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United States Secretary of the Navy

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer (10 U.S.C. § 8013) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirmed as Secretary of the Navy. By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least seven years removed from active military service (10 U.S.C. § 8013). The secretary is appointed by the president and requires confirmation by the Senate.

Infobox

Style
Mister SecretaryThe Honorable (formally)
Abbreviation
SECNAV
Reports to
Secretary of DefenseDeputy Secretary of Defense
Appointer
The presidentwith Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument
10 U.S.C. § 8013
Formation
18 June 1798; 227 years ago (18 June 1798)
First holder
Benjamin Stoddert
Succession
3rd in SecDef succession
Deputy
Under Secretary(Principal Civilian Deputy)Chief of Naval Operations(Navy Advisor and Deputy)Commandant(Marine Corps Advisor and Deputy)
Salary
Executive Schedule, level II
Website
www.secnav.navy.mil

Tables

· Secretaries of the Navy › Continental Congress
John Adams
1775
1775–1779
John Adams
Position
Chairman of the Marine Committee
Name
John Adams
Term of office
13 October 1775 – 1779
John Langdon
John Langdon
Position
Member of the Marine Committee
Name
John Langdon
Term of office
13 October 1775–?
Silas Deane
Silas Deane
Position
Member of the Marine Committee
Name
Silas Deane
Term of office
13 October 1775–?
Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes
Position
Member of the Marine Committee
Name
Joseph Hewes
Term of office
1775
Francis Lewis
1779
1779–1780
Francis Lewis
Position
Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty
Name
Francis Lewis
Term of office
December 1779 – 1780
Alexander McDougall
1781
1781–1781
Alexander McDougall
Position
Secretary of Marine
Name
Alexander McDougall
Term of office
7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781
Robert Morris
1781
1781–1784
Robert Morris
Position
Agent of Marine(devolved onto Superintendent of Finance)
Name
Robert Morris
Term of office
29 August 1781 – 1784
Position
Portrait
Name
Term of office
Chairman of the Marine Committee
John Adams
13 October 1775 – 1779
Member of the Marine Committee
John Langdon
13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee
Silas Deane
13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee
Joseph Hewes
1775
Continental Navy Board(under Marine Committee)
6 November 1776 – 28 October 1779
Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty
Francis Lewis
December 1779 – 1780
Secretary of Marine
Alexander McDougall
7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781
Agent of Marine(devolved onto Superintendent of Finance)
Robert Morris
29 August 1781 – 1784
· Secretaries of the Navy › Executive Department, 1798–1949
Benjamin Stoddert
Benjamin Stoddert
No.
1
Name
Benjamin Stoddert
State
Maryland
Start
18 June 1798
End
31 March 1801
President(s)
John Adams(1797–1801)
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
No.
2
Name
Robert Smith
State
Maryland
Start
27 July 1801
End
4 March 1809
Paul Hamilton
Paul Hamilton
No.
3
Name
Paul Hamilton
State
South Carolina
Start
15 May 1809
End
31 December 1812
President(s)
James Madison(1809–1817)
William Jones
William Jones
No.
4
Name
William Jones
State
Pennsylvania
Start
19 January 1813
End
1 December 1814
Benjamin Crowninshield
Benjamin Crowninshield
No.
5
Name
Benjamin Crowninshield
State
Massachusetts
Start
16 January 1815
End
30 September 1818
Smith Thompson
Smith Thompson
No.
6
Name
Smith Thompson
State
New York
Start
1 January 1819
End
31 August 1823
Samuel L. Southard
Samuel L. Southard
No.
7
Name
Samuel L. Southard
State
New Jersey
Start
16 September 1823
End
4 March 1829
John Branch
John Branch
No.
8
Name
John Branch
State
North Carolina
Start
9 March 1829
End
12 May 1831
President(s)
Andrew Jackson(1829–1837)
Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury
No.
