Check out the accomplishments and portraits of the people who have led the Treasury Department through the years.
Secretary | Dates Served | President |
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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 - Jan. 20, 2009 | G.W. Bush |
Timothy F. Geithner, New York | Jan. 26,2009 - Jan 25, 2013 | Obama |
Jacob J. Lew, New York | Feb. 28, 2013 - Jan 20, 2017 | Obama |
Steven T. Mnuchin, New York | Feb. 13, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2021 | Trump |
Janet L. Yellen | Jan. 26, 2021 - Present | Biden |