Check out the accomplishments and portraits of the people who have led the Treasury Department through the years.
| Secretary | Dates Served | President |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton, New York | Sept. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795 | Washington |
| Oliver Wolcott Jr., Connecticut | Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797 Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800 | Washington John Adams |
| Samuel Dexter, Massachusetts | Jan. 1, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1801 Mar. 4, 1801 - May. 6, 1801 | John Adams Jefferson |
| Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania | May 14, 1801 - Mar. 3, 1809 Mar. 4, 1809 - Feb 9 , 1814 | Jefferson Madison |
| George W. Campbell , Tennessee | Feb. 9, 1814 - Sept. 26, 1814 | Madison |
| Alexander J. Dallas, Pennsylvania | Oct. 6, 1814 - Oct. 21, 1816 | Madison |
| William H. Crawford, Georgia | Oct. 22, 1816 - Mar. 3, 1817 Mar. 4, 1817 - Mar. 3, 1825 | Madison Monroe |
| Richard Rush, Pennsylvania | Mar. 7, 1825 - Mar. 3, 1829 | J.Q. Adams |
| Samuel D. Ingham, Pennsylvania | Mar. 6, 1829 - Jun. 20, 1831 | Jackson |
| Louis McLane, Delaware | Aug. 8, 1831 - May 29, 1833 | Jackson |
| William J. Duane, Pennsylvania | May 29, 1833 - Sep. 23, 1833 | Jackson |
| Roger B. Taney, Maryland | Sep. 23, 1833 - Jun. 24, 1834 | Jackson |
| Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire | Jul. 1, 1834 - Mar. 3, 1837 Mar. 4, 1837 - Mar. 3, 1841 | Jackson Van Buren |
| Thomas Ewing, Ohio | Mar. 5, 1841 - Apr. 4, 1841 Apr. 5, 1841 - Sep. 11, 1841 | W.H. Harrison Tyler |
| Walter Forward, Pennsylvania | Sep. 13, 1841 - Mar. 1, 1843 | Tyler |
| John C. Spencer, New York | Mar. 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844 | Tyler |
| George M. Bibb, Kentucky | Jul. 4, 1844 - Mar. 3, 1845 Mar. 4, 1845 - Mar. 7, 1845 | Tyler Polk |
| Robert J. Walker, Mississippi | Mar. 8, 1845 - Mar. 3, 1849 Mar. 4, 1849 - Mar. 5, 1849 | Polk Taylor |
| William M. Meredith, Pennsylvania | Mar. 8, 1849 - Jul. 9, 1850 Jul. 10, 1850 - Jul. 22, 1850 | Taylor Fillmore |
| Thomas Corwin, Ohio | Jul. 23, 1850 - Mar. 3, 1853 Mar 4, 1853 - Mar. 6, 1853 | Fillmore Pierce |
| James Guthrie, Kentucky | Mar. 7, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1857 Mar. 4, 1857 - Mar. 6, 1857 | Pierce Buchanan |
| Howell Cobb, Georgia | Mar. 7, 1857 - Dec. 8, 1860 | Buchanan |
| Philip F. Thomas, Maryland | Dec. 12, 1860 - Jan. 14, 1861 | Buchanan |
| John A. Dix, New York | Jan. 15, 1861 - Mar. 3, 1861 Mar. 4, 1861 - Mar. 6, 1861 | Buchanan Lincoln |
| Salmon P. Chase, Ohio | Mar. 7, 1861 - Jun. 30, 1864 | Lincoln |
| William P. Fessenden, Maine | Jul. 5, 1864 - Mar. 3, 1865 | Lincoln |
| Hugh McCulloch, Indiana | Mar. 9, 1865 - Apr. 15, 1865 Apr. 15, 1865 - Mar. 3, 1869 | Lincoln A. Johnson |
| George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts | Mar. 12, 1869 - Mar. 16, 1873 | Grant |
| William A. Richardson, Massachusetts | Mar. 17, 1873 - Jun. 3, 1874 | Grant |
| Benjamin H. Bristow, Kentucky | Jun. 4, 1874 - Jun. 20, 1876 | Grant |
| Lot M. Morrill, Maine | Jul. 7, 1876 - Mar. 3, 1877 Mar. 4, 1877 - Mar. 9, 1877 | Grant Hayes |
| John Sherman, Ohio | Mar. 10, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1881 | Hayes |
| William Windom, Minnesota | Mar. 8, 1881 - Sep. 19, 1881 Sep. 20, 1881 - Nov. 13, 1881 | Garfield Arthur |
| Charles J. Folger, New York | Nov. 14, 1881 - Sep. 4, 1884 | Arthur |
| Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana | Sep. 25, 1884 - Oct. 30, 1884 | Arthur |
| Hugh McCulloch, Indiana | Oct. 31, 1884 - Mar. 3, 1885 Mar. 4, 1885 - Mar. 7, 1885 | Arthur Cleveland |
| Daniel Manning, New York | Mar. 8, 1885 - Mar. 31, 1887 | Cleveland |
