1920March 4, 192175pxAlbert B. FallNew MexicoMarch 5, 1921March 4, 1923Warren G. Harding75pxHubert WorkColoradoMarch 5, 1923July 24, 1928Calvin Coolidge75pxRoy O. WestIllinoisJuly 25, 1928March 4, 192975pxRay Lyman WilburCaliforniaMarch 5, 1929March 4, 1933Herbert Hoover75pxHarold L. IckesIllinoisMarch 4, 1933February 15, 1946Franklin D. RooseveltHarry S. Truman–75pxOscar L. ChapmanColoradoFebruary 15, 1946March 18, 194675pxJulius A. KrugWisconsinMarch 18, 1946December 1, 194975pxOscar L. ChapmanColoradoDecember 1, 1949January 20, 195375pxDouglas McKayOregonJanuary 21, 1953April 15, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower–Clarence A. DavisNebraskaApril 15, 1956June 8, 195675pxFred A. SeatonNebraskaJune 8, 1956January 20, 196175pxStewart L. UdallArizonaJanuary 21, 1961January 20, 1969John F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson75pxWalter J. HickelAlaskaJanuary 24, 1969November 25, 1970Richard Nixon–Fred J. RussellCaliforniaNovember 25, 1970January 29, 197175pxRogers C. B. MortonMarylandJanuary 29, 1971April 30, 1975Gerald Ford–D. Kent FrizzellKansasApril 30, 1975June 12, 197575pxStanley K. HathawayWyomingJune 12, 1975October 9, 1975–D. Kent FrizzellKansasOctober 9, 1975October 17, 197575pxThomas S. KleppeNorth DakotaOctober 17, 1975January 20, 1977–Alfred G. AlbertJanuary 20, 1977January 23, 1977Jimmy Carter75pxCecil D. AndrusIdahoJanuary 23, 1977January 20, 198175pxJames G. WattColoradoJanuary 23, 1981November 8, 1983Ronald Reagan–J. J. Simmons IIINew JerseyNovember 8, 1983November 18, 198375pxWilliam P. ClarkCaliforniaNovember 18, 1983February 7, 198575pxDonald P. HodelVirginiaFebruary 8, 1985January 20, 1989–Earl E. GjeldeVirginiaJanuary 20, 1989February 3, 1989George H. W. Bush75pxManuel Lujan Jr.New MexicoFebruary 3, 1989January 20, 199375pxBruce E. BabbittArizonaJanuary 22, 1993January 2, 2001Bill Clinton–Thomas N. SlonakerArizonaJanuary 2, 2001January 31, 2001George W. Bush75pxGale A. NortonColoradoJanuary 31, 2001March 31, 2006–75pxLynn ScarlettCaliforniaApril 1, 2006May 26, 200675pxDirk KempthorneIdahoMay 29, 2006January 19, 2009-75pxLynn ScarlettCaliforniaJanuary 19, 2009January 20, 2009Barack Obama75pxKen SalazarColoradoJanuary 20, 2009April 12, 201375pxSally JewellWashingtonApril 12, 2013 January 20, 2017–Kevin HaugrudJanuary 20, 2017March 1, 2017Donald Trump75pxRyan ZinkeMontanaMarch 1, 2017January 2, 201975pxDavid BernhardtColoradoJanuary 2, 2019April 11, 2019April 11, 2019January 20, 2021–Scott de la VegaJanuary 20, 2021March 16, 2021Joe Biden75pxDeb HaalandNew MexicoMarch 16, 2021January 20, 2025–75pxWalter CruickshankJanuary 20, 2025February 1, 2025Donald Trump75pxDoug BurgumNorth DakotaFebruary 1, 2025

 Living former Secretaries of the Interior 
As of , there are nine living former secretaries of the interior, the oldest being Donald P. Hodel (served 1985-1989). The most recent death of a former secretary of state was that of James G. Watt (served 1981-1983) on May 27, 2023. 

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