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 underAlexander 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 - presentGeorge W. Bush
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