9
Name
Levi Woodbury
State
New Hampshire
Start
23 May 1831
End
30 June 1834
Mahlon Dickerson
Mahlon Dickerson
No.
10
Name
Mahlon Dickerson
State
New Jersey
Start
1 July 1834
End
30 June 1838
James K. Paulding
James K. Paulding
No.
11
Name
James K. Paulding
State
New York
Start
1 July 1838
End
4 March 1841
George E. Badger
George E. Badger
No.
12
Name
George E. Badger
State
North Carolina
Start
6 March 1841
End
11 September 1841
President(s)
William Henry Harrison(1841)
Abel P. Upshur
Abel P. Upshur
No.
13
Name
Abel P. Upshur
State
Virginia
Start
11 October 1841
End
23 July 1843
David Henshaw
David Henshaw
No.
14
Name
David Henshaw
State
Massachusetts
Start
24 July 1843
End
18 February 1844
Thomas W. Gilmer
Thomas W. Gilmer
No.
15
Name
Thomas W. Gilmer
State
Virginia
Start
19 February 1844
End
28 February 1844
John Y. Mason
John Y. Mason
No.
16
Name
John Y. Mason
State
Virginia
Start
26 March 1844
End
4 March 1845
George Bancroft
George Bancroft
No.
17
Name
George Bancroft
State
Massachusetts
Start
11 March 1845
End
9 September 1846
President(s)
James K. Polk(1845–1849)
John Y. Mason
John Y. Mason
No.
18
Name
John Y. Mason
State
Virginia
Start
10 September 1846
End
4 March 1849
William B. Preston
William B. Preston
No.
19
Name
William B. Preston
State
Virginia
Start
8 March 1849
End
22 July 1850
President(s)
Zachary Taylor(1849–1850)
William Graham
William Graham
No.
20
Name
William Graham
State
North Carolina
Start
2 August 1850
End
25 July 1852
President(s)
Millard Fillmore(1850–1853)
John P. Kennedy
John P. Kennedy
No.
21
Name
John P. Kennedy
State
Maryland
Start
26 July 1852
End
4 March 1853
James C. Dobbin
James C. Dobbin
No.
22
Name
James C. Dobbin
State
North Carolina
Start
8 March 1853
End
4 March 1857
President(s)
Franklin Pierce(1853–1857)
Isaac Toucey
Isaac Toucey
No.
23
Name
Isaac Toucey
State
Connecticut
Start
7 March 1857
End
4 March 1861
President(s)
James Buchanan(1857–1861)
Gideon Welles
Gideon Welles
No.
24
Name
Gideon Welles
State
Connecticut
Start
7 March 1861
End
4 March 1869
President(s)
Abraham Lincoln(1861–1865)
Adolph E. Borie
Adolph E. Borie
No.
25
Name
Adolph E. Borie
State
Pennsylvania
Start
9 March 1869
End
25 June 1869
President(s)
Ulysses S. Grant(1869–1877)
George M. Robeson
George M. Robeson
No.
26
Name
George M. Robeson
State
New Jersey
Start
26 June 1869
End
4 March 1877
William Faxon
William Faxon
No.
Acting
Name
William Faxon
Start
4 March 1877
End
13 March 1877
President(s)
Rutherford B. Hayes(1877–1881)
Richard W. Thompson
Richard W. Thompson
No.
27
Name
Richard W. Thompson
State
Indiana
Start
13 March 1877
End
20 December 1880
Nathan Goff Jr.
Nathan Goff Jr.
No.
28
Name
Nathan Goff Jr.
State
West Virginia
Start
7 January 1881
End
4 March 1881
William H. Hunt
William H. Hunt
No.
29
Name
William H. Hunt
State
Louisiana
Start
7 March 1881
End
16 April 1882
President(s)
James A. Garfield(1881)
William E. Chandler
William E. Chandler
No.
30
Name
William E. Chandler
State
New Hampshire
Start
16 April 1882
End
4 March 1885
William C. Whitney
William C. Whitney
No.
