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The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United States is analogous to the finance ministers of other nations. Most of the Department's law enforcement agencies such as the ATF, Customs Service, and Secret Service were reassigned to other Departments in 2003 in conjunction with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and, since the Clinton years, has sat on the United States National Security Council. The Secretary of the Treasury is fifth in the United States presidential line of succession.
From the U.S. Department of the Treasury website:
- "The Secretary of the Treasury is the principal economic advisor to the President and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the government. The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the United States Government; and in manufacturing coins and currency.
- "The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development."
The Secretary along with the Treasurer must sign Federal Reserve notes before they can become legal tender.
[edit] Secretaries of the Treasury
Note:
Robert Morris was the first person appointed Secretary of the Treasury by
George Washington, but Morris declined this office; thus the 1st Secretary of the Treasury was
Alexander Hamilton - appointed at Morris's suggestion. Morris had held a similar position as Superintendent of Finance under the
Continental Congress. From Morris's 1784 resignation until 1789, the young union's finances were overseen by a three-member Treasury Board.
[1]
| No.
| Picture
| Name
| State of Residence
| Term of Office
| President(s) served under
|
| 1
| Image:Hamilton small.jpg
| Alexander Hamilton
| New York
| September 11, 1789 | January 31, 1795
| George Washington
|
| 2
| Image:Wolcott Jr.jpg
| Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
| Connecticut
| February 3, 1795 | December 31, 1800
| George Washington, John Adams
|
| 3
| Image:Samuel Dexter.jpg
| Samuel Dexter
| Massachusetts
| January 1, 1801 | May 13, 1801
| John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
|
| 4
| Image:AlbertGallatin.jpeg
| Albert Gallatin
| Pennsylvania
| May 14, 1801 | February 8, 1814
| Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
|
| 5
| Image:GeorgeWCampbell.jpg
| George W. Campbell
| Tennessee
| February 9, 1814 | October 5, 1814
| James Madison
|
| 6
| Image:Alexander J. Dallas.jpg
| Alexander J. Dallas
| Pennsylvania
| October 6, 1814 | October 21, 1816
| James Madison
|
| 7
| Image:WilliamHarrisCrawford5.jpg
| William H. Crawford
| Georgia
| October 22, 1816 | March 6, 1825
| James Madison, James Monroe
|
| 8
| Image:RichardRush.jpeg
| Richard Rush
| Pennsylvania
| March 7, 1825 | March 5, 1829
| John Quincy Adams
|
| 9
| Image:SIng.jpg
| Samuel D. Ingham
| Pennsylvania
| March 6, 1829 | June 20, 1831
| Andrew Jackson
|
| 10
| Image:LMcLane.jpg
| Louis McLane
| Delaware
| August 8, 1831 | May 28, 1833
| Andrew Jackson
|
| 11
| Image:William J Duane.jpg
| William J. Duane
| Pennsylvania
| May 29, 1833 | September 22, 1833
| Andrew Jackson
|
| 12
| Image:Judge Rg-Taney.jpg
| Roger B. Taney
| Maryland
| September 23, 1833 | June 25, 1834
| Andrew Jackson
|
| 13
| Image:Levi Woodbury.jpg
| Levi Woodbury
| New Hampshire
| July 1, 1834 | March 3, 1841
| Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
|
| 14
| Image:ThomasEwingSr.jpg
| Thomas Ewing, Sr.
