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