31
Name
William C. Whitney
State
New York
Start
7 March 1885
End
4 March 1889
President(s)
Grover Cleveland(1885–1889)
Benjamin F. Tracy
Benjamin F. Tracy
No.
32
Name
Benjamin F. Tracy
State
New York
Start
6 March 1889
End
4 March 1893
President(s)
Benjamin Harrison(1889–1893)
Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary A. Herbert
No.
33
Name
Hilary A. Herbert
State
Alabama
Start
7 March 1893
End
4 March 1897
President(s)
Grover Cleveland(1893–1897)
John Davis Long
John Davis Long
No.
34
Name
John Davis Long
State
Massachusetts
Start
6 March 1897
End
30 April 1902
President(s)
William McKinley(1897–1901)
William Moody
William Moody
No.
35
Name
William Moody
State
Massachusetts
Start
1 May 1902
End
30 June 1904
Paul Morton
Paul Morton
No.
36
Name
Paul Morton
State
Illinois
Start
1 July 1904
End
30 June 1905
Charles Bonaparte
Charles Bonaparte
No.
37
Name
Charles Bonaparte
State
Maryland
Start
1 July 1905
End
16 December 1906
Victor H. Metcalf
Victor H. Metcalf
No.
38
Name
Victor H. Metcalf
State
California
Start
17 December 1906
End
30 November 1908
Truman Handy Newberry
Truman Handy Newberry
No.
39
Name
Truman Handy Newberry
State
Michigan
Start
1 December 1908
End
4 March 1909
George von Lengerke Meyer
George von Lengerke Meyer
No.
40
Name
George von Lengerke Meyer
State
Massachusetts
Start
6 March 1909
End
4 March 1913
President(s)
William Howard Taft(1909–1913)
Josephus Daniels
Josephus Daniels
No.
41
Name
Josephus Daniels
State
North Carolina
Start
5 March 1913
End
4 March 1921
President(s)
Woodrow Wilson(1913–1921)
Edwin Denby
Edwin Denby
No.
42
Name
Edwin Denby
State
Michigan
Start
6 March 1921
End
10 March 1924
President(s)
Warren G. Harding(1921–1923)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
No.
Acting
Name
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Start
10 March 1924
End
19 March 1924
Curtis D. Wilbur
Curtis D. Wilbur
No.
43
Name
Curtis D. Wilbur
State
California
Start
19 March 1924
End
4 March 1929
Charles Francis Adams III
Charles Francis Adams III
No.
44
Name
Charles Francis Adams III
State
Massachusetts
Start
5 March 1929
End
4 March 1933
President(s)
Herbert Hoover(1929–1933)
Claude A. Swanson
Claude A. Swanson
No.
45
Name
Claude A. Swanson
State
Virginia
Start
4 March 1933
End
7 July 1939
President(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt(1933–1945)
Charles Edison
Charles Edison
No.
46
Name
Charles Edison
State
New Jersey
Start
7 July 1939
End
2 January 1940
Lewis Compton
Lewis Compton
No.
Acting
Name
Lewis Compton
Start
24 June 1940
End
11 July 1940
Frank Knox
Frank Knox
No.
47
Name
Frank Knox
State
Illinois
Start
11 July 1940
End
28 April 1944
Ralph Austin Bard
Ralph Austin Bard
No.
Acting
Name
Ralph Austin Bard
Start
28 April 1944
End
19 May 1944
James Forrestal
James Forrestal
No.
48
Name
James Forrestal
State
New York
Start
19 May 1944
End
17 September 1947
John Sullivan
John Sullivan
No.
49
Name
John Sullivan
State
New Hampshire
Start
18 September 1947
End
24 May 1949
Francis P. Matthews
Francis P. Matthews
No.
50
Name
Francis P. Matthews
State
Nebraska
Start
25 May 1949
End
10 August 1949
No.
