United States Secretary of the Treasury

The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. Most of the Department's law enforcement agencies such as the ATF, Customs Service, and Secret Service were reassigned to other Departments in 2003 in conjunction with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

From the Department of the Treasury website:

"The Secretary of the Treasury is the principal economic advisor to the President and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the government. The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the United States Government; and in manufacturing coins and currency.

The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development."

The Secretary along with the Treasurer must sign Federal Reserve notes before they can become legal tender.

Secretaries of the Treasury
Name Term of Office President(s) served under

Alexander Hamilton September 11, 1789 - January 31, 1795 George Washington

Oliver Wolcott, Jr February 3, 1795 - December 31, 1800 George Washington, John Adams

Samuel Dexter January 1, 1801 - May 13, 1801 John Adams, Thomas Jefferson

Albert Gallatin May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison

George W. Campbell February 9, 1814 - October 5, 1814 James Madison

Alexander J. Dallas October 6, 1814 - October 21, 1816 James Madison

William H. Crawford October 22, 1816 - March 6, 1825 James Madison, James Monroe

Richard Rush March 7, 1825 - March 5, 1829 John Quincy Adams

Samuel D. Ingham March 6, 1829 - June 20, 1831 Andrew Jackson

Louis McLane August 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833 Andrew Jackson

William J. Duane May 29, 1833 - September 22, 1833 Andrew Jackson

Roger B. Taney September 23, 1833 - June 25, 1834 Andrew Jackson

Levi Woodbury July 1, 1834 - March 3, 1841 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren

Thomas Ewing March 4, 1841 - September 11, 1841 William Henry Harrison, John Tyler

Walter Forward September 13, 1841 - March 1, 1843 John Tyler

John C. Spencer March 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844 John Tyler

George M. Bibb July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845 John Tyler

Robert J. Walker March 8, 1845 - March 5, 1849 James Knox Polk

William M. Meredith March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor

Thomas Corwin July 23, 1850 - March 6, 1853 Millard Fillmore

James Guthrie March 7, 1853 - March 6, 1857 Franklin Pierce

Howell Cobb March 7, 1857 - December 8, 1860 James Buchanan

Philip F. Thomas December 12, 1860 - January 14, 1861 James Buchanan

John A. Dix January 15, 1861 - March 6, 1861 James Buchanan

Salmon P. Chase March 7, 1861 - June 30, 1864 Abraham Lincoln

William P. Fessenden July 5, 1864 - March 3, 1865 Abraham Lincoln

Hugh McCulloch March 9, 1865 - March 3, 1869 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson

George S. Boutwell March 12, 1869 - March 16, 1873 Ulysses S. Grant

William A. Richardson March 17, 1873 - June 3, 1874 Ulysses S. Grant

Benjamin H. Bristow June 4, 1874 - June 20, 1876 Ulysses S. Grant

Lot M. Morrill July 7, 1876 - March 9, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes

John Sherman March 10, 1877 - March 3, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes

William Windom March 8, 1881 - November 13, 1881 James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur

Charles J. Folger November 14, 1881 - September 4, 1884 Chester A. Arthur

Walter Q. Gresham September 5, 1884 - October 30, 1884 Chester A. Arthur

Hugh McCullough October 31, 1884 - March 7, 1885 Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland

Daniel Manning March 8, 1885 - March 31, 1887 Grover Cleveland

Charles S. Fairchild April 1, 1887 - March 6, 1889 Grover Cleveland

William Windom March 7, 1889 - January 29, 1891 Benjamin Harrison

Charles Foster February 25, 1891 - March 6, 1893 Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland

John G. Carlisle March 7, 1893 - March 5, 1897 Grover Cleveland, William McKinley

Lyman J. Gage March 6, 1897 - January 31, 1902 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt

L.M. Shaw February 1, 1902 - March 3, 1907 Theodore Roosevelt

George B. Cortelyou March 4, 1907 - March 7, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt

Franklin MacVeagh March 8, 1909 - March 5, 1913 William Howard Taft

W.G. McAdoo March 6, 1913 - December 15, 1918 Woodrow Wilson

Carter Glass December 16, 1918 - February 1, 1920 Woodrow Wilson

David F. Houston February 2, 1920 - March 3, 1921 Woodrow Wilson

Andrew W. Mellon March 4, 1921 - February 12, 1932 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover

Ogden L. Mills February 13, 1932 - March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover

William H. Woodin March 5, 1933 - December 31, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt

Henry Morgenthau, Jr January 1, 1934 - July 22, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman

Fred M. Vinson July 23, 1945 - June 23, 1946 Harry S. Truman

John W. Snyder June 25, 1946 - January 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman

George M. Humphrey January 21, 1953 - July 29, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Robert B. Anderson July 29, 1957 - January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower

C. Douglas Dillon January 21, 1961 - April 1, 1965 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson

Henry H. Fowler April 1, 1965 - December 20, 1968 Lyndon Johnson

Joseph W. Barr December 21, 1968 - January 20, 1969 Lyndon Johnson

David M. Kennedy January 22, 1969 - February 10, 1971 Richard Nixon

John B. Connally February 11, 1971 - June 12, 1972 Richard Nixon

George P. Shultz June 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974 Richard Nixon

William E. Simon May 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford

W. Michael Blumenthal January 23, 1977 - August 4, 1979 Jimmy Carter

G. William Miller August 7, 1979 - January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter

Donald T. Regan January 22, 1981 - February 1, 1985 Ronald Reagan

James A. Baker, III February 4, 1985 - August 17, 1988 Ronald Reagan

Nicholas F. Brady September 15, 1988 - January 17, 1993 Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush

Lloyd M. Bentsen January 20, 1993 - December 22, 1994 Bill Clinton

Robert E. Rubin January 11, 1995 - July 2, 1999 Bill Clinton

Lawrence H. Summers July 2, 1999 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton

Paul H. O'Neill January 20, 2001 - December 31, 2002 George W. Bush

John W. Snow February 3, 2003 - present George W. Bush

Secretaries of the Treasury
Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
Alexander Hamilton	September 11, 1789 - January 31, 1795	George Washington
Oliver Wolcott, Jr	February 3, 1795 - December 31, 1800	George Washington, John Adams
Samuel Dexter	January 1, 1801 - May 13, 1801	John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
Albert Gallatin	May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814	Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
George W. Campbell	February 9, 1814 - October 5, 1814	James Madison
Alexander J. Dallas	October 6, 1814 - October 21, 1816	James Madison
William H. Crawford	October 22, 1816 - March 6, 1825	James Madison, James Monroe
Richard Rush	March 7, 1825 - March 5, 1829	John Quincy Adams
Samuel D. Ingham	March 6, 1829 - June 20, 1831	Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane	August 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833	Andrew Jackson
William J. Duane	May 29, 1833 - September 22, 1833	Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney	September 23, 1833 - June 25, 1834	Andrew Jackson
Levi Woodbury	July 1, 1834 - March 3, 1841	Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
Thomas Ewing	March 4, 1841 - September 11, 1841	William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Walter Forward	September 13, 1841 - March 1, 1843	John Tyler
John C. Spencer	March 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844	John Tyler
George M. Bibb	July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845	John Tyler
Robert J. Walker	March 8, 1845 - March 5, 1849	James Knox Polk
William M. Meredith	March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor
Thomas Corwin	July 23, 1850 - March 6, 1853	Millard Fillmore
James Guthrie	March 7, 1853 - March 6, 1857	Franklin Pierce
Howell Cobb	March 7, 1857 - December 8, 1860	James Buchanan
Philip F. Thomas	December 12, 1860 - January 14, 1861	James Buchanan
John A. Dix	January 15, 1861 - March 6, 1861	James Buchanan
Salmon P. Chase	March 7, 1861 - June 30, 1864	Abraham Lincoln
William P. Fessenden	July 5, 1864 - March 3, 1865	Abraham Lincoln
Hugh McCulloch	March 9, 1865 - March 3, 1869	Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
George S. Boutwell	March 12, 1869 - March 16, 1873	Ulysses S. Grant
William A. Richardson	March 17, 1873 - June 3, 1874	Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin H. Bristow	June 4, 1874 - June 20, 1876	Ulysses S. Grant
Lot M. Morrill	July 7, 1876 - March 9, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
John Sherman	March 10, 1877 - March 3, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes
William Windom	March 8, 1881 - November 13, 1881	James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
Charles J. Folger	November 14, 1881 - September 4, 1884	Chester A. Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham	September 5, 1884 - October 30, 1884	Chester A. Arthur
Hugh McCullough	October 31, 1884 - March 7, 1885	Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland
Daniel Manning	March 8, 1885 - March 31, 1887	Grover Cleveland
Charles S. Fairchild	April 1, 1887 - March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland
William Windom	March 7, 1889 - January 29, 1891	Benjamin Harrison
Charles Foster	February 25, 1891 - March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland
John G. Carlisle	March 7, 1893 - March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
Lyman J. Gage	March 6, 1897 - January 31, 1902	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
L.M. Shaw	February 1, 1902 - March 3, 1907	Theodore Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou	March 4, 1907 - March 7, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin MacVeagh	March 8, 1909 - March 5, 1913	William Howard Taft
W.G. McAdoo	March 6, 1913 - December 15, 1918	Woodrow Wilson
Carter Glass	December 16, 1918 - February 1, 1920	Woodrow Wilson
David F. Houston	February 2, 1920 - March 3, 1921	Woodrow Wilson
Andrew W. Mellon	March 4, 1921 - February 12, 1932	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
Ogden L. Mills	February 13, 1932 - March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
William H. Woodin	March 5, 1933 - December 31, 1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau, Jr	January 1, 1934 - July 22, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
Fred M. Vinson	July 23, 1945 - June 23, 1946	Harry S. Truman
John W. Snyder	June 25, 1946 - January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
George M. Humphrey	January 21, 1953 - July 29, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert B. Anderson	July 29, 1957 - January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Douglas Dillon	January 21, 1961 - April 1, 1965	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
Henry H. Fowler	April 1, 1965 - December 20, 1968	Lyndon Johnson
Joseph W. Barr	December 21, 1968 - January 20, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
David M. Kennedy	January 22, 1969 - February 10, 1971	Richard Nixon
John B. Connally	February 11, 1971 - June 12, 1972	Richard Nixon
George P. Shultz	June 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974	Richard Nixon
William E. Simon	May 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
W. Michael Blumenthal	January 23, 1977 - August 4, 1979	Jimmy Carter
G. William Miller	August 7, 1979 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Donald T. Regan	January 22, 1981 - February 1, 1985	Ronald Reagan
James A. Baker, III	February 4, 1985 - August 17, 1988	Ronald Reagan
Nicholas F. Brady	September 15, 1988 - January 17, 1993	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
Lloyd M. Bentsen	January 20, 1993 - December 22, 1994	Bill Clinton
Robert E. Rubin	January 11, 1995 - July 2, 1999	Bill Clinton
Lawrence H. Summers	July 2, 1999 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
Paul H. O'Neill	January 20, 2001 - December 31, 2002	George W. Bush
John W. Snow	February 3, 2003 - present	George W. Bush

External link

U.S Department of the Treasury Complete list