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Secretaries of the Treasury

Department of the Treasury SealThe United States Treasury Department is entrusted with a broad range of duties and functions. In addition to monetary functions such as budgets, taxes, and currency production and circulation, Treasury also oversees critical functions in enforcement, economic policy development, and international treaty negotiation, just to name a few.

Dates of Service
Secretary
Appointed by
Sep. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795
 Alexander Hamilton Washington
Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797
 Oliver Wolcott Jr. Washington
Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800
 John Adams
Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801
 Samuel Dexter John Adams
Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 13, 1801
 Jefferson
May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809
 Albert Gallatin Jefferson
Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 8, 1814
 Madison
Feb. 9, 1814 - Oct. 5, 1814
 George W. Campbell Madison
Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816
 Alexander J. Dallas Madison
Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817
 William H. Crawford Madison
Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 6, 1825
 Monroe
Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 5, 1829
 Richard Rush J.Q. Adams
Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831
 Samuel D. Ingham Jackson
Aug. 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833
 Louis McLane Jackson
May 29, 1833 - Sep. 22, 1833
 William J. Duane Jackson
Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 25, 1834
 Roger B. Taney Jackson
Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837
 Levi Woodbury Jackson
Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841
 Van Buren
Mar. 4, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841
 Thomas Ewing W.H. Harrison
Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841
 Tyler
Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843
 Walter Forward Tyler
Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844
 John C. Spencer Tyler
Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 4, 1845
 George M. Bibb Tyler
Mar. 5, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845
 Polk
Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 5, 1849
 Robert J. Walker Polk
Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850
 William M. Meredith Taylor
Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850
 Fillmore
Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 6, 1853
 Thomas Corwin Fillmore
Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1857
 James Guthrie Pierce
Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860
 Howell Cobb Buchanan
Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861
 Philip F. Thomas Buchanan
Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861
 John A. Dix Buchanan
Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864
 Salmon P. Chase Lincoln
Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865
 William P. Fessenden Lincoln
Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865
 Hugh McCulloch Lincoln
Apr. 16, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869
 A. Johnson
Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873
 George S. Boutwell Grant
Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874
 William A. Richardson Grant
Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876
 Benjamin H. Bristow Grant
Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877
 Lot M. Morrill Grant
Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877
 Hayes
Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881
 John Sherman Hayes
Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881
 William Windom Garfield
Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881
 Arthur
Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884
 Charles J. Folger Arthur
Sep. 5, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884
 Walter Q. Gresham Arthur
Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885
 Hugh McCulloch Arthur
Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885
 Cleveland
Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887
 Daniel Manning Cleveland
Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 6, 1889
 Charles S. Fairchild Cleveland
Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891
 William Windom B. Harrison
Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893
 Charles Foster B. Harrison
Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893
 Cleveland
Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897
 John G. Carlisle Cleveland
Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897
 McKinley
Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901
 Lyman J. Gage McKinley
Sep. 5, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902
 T. Roosevelt
Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907
 L.M. Shaw T. Roosevelt
Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 7, 1909
 George B. Cortelyou T. Roosevelt
Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 5, 1913
 Franklin MacVeagh Taft
Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918
 W.G. McAdoo Wilson
Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920
 Carter Glass Wilson
Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921
 David F. Houston Wilson
Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923
 Andrew W. Mellon Harding
Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929
 Coolidge
Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932
 Hoover
Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 4, 1933
 Ogden L. Mills Hoover
Mar. 5, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933
 William H. Woodin F.D. Roosevelt
Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945
 Henry Morgenthau Jr. F.D. Roosevelt
Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945
 Truman
Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946
 Fred M. Vinson Truman
Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953
 John W. Snyder Truman
Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957
 George M. Humphrey Eisenhower
Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961
 Robert B. Anderson Eisenhower
Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
 C. Douglas Dillon Kennedy
Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965
 L.B. Johnson
Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968
 Henry H. Fowler L.B. Johnson
Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969
 Joseph W. Barr L.B. Johnson
Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 10, 1971
 David M. Kennedy Nixon
Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972
 John B. Connally Nixon
Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974
 George P. Schultz Nixon
May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974
 William E. Simon Nixon
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977
 Ford
Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979
 W. Michael Blumenthal Carter
Aug. 7, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981
 G. William Miller Carter
Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 1, 1985
 Donald T. Regan Reagan
Feb. 4, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988
 James A. Baker, III Reagan
Sep. 15, 1988 - Jan. 19, 1989
 Nicholas F. Brady Reagan
Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993
 G.H.W. Bush
Jan. 20, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994
 Lloyd M. Bentsen Clinton
Jan. 11, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999
 Robert E. Rubin Clinton
Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001
 Lawrence H. Summers Clinton
Jan. 20, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002
 Paul H. O`Neill G.W. Bush
Feb. 3, 2003 - May 30, 2006
 John W. Snow G.W. Bush
May 30, 2006 - Jan. 20, 2009
 Henry M. Paulson Jr. G.W. Bush
Jan. 26, 2009 - Jan. 25, 2013
 Timothy F. Geithner Obama
Feb. 28, 2013 - Jan 20, 2017
 Jacob J. Lew Obama
Feb. 13, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2021
 Steven T. Mnuchin Trump
Jan. 26, 2021 - Present
 Janet L. Yellen Biden

Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury is often considered the greatest in American history. Andrew W. Mellon, who served under the Republican administrations of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, is sometimes regarded as the second.
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