Portrait
Name
State
Start
End
President(s)
1
Benjamin Stoddert
Maryland
18 June 1798
31 March 1801
John Adams(1797–1801)
Thomas Jefferson(1801–1809)
2
Robert Smith
Maryland
27 July 1801
4 March 1809
3
Paul Hamilton
South Carolina
15 May 1809
31 December 1812
James Madison(1809–1817)
4
William Jones
Pennsylvania
19 January 1813
1 December 1814
5
Benjamin Crowninshield
Massachusetts
16 January 1815
30 September 1818
James Monroe(1817–1825)
6
Smith Thompson
New York
1 January 1819
31 August 1823
7
Samuel L. Southard
New Jersey
16 September 1823
4 March 1829
John Quincy Adams(1825–1829)
8
John Branch
North Carolina
9 March 1829
12 May 1831
Andrew Jackson(1829–1837)
9
Levi Woodbury
New Hampshire
23 May 1831
30 June 1834
10
Mahlon Dickerson
New Jersey
1 July 1834
30 June 1838
Martin Van Buren(1837–1841)
11
James K. Paulding
New York
1 July 1838
4 March 1841
12
George E. Badger
North Carolina
6 March 1841
11 September 1841
William Henry Harrison(1841)
John Tyler(1841–1845)
13
Abel P. Upshur
Virginia
11 October 1841
23 July 1843
14
David Henshaw
Massachusetts
24 July 1843
18 February 1844
15
Thomas W. Gilmer
Virginia
19 February 1844
28 February 1844
16
John Y. Mason
Virginia
26 March 1844
4 March 1845
17
George Bancroft
Massachusetts
11 March 1845
9 September 1846
James K. Polk(1845–1849)
18
John Y. Mason
Virginia
10 September 1846
4 March 1849
19
William B. Preston
Virginia
8 March 1849
22 July 1850
Zachary Taylor(1849–1850)
20
William Graham
North Carolina
2 August 1850
25 July 1852
Millard Fillmore(1850–1853)
21
John P. Kennedy
Maryland
26 July 1852
4 March 1853
22
James C. Dobbin
North Carolina
8 March 1853
4 March 1857
Franklin Pierce(1853–1857)
23
Isaac Toucey
Connecticut
7 March 1857
4 March 1861
James Buchanan(1857–1861)
24
Gideon Welles
Connecticut
7 March 1861
4 March 1869
Abraham Lincoln(1861–1865)
Andrew Johnson(1865–1869)
25
Adolph E. Borie
Pennsylvania
9 March 1869
25 June 1869
Ulysses S. Grant(1869–1877)
26
George M. Robeson
New Jersey
26 June 1869
4 March 1877
Acting
William Faxon
4 March 1877
13 March 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes(1877–1881)
27
Richard W. Thompson
Indiana
13 March 1877
20 December 1880
28
Nathan Goff Jr.
West Virginia
7 January 1881
4 March 1881
29
William H. Hunt
Louisiana
7 March 1881
16 April 1882
James A. Garfield(1881)
Chester A. Arthur(1881–1885)
30
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
16 April 1882
4 March 1885
31
William C. Whitney
New York
7 March 1885
4 March 1889
Grover Cleveland(1885–1889)
32
Benjamin F. Tracy
New York
6 March 1889
4 March 1893
Benjamin Harrison(1889–1893)
33
Hilary A. Herbert
Alabama
7 March 1893
4 March 1897
Grover Cleveland(1893–1897)
34
John Davis Long
Massachusetts
6 March 1897
30 April 1902
William McKinley(1897–1901)
Theodore Roosevelt(1901–1909)
35
William Moody
Massachusetts
1 May 1902
30 June 1904
36
Paul Morton
Illinois
1 July 1904
30 June 1905
37
Charles Bonaparte
Maryland
1 July 1905
16 December 1906
38
Victor H. Metcalf
California
17 December 1906
30 November 1908
39
Truman Handy Newberry
Michigan
1 December 1908
4 March 1909
40
George von Lengerke Meyer
Massachusetts
6 March 1909
4 March 1913
William Howard Taft(1909–1913)
· Secretaries of the Navy › Military Department (Department of Defense), 1949–present
Duration
Duration
No.
