Frederick B. Dent

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Frederick Baily Dent

Frederick Baily Dent (born August 17, 1922) was the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975.

Dent was born in Cape May, New Jersey. He served in the United States Navy from 1943-1946. Frederick was a Lieutenant Junior Grade where he commandeered USS PC 1547 and USS PCEC 873. He never once shot a man and and, as captain, saved 2 men and a dog. From 1958-1972 and 1977-1988, he was president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina. He was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 1994. Dent and his wife, Mildred, have five children.

Dent currently lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Frederick Baily Dent on the job

Political offices
Preceded by Peter George Peterson	United States Secretary of Commerce Served under: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford February 2, 1973 – March 26, 1975	Succeeded by Rogers Morton
Government offices
Preceded by William D. Eberle	United States Trade Representative 1975 – 1977	Succeeded by Robert S. Strauss

v t e United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce & Labor	Cortelyou Metcalf Straus Nagel

Secretaries of Commerce	Redfield Alexander Hoover Whiting Lamont Chapin Roper Hopkins Jones Wallace Harriman Sawyer Weeks Strauss Mueller Hodges Connor Trowbridge Smith Stans Peterson Dent Morton Richardson Kreps Klutznick Baldrige Verity Mosbacher Franklin Brown Kantor Daley Mineta Evans Gutierrez Locke Bryson

v t e United States Trade Representative

Christian Herter (1962) William M. Roth (1967) Carl J. Gilbert (1969) William D. Eberle (1971) Frederick B. Dent (1975) Robert S. Strauss (1977) Reubin Askew (1979) William E. Brock III (1981) Clayton K. Yeutter (1985) Carla A. Hills (1989) Mickey Kantor (1993) Charlene Barshefsky (1997) Robert Zoellick (2001) Rob Portman (2005) Susan Schwab (2006) Ron Kirk (2009)

v t e Cabinet of President Richard Nixon (1969–1974)

Vice President	Spiro Agnew (1969–1973) Gerald Ford (1973–1974)

Secretary of State	William P. Rogers (1969–1973) Henry Kissinger (1973–1977)

Secretary of the Treasury	David M. Kennedy (1969–1971) John Connally (1971–1972) George P. Shultz (1972–1974) William E. Simon (1974–1975)

Secretary of Defense	Melvin R. Laird (1969–1973) Elliot Richardson (1973–1974) James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975)

Attorney General	John N. Mitchell (1969–1972) Richard Kleindienst (1972–1973) Elliot Richardson (1973–1974) William B. Saxbe (1974–1975)

Postmaster General	Winton M. Blount (1969–1971)

Secretary of the Interior	Walter Joseph Hickel (1969–1971) Rogers Morton (1971–1975)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Clifford M. Hardin (1969–1971) Earl Butz (1971–1976)

Secretary of Commerce	Maurice Stans (1969–1972) Peter Peterson (1972–1973) Frederick B. Dent (1973–1975)

Secretary of Labor	George P. Shultz (1969–1970) James Day Hodgson (1970–1973) Peter J. Brennan (1973–1975)

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare	Robert Finch (1969–1970) Elliot Richardson (1970–1973) Caspar Weinberger (1973–1975)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	George W. Romney (1969–1973) James Thomas Lynn (1973–1975)

Secretary of Transportation	John A. Volpe (1969–1973) Claude Brinegar (1973–1975)

Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974–1977)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Henry Kissinger (1974–1977)

Secretary of the Treasury	William E. Simon (1974–1977)

Secretary of Defense	James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977)

Attorney General	William Saxbe (1974–1975) Edward Levi (1975–1977)

Secretary of the Interior	Rogers Morton (1974–1975) Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) Thomas S. Kleppe (1975–1977)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Earl Butz (1974–1976) John Albert Knebel (1976–1977)

Secretary of Commerce	Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) Rogers Morton (1975) Elliot Richardson (1975–1977)

Secretary of Labor	Peter J. Brennan (1974–1975) John Thomas Dunlop (1975–1976) William Usery, Jr. (1976–1977)

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare	Caspar Weinberger (1974–1975) F. David Mathews (1975–1977)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	James Thomas Lynn (1974–1975) Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977)

Secretary of Transportation	Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)

Cabinet-level

Vice President	None (1974) Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977)

Ambassador to the United Nations	John A. Scali (1974–1975) Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1975–1976) William W. Scranton (1976–1977)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Roy Ash (1974 – 1975) James Thomas Lynn (1975–1976)

Special Representative for Trade Negotiations	Frederick B. Dent (1975 – 1977)