United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to this positon.

Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
Name Term of Office President(s) served under

Robert Clifton Weaver January 18, 1966 - December 18, 1968 Lyndon Johnson

Robert Coldwell Wood † January 7, 1969 - January 20, 1969 Lyndon Johnson

George Wilcken Romney January 22, 1969 - January 20, 1973 Richard Nixon

James Thomas Lynn February 2, 1973 - February 5, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford

Carla Anderson Hills March 10, 1975 - January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford

Patricia Roberts Harris January 23, 1977 - September 10, 1979 Jimmy Carter

Maurice Edwin Landrieu September 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter

Samuel Riley Pierce January 23, 1981 - January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan

Jack French Kemp February 13, 1989 - January 19, 1993 George H. W. Bush

Henry Gabriel Cisneros January 22, 1993 - January 19, 1997 Bill Clinton

Andrew M. Cuomo January 29, 1997 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton

Melquiades Rafael Martinez January 24, 2001 - December 12, 2003 George W. Bush

Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
Robert Clifton Weaver	January 18, 1966 - December 18, 1968	Lyndon Johnson
Robert Coldwell Wood †	January 7, 1969 - January 20, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
George Wilcken Romney	January 22, 1969 - January 20, 1973	Richard Nixon
James Thomas Lynn	February 2, 1973 - February 5, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Carla Anderson Hills	March 10, 1975 - January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
Patricia Roberts Harris	January 23, 1977 - September 10, 1979	Jimmy Carter
Maurice Edwin Landrieu	September 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Samuel Riley Pierce	January 23, 1981 - January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
Jack French Kemp	February 13, 1989 - January 19, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Henry Gabriel Cisneros	January 22, 1993 - January 19, 1997	Bill Clinton
Andrew M. Cuomo	January 29, 1997 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
Melquiades Rafael Martinez	January 24, 2001 - December 12, 2003	George W. Bush

†Robert C. Wood, Under Secretary under Weaver, served between Weaver and Romney with a recess appointment from President Johnson, who sent his nomination to the Senate. It was never acted on, and, therefore, he was never sworn in as Secretary.