Start
Name
Duration
Francis P. Matthews
Francis P. Matthews
No.
50
Name
Francis P. Matthews
Term of office
10 August 1949
Term of office
31 July 1951
Term of office
797
President(s)
Harry S. Truman(1945–1953)
Dan A. Kimball
Dan A. Kimball
No.
51
Name
Dan A. Kimball
Term of office
31 July 1951
Term of office
20 January 1953
Term of office
539
Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson
No.
52
Name
Robert Anderson
Term of office
4 February 1953
Term of office
3 March 1954
Term of office
392
President(s)
Dwight D. Eisenhower(1953–1961)
Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas
No.
53
Name
Charles Thomas
Term of office
3 May 1954
Term of office
1 April 1957
Term of office
1064
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
No.
54
Name
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
Term of office
1 April 1957
Term of office
8 June 1959
Term of office
798
William B. Franke
William B. Franke
No.
55
Name
William B. Franke
Term of office
8 June 1959
Term of office
19 January 1961
Term of office
591
John Connally
John Connally
No.
56
Name
John Connally
Term of office
25 January 1961
Term of office
20 December 1961
Term of office
329
President(s)
John F. Kennedy(1961–1963)
Fred Korth
Fred Korth
No.
57
Name
Fred Korth
Term of office
4 January 1962
Term of office
1 November 1963
Term of office
666
Paul B. Fay
Paul B. Fay
No.
Acting
Name
Paul B. Fay
Term of office
2 November 1963
Term of office
28 November 1963
Term of office
26
Paul Nitze
Paul Nitze
No.
58
Name
Paul Nitze
Term of office
29 November 1963
Term of office
30 June 1967
Term of office
1309
Charles F. Baird
Charles F. Baird
No.
Acting
Name
Charles F. Baird
Term of office
1 July 1967
Term of office
31 August 1967
Term of office
61
Paul Ignatius
Paul Ignatius
No.
59
Name
Paul Ignatius
Term of office
1 September 1967
Term of office
24 January 1969
Term of office
511
John Chafee
John Chafee
No.
60
Name
John Chafee
Term of office
31 January 1969
Term of office
4 May 1972
Term of office
1189
John Warner
John Warner
No.
61
Name
John Warner
Term of office
4 May 1972
Term of office
8 April 1974
Term of office
704
J. William Middendorf
J. William Middendorf
No.
62
Name
J. William Middendorf
Term of office
8 April 1974
Term of office
20 January 1977
Term of office
1018
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
No.
63
Name
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
Term of office
14 February 1977
Term of office
24 August 1979
Term of office
921
President(s)
Jimmy Carter(1977–1981)
Edward Hidalgo
Edward Hidalgo
No.
64
Name
Edward Hidalgo
Term of office
24 October 1979
Term of office
20 January 1981
Term of office
454
John Lehman
John Lehman
No.
65
Name
John Lehman
Term of office
5 February 1981
Term of office
10 April 1987
Term of office
2255
President(s)
Ronald Reagan(1981–1989)
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
No.
66
Name
Jim Webb
Term of office
1 May 1987
Term of office
23 February 1988
Term of office
298
William L. Ball
William L. Ball
No.
67
Name
William L. Ball
Term of office
28 March 1988
Term of office
15 May 1989
Term of office
413
Henry L. Garrett III
Henry L. Garrett III
No.
68
Name
Henry L. Garrett III
Term of office
15 May 1989
Term of office
26 June 1992
Term of office
1138
Daniel Howard
Daniel Howard
No.
