United States Secretary of the Interior
Seal of the Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2006 – present)The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior oversees such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The Secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation board. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The Secretary typically comes from a western state; only one of the last 16 Secretaries is not identified with a state lying west of the Mississippi River. The Secretary of the Interior is eighth in the United States presidential line of succession.
Secretaries of the Interior
# Picture Name State of Residence Term of Office President(s)served under 1 Thomas EwingOhioMarch 8, 1849–July 22, 1850Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore2 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennanPennsylvaniaAugust 15, 1850–August 26, 1850Millard Fillmore3 Alexander Hugh Holmes StuartVirginiaSeptember 14, 1850–March 7, 1853Millard Fillmore4 Robert McClellandMichiganMarch 8, 1853–March 9, 1857Franklin Pierce5 Jacob ThompsonMississippiMarch 10, 1857–January 8, 1861James Buchanan6 Caleb Blood SmithIndianaMarch 5, 1861–December 31, 1862Abraham Lincoln7 John Palmer UsherIndianaJanuary 1, 1863–May 15, 1865Abraham Lincoln8 James HarlanIowaMay 16, 1865–August 31, 1866Andrew Johnson9 Orville Hickman BrowningIllinoisSeptember 1, 1866–March 4, 1869Andrew Johnson10 Jacob Dolson CoxOhioMarch 5, 1869–October 31, 1870Ulysses S. Grant11 Columbus DelanoOhioNovember 1, 1870–September 30, 1875Ulysses S. Grant12 Zachariah ChandlerMichiganOctober 19, 1875–March 11, 1877Ulysses S. Grant13 Carl SchurzMissouriMarch 12, 1877–March 7, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes14 Samuel J. KirkwoodIowaMarch 8, 1881–April 17, 1882James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur15 Henry Moore TellerColoradoApril 18, 1882–March 3, 1885Chester A. Arthur16 Lucius Q.C. LamarMississippiMarch 6, 1885–January 10, 1888Grover Cleveland17 William Freeman VilasWisconsinJanuary 16, 1888–March 6, 1889Grover Cleveland18 John Willock NobleMissouriMarch 7, 1889–March 6, 1893Benjamin Harrison19 M. Hoke SmithGeorgiaMarch 6, 1893–September 1, 1896Grover Cleveland20 David Rowland FrancisMissouriSeptember 3, 1896–March 5, 1897Grover Cleveland21 Cornelius Newton BlissNew YorkMarch 6, 1897–February 19, 1899William McKinley22 Ethan Allen HitchcockMissouriFebruary 20, 1899–March 4, 1907William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt23 James Rudolph GarfieldOhioMarch 5, 1907–March 5, 1909Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft24 Richard Achilles BallingerWashingtonMarch 6, 1909–March 12, 1911William Howard Taft25 Walter Lowrie FisherIllinoisMarch 13, 1911–March 5, 1913William Howard Taft26 Franklin Knight LaneCaliforniaMarch 6, 1913–February 29, 1920Woodrow Wilson27 John Barton PayneIllinoisMarch 15, 1920–March 4, 1921Woodrow Wilson28 Albert Bacon FallNew MexicoMarch 5, 1921–March 4, 1923Warren G. Harding29 Hubert WorkColoradoMarch 5, 1923–July 24, 1928Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge30 Roy Owen WestIllinoisJuly 25, 1928–March 4, 1929Calvin Coolidge31 Ray Lyman WilburCaliforniaMarch 5, 1929–March 4, 1933Herbert Hoover32 Harold LeClair IckesIllinoisMarch 4, 1933–February 15, 1946Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman33 Julius Albert KrugWisconsinMarch 18, 1946–December 1, 1949Harry S. Truman34 Oscar Littleton ChapmanColoradoDecember 1, 1949–January 20, 1953Harry S. Truman35 Douglas McKayOregonJanuary 21, 1953–April 15, 1956Dwight D. Eisenhower36 Fred Andrew SeatonNebraskaJune 8, 1956–January 20, 1961Dwight D. Eisenhower37 Stewart Lee UdallArizonaJanuary 21, 1961–January 20, 1969John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson38 Walter J. HickelAlaskaJanuary 24, 1969–November 25, 1970Richard Nixon39 Rogers Clark Ballard MortonMarylandJanuary 29, 1971–April 30, 1975Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford40 Stanley K. HathawayWyomingJune 12, 1975–October 9, 1975Gerald Ford41 Thomas S. KleppeNorth DakotaOctober 17, 1975–January 20, 1977Gerald Ford42 Cecil D. AndrusIdahoJanuary 23, 1977–January 20, 1981Jimmy Carter43 James G. WattColoradoJanuary 23, 1981–November 8, 1983Ronald Reagan44 William Patrick ClarkCaliforniaNovember 18, 1983–February 7, 1985Ronald Reagan45 Donald Paul HodelOregonFebruary 8, 1985–January 20, 1989Ronald Reagan46 Manuel Lujan, Jr.New MexicoFebruary 3, 1989–January 20, 1993George H. W. Bush47 Bruce BabbittArizonaJanuary 22, 1993–January 2, 2001Bill Clinton48 Gale Ann NortonColoradoJanuary 31, 2001–March 31, 2006George W. Bush49 Dirk KempthorneIdahoMay 26, 2006- George W. BushReferences
External links
- www.doi.gov/past_secretaries.html List of Secretaries of the Interior]
- The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989)
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