Picture |
Name |
Assumed Office |
Left Office |
President Appointed By |
Secretary Served Under |
 |
Gustavus Fox |
August 1, 1861 |
November 26, 1866 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Gideon Welles |
 |
William Faxon |
June 1, 1866 |
March 3, 1889 |
Andrew Johnson |
Gideon Welles, Adolph Edward Borie, George Maxwell Robeson, Richard Wigginton Thompson, Nathan Goff, Jr., William Henry Hunt, William Eaton Chandler, William Collins Whitney |
 |
James R. Soley |
July 18, 1890 |
March 19, 1893 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Benjamin Franklin Tracy |
 |
William McAdoo |
March 20, 1893 |
April 18, 1897 |
Grover Cleveland |
Hilary Abner Herbert |
 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
April 19, 1897 |
May 10, 1898 |
William McKinley |
John Davis Long |
 |
Charles Herbert Allen |
May 11, 1898 |
April 21, 1900 |
William McKinley |
John Davis Long |
|
Frank W. Hackett |
April 24, 1900 |
December 16, 1901 |
William McKinley |
John Davis Long |
 |
Charles Hial Darling |
December 17, 1901 |
October 30, 1905 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
John Davis Long, William Henry Moody, Paul Morton, Charles Joseph Bonaparte |
 |
Truman Handy Newberry |
November 1, 1905 |
November 30, 1908 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Victor Howard Metcalf |
|
Herbert L. Satterlee |
December 3, 1908 |
March 5, 1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Truman Handy Newberry |
|
Beekman Winthrop |
March 6, 1909 |
March 16, 1913 |
William Howard Taft |
George von Lengerke Meyer |
 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
March 17, 1913 |
August 26, 1920 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Josephus Daniels |
|
Gordon Woodbury |
August 27, 1920 |
March 9, 1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Josephus Daniels |
 |
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. |
March 10, 1921 |
September 30, 1924 |
Warren Harding |
Edwin Denby |
|
Theodore Douglas Robinson |
November 11, 1924 |
March 4, 1929 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Curtis Dwight Wilbur |
|
Ernest L. Jahncke |
April 1, 1929 |
March 17, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
Charles Francis Adams III |
|
Henry L. Roosevelt |
March 17, 1933 |
February 22, 1936 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Claude Augustus Swanson |
 |
Charles Edison |
January 18, 1937 |
January 1, 1940 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Claude Augustus Swanson |
|
Lewis Compton |
February 9, 1940 |
January 10, 1941 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Charles Edison |
 |
Ralph Austin Bard |
February 24, 1941 |
June 24, 1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
William Franklin Knox |
|
H. Struve Hensel |
January 30, 1945 |
February 28, 1946 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
James Vincent Forrestal |
 |
W. John Kenney |
March 1, 1946 |
September 19, 1947 |
Harry S. Truman |
James Vincent Forrestal |
|
Mark E. Andrews |
January 21, 1948 |
February 15, 1949 |
Harry S. Truman |
John L. Sullivan |
|
John T. Koehler |
February 18, 1949 |
October 3, 1951 |
Harry S. Truman |
Francis P. Matthews |
 |
Herbert R. Askins |
October 3, 1951 |
January 20, 1953 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Dan A. Kimball |
|
Raymond H. Fogler |
June 22, 1953 |
October 4, 1954 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Robert B. Anderson, Charles S. Thomas |