Acting
Name
Daniel Howard
Term of office
26 June 1992
Term of office
7 July 1992
Term of office
11
Sean O'Keefe
Sean O'Keefe
No.
69
Name
Sean O'Keefe
Term of office
7 July 1992
Term of office
2 October 1992
Term of office
87
110
110
No.
2 October 1992
Name
110
Frank Kelso
Frank Kelso
No.
Acting
Name
Frank Kelso
Term of office
20 January 1993
Term of office
21 July 1993
Term of office
182
President(s)
Bill Clinton(1993–2001)
John H. Dalton
John H. Dalton
No.
70
Name
John H. Dalton
Term of office
22 July 1993
Term of office
16 November 1998
Term of office
1943
Richard Danzig
Richard Danzig
No.
71
Name
Richard Danzig
Term of office
16 November 1998
Term of office
20 January 2001
Term of office
796
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
No.
Acting
Name
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
Term of office
20 January 2001
Term of office
24 May 2001
Term of office
124
President(s)
George W. Bush(2001–2009)
Gordon R. England
Gordon R. England
No.
72
Name
Gordon R. England
Term of office
24 May 2001
Term of office
30 January 2003
Term of office
616
Susan Livingstone
Susan Livingstone
No.
Acting
Name
Susan Livingstone
Term of office
30 January 2003
Term of office
7 February 2003
Term of office
8
Hansford T. Johnson
Hansford T. Johnson
No.
Acting
Name
Hansford T. Johnson
Term of office
7 February 2003
Term of office
30 September 2003
Term of office
235
Gordon R. England
Gordon R. England
No.
73
Name
Gordon R. England
Term of office
1 October 2003
Term of office
29 December 2005
Term of office
820
Dionel M. Aviles
Dionel M. Aviles
No.
Acting
Name
Dionel M. Aviles
Term of office
29 December 2005
Term of office
3 January 2006
Term of office
5
Donald C. Winter
Donald C. Winter
No.
74
Name
Donald C. Winter
Term of office
3 January 2006
Term of office
13 March 2009
Term of office
1165
B. J. Penn
B. J. Penn
No.
Acting
Name
B. J. Penn
Term of office
13 March 2009
Term of office
19 May 2009
Term of office
67
Ray Mabus
Ray Mabus
No.
75
Name
Ray Mabus
Term of office
19 May 2009
Term of office
20 January 2017
Term of office
2803
Sean Stackley
Sean Stackley
No.
Acting
Name
Sean Stackley
Term of office
20 January 2017
Term of office
3 August 2017
Term of office
195
President(s)
Donald Trump(2017–2021)
Richard V. Spencer
Richard V. Spencer
No.
76
Name
Richard V. Spencer
Term of office
3 August 2017
Term of office
15 July 2019
Term of office
711
Thomas Modly
Thomas Modly
No.
Acting
Name
Thomas Modly
Term of office
15 July 2019
Term of office
31 July 2019
Term of office
16
Richard V. Spencer
Richard V. Spencer
No.
76
Name
Richard V. Spencer
Term of office
31 July 2019
Term of office
24 November 2019
Term of office
116
Thomas Modly
Thomas Modly
No.
Acting
Name
Thomas Modly
Term of office
24 November 2019
Term of office
7 April 2020
Term of office
135
James E. McPherson
James E. McPherson
No.
Acting
Name
James E. McPherson
Term of office
7 April 2020
Term of office
29 May 2020
Term of office
52
Kenneth Braithwaite
Kenneth Braithwaite
No.
77
Name
Kenneth Braithwaite
Term of office
29 May 2020
Term of office
20 January 2021
Term of office
236
Thomas Harker
Thomas Harker
No.
Acting
Name
Thomas Harker
Term of office
20 January 2021
Term of office
9 August 2021
Term of office
201
President(s)
Joe Biden(2021–2025)
Carlos Del Toro
Carlos Del Toro
No.
