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| United States Secretary of Commerce | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Department | |
 Flag of the Secretary | |
 Incumbent Wilbur L. Ross since February 28, 2017 | |
| United States Department of Commerce | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the United States |
| Seat | Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 15 U.S.C. § 1501 |
| Precursor | Secretary of Commerce and Labor |
| Formation | March 15, 1913 (1913-03-15) |
| First holder | William Cox Redfield |
| Succession | Tenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Commerce |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
| Website | www.commerce.gov |
The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.
The United States Secretary of Commerce (SecCom) 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 in 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".[2]
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.[3]
The current Commerce Secretary is Wilbur Ross, who was nominated by President Donald Trump and approved by the Senate on February 28, 2017.
Contents
1 List of Secretaries of Commerce
2 Living former Secretaries of Commerce
3 Line of succession
4 References
5 External links
List of Secretaries of Commerce[edit]
- Parties
No party (1)
Democratic (20)
Republican (18)
- Status
Denotes acting Commerce Secretary
| No. | Portrait | Name | State of Residence | Took Office | Left Office | President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |  | William C. Redfield | New York | March 5, 1913 | October 31, 1919 | Woodrow Wilson | |
2 |  | Joshua W. Alexander | Missouri | December 16, 1919 | March 4, 1921 | ||
3 |  | Herbert Hoover | California | March 5, 1921 | August 21, 1928 | Warren G. Harding | |
Calvin Coolidge | |||||||
4 |  | William F. Whiting | Massachusetts | August 22, 1928 | March 4, 1929 | ||
5 |  | Robert P. Lamont | Illinois | March 5, 1929 | August 7, 1932 | Herbert C. Hoover | |
6 |  | Roy D. Chapin | Michigan | August 8, 1932 | March 3, 1933 | ||
7 |  | Daniel C. Roper | South Carolina | March 4, 1933 | December 23, 1938 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
8 |  | Harry Hopkins | New York | December 24, 1938 | September 18, 1940 | ||
9 |  | Jesse H. Jones | Texas | September 19, 1940 | March 1, 1945 | ||
10 |  | Henry A. Wallace | Iowa | March 2, 1945 | September 20, 1946 | ||
Harry S. Truman | |||||||
– | Alfred Schindler Acting | September 20, 1946 | October 7, 1946 | ||||
11 |  | W. Averell Harriman | New York | October 7, 1946 | April 22, 1948 | ||
12 |  | Charles W. Sawyer | Ohio | May 6, 1948 | January 20, 1953 | ||
13 |  | Sinclair Weeks | Massachusetts | January 21, 1953 | November 10, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
– |  | Lewis Strauss Acting | West Virginia | November 13, 1958 | June 30, 1959 | ||
14 |  | Frederick H. Mueller | Michigan | June 30, 1959 | August 10, 1959 | ||
| August 10, 1959 | January 19, 1961 | ||||||
15 |  | Luther H. Hodges | North Carolina | January 21, 1961 | January 15, 1965 | John F. Kennedy | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
| 16 |  | John T. Connor | New Jersey | January 18, 1965 | January 31, 1967 | ||
17 |  | Alexander Trowbridge | New York | January 31, 1967 | June 14, 1967 | ||
| June 14, 1967 | March 1, 1968 | ||||||
18 |  | C. R. Smith | New York | March 6, 1968 | January 19, 1969 | ||
19 |  | Maurice Stans | New York | January 21, 1969 | February 15, 1972 | Richard Nixon | |
20 |  | Peter George Peterson | Illinois | February 29, 1972 | February 1, 1973 | ||
21 |  | Frederick B. Dent | South Carolina | February 2, 1973 | March 26, 1975 | ||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
22 |  | Rogers Morton | Maryland | May 1, 1975 | February 2, 1976 | ||
23 |  | Elliot Richardson | Massachusetts | February 2, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | ||
24 |  | Juanita M. Kreps | North Carolina | January 23, 1977 | October 31, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
– | Luther H. Hodges, Jr. Acting | North Carolina | October 31, 1979 | January 9, 1980 | |||
25 |  | Philip Klutznick | Illinois | January 9, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | ||
26 |  | Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. | Connecticut | January 20, 1981 | July 25, 1987 | Ronald Reagan | |
– |  | Bud Brown Acting | Ohio | July 25, 1987 | October 19, 1987 | ||
27 |  | William Verity, Jr. | Ohio | October 19, 1987 | January 30, 1989 | ||
28 |  | Robert Mosbacher | Texas | January 31, 1989 | January 15, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | |
– | Rockwell A. Schnabel Acting | January 15, 1992 | February 27, 1992 | ||||
