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Secretaries of The Treasury

Robert Morris was the first person appointed Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington, but Morris declined this office; thus the first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, who was appointed at Morris's suggestion. Morris had held a similar position as Superintendent of Finance under the Continental Congress. From 1784 to 1789, the confederation's finances were overseen by a three-member Treasury Board.


Parties

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Status
Denotes acting Secretary of the Treasury
No. Portrait Name State of Residence Took Office Left Office President(s)
1 Alexander Hamilton New York September 11, 1789 January 31, 1795 George Washington
2 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Connecticut February 3, 1795 December 31, 1800
John Adams
3 Samuel Dexter Massachusetts January 1, 1801 May 13, 1801
Thomas Jefferson
4 Albert Gallatin Pennsylvania May 14, 1801 February 8, 1814
James Madison
5 George W. Campbell Tennessee February 9, 1814 October 5, 1814
6 Alexander J. Dallas Pennsylvania October 6, 1814 October 21, 1816
- William Jones Pennsylvania October 21, 1816 October 22, 1816
7 William H. Crawford Georgia October 22, 1816 March 6, 1825
James Monroe
8 Richard Rush Pennsylvania March 7, 1825 March 5, 1829 John Quincy Adams
9 Samuel D. Ingham Pennsylvania March 6, 1829 June 20, 1831 Andrew Jackson
10 Louis McLane Delaware August 8, 1831 May 28, 1833
11 William J. Duane Pennsylvania May 29, 1833 September 22, 1833
12 Roger B. Taney Maryland September 23, 1833 June 25, 1834
13 Levi Woodbury New Hampshire July 1, 1834 March 3, 1841
Martin Van Buren
14 Thomas Ewing Ohio March 4, 1841 September 11, 1841 William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
15 Walter Forward Pennsylvania September 13, 1841 March 1, 1843
16 John C. Spencer New York March 8, 1843 May 2, 1844
17 George M. Bibb Kentucky July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845
18 Robert J. Walker Mississippi March 8, 1845 March 5, 1849 James K. Polk
19 William M. Meredith Pennsylvania March 8, 1849 July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor
20 Thomas Corwin Ohio July 23, 1850 March 6, 1853 Millard Fillmore
21 James Guthrie Kentucky March 7, 1853 March 6, 1857 Franklin Pierce
22 Howell Cobb Georgia March 7, 1857 December 8, 1860 James Buchanan
23 Philip Thomas Maryland December 12, 1860 January 14, 1861
24 John A. Dix New York January 15, 1861 March 6, 1861
25 Salmon P. Chase Ohio March 7, 1861 June 30, 1864 Abraham Lincoln
26 William P. Fessenden Maine July 5, 1864 March 3, 1865
27 Hugh McCulloch Indiana March 9, 1865 March 3, 1869
Andrew Johnson
28 George S. Boutwell Massachusetts March 12, 1869 March 16, 1873 Ulysses S. Grant
29 William A. Richardson Massachusetts March 17, 1873 June 3, 1874
30 Benjamin Bristow Kentucky June 4, 1874 June 20, 1876
31 Lot M. Morrill Maine July 7, 1876 March 9, 1877
32 John Sherman Ohio March 10, 1877 March 3, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
33 William Windom Minnesota March 8, 1881 November 13, 1881 James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
34 Charles J. Folger New York November 14, 1881 September 4, 1884
35 Walter Q. Gresham Indiana September 5, 1884 October 30, 1884
36 Hugh McCulloch Indiana October 31, 1884 March 7, 1885
37 Daniel Manning New York March 8, 1885 March 31, 1887 Grover Cleveland
38 Charles S. Fairchild New York April 1, 1887 March 6, 1889
39 William Windom Minnesota March 7, 1889 January 29, 1891 Benjamin Harrison
40 Charles Foster Ohio February 25, 1891 March 6, 1893
41 John G. Carlisle Kentucky March 7, 1893 March 5, 1897 Grover Cleveland
42 Lyman J. Gage Illinois March 6, 1897 January 31, 1902 William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
43 L. M. Shaw Iowa February 1, 1902 March 3, 1907
44 George B. Cortelyou New York March 4, 1907 March 7, 1909
45 Franklin MacVeagh Illinois March 8, 1909 March 5, 1913 William Howard Taft
46 William Gibbs McAdoo New York March 6, 1913 December 15, 1918 Woodrow Wilson
47 Carter Glass Virginia December 16, 1918 February 1, 1920
48 David F. Houston Missouri February 2, 1920 March 3, 1921
49 Andrew W. Mellon Pennsylvania March 4, 1921 February 12, 1932 Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
50 Ogden L. Mills New York February 13, 1932 March 4, 1933
51 William H. Woodin New York March 5, 1933 December 31, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt
52 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. New York January 1, 1934 July 22, 1945
Harry S. Truman
53 Fred M. Vinson Kentucky July 23, 1945 June 23, 1946
54 John W. Snyder Missouri June 25, 1946 January 20, 1953
55 George M. Humphrey Ohio January 21, 1953 July 29, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
56 Robert B. Anderson Connecticut July 29, 1957 January 20, 1961
57 C. Douglas Dillon New Jersey January 21, 1961 April 1, 1965 John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
58 Henry H. Fowler Virginia April 1, 1965 December 20, 1968
59 Joseph W. Barr Indiana December 21, 1968 January 20, 1969
60 David M. Kennedy Utah January 22, 1969 February 10, 1971 Richard Nixon
61 John Connally Texas February 11, 1971 June 12, 1972
62 George P. Shultz Illinois June 12, 1972 May 8, 1974
63 William E. Simon New Jersey May 8, 1974 January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford
64 W. Michael Blumenthal Michigan January 23, 1977 August 4, 1979 Jimmy Carter
65 G. William Miller Rhode Island August 7, 1979 January 20, 1981
66 Donald Regan New Jersey January 22, 1981 February 1, 1985 Ronald Reagan
67 James Baker Texas February 4, 1985 August 17, 1988
- M. Peter McPherson Michigan August 17, 1988 September 15, 1988
68 Nicholas F. Brady New Jersey September 15, 1988 January 17, 1993
George H. W. Bush
69 Lloyd Bentsen Texas January 20, 1993 December 22, 1994 Bill Clinton
- Frank N. Newman Massachusetts December 22, 1994 January 11, 1995
70 Robert Rubin New York January 11, 1995 July 2, 1999
71 Lawrence Summers Massachusetts July 2, 1999 January 20, 2001
72 Paul O'Neill Pennsylvania January 20, 2001 December 31, 2002 George W. Bush
- Kenneth W. Dam Illinois December 31, 2002 February 3, 2003
73 John W. Snow Virginia February 3, 2003 June 30, 2006
- Robert M. Kimmitt Virginia June 30, 2006 July 10, 2006
74 Henry Paulson Illinois July 10, 2006 January 20, 2009
- Stuart A. Levey Ohio January 20, 2009 January 26, 2009 Barack Obama
75 Timothy Geithner New York January 26, 2009 Incumbent

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