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Secretaries of Labor
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
|---|
| 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 |
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 |
