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"The Secretary of the Treasury is the principal economic advisor to the President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the government. The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the United States Government; and in manufacturing coins

United States coinage

United States coinage was first minted by the new republic in 1792. New coins have been produced every year since then and they make up a valuable aspect of the United States United States currency....
 and currency

United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
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"The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the Social Security

Social Security (United States)

Social security in the United States currently refers to the Federal government of the United States Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program....
 and Medicare

Medicare (United States)

Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria....
 Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments....
, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that comprise the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II....
, the Inter-American Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank , is an international organization established and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1959 to support Latin America and Caribbean economic and social development and regional integration by lending mainly to governments and government agencies, including State corporations....
, the Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank is a Multilateral development bank established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asian and Pacific countries through loans and technical assistance....
, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 27 countries from central Europe to central Asia....
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Secretaries of the Treasury

No.	Picture	Name	State of Residence	Term of Office		President(s) President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....  served under
1		Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Fathers of the United States, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and cowrote the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	September 11, 1789	January 31, 1795	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
2		Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. Oliver Wolcott Jr. was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and List of Governors of Connecticut of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	February 3, 1795	December 31, 1800	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas .... , John Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
3		Samuel Dexter Samuel Dexter Samuel Dexter was an early United States statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	January 1, 1801	May 13, 1801	John Adams John Adams John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms.... , Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
4		Albert Gallatin Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguistics, Politics of the United States, diplomat, United States Representative, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	May 14, 1801	February 8, 1814	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.... , James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
5		George Washington Campbell	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....	February 9, 1814	October 5, 1814	James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
6		Alexander James Dallas Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) Alexander James Dallas was an United States statesman who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President of the United States James Madison....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	October 6, 1814	October 21, 1816
7		William Harris Crawford	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	October 22, 1816	March 6, 1825	James Madison James Madison James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.... , James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S....
8		Richard Rush Richard Rush Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 7, 1825	March 5, 1829	John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
9		Samuel Delucenna Ingham	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 6, 1829	June 20, 1831	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
10		Louis McLane Louis McLane Louis McLane was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland....	Delaware Delaware Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....	August 8, 1831	May 28, 1833
11		William John Duane William John Duane William John Duane was an Irish people born American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania.Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, Duane emigrated to the United States with his father, William Duane, in 1796, settling in Philadelphia....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	May 29, 1833	September 22, 1833
12		Roger Brooke Taney	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	September 23, 1833	June 25, 1834
13		Levi Woodbury Levi Woodbury Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....	New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....	July 1, 1834	March 3, 1841	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy.... , Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
14		Thomas Ewing, Sr. Thomas Ewing Thomas Ewing, Sr. was a United States National Republican Party and United States Whig Party politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate as well as serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury and the first United States Secretary of the Interior....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 4, 1841	September 11, 1841	William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office.... , John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
15		Walter Forward Walter Forward Walter Forward was an United States lawyer and politician. He was the brother of Chauncey Forward.Born in East Granby, Connecticut, he attended the common schools....	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	September 13, 1841	March 1, 1843	John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
16		John Canfield Spencer John Canfield Spencer John Canfield Spencer was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President of the United States John Tyler....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 8, 1843	May 2, 1844
17		George Mortimer Bibb	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	July 4, 1844	March 7, 1845
18		Robert John Walker	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....	March 8, 1845	March 5, 1849	James Knox Polk
19		William Morris Meredith	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 8, 1849	July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....
20		Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin and The Wagon Boy was a politician from the state of Ohio who served as a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate, and as Governor of Ohio and United States Secretary of the Treasury....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	July 23, 1850	March 6, 1853	Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....
21		James Guthrie	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	March 7, 1853	March 6, 1857	Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an Politics of the United States and lawyer....
22		Howell Cobb Howell Cobb Howell Cobb was an United States political figure. A Southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851....	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....	March 7, 1857	December 8, 1860	James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the last to be born in the 18th century....
23		Philip Francis Thomas	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....	December 12, 1860	January 14, 1861
24		John Adams Dix John Adams Dix John Adams Dix was an United States politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and Governor of New York. He was also a distinguished American Civil War General....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 15, 1861	March 6, 1861
25		Salmon Portland Chase	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 7, 1861	June 30, 1864	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
26		William Pitt Fessenden	Maine Maine The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....	July 5, 1864	March 3, 1865
27		Hugh McCulloch Hugh McCulloch Hugh McCulloch was an United States statesman who served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary, serving under three presidents....	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	March 9, 1865	March 3, 1869	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery.... , Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
28		George Sewall Boutwell	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 12, 1869	March 16, 1873	Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
29		William Adams Richardson William Adams Richardson William Adams Richardson was an United States judge and politician.Born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, he graduated from Pinkerton Academy, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1843....	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	March 17, 1873	June 3, 1874
30		Benjamin Helm Bristow	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	June 4, 1874	June 20, 1876
31		Lot Myrick Morrill	Maine Maine The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....	July 7, 1876	March 9, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant , was an United States general and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States .... , Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
32		John Sherman John Sherman (politician) John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late nineteenth century....	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	March 10, 1877	March 3, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
33		William Windom William Windom William Windom was an United States politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a United States Republican Party from Minnesota in the 36th United States Congress,...	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....	March 8, 1881	November 13, 1881	James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
34		Charles James Folger	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	November 14, 1881	September 4, 1884	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
35		Walter Quintin Gresham	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	September 5, 1884	October 30, 1884
36		Hugh McCulloch Hugh McCulloch Hugh McCulloch was an United States statesman who served two non-consecutive terms as U.S. Treasury Secretary, serving under three presidents....	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	October 31, 1884	March 7, 1885	Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.... , Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
37		Daniel Manning Daniel Manning Daniel Manning was an United States businessman, journalist, and politician.Born in Albany, New York, he was educated in the public schools and then entered the world of commerce....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 8, 1885	March 31, 1887	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
38		Charles Stebbins Fairchild	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	April 1, 1887	March 6, 1889
39		William Windom William Windom William Windom was an United States politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a United States Republican Party from Minnesota in the 36th United States Congress,...	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....	March 7, 1889	January 29, 1891	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician....
40		Charles William Foster, Jr.	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	February 25, 1891	March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he became a prominent state politician.... , Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents....
41		John Griffin Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle was a prominent United States politician in the History of the United States Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century....	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	March 7, 1893	March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was both the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.... , William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected....
42		Lyman Judson Gage	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	March 6, 1897	January 31, 1902	William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected.... , Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
43		Leslie Mortimer Shaw	Iowa Iowa The State of Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Missouri to the south....	February 1, 1902	March 3, 1907	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
44		George Bruce Cortelyou	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 4, 1907	March 7, 1909
45		Franklin MacVeagh Franklin MacVeagh Franklin MacVeagh was an United States banker and United States Secretary of the Treasury.Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Yale University in 1862, where he was a member of Skull & Bones....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	March 8, 1909	March 5, 1913	William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world pe...
46		William Gibbs McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr. was an United States lawyer and political leader who served as a United States Senate, United States Secretary of the Treasury and director of the United States Railroad Administration ....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 6, 1913	December 15, 1918	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. A devout Presbyterianism and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913....
47		Carter Glass Carter Glass Carter Glass was a newspaper publisher and United States politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Virginia. He served many years in United States Congress with the Democratic Party ....	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	December 16, 1918	February 1, 1920
48		David Franklin Houston	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....	February 2, 1920	March 3, 1921
49		Andrew William Mellon	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	March 4, 1921	February 12, 1932	Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke, in 1923.... , Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state.... , Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....
50		Ogden Livingston Mills, Jr.	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	February 13, 1932	March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....
51		William Hartman Woodin William Hartman Woodin William Hartman Woodin was a United States industrialist. He served as the Secretary of Treasury under Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933.Woodin was closely involved in Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	March 5, 1933	December 31, 1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
52		Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was also the father of Robert M....	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 1, 1934	July 22, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.... , Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....
53		Frederick Moore Vinson	Kentucky Kentucky The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....	July 23, 1945	June 23, 1946	Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....
54		John Wesley Snyder	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....	June 25, 1946	January 20, 1953
55		George Magoffin Humphrey	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....	January 21, 1953	July 29, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David ?Ike? Eisenhower was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a General of the Army in the United States Army....
56		Robert Bernard Anderson Robert Bernard Anderson Robert Bernard Anderson was an United States Administration and businessperson. He served as the United States Secretary of the Navy between February of 1953 and March of 1954....	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....	July 29, 1957	January 20, 1961
57		Clarence Douglas Dillon	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	January 21, 1961	April 1, 1965	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F.... , Lyndon Johnson
58		Henry Hammill Fowler	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	April 1, 1965	December 20, 1968	Lyndon Johnson
59		Joseph Walker Barr	Indiana Indiana The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....	December 21, 1968	January 20, 1969
60		David Matthew Kennedy	Utah Utah The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....	January 22, 1969	February 10, 1971	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office....
61		John Bowden Connally, Jr.	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	February 11, 1971	June 12, 1972
62		George Pratt Shultz	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	June 12, 1972	May 8, 1974
63		William Edward Simon	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	May 8, 1974	January 20, 1977	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office.... , Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
64		W. Michael Blumenthal W. Michael Blumenthal Werner Michael Blumenthal served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1979.Born in Oranienburg near Berlin, Germany, Blumenthal fled the country with his parents in 1939 shortly before the outbreak of World War II....	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	January 23, 1977	August 4, 1979	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
65		George William Miller	Rhode Island Rhode Island Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....	August 7, 1979	January 20, 1981
66		Donald Thomas Regan	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	January 22, 1981	February 1, 1985	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
67		James Addison Baker III James Baker James Addison Baker, III is an United States attorney, politician, political administrator, and political advisor.He served as the White House Chief of Staff in President of the United States Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H....	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	February 4, 1985	August 17, 1988
68		Nicholas Frederick Brady	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....	September 15, 1988	January 17, 1993	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric .... , George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
69		Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.	Texas Texas Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....	January 20, 1993	December 22, 1994	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
70		Robert Edward Rubin	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 11, 1995	July 2, 1999
71		Lawrence Henry Summers	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....	July 2, 1999	January 20, 2001
72		Paul Henry O'Neill	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....	January 20, 2001	December 31, 2002	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
73		John William Snow	Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....	February 3, 2003	June 30, 2006
74		Henry Merritt Paulson, Jr. Henry Paulson Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury and is a member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors....	Illinois Illinois The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....	July 10, 2006	January 20, 2009
75		Timothy Franz Geithner	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....	January 26, 2009	present	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....

Acting Secretaries of the Treasury

• William Jones
  William Jones (statesman)
  
  William Jones was an United States politician.Jones was born in Philadelphia in 1760. Apprenticed in a shipyard, during the American War of Independence he saw combat in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and later served at sea....
   served as acting secretary between the resignation of Alexander J. Dallas
  Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)
  
  Alexander James Dallas was an United States statesman who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President of the United States James Madison....
   and appointment of William H. Crawford
  William H. Crawford
  
  William Harris Crawford was an United States politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a United States presidential election, 1824....
  .
• Because of the resignation of Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Roger Altman
  Roger Altman
  
  Roger Altman is an investment banker, private equity investor and former United States Deputy Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton....
   in August 1994, Under Secretary of Treasury for Domestic Finance Frank Newman served from December 22, 1994, to January 11, 1995 as Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
• Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kenneth W. Damn served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury from December 31, 2002, to February 3, 2003.
• Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury from June 30, 2006, to July 9, 2006.
• Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury from January 20, 2009, until the confirmation of Timothy Geithner, which occurred January 26, 2009.

Living Former Secretaries of the Treasury

• George Pratt Shultz
• W. Michael Blumenthal
  W. Michael Blumenthal
  
  Werner Michael Blumenthal served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1979.Born in Oranienburg near Berlin, Germany, Blumenthal fled the country with his parents in 1939 shortly before the outbreak of World War II....
  
• James Addison Baker III
  James Baker
  
  James Addison Baker, III is an United States attorney, politician, political administrator, and political advisor.He served as the White House Chief of Staff in President of the United States Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H....
  
• Nicholas Frederick Brady
• Robert Edward Rubin
• Lawrence Henry Summers
• Paul Henry O'Neill
• John William Snow
• Henry Paulson
  Henry Paulson
  
  Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury and is a member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors....