Federal Cabinet · Department of Treasury
United States Secretaries of the Treasury
Every individual who has led the U.S. Department of Treasury as United States Secretary of the Treasury — the current secretary, shown first with a “Currently serving” badge, followed by every former United States Secretary of the Treasury. Cabinet secretaries are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate; each profile below records the appointment type (Senate-confirmed, acting, recess, or designated), the full span of service, and the external authority records that back every fact. The full machine-readable roster is published as a versioned JSON dataset for downstream researchers and language models.
- Currently serving
- 1
- Former secretaries
- 79
- Total
- 80
- Department
- U.S. Department of Treasury
Currently serving1
Former secretaries79
- Andy BaukolUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2021–2021Acting
- Janet YellenUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2021–2025Senate-confirmed
- Adam SzubinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2017–2017Acting
- Steven MnuchinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2017–2021Senate-confirmed
- Jack LewUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2013–2017Senate-confirmed
- Neal S. WolinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2013–2013Acting
- Timothy GeithnerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2009–2013Senate-confirmed
- Henry PaulsonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2006–2009Senate-confirmed
- John W. SnowUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2003–2006Senate-confirmed
- Paul H. O'NeillUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 2001–2002Senate-confirmed
- Lawrence SummersUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1999–2001Senate-confirmed
- Robert RubinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1995–1999Senate-confirmed
- Lloyd BentsenUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1993–1994Senate-confirmed
- Nicholas F. BradyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1988–1993Senate-confirmed
- James BakerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1985–1988Senate-confirmed
- Donald ReganUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1981–1985Senate-confirmed
- G. William MillerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1979–1981Senate-confirmed
- W. Michael BlumenthalUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1977–1979Senate-confirmed
- William E. SimonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1974–1977Senate-confirmed
- George ShultzUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1972–1974Senate-confirmed
- John ConnallyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1971–1972Senate-confirmed
- David M. KennedyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1969–1971Senate-confirmed
- Joseph W. BarrUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1968–1969Acting
- Henry H. FowlerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1965–1968Senate-confirmed
- C. Douglas DillonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1961–1965Senate-confirmed
- Robert B. AndersonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1957–1961Senate-confirmed
- George Magoffin HumphreyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1953–1957Senate-confirmed
- John Wesley SnyderUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1946–1953Senate-confirmed
- Fred M. VinsonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1945–1946Senate-confirmed
- Henry Morgenthau Jr.United States Secretary of the Treasury · 1934–1945Senate-confirmed
- William H. WoodinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1933–1933Senate-confirmed
- Ogden L. MillsUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1932–1933Senate-confirmed
- Andrew W. MellonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1921–1932Senate-confirmed
- David Franklin HoustonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1920–1921Senate-confirmed
- Carter GlassUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1918–1920Senate-confirmed
- William Gibbs McAdooUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1913–1918Senate-confirmed
- Franklin MacVeaghUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1909–1913Senate-confirmed
- George Bruce CortelyouUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1907–1909Senate-confirmed
- L. M. ShawUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1902–1907Senate-confirmed
- Lyman J. GageUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1897–1902Senate-confirmed
- John G. CarlisleUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1893–1897Senate-confirmed
- Charles FosterUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1891–1893Senate-confirmed
- Charles Stebbins FairchildUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1887–1889Senate-confirmed
- Daniel ManningUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1885–1887Senate-confirmed
- Walter Quintin GreshamUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1884–1884Acting
- Charles J. FolgerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1881–1884Senate-confirmed
- William WindomUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1881–1891Senate-confirmed
- John ShermanUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1877–1881Senate-confirmed
- Lot M. MorrillUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1876–1877Senate-confirmed
- Benjamin Helm BristowUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1874–1876Senate-confirmed
- William Adams RichardsonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1873–1874Senate-confirmed
- George S. BoutwellUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1869–1873Senate-confirmed
- Hugh McCullochUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1865–1885Senate-confirmed
- William P. FessendenUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1864–1865Senate-confirmed
- John Adams DixUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1861–1861Acting
- Salmon P. ChaseUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1861–1864Senate-confirmed
- Philip Francis ThomasUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1860–1861Acting
- Howell CobbUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1857–1860Senate-confirmed
- James GuthrieUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1853–1857Senate-confirmed
- Thomas CorwinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1850–1853Senate-confirmed
- William M. MeredithUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1849–1850Senate-confirmed
- Robert J. WalkerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1845–1849Senate-confirmed
- George M. BibbUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1844–1845Senate-confirmed
- John C. SpencerUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1843–1844Senate-confirmed
- Thomas EwingUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1841–1841Senate-confirmed
- Walter ForwardUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1841–1843Senate-confirmed
- Levi WoodburyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1834–1841Senate-confirmed
- Roger B. TaneyUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1833–1834Senate-confirmed
- William J. DuaneUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1833–1833Acting
- Louis McLaneUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1831–1833Senate-confirmed
- Samuel D. InghamUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1829–1831Senate-confirmed
- Richard RushUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1825–1829Senate-confirmed
- William H. CrawfordUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1816–1825Senate-confirmed
- Alexander J. DallasUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1814–1816Senate-confirmed
- George W. CampbellUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1814–1814Senate-confirmed
- Albert GallatinUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1801–1814Senate-confirmed
- Samuel DexterUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1801–1801Senate-confirmed
- Oliver WolcottUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1795–1800Senate-confirmed
- Alexander HamiltonUnited States Secretary of the Treasury · 1789–1795Senate-confirmed
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