29 |  | Barbara Franklin | Pennsylvania | February 27, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | ||
30 |  | Ron Brown | New York | January 20, 1993 | April 3, 1996 | Bill Clinton | |
– |  | Mary L. Good Acting | Texas | April 3, 1996 | April 12, 1996 | ||
31 |  | Mickey Kantor | Tennessee | April 12, 1996 | January 21, 1997 | ||
32 |  | William M. Daley | Illinois | January 30, 1997 | July 19, 2000 | ||
– |  | Robert L. Mallett Acting | July 19, 2000 | July 21, 2000 | |||
33 |  | Norman Mineta | California | July 21, 2000 | January 20, 2001 | ||
34 |  | Donald Evans | Texas | January 20, 2001 | February 7, 2005 | George W. Bush | |
35 |  | Carlos Gutierrez | Florida | February 7, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | ||
– |  | Otto J. Wolff Acting | January 20, 2009 | March 26, 2009 | Barack Obama | ||
36 |  | Gary Locke | Washington | March 26, 2009 | August 1, 2011 | ||
– |  | Rebecca Blank Acting | Minnesota | August 1, 2011 | October 21, 2011 | ||
37 |  | John Bryson | New York | October 21, 2011 | June 11, 2012 | ||
– | | Rebecca Blank Acting | Minnesota | June 11, 2012 | June 1, 2013 | ||
– |  | Cameron Kerry Acting | Massachusetts | June 1, 2013 | June 26, 2013 | ||
38 |  | Penny Pritzker | Illinois | June 26, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
– | Vacant | January 20, 2017 | February 28, 2017 | Donald Trump | |||
39 |  | Wilbur Ross | Florida | February 28, 2017 | present | ||
Source: Department of Commerce: Secretaries
Living former Secretaries of Commerce[edit]
As of January 2019, there are ten living former Secretaries of Commerce (with all Secretaries that have served since 1996 still living), the oldest being Frederick B. Dent (served 1973–1975, born 1922). The most recent Secretary of Commerce to die was Peter Peterson (served 1972–1973, born 1926), on March 20, 2018. The most recently serving Secretary to die was Ron Brown (1993–1996, born 1941), who died in office on April 3, 1996.
| Name | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|
Frederick B. Dent | 1973–1975 | (1922-08-17) August 17, 1922 |
Barbara H. Franklin | 1992–1993 | (1940-03-04) March 4, 1940 |
Mickey Kantor | 1996–1997 | (1939-08-07) August 7, 1939 |
William M. Daley | 1997–2000 | (1948-08-09) August 9, 1948 |
Norman Mineta | 2000–2001 | (1931-11-12) November 12, 1931 |
Donald Evans | 2001–2005 | (1946-07-27) July 27, 1946 |
Carlos Gutierrez | 2005–2009 | (1953-11-04) November 4, 1953 |
Gary F. Locke | 2009–2011 | (1950-01-21) January 21, 1950 |
John Bryson | 2011–2012 | (1943-07-24) July 24, 1943 |
Penny Pritzker | 2013–2017 | (1959-05-02) May 2, 1959 |
Line of succession[edit]
The line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce is as follows:[4]
- Deputy Secretary of Commerce
- General Counsel of the Department of Commerce
- Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
- Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration
- Boulder Laboratories Site Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology
References[edit]
^ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19
^ "US Department of Commerce, Directives Management Program". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Milestones". U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Commerce". federalregister.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
External links[edit]
Official website
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
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| Preceded by Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture | Order of Precedence of the United States as Secretary of the Treasury | Succeeded by Alex Acosta as Secretary of Labor |
U.S. presidential line of succession | ||
| Preceded by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue | 10th in line | Succeeded by Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta |
United States Secretaries of Commerce | ||
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| Secretaries of Commerce and Labor |
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| Secretaries of Commerce |
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Agencies under the United States Department of Commerce | ||
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| Deputy Secretary of Commerce |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology |
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| Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property |
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- Lists of members of the Cabinet of the United States
- United States Secretaries of Commerce
- Cabinet of the United States
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