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United States Secretary of Commerce
The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce concerned with business and industry. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor.
Secretaries of Commerce
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William Cox Redfield
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March 5, 1913 – October 31, 1919
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Woodrow Wilson
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Joshua Willis Alexander
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December 16, 1919 – March 4, 1921
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Woodrow Wilson
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Herbert Clark Hoover
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March 5, 1921 – August 21, 1928
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Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
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William Fairfield Whiting
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August 22, 1928 – March 4, 1929
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Calvin Coolidge
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Robert Patterson Lamont
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March 5, 1929 – August 7, 1932
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Herbert Hoover
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Roy Dikeman Chapin
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August 8, 1932 – March 3, 1933
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Herbert Hoover
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Daniel Calhoun Roper
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March 4, 1933 – December 23, 1938
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Harry Lloyd Hopkins
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December 24, 1938 – September 18, 1940
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Jesse Holman Jones
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September 19, 1940 – March 1, 1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Henry Agard Wallace
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March 2, 1945 – September 20, 1946
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
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William Averell Harriman
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October 7, 1946 – April 22, 1948
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Harry S. Truman
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Charles Sawyer
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May 6, 1948 – January 20, 1953
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Harry S. Truman
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Charles Sinclair Weeks
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January 21, 1953 – November 10, 1958
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss
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1958 – 1959 (Acting Secretary)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Frederick Henry Mueller
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August 10, 1959 – January 19, 1961
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Luther Hartwell Hodges
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January 21, 1961 – January 15, 1965
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John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
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John Thomas Connor
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January 18, 1965 – January 31, 1967
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Lyndon Johnson
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Alexander Buel Trowbridge
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June 14, 1967 – March 1, 1968
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Lyndon Johnson
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Cyrus Rowlett Smith
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March 6, 1968 – January 19, 1969
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Lyndon Johnson
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Maurice Hubert Stans
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January 21, 1969 – February 15, 1972
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Richard Nixon
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Peter George Peterson
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February 29, 1972 – February 1, 1973
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Richard Nixon
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Frederick Baily Dent
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February 2, 1973 – March 26, 1975
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Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
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Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
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May 1, 1975 – February 2, 1976
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Gerald Ford
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Elliot Lee Richardson
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February 2, 1976 – January 20, 1977
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Gerald Ford
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Juanita Morris Kreps
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January 23, 1977 – October 31, 1979
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Jimmy Carter
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Philip Morris Klutznick
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January 9, 1980 – January 19, 1981
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Jimmy Carter
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Howard Malcolm Baldrige
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January 20, 1981 – July 25, 1987
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Ronald Reagan
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Calvin William Verity
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October 19, 1987 – January 30, 1989
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Ronald Reagan
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Robert Adam Mosbacher
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January 31, 1989 – January 15, 1992
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George H. W. Bush
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Barbara Hackman Franklin
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February 27, 1992 – January 20, 1993
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George H. W. Bush
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Ronald Harmon Brown
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January 22, 1993 – April 3, 1996
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Bill Clinton
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Mickey Kantor
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April 12, 1996 – January 21, 1997
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Bill Clinton
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William M. Daley
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January 30, 1997 – July 19, 2000
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Bill Clinton
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Norman Yoshio Mineta
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July 21, 2000 – January 19, 2001
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Bill Clinton
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Donald Louis Evans
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January 20, 2001 – February 7, 2005
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George W. Bush
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Carlos M. Gutierrez
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February 7, 2005 – present
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George W. Bush
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Footnote: Under Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges Jr served as Interim Secretary of Commerce October 31, 1979 to January 9, 1980.
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