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Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America
Seal of the Department of Commerce
Flag of the Secretary of Commerce
since June 26, 2013
United States Department of Commerce
StyleMadam Secretary
Member ofCabinet
Reports toThe President
SeatWashington, D.C.
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument15 U.S.C. § 1501
FormationMarch 15, 1913
First holderWilliam Cox Redfield
SuccessionNinth in the United States Presidential Line of Succession
DeputyDeputy Secretary of Commerce
SalaryExecutive Schedule, level 1
Websitewww.commerce.gov
The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.

The United States Secretary of Commerce is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate and serves at the President's pleasure. A member of the President's Cabinet, the Secretary is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries; the Department states its mission to be "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce".[1]

Until 1913 there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Labor.[2]

The 38th Secretary of Commerce is Penny Pritzker, who was appointed by President Barack Obama on June 26, 2013.[3]

List of Secretaries of Commerce

Parties

  No party   Democratic   Republican

Status
  Denotes acting Commerce Secretary
No. Portrait Name State of Residence Took Office Left Office President(s)
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 1 William C. Redfield New York March 5, 1913 October 31, 1919 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Woodrow Wilson
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 2 Joshua W. Alexander Missouri December 16, 1919 March 4, 1921
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 3 Herbert C. Hoover California March 5, 1921 August 21, 1928 style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Warren G. Harding
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Calvin Coolidge
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 4 William F. Whiting Massachusetts August 22, 1928 March 4, 1929
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 5 Robert P. Lamont Illinois March 5, 1929 August 7, 1932 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Herbert C. Hoover
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 6 Roy D. Chapin Michigan August 8, 1932 March 3, 1933
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 7 Daniel C. Roper South Carolina March 4, 1933 December 23, 1938 rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Franklin D. Roosevelt
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 8 Harry L. Hopkins New York December 24, 1938 September 18, 1940
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 9 Jesse H. Jones Texas September 19, 1940 March 1, 1945
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 10 Henry A. Wallace Iowa March 2, 1945 September 20, 1946
rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Harry S. Truman
- Alfred Schindler
(acting) 		September 20, 1946 October 7, 1946
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 11 W. Averell Harriman New York October 7, 1946 April 22, 1948
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 12 Charles W. Sawyer Ohio May 6, 1948 January 20, 1953
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 13 Sinclair Weeks Massachusetts January 21, 1953 November 10, 1958 rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lewis L. Strauss
(acting) 		West Virginia November 13, 1958 June 30, 1959
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 14 Frederick H. Mueller Michigan June 30, 1959 August 10, 1959
August 10, 1959 January 19, 1961
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 15 Luther H. Hodges North Carolina January 21, 1961 January 15, 1965 style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | John F. Kennedy
rowspan="5" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Lyndon B. Johnson
16 John T. Connor New Jersey January 18, 1965 January 31, 1967
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 17 Alexander B. Trowbridge New York January 31, 1967 June 14, 1967
June 14, 1967 March 1, 1968
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 18 Cyrus R. Smith New York March 6, 1968 January 19, 1969
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 19 Maurice H. Stans New York January 21, 1969 February 15, 1972 rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Richard Nixon
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 20 Peter G. Peterson Illinois February 29, 1972 February 1, 1973
rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 21 Frederick B. Dent South Carolina February 2, 1973 March 26, 1975
rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Gerald Ford
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 22 Rogers C. B. Morton Maryland May 1, 1975 February 2, 1976
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 23 Elliot L. Richardson Massachusetts February 2, 1976 January 20, 1977
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 24 Juanita M. Kreps North Carolina January 23, 1977 October 31, 1979 rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Jimmy Carter
- Luther H. Hodges, Jr.
(acting) 		North Carolina October 31, 1979 January 9, 1980
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 25 Philip M. Klutznick Illinois January 9, 1980 January 20, 1981
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 26 Malcolm Baldrige Connecticut January 20, 1981 July 25, 1987 rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Ronald Reagan
- Clarence J. Brown Jr.
(acting) 		Ohio July 25, 1987 October 19, 1987
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 27 C. William Verity, Jr. Ohio October 19, 1987 January 30, 1989
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 28 Robert A. Mosbacher Texas January 31, 1989 January 15, 1992 rowspan="3" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | George H. W. Bush
- Rockwell A. Schnabel
(acting) 		January 15, 1992 February 27, 1992
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 29 Barbara H. Franklin Pennsylvania February 27, 1992 January 20, 1993
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 30 Ronald H. Brown New York January 20, 1993 April 3, 1996 rowspan="5" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Bill Clinton
- Mary L. Good
(acting) 		Texas April 3, 1996 April 12, 1996
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 31 Mickey Kantor Tennessee April 12, 1996 January 21, 1997
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 32 William M. Daley Illinois January 30, 1997 July 19, 2000
- Robert L. Mallett
(acting) 		July 19, 2000 July 21, 2000
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 33 Norman Y. Mineta California July 21, 2000 January 20, 2001
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 34 Donald L. Evans Texas January 20, 2001 February 7, 2005 rowspan="2" style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | George W. Bush
style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 35 Carlos M. Gutierrez Florida February 7, 2005 January 20, 2009
- Otto J. Wolff
(acting) 		January 20, 2009 March 26, 2009 rowspan="7" style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | Barack Obama
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 36 Gary F. Locke Washington March 26, 2009 August 1, 2011
- Rebecca M. Blank
(acting) 		Minnesota August 1, 2011 October 21, 2011
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 37 John E. Bryson New York October 21, 2011 June 11, 2012
- Rebecca M. Blank
(acting) 		Minnesota June 11, 2012 June 1, 2013
- Cameron Kerry
(acting) 		Massachusetts June 1, 2013 June 26, 2013
style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color;" | 38 Penny Pritzker Illinois June 26, 2013 Incumbent

Source: Department of Commerce: Secretaries

Living former Secretaries of Commerce

As of December 2024, there are ten living former Secretaries of Commerce, the oldest being Frederick B. Dent (1973-1975, born 1922). The most recent Secretary of Commerce to die was Juanita M. Kreps (1977-1979), on July 5, 2010.

Name Term of office Date of birth (and age)
Peter G. Peterson 1972–1973 (1926-06-05) June 5, 1926 (age 98)
Frederick B. Dent 1973–1975 (1922-08-17) August 17, 1922 (age 102)
Barbara H. Franklin 1992–1993 (1940-03-04) March 4, 1940 (age 84)
Mickey Kantor 1996–1997 (1939-08-07) August 7, 1939 (age 85)
William M. Daley 1997–2000 (1948-08-09) August 9, 1948 (age 76)
Norman Mineta 2000-2001 (1931-11-12) November 12, 1931 (age 93)
Donald Evans 2001-2005 (1946-07-27) July 27, 1946 (age 78)
Carlos M. Gutierrez 2005-2009 (1953-11-04) November 4, 1953 (age 71)
Gary F. Locke 2009-2011 (1950-01-21) January 21, 1950 (age 74)
John Bryson 2011-2012 (1943-07-24) July 24, 1943 (age 81)

Line of succession

The line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce is as follows:[4]

  1. Deputy Secretary of Commerce
  2. General Counsel of the Department of Commerce
  3. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
  4. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
  5. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  6. Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
  7. Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
  8. Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of Administration
  9. Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

See also

References

  1. ^ "US Department of Commerce, Directives Management Program". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  2. ^ "Milestones". U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Penny Pritzker Sworn in as 38th Secretary of Commerce". Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Executive Order on Succession at the Department of Commerce". Retrieved September 22, 2007.
U.S. presidential line of succession
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