List of members of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are appointed by the President of the United States. As of 2011, their terms last five years and are staggered so that one commissioner's term ends on June 5 of each year. If an appointment is to fill out an uncompleted term, it will be for less than five years. To ensure that the commission remains non-partisan, no more than three commissioners may belong to the same political party. The President also designates one of the commissioners as chairman, the SEC's top executive. Service may continue past term expiration up to eighteen additional months.

• See Category:Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for alphabetized list of members who have articles written about them and who have the appropriate category marker on their page.

Roosevelt

Under Franklin D. Roosevelt:

• Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. – 1934–35 (Chair: 1934–35) (D)
• George C. Mathews – 1934–40 (R)
• James M. Landis – 1934–37 (Chair: 1935–37) (D)
• Robert E. Healy – 1934–46 (R)
• Ferdinand Pecora – 1934–35 (D)
• J.D. Ross – 1935–37 (D)
• William O. Douglas – 1936–39 (Chair: 1937–39) (D)
• Jerome Frank – 1937–41 (Chair: 1939–41) (D)
• John W. Hanes – 1938 (D)
• Edward C. Eicher – 1938–42 (Chair: 1941–42) (D)
• Leon Henderson – 1939–41 (D)
• Sumner T. Pike – 1940–46 (R)
• Ganson Purcell – 1941–46 (Chair: 1942–46) (D)
• Edmund Burke, Jr. – 1941–43 (D)
• Robert H. O'Brien – 1942–44 (D)
• Robert K. McConnaughey – 1943–49 (D)
• James J. Caffrey – 1945–47 (Chair: 1946–47) (D)

Truman

Under Harry S. Truman:

• Richard B. McEntire – 1946–53 (R)
• Edmond M. Hanrahan – 1946–49 (Chair: 1948–49) (D)
• Harry A. McDonald – 1947–52 (Chair: 1949–52) (R)
• Paul R. Rowen – 1948–55 (D)
• Donald C. Cook – 1949–53 (Chair: 1952–53) (D)
• Edward T. McCormick – 1949–51 (D)
• Robert I. Millonzi – 1951–52 (D)
• Clarence H. Adams – 1952–56 (R)
• J. Howard Rossbach – 1952–53 (D)

Eisenhower

Under Dwight D. Eisenhower:

• Ralph H. Demmler – 1953–55 (Chair: 1953–55) (R)
• J. Sinclair Armstrong – 1953–57 (Chair: 1955–57) (R)
• A.J. Goodwin, Jr. – 1953–55 (D)
• Andrew Downey Orrick – 1955–60 (R)
• Harold C. Patterson – 1955–60 (D)
• Earl F. Hastings – 1956–61 (D)
• James C. Sargent – 1956–60 (R)
• Edward N. Gadsby – 1957–61 (Chair: 1957–61) (R)
• Byron D. Woodside – 1960–67 (R)
• Daniel J. McCauley – 1960–61 (R)

Kennedy

Under John F. Kennedy:

• J. Allen Frear, Jr. – 1961–63 (D)
• William L. Cary – 1961–64 (Chair: 1961–64) (D)
• Manuel F. Cohen – 1961–69 (Chair: 1964–69) (D)
• Jack M. Whitney II – 1961–64 (R)

Johnson

Under Lyndon B. Johnson:

• Hugh F. Owens – 1964–73 (D)
• Hamer H. Budge – 1964–71 (Chair: 1969–71) (R)
• Francis M. Wheat – 1964–69 (D)
• Richard B. Smith – 1967–71 (R)

Nixon

Under Richard Nixon:

• James J. Needham – 1969–72 (R)
• Syd Herlong – 1969–73 (D)
• William J. Casey – 1971–73 (Chair: 1971–73) (R)
• Philip A. Loomis, Jr. – 1971–82 (R)
• John R. Evans – 1973–83 (R)
• G. Bradford Cook – 1973 (Chair: 1973) (R)
• Ray Garrett, Jr. – 1973–75 (Chair: 1973–75) (R)
• A.A. Sommer, Jr. – 1973–76 (D)
• Irving M. Pollack – 1974–80 (D)

Ford

Under Gerald Ford:

• Roderick M. Hills – 1975–77 (Chair: 1975–77) (R)

Carter

Under Jimmy Carter:

• Harold M. Williams – 1977–81 (Chair: 1977–81) (D)
• Roberta S. Karmel – 1977–80 (D)
• Stephen J. Friedman – 1980–81 (D)
• Barbara Thomas Judge – 1980–83 (D)

Reagan

Under Ronald Reagan:

• John S.R. Shad – 1981–87 (Chair: 1981–87) (R)
• Bevis Longstreth – 1981–84 (D)
• James C. Treadway, Jr. – 1982–85 (R)
• Charles Chapman Cox – 1983–89 (R)
• Charles L. Marinaccio – 1984–85 (D)
• Aulana L. Peters – 1984–88 (D)
• Joseph Grundfest – 1985–90 (D)
• Edward H. Fleischman – 1986–92 (R)
• David S. Ruder – 1987–89 (Chair: 1987–89) (R)
• Mary L. Schapiro – 1988–94 (I)

Bush

Under George H. W. Bush:

• Richard C. Breeden – 1989–93 (Chair: 1989–93) (R)
• Philip R. Lochner, Jr. – 1990–91 (R)
• Richard Y. Roberts – 1990–95 (R) (D) when appointed
• J. Carter Beese, Jr. – 1992–94 (R)

Clinton

Under Bill Clinton:

• Mary Schapiro – Appointed Interim Chair 1993
• Arthur Levitt, Jr. – 1993–2001 (Chair: 1993–2001) (D)
• Steven Wallman – 1994–97 (D)
• Norman S. Johnson – 1996–2000 (R)
• Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. – 1996–2002 (D)
• Paul R. Carey – 1997–2001 (D)
• Laura Unger – 1997–2002 (R)

Bush

Under George W. Bush:

• Harvey Pitt – 2001–03 (Chair: 2001–2003) (R)
• Paul S. Atkins – 2002–2008 (R)
• Cynthia Glassman – 2002–2006 (R)
• Harvey Goldschmid – 2002–2005 (D)
• William H. Donaldson – 2003–2005 (Chair: 2003–2005) (R)
• Roel Campos – 2002–2008 (D)
• Annette Nazareth – 2005–2008 (D)
• Christopher Cox – 2005–2009 (Chair: 2005–2009) (R)
• Kathleen Casey – 2006–2011 (R)
• Troy A. Paredes – 2008–2013; (R)
• Luis A. Aguilar – 2008–2015; (D)
• Elisse B. Walter – 2008–2013; (D)

Obama

Under Barack Obama:

• Mary L. Schapiro – 2009–2012 (Chair: 2009–2012) (I)
• Elisse B. Walter – George W. Bush appointee, appointed as Chair: 12/2012-4/2013 (D)
• Mary Jo White – 2013–2017; (Chair: 2013–2017) (I)
• Daniel M. Gallagher – 2011–2015; (R)
• Kara Stein – 2013–2019 (D)
• Michael Piwowar – 2013–2018 (R)

Trump

Under Donald Trump:

• Jay Clayton – 2017–present (Chairman) (I)
• Robert J. Jackson Jr. – 2018–2020 (D)
• Hester Peirce – 2018–present (R)
• Elad L. Roisman – 2018–present (R)
• Allison Herren Lee – 2019–present (D)
• Caroline A. Crenshaw – 2020–present (D)