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Wikipedia: United States Secretary of Labor
United States Secretary of Labor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce.
Secretaries of Labor
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
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| William B. Wilson |
March 6, 1913 - March 4, 1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
| James J. Davis |
March 5, 1921 - November 30, 1930 |
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge |
| William N. Doak |
December 9, 1930 - March 4, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
| Frances Perkins (first female) |
March 4, 1933 - June 30, 1945 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
July 1, 1945 - June 10, 1948 |
Harry S. Truman |
| Maurice J. Tobin |
August 13, 1948 - January 20, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
| Martin P. Durkin |
January 21, 1953 - September 10, 1953 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| James P. Mitchell |
October 9, 1953 - January 20, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Arthur J. Goldberg |
January 21, 1961 - September 20, 1962 |
John F. Kennedy |
| W. Willard Wirtz |
September 25, 1962 - January 20, 1969 |
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson |
| George P. Shultz |
January 22, 1969 - July 1, 1970 |
Richard Nixon |
| James D. Hodgson |
July 2, 1970 - February 1, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
| Peter J. Brennan |
February 2, 1973 - March 15, 1975 |
Gerald Ford |
| John T. Dunlop |
March 18, 1975 - January 31, 1976 |
Gerald Ford |
| W. J. Usery, Jr |
February 10, 1976 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
| Ray Marshall |
January 27, 1977 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Raymond J. Donovan |
February 4, 1981 - March 15, 1985 |
Ronald Reagan |
| William E. Brock |
April 29, 1985 - October 31, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Ann Dore McLaughlin |
December 17, 1987 - January 20, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Elizabeth Hanford Dole |
January 25, 1989 - November 23, 1990 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Lynn Morley Martin |
February 22, 1991 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Robert B. Reich |
January 22, 1993 - January 10, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
| Alexis M. Herman |
May 1, 1997 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
| Elaine L. Chao |
January 29, 2001 - present |
George W. Bush |
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