| Ohio
| March 4, 1841 | September 11, 1841
| William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
|
| 15
| Image:WForward-SecofTreas.jpg
| Walter Forward
| Pennsylvania
| September 13, 1841 | March 1, 1843
| John Tyler
|
| 16
| Image:SpencerJohn.jpg
| John C. Spencer
| New York
| March 8, 1843 | May 2, 1844
| John Tyler
|
| 17
| Image:George M. Bibb - Brady-Handy.jpg
| George M. Bibb
| Kentucky
| July 4, 1844 | March 7, 1845
| John Tyler
|
| 18
| Image:Robert J Walker.jpg
| Robert J. Walker
| Mississippi
| March 8, 1845 | March 5, 1849
| James Knox Polk
|
| 19
| Image:WMMeredith.jpg
| William M. Meredith
| Pennsylvania
| March 8, 1849 | July 22, 1850
| Zachary Taylor
|
| 20
| Image:TCorwin.jpg
| Thomas Corwin
| Ohio
| July 23, 1850 | March 6, 1853
| Millard Fillmore
|
| 21
| Image:JGuthrie2.jpg
| James Guthrie
| Kentucky
| March 7, 1853 | March 6, 1857
| Franklin Pierce
|
| 22
| Image:Cobb, Howell2.jpg
| Howell Cobb
| Georgia
| March 7, 1857 | December 8, 1860
| James Buchanan
|
| 23
| Image:Philip Francis Thomas, sitting.jpg
| Philip F. Thomas
| Maryland
| December 12, 1860 | January 14, 1861
| James Buchanan
|
| 24
| Image:Younger-JADix2.jpg
| John Adams Dix
| New York
| January 15, 1861 | March 6, 1861
| James Buchanan
|
| 25
| Image:Salmon Chase, Brady-Handy photo portrait ca1855-1865.jpg
| Salmon P. Chase
| Ohio
| March 7, 1861 | June 30, 1864
| Abraham Lincoln
|
| 26
| Image:Hon. Wm. Pitt Fessenden of Maine.png
| William P. Fessenden
| Maine
| July 5, 1864 | March 3, 1865
| Abraham Lincoln
|
| 27
| Image:Hugh McCulloch.png
| Hugh McCulloch
| Indiana
| March 9, 1865 | March 3, 1869
| Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
|
| 28
| Image:George Boutwell, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
| George S. Boutwell
| Massachusetts
| March 12, 1869 | March 16, 1873
| Ulysses S. Grant
|
| 29
| Image:William Adams Richardson, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
| William A. Richardson
| Massachusetts
| March 17, 1873 | June 3, 1874
| Ulysses S. Grant
|
| 30
| Image:Benjamin Helm Bristow, Brady-Handy bw photo portrait, ca 1870-1880.jpg
| Benjamin H. Bristow
| Kentucky
| June 4, 1874 | June 20, 1876
| Ulysses S. Grant
|
| 31
| Image:Lot Morrill, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1865-1880.jpg
| Lot M. Morrill
| Maine
| July 7, 1876 | March 9, 1877
| Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
|
| 32
| Image:John-Sherman-2.jpg
| John Sherman
| Ohio
| March 10, 1877 | March 3, 1881
| Rutherford B. Hayes
|
| 33
| Image:William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
| William Windom
| Minnesota
| March 8, 1881 | November 13, 1881
| James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
|
| 34
| Image:Charles j folger.jpg
| Charles J. Folger
| New York
| November 14, 1881 | September 4, 1884
| Chester A. Arthur
|
| 35
| Image:Walter Q. Gresham - Brady-Handy.jpg
| Walter Q. Gresham
| Indiana
| September 5, 1884 | October 30, 1884
| Chester A. Arthur
|
| 36
| Image:Hugh McCulloch.png
| Hugh McCulloch
| Indiana
| October 31, 1884 | March 7, 1885
| Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland
|
| 37
| Image:Daniel manning.jpg
| Daniel Manning
| New York
| March 8, 1885 | March 31, 1887
| Grover Cleveland
|
| 38
| Image:Charles s fairchild.jpg
| Charles S. Fairchild
| New York
| April 1, 1887 | March 6, 1889
| Grover Cleveland
|
| 39
| Image:William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
| William Windom
| Minnesota
| March 7, 1889 | January 29, 1891
| Benjamin Harrison
|
| 40
| Image:Charles Foster, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1865-1880.jpg
| Charles Foster
| Ohio
| February 25, 1891 | March 6, 1893
| Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland
|
| 41
| Image:John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg
| John G. Carlisle
| Kentucky
| March 7, 1893 | March 5, 1897
| Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
|
| 42
| Image:Lyman Gage, Bain photo portrait.jpg
| Lyman J. Gage
| Illinois
| March 6, 1897 | January 31, 1902
| William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
|
| 43
| Image:Leslie Shaw, Bain photo portrait.jpg
| L.M. Shaw
| Iowa
| February 1, 1902 | March 3, 1907
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| 44
| Image:Cortelyou-george-bruce.jpg
| George B. Cortelyou
| New York
| March 4, 1907 | March 7, 1909
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| 45
| Image:Franklin MacVeagh, formal bw photo portrait, 1909.jpg
| Franklin MacVeagh
| Illinois
| March 8, 1909 | March 5, 1913
| William Howard Taft
|
| 46
| Image:William Gibbs McAdoo, formal photo portrait, 1914.jpg
| William G. McAdoo
| New York
| March 6, 1913 | December 15, 1918
| Woodrow Wilson
|
| 47
| Image:CGlass.jpg
| Carter Glass
| Virginia
| December 16, 1918 | February 1, 1920
| Woodrow Wilson
|
| 48
| Image:DFHouston.jpg
| David F. Houston
| Missouri
| February 2, 1920 | March 3, 1921
| Woodrow Wilson
|
| 49
| Image:AWMellon.jpg
| Andrew W. Mellon
| Pennsylvania
| March 4, 1921 | February 12, 1932
| Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
|
| 50
| Image:Ogden L. Mills.jpg
| Ogden L. Mills
| New York
| February 13, 1932 | March 4, 1933
| Herbert Hoover
|
| 51
| Image:Woodin2.jpg
| William H. Woodin
| New York
| March 5, 1933 | December 31, 1933
| Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| 52
| Image:Henry Morgenthau, Jr..jpg
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
| New York
| January 1, 1934 | July 22, 1945
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
|
| 53
| Image:Frederick Vinson portrait.png
| Fred M. Vinson
| Kentucky
| July 23, 1945 | June 23, 1946
| Harry S. Truman
|
| 54
| Image:SnyderKempton.jpg
| John W. Snyder
| Missouri
| June 25, 1946 | January 20, 1953
| Harry S. Truman
|
| 55
| Image:George M Humphrey.jpg
| George M. Humphrey
| Ohio
| January 21, 1953 | July 29, 1957
| Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
| 56
| Image:Robert B Anderson.jpeg
| Robert B. Anderson
| Connecticut
| July 29, 1957 | January 20, 1961
| Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
| 57
| Image:C Douglas Dillon.jpg
| C. Douglas Dillon
| New Jersey
| January 21, 1961 | April 1, 1965
| John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
|
| 58
| Image:HFowler2.jpg
| Henry H. Fowler
| Virginia
| April 1, 1965 | December 20, 1968
| Lyndon Johnson
|
| 59
| Image:Joseph W Barr.jpg
| Joseph W. Barr
| Indiana
| December 21, 1968 | January 20, 1969
| Lyndon Johnson
|
| 60
| Image:David M Kennedy.jpg
| David M. Kennedy
| Utah
| January 22, 1969 | February 10, 1971
| Richard Nixon
|
| 61
| Image:John Connally.jpg
| John B. Connally
| Texas
| February 11, 1971 | June 12, 1972
| Richard Nixon
|
| 62
| Image:GPShultz.gif
| George P. Shultz
| Illinois
| June 12, 1972 | May 8, 1974
| Richard Nixon
|
| 63
| Image:William E Simon.jpg
| William E. Simon
| New Jersey
| May 8, 1974 | January 20, 1977
| Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
|
| 64
| Image:Blumenthal.jpg
| W. Michael Blumenthal
| Michigan
| January 23, 1977 | August 4, 1979
| Jimmy Carter
|
| 65
| Image:Miller-Sec of Treas.jpg
| G. William Miller
| Rhode Island
| August 7, 1979 | January 20, 1981
| Jimmy Carter
|
| 66
| Image:Donaldtregan1.jpg
| Donald T. Regan
| New Jersey
| January 22, 1981 | February 1, 1985
| Ronald Reagan
|
| 67
| Image:JamesBaker.jpeg
| James A. Baker III
| Texas
| February 4, 1985 | August 17, 1988
| Ronald Reagan
|
| 68
| Image:Nicholas Frederick Brady.jpg
| Nicholas F. Brady
| New Jersey
| September 15, 1988 | January 17, 1993
| Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
|
| 69
| Image:LloydBentsen.jpg
| Lloyd Bentsen
| Texas
| January 20, 1993 | December 22, 1994
| Bill Clinton
|
| 70
| Image:Pr4262ls-treasury-rubin.jpg
| Robert Rubin
| New York
| January 11, 1995 | July 2, 1999
| Bill Clinton
|
| 71
| Image:Summers Lawrence.jpg
| Lawrence H. Summers
| Massachusetts
| July 2, 1999 | January 20, 2001
| Bill Clinton
|
| 72
| Image:Paul Oneill large.jpg
| Paul H. O'Neill
| Pennsylvania
| January 20, 2001 | December 31, 2002
| George W. Bush
|
| 73
| Image:John W. Snow.jpg
| John W. Snow
| Virginia
| February 3, 2003 | June 30 2006
| George W. Bush
|
| 74
| Image:Henry Paulson official Treasury photo, 2006.jpg
| Henry Merritt Paulson Jr.
| Illinois
| July 10, 2006 | present
| George W. Bush
|
[edit] Acting Secretaries of the Treasury
If both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury are unable to carry out the duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, then whichever Treasury official of Under Secretary rank sworn in earliest assumes the role of Acting Secretary. Positions listed on the Department of the Treasury website include the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, the Under Secretary for International Affairs, and the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. This has been the case since 2001, when President George W. Bush modified the line of succession.[2]
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