Prior Secretaries

Check out the accomplishments and portraits of the people who have led the Treasury Department through the years.

Secretary

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 - 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