78
Name
Carlos Del Toro
Term of office
9 August 2021
Term of office
20 January 2025
Term of office
1260
Terence Emmert
Terence Emmert
No.
Acting
Name
Terence Emmert
Term of office
20 January 2025
Term of office
25 March 2025
Term of office
64
President(s)
Donald Trump(2025–present)
John Phelan
John Phelan
No.
79
Name
John Phelan
Term of office
25 March 2025
Term of office
Incumbent
Term of office
224
No.
Portrait
Name
Term of office
President(s)
Start
End
Duration
50
Francis P. Matthews
10 August 1949
31 July 1951
797
Harry S. Truman(1945–1953)
51
Dan A. Kimball
31 July 1951
20 January 1953
539
52
Robert Anderson
4 February 1953
3 March 1954
392
Dwight D. Eisenhower(1953–1961)
53
Charles Thomas
3 May 1954
1 April 1957
1064
54
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
1 April 1957
8 June 1959
798
55
William B. Franke
8 June 1959
19 January 1961
591
56
John Connally
25 January 1961
20 December 1961
329
John F. Kennedy(1961–1963)
57
Fred Korth
4 January 1962
1 November 1963
666
Acting
Paul B. Fay
2 November 1963
28 November 1963
26
Lyndon B. Johnson(1963–1969)
58
Paul Nitze
29 November 1963
30 June 1967
1309
Acting
Charles F. Baird
1 July 1967
31 August 1967
61
59
Paul Ignatius
1 September 1967
24 January 1969
511
Richard Nixon(1969–1974)
60
John Chafee
31 January 1969
4 May 1972
1189
61
John Warner
4 May 1972
8 April 1974
704
62
J. William Middendorf
8 April 1974
20 January 1977
1018
Gerald Ford(1974–1977)
63
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
14 February 1977
24 August 1979
921
Jimmy Carter(1977–1981)
64
Edward Hidalgo
24 October 1979
20 January 1981
454
65
John Lehman
5 February 1981
10 April 1987
2255
Ronald Reagan(1981–1989)
66
Jim Webb
1 May 1987
23 February 1988
298
67
William L. Ball
28 March 1988
15 May 1989
413
George H. W. Bush(1989–1993)
68
Henry L. Garrett III
15 May 1989
26 June 1992
1138
Acting
Daniel Howard
26 June 1992
7 July 1992
11
69
Sean O'Keefe
7 July 1992
2 October 1992
87
2 October 1992
20 January 1993
110
Acting
Frank Kelso
20 January 1993
21 July 1993
182
Bill Clinton(1993–2001)
70
John H. Dalton
22 July 1993
16 November 1998
1943
71
Richard Danzig
16 November 1998
20 January 2001
796
Acting
Robert B. Pirie Jr.
20 January 2001
24 May 2001
124
George W. Bush(2001–2009)
72
Gordon R. England
24 May 2001
30 January 2003
616
Acting
Susan Livingstone
30 January 2003
7 February 2003
8
Acting
Hansford T. Johnson
7 February 2003
30 September 2003
235
73
Gordon R. England
1 October 2003
29 December 2005
820
Acting
Dionel M. Aviles
29 December 2005
3 January 2006
5
74
Donald C. Winter
3 January 2006
13 March 2009
1165
Barack Obama(2009–2017)
Acting
B. J. Penn
13 March 2009
19 May 2009
67
75
Ray Mabus
19 May 2009
20 January 2017
2803
Acting
Sean Stackley
20 January 2017
3 August 2017
195
Donald Trump(2017–2021)
76
Richard V. Spencer
3 August 2017
15 July 2019
711
Acting
Thomas Modly
15 July 2019
31 July 2019
16
76
Richard V. Spencer
31 July 2019
24 November 2019
116
Acting
Thomas Modly
24 November 2019
7 April 2020
135
Acting
James E. McPherson
7 April 2020
29 May 2020
52
77
Kenneth Braithwaite
29 May 2020
20 January 2021
236

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