statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is the civilian head of the Department of the Navy. The position was a member of the President's Cabinet until 1947, when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were placed in the Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy was placed under the Secretary of Defense.
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Joseph Hewes | 1776 - 1778 |
No. | Picture | Name | State | Term of Office | Served under |
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Benjamin Stoddert | Maryland | June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801 | John Adams |
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Robert Smith | Maryland | July 27, 1801 - March 4, 1809 | Thomas Jefferson |
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Paul Hamilton | South Carolina | May 15, 1809 - December 31, 1812 | James Madison |
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William Jones | Pennsylvania | January 19, 1813 - December 1, 1814 | James Madison |
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Benjamin Williams Crowninshield | Massachusetts | January 16, 1815 - September 30, 1818 | James Madison, James Monroe |
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Smith Thompson | New York | January 1, 1819 - August 31, 1823 | James Monroe |
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Samuel Lewis Southard | New Jersey | September 16, 1823 - March 4, 1829 | James Monroe, John Quincy Adams |
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John Branch | North Carolina | March 9, 1829 - May 12, 1831 | Andrew Jackson |
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Levi Woodbury | New Hampshire | May 23, 1831 - June 30, 1834 | Andrew Jackson |
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Mahlon Dickerson | New Jersey | July 1, 1834 - June 30, 1838 | Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |
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James Kirke Paulding | New York | July 1, 1838 - March 4, 1841 | Martin Van Buren |
12 | George Edmund Badger | North Carolina | March 6, 1841 - September 11, 1841 | William Henry Harrison, John Tyler | |
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Abel Parker Upshur | Virginia | October 11, 1841 - July 23, 1843 | John Tyler |
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David Henshaw | Massachusetts | July 24, 1843 - February 18, 1844 | John Tyler |
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Thomas Walker Gilmer | Virginia | February 19, 1844 - February 28, 1844 | John Tyler |
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John Young Mason | Virginia | March 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845 | John Tyler |
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George Bancroft | Massachusetts | March 11, 1845 - September 9, 1846 | James Knox Polk |
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John Young Mason | Virginia | September 10, 1846 - March 4, 1849 | James Knox Polk |
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William Ballard Preston | Virginia | March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 | Zachary Taylor |
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William Alexander Graham | North Carolina | August 2, 1850 - July 25, 1852 | Millard Fillmore |
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John Pendleton Kennedy | Maryland | July 26, 1852 - March 4, 1853 | Millard Fillmore |
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James Cochran Dobbin | North Carolina | March 8, 1853 - March 4, 1857 | Franklin Pierce |
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Isaac Toucey | Connecticut | March 7, 1857 - March 4, 1861 | James Buchanan |
24 | Gideon Welles | Connecticut | March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson | |
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Adolph Edward Borie | Pennsylvania | March 9, 1869 - June 25, 1869 | Ulysses S. Grant |
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George Maxwell Robeson | New Jersey | June 26, 1869 - March 4, 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |
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Richard Wigginton Thompson | Indiana | March 13, 1877 - December 20, 1880 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
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Nathan Goff, Jr. | West Virginia | January 7, 1881 - March 4, 1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
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William Henry Hunt | Louisiana | March 7, 1881 - April 16, 1882 | James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur |
30 | William Eaton Chandler | New Hampshire | April 16, 1882 - March 4, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur | |
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William Collins Whitney | New York | March 7, 1885 - March 4, 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
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Benjamin Franklin Tracy | New York | March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |
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Hilary Abner Herbert | Alabama | March 7, 1893 - March 4, 1897 | Grover Cleveland |
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John Davis Long | Massachusetts | March 6, 1897 - April 30, 1902 | William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt |
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William Henry Moody | Massachusetts | May 1, 1902 - June 30, 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt |
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Paul Morton | July 1, 1904 - June 30, 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt | |
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte | Maryland | July 1, 1905 - December 16, 1906 | Theodore Roosevelt |
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Victor Howard Metcalf | California | December 17, 1906 - November 30, 1908 | Theodore Roosevelt |
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Truman Handy Newberry | Michigan | December 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |
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George von Lengerke Meyer | Massachusetts | March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913 | William Howard Taft |
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Josephus Daniels | North Carolina | March 5, 1913 - March 4, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson |
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Edwin Denby | Michigan | March 6, 1921 - March 10, 1924 | Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge |
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Curtis Dwight Wilbur | California | March 19, 1924 - March 4, 1929 | Calvin Coolidge |
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Charles Francis Adams III | Massachusetts | March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933 | Herbert Hoover |
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Claude Augustus Swanson | Virginia | March 4, 1933 - July 7, 1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Charles Edison | New Jersey | January 2, 1940 - June 24, 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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William Franklin Knox | Illinois | July 11, 1940 - April 28, 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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James Vincent Forrestal | New York | May 19, 1944 - September 17, 1947 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman |
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John L. Sullivan | September 18, 1947 - May 24, 1949 | Harry S. Truman |
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Francis P. Matthews | May 25, 1949 - July 31, 1951 | Harry S. Truman |
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Dan A. Kimball | July 31, 1951 - January 20, 1953 | Harry S. Truman |
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Robert B. Anderson | February 4, 1953 - March 3, 1954 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
5 | Charles S. Thomas | May 3, 1954 - April 1, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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Thomas S. Gates | April 1, 1957 - June 8, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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William B. Franke | June 8, 1959 - January 19, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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John B. Connally, Jr | January 25, 1961 - December 20, 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
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Fred Korth | January 4, 1962 - November 1, 1963 | John F. Kennedy |
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Paul B. Fay (acting) | November 2, 1963 - November 28, 1963 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson | |
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Paul H. Nitze | November 29, 1963 - June 30, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Charles F. Baird (acting) | July 1, 1967 - August 31, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
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Paul R. Ignatius | September 1, 1967 - January 24, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
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John H. Chafee | January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972 | Richard M. Nixon |
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John W. Warner | May 4, 1972 - April 8, 1974 | Richard M. Nixon |
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J. William Middendorf, II | April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977 | Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford |
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W. Graham Claytor, Jr. | February 14, 1977 - August 24, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
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Edward Hidalgo | October 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
17 | John Lehman | February 5, 1981 - April 10, 1987 | Ronald Reagan | |
18 | Jim Webb | May 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988 | Ronald Reagan | |
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William L. Ball | March 28, 1988 - May 15, 1989 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush |
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Henry L. Garrett III | May 15, 1989 - June 26, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
Daniel Howard (acting) | June 26, 1992 - July 7, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
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Sean O'Keefe | October 2, 1992 - January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
Admiral Frank B. Kelso II (acting) | January 2, 1993 - July 21, 1993 | Bill Clinton | ||
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John H. Dalton | July 22, 1993 - November 16, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
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Richard Danzig | November 16, 1998 - January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
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Robert B. Pirie Jr. | January 20, 2001 - May 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | |
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Gordon R. England | May 24, 2001 - January 30, 2003 | George W. Bush |
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Susan Livingstone (acting) | January 30, 2003 - February 7, 2003 | George W. Bush | |
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Hansford T. Johnson (acting) | February 7, 2003 - September 30, 2003 | George W. Bush | |
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Gordon R. England | October 1, 2003 - January 3, 2006 | George W. Bush |
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Donald C. Winter | January 3, 2006 - March 13, 2009[1] | George W. Bush |
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B. J. Penn (acting) | March 13, 2009[1] - May 19, 2009[2] | Barack Obama | |
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Ray Mabus | May 19, 2009[1] - January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama |
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Sean Stackley (acting) | January 20, 2017-August 3, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
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Richard V. Spencer | August 3, 2017-November 24, 2019 | Donald Trump |
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Thomas Modly (acting) | November 24, 2019-May 29, 2020 | Donald Trump | |
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Kenneth Braithwaite | May 29, 2020-January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump |
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Carlos Del Toro | Since August 7, 2021 | Joe Biden |
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