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History of the Treasury

Secretaries of the Treasury

Secretary
Click name for biography		 Dates Served President  

Alexander Hamilton, New York

 Sept. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795 Washington  

Oliver Wolcott Jr., Connecticut

 Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797
Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800		 Washington
John Adams		  

Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts

 Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801
Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 6, 1801		 John Adams
Jefferson		  

Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania

 May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809
Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 9 , 1814		 Jefferson
Madison		  

George W. Campbell , Tennessee

 Feb. 9, 1814 - Sept. 26, 1814 Madison  

Alexander J. Dallas, Pennsylvania

 Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816 Madison  

William H. Crawford, Georgia

 Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817
Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 3, 1825		 Madison
Monroe		  

Richard Rush, Pennsylvania

 Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 3, 1829 J.Q. Adams  

Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania

 Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831 Jackson  

Louis McLane, Delaware

 Aug. 8, 1831 - May 29, 1833 Jackson  

William J. Duane, Pennsylvania

 May 29, 1833 - Sep. 23, 1833 Jackson  

Roger B. Taney, Maryland

 Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 24, 1834 Jackson  

Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire

 Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837
Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841		 Jackson
Van Buren		  

Thomas Ewing, Ohio

 Mar. 5, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841
Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841		 W.H. Harrison
Tyler		  

Walter Forward, Pennsylvania

 Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843 Tyler  

John C. Spencer, New York

 Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844 Tyler  

George M. Bibb, Kentucky

 Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 3, 1845
Mar. 4, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845		 Tyler
Polk		  

Robert J. Walker, Mississippi

 Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 3, 1849
Mar. 4, 1849 - Mar. 5, 1849
 Polk
Taylor		  

William M. Meredith, Pennsylvania

 Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850
Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850		 Taylor
Fillmore		  

Thomas Corwin, Ohio

 Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 3, 1853
Mar 4, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1853
 Fillmore
Pierce		  

James Guthrie, Kentucky

 Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1857
Mar. 4, 1857 - Mar. 6, 1857
 Pierce
Buchanan		  

Howell Cobb, Georgia

 Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860 Buchanan  

Philip F. Thomas, Maryland

 Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861 Buchanan  

John A. Dix, New York

 Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 3, 1861
Mar. 4, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861
 Buchanan
Lincoln		  

Salmon P. Chase, Ohio

 Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864 Lincoln  

William P. Fessenden, Maine

 Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865 Lincoln  

Hugh McCulloch, Indiana

 Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865
Apr. 15, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869		 Lincoln
A. Johnson		  

George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts

 Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873 Grant  

William A. Richardson, Massachusetts

 Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874 Grant  

Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky

 Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876 Grant  

Lot M. Morrill, Maine

 Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877
Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877		 Grant
Hayes		  

John Sherman, Ohio

 Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881 Hayes  

William Windom, Minnesota

 Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881
Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881		 Garfield
Arthur		  

Charles J. Folger, New York

 Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884 Arthur  

Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana

 Sep. 25, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884 Arthur  

Hugh McCulloch, Indiana

 Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885
Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885		 Arthur
Cleveland		  

Daniel Manning, New York

 Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887 Cleveland  

Charles S. Fairchild, New York

 Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 3, 1889
Mar. 4, 1889 - Mar. 6, 1889		 Cleveland
B. Harrison 		 

William Windom, Minnesota

 Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891 B. Harrison  

Charles Foster, Ohio

 Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893
Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893		 B. Harrison
Cleveland		  

John G. Carlisle, Kentucky

 Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897
Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897		 Cleveland
McKinley		  

Lyman J. Gage, Illinois

 Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901
Sep. 14, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902		 McKinley
T. Roosevelt		  

Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa

 Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907 T. Roosevelt  

George B. Cortelyou, New York

 Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 3, 1909
Mar. 4, 1909 - Mar. 7, 1909
 T. Roosevelt
Taft		  

Franklin MacVeagh, Illinois

 Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 3, 1913
Mar. 4, 1913 - Mar. 5, 1913
 Taft
Wilson		  

William G. McAdoo, New York

 Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918 Wilson  

Carter Glass, Virginia

 Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920 Wilson  

David F. Houston, Missouri

 Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921 Wilson  

Andrew W. Mellon, Pennsylvania

 Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923
Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929
Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932		 Harding
Coolidge
Hoover		  

Ogden L. Mills, New York

 Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 3, 1933 Hoover  

William H. Woodin, New York

 Mar. 4, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933 F.D. Roosevelt  

Henry Morgenthau, Jr., New York

 Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945
Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945		 F.D. Roosevelt
Truman		  

Fred M. Vinson, Kentucky

 Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946 Truman  

John W. Snyder, Missouri

 Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953 Truman  

George M. Humphrey, Ohio

 Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957 Eisenhower  

Robert B. Anderson, Connecticut

 Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961 Eisenhower  

C. Douglas Dillon, New Jersey

 Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965		 Kennedy
L.B. Johnson		  

Henry H. Fowler, Virginia

 Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968 L.B. Johnson  

Joseph W. Barr, Indiana

 Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969 L.B. Johnson  

David M. Kennedy, Utah

 Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 11, 1971 Nixon  

John B. Connally, Texas

 Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972 Nixon  

George P. Shultz, Illinois

 Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974 Nixon  

William E. Simon, New Jersey

 May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977		 Nixon
Ford		  

W. Michael Blumenthal, Michigan

 Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979 Carter  

G. William Miller, Rhode Island

 Aug. 6, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981 Carter  

Donald T. Regan, New Jersey

 Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 2, 1985 Reagan  

James A. Baker, III, Texas

 Feb. 3, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988 Reagan  

Nicholas F. Brady, New Jersey

 Sep. 16, 1988 - Jan. 20, 1989
Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993		 Reagan
G.H.W. Bush		  

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Texas

 Jan. 22, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994 Clinton  

Robert E. Rubin, New York

 Jan. 10, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999 Clinton  

Lawrence H. Summers, Massachusetts

 Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001 Clinton  

Paul H. O'Neill, Pennsylvania

 Jan. 30, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002 G.W. Bush  

John W. Snow, Virginia

 Feb. 3, 2003 - June 29, 2006 G.W. Bush  

Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Illinois

 Jul. 10, 2006 - Present G.W. Bush  
 
 

 

Last Updated: August 23, 2007