| Charles S. Fairchild, New York | Apr. 1, 1887 - Mar. 3, 1889 Mar. 4, 1889 - Mar. 6, 1889 | Cleveland B. Harrison |
| William Windom, Minnesota | Mar. 7, 1889 - Jan. 29, 1891 | B. Harrison |
| Charles Foster, Ohio | Feb. 25, 1891 - Mar. 3, 1893 Mar. 4, 1893 - Mar. 6, 1893 | B. Harrison Cleveland |
| John G. Carlisle, Kentucky | Mar. 7, 1893 - Mar. 3, 1897 Mar. 4, 1897 - Mar. 5, 1897 | Cleveland McKinley |
| Lyman J. Gage, Illinois | Mar. 6, 1897 - Sep. 14, 1901 Sep. 14, 1901 - Jan. 31, 1902 | McKinley T. Roosevelt |
| Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa | Feb. 1, 1902 - Mar. 3, 1907 | T. Roosevelt |
| George B. Cortelyou, New York | Mar. 4, 1907 - Mar. 3, 1909 Mar. 4, 1909 - Mar. 7, 1909 | T. Roosevelt Taft |
| Franklin MacVeagh, Illinois | Mar. 8, 1909 - Mar. 3, 1913 Mar. 4, 1913 - Mar. 5, 1913 | Taft Wilson |
| William G. McAdoo, New York | Mar. 6, 1913 - Dec. 15, 1918 | Wilson |
| Carter Glass, Virginia | Dec. 16, 1918 - Feb. 1, 1920 | Wilson |
| David F. Houston, Missouri | Feb. 2, 1920 - Mar. 3, 1921 | Wilson |
| Andrew W. Mellon, Pennsylvania | Mar. 4, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1923 Aug. 3, 1923 - Mar. 3, 1929 Mar. 4, 1929 - Feb. 12, 1932 | Harding Coolidge Hoover |
| Ogden L. Mills, New York | Feb. 13, 1932- Mar. 3, 1933 | Hoover |
| William H. Woodin, New York | Mar. 4, 1933 - Dec. 31, 1933 | F.D. Roosevelt |
| Henry Morgenthau, Jr., New York | Jan. 1, 1934 - Apr. 12, 1945 Apr. 12, 1945 - Jul. 22, 1945 | F.D. Roosevelt Truman |
| Fred M. Vinson, Kentucky | Jul. 23, 1945 - Jun. 23, 1946 | Truman |
| John W. Snyder, Missouri | Jun. 25, 1946 - Jan. 20, 1953 | Truman |
| George M. Humphrey, Ohio | Jan. 21, 1953 - Jul. 29, 1957 | Eisenhower |
| Robert B. Anderson, Connecticut | Jul. 29, 1957 - Jan. 20, 1961 | Eisenhower |
| C. Douglas Dillon, New Jersey | Jan. 21, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 Nov. 22, 1963 - Apr. 1, 1965 | Kennedy L.B. Johnson |
| Henry H. Fowler, Virginia | Apr. 1, 1965 - Dec. 20, 1968 | L.B. Johnson |
| Joseph W. Barr, Indiana | Dec. 21, 1968 - Jan. 20, 1969 | L.B. Johnson |
| David M. Kennedy, Utah | Jan. 22, 1969 - Feb. 11, 1971 | Nixon |
| John B. Connally, Texas | Feb. 11, 1971 - Jun. 12, 1972 | Nixon |
| George P. Shultz, Illinois | Jun. 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974 | Nixon |
| William E. Simon, New Jersey | May 8, 1974 - Aug. 9, 1974 Aug 9, 1974 - Jan. 20, 1977 | Nixon Ford |
| W. Michael Blumenthal, Michigan | Jan. 23, 1977 - Aug. 4, 1979 | Carter |
| G. William Miller, Rhode Island | Aug. 6, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1981 | Carter |
| Donald T. Regan, New Jersey | Jan. 22, 1981 - Feb. 2, 1985 | Reagan |
| James A. Baker, III, Texas | Feb. 3, 1985 - Aug. 17, 1988 | Reagan |
| Nicholas F. Brady, New Jersey | Sep. 16, 1988 - Jan. 20, 1989 Jan. 20, 1989 - Jan. 17, 1993 | Reagan G.H.W. Bush |
| Lloyd M. Bentsen, Texas | Jan. 22, 1993 - Dec. 22, 1994 | Clinton |
| Robert E. Rubin, New York | Jan. 10, 1995 - Jul. 2, 1999 | Clinton |
| Lawrence H. Summers, Massachusetts | Jul. 2, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2001 | Clinton |
| Paul H. O'Neill, Pennsylvania | Jan. 30, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2002 | G.W. Bush |
| John W. Snow, Virginia | Feb. 3, 2003 - June 29, 2006 | G.W. Bush |
| Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Illinois | Jul. 10, 2006 - Jan. 20, 2009 | G.W. Bush |
| Timothy F. Geithner, New York | Jan. 26,2009 - Jan 25, 2013 | Obama |
| Jacob J. Lew, New York | Feb. 28, 2013 - Jan 20, 2017 | Obama |
| Steven T. Mnuchin, New York | Feb. 13, 2017 - Jan. 20, 2021 | Trump |
| Janet L. Yellen, California | Jan. 26, 2021 - Jan. 20, 2025 | Biden |
| Scott Bessent, South Carolina | Jan. 28, 2025 - Present | Trump |