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The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the United States Department of Labor. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce.

Secretaries of Labor
Name Term of Office President(s) served under
William B. Wilson March 6, 1913 - March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
James J. Davis March 5, 1921 - November 30, 1930 Warren G. HardingWarren G. Harding Order 29th President Term of Office March 4, 1921 August 2, 1923 Predecessor Woodrow Wilson Successor Calvin Coolidge Date of Birth Thursday, November 2, 1865 Place of Birth Blooming Grove, Ohio Date of Death Thursday, August 2, 1923 Pla, Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge Order 30th President Term of Office August 3, 1923 March 4, 1929 Predecessor Warren G. Harding Successor Herbert Hoover Date of Birth Thursday, July 4, 1872 Place of Birth Plymouth, Vermont Date of Death Tuesday, January 5, 1933 Place of D
William N. Doak December 9December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining. Events 1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva is established by Noah Webster 1824 Battle of Ayacucho Peru defea, 1930 - March 4, 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu Herbert HooverHerbert Hoover Order 31st President Term of Office March 4, 1929 March 4, 1933 Predecessor Calvin Coolidge Successor Franklin Delano Roosevelt Date of Birth Monday, August 10, 1874 Place of Birth West Branch, Iowa Date of Death Tuesday, October 20, 1964 P
Frances Perkins (first woman) March 4, 1933 - June 30, 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach July 1, 1945 - June 10, 1948 Harry S. Truman
Maurice J. Tobin