United States Secretary of the Interior

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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2006 – present)

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior oversees such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The Secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation board. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The Secretary typically comes from a western state; only one of the last 16 Secretaries is not identified with a state lying west of the Mississippi River. The Secretary of the Interior is eighth in the United States presidential line of succession.

[edit] Secretaries of the Interior

#	Picture	Name	State of Residence	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Image:ThomasEwingSr.jpg	Thomas Ewing	Ohio	March 8, 1849–July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
2	Image:TMTMcK.jpg	Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan	Pennsylvania	August 15, 1850–August 26, 1850	Millard Fillmore
3	Image:AxHHStuart.jpg	Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart	Virginia	September 14, 1850–March 7, 1853	Millard Fillmore
4	Image:Robert Mc.jpg	Robert McClelland	Michigan	March 8, 1853–March 9, 1857	Franklin Pierce
5	Image:JThomps.jpg	Jacob Thompson	Mississippi	March 10, 1857–January 8, 1861	James Buchanan
6	Image:CBSmith.jpg	Caleb Blood Smith	Indiana	March 5, 1861–December 31, 1862	Abraham Lincoln
7	Image:John Palmer Usher.jpg	John Palmer Usher	Indiana	January 1, 1863–May 15, 1865	Abraham Lincoln
8	Image:James-Harlan.jpg	James Harlan	Iowa	May 16, 1865–August 31, 1866	Andrew Johnson
9	Image:Orville Hickman Browning - Brady-Handy.jpg	Orville Hickman Browning	Illinois	September 1, 1866–March 4, 1869	Andrew Johnson
10	Image:Jacob Dolson Cox.jpg	Jacob Dolson Cox	Ohio	March 5, 1869–October 31, 1870	Ulysses S. Grant
11	Image:CDelano.jpg	Columbus Delano	Ohio	November 1, 1870–September 30, 1875	Ulysses S. Grant
12	Image:Zachariah Chandler - Brady-Handy.jpg	Zachariah Chandler	Michigan	October 19, 1875–March 11, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant
13	Image:Carl-Schurz.jpg	Carl Schurz	Missouri	March 12, 1877–March 7, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes
14	Image:Samuel Jordan Kirkwood.jpg	Samuel J. Kirkwood	Iowa	March 8, 1881–April 17, 1882	James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
15	Image:Teller.jpg	Henry Moore Teller	Colorado	April 18, 1882–March 3, 1885	Chester A. Arthur
16	Image:Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II - Brady-Handy.jpg	Lucius Q.C. Lamar	Mississippi	March 6, 1885–January 10, 1888	Grover Cleveland
17	Image:Vilas2.jpg	William Freeman Vilas	Wisconsin	January 16, 1888–March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland
18	Image:Interior-Noble.gif	John Willock Noble	Missouri	March 7, 1889–March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
19	Image:MHokeS.jpg	M. Hoke Smith	Georgia	March 6, 1893–September 1, 1896	Grover Cleveland
20	Image:DRFrancis.jpg	David Rowland Francis	Missouri	September 3, 1896–March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland
21	Image:Cornelius Newton Bliss.jpg	Cornelius Newton Bliss	New York	March 6, 1897–February 19, 1899	William McKinley
22	Image:EAHitchcock-SecInterior.jpg	Ethan Allen Hitchcock	Missouri	February 20, 1899–March 4, 1907	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
23	Image:JRGarfield.jpg	James Rudolph Garfield	Ohio	March 5, 1907–March 5, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
24	Image:RABallinger.jpg	Richard Achilles Ballinger	Washington	March 6, 1909–March 12, 1911	William Howard Taft
25	Image:WLFisher-PoorQuality.jpg	Walter Lowrie Fisher	Illinois	March 13, 1911–March 5, 1913	William Howard Taft
26	Image:Frank-Lane2.jpg	Franklin Knight Lane	California	March 6, 1913–February 29, 1920	Woodrow Wilson
27	Image:Judge-JBPayne2.jpg	John Barton Payne	Illinois	March 15, 1920–March 4, 1921	Woodrow Wilson
28		Albert Bacon Fall	New Mexico	March 5, 1921–March 4, 1923	Warren G. Harding
29	Image:HWork-SecofInter2.jpg	Hubert Work	Colorado	March 5, 1923–July 24, 1928	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
30	Image:RoyOWest.jpg	Roy Owen West	Illinois	July 25, 1928–March 4, 1929	Calvin Coolidge
31	Image:RayLymanWilbur.gif	Ray Lyman Wilbur	California	March 5, 1929–March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
32	Image:Ickes.gif	Harold LeClair Ickes	Illinois	March 4, 1933–February 15, 1946	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
33	Image:Julius A Krug.png	Julius Albert Krug	Wisconsin	March 18, 1946–December 1, 1949	Harry S. Truman
34	Image:Oscar Littleton Chapman.png	Oscar Littleton Chapman	Colorado	December 1, 1949–January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
35	Image:Douglas McKay.png	Douglas McKay	Oregon	January 21, 1953–April 15, 1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower
36	Image:Seaton.gif	Fred Andrew Seaton	Nebraska	June 8, 1956–January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
37	Image:Udall.gif	Stewart Lee Udall	Arizona	January 21, 1961–January 20, 1969	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
38	Image:Hickel.gif	Walter J. Hickel	Alaska	January 24, 1969–November 25, 1970	Richard Nixon
39	Image:RogersClarkBallardMorton.jpg	Rogers Clark Ballard Morton	Maryland	January 29, 1971–April 30, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
40	Image:Stanley K Hathaway.png	Stanley K. Hathaway	Wyoming	June 12, 1975–October 9, 1975	Gerald Ford
41	Image:Thomas S Kleppe.gif	Thomas S. Kleppe	North Dakota	October 17, 1975–January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
42	Image:Cecil D Andrus.png	Cecil D. Andrus	Idaho	January 23, 1977–January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
43	Image:James g watt.png	James G. Watt	Colorado	January 23, 1981–November 8, 1983	Ronald Reagan
44	Image:William patrick clark.png	William Patrick Clark	California	November 18, 1983–February 7, 1985	Ronald Reagan
45	Image:Donald hodel.JPG	Donald Paul Hodel	Oregon	February 8, 1985–January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
46	Image:Lujan manuel.jpg	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	New Mexico	February 3, 1989–January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
47	Image:Bruce babbitt.jpg	Bruce Babbitt	Arizona	January 22, 1993–January 2, 2001	Bill Clinton
48	Image:Gale Norton.jpeg	Gale Ann Norton	Colorado	January 31, 2001–March 31, 2006	George W. Bush
49	Image:Dirk Kempthorne, official Interior Dept color photo, 2006.jpg	Dirk Kempthorne	Idaho	May 26, 2006-	George W. Bush

[edit] References

[edit] External links

www.doi.gov/past_secretaries.html List of Secretaries of the Interior]
The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989)

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United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing • McKennan • Stuart • McClelland • Thompson • C Smith • Usher • Harlan • Browning • Cox • Delano • Chandler • Schurz • Kirkwood • Teller • Lamar • Vilas • Noble • M Smith • Francis • Bliss • Hitchcock • Garfield • Ballinger • Fisher • Lane • Payne • Fall • Work • West • Wilbur • Ickes • Krug • Chapman • McKay • Seaton • Udall • Hickel • Morton • Hathaway • Kleppe • Andrus • Watt • Clark • Hodel • Lujan • Babbitt • Norton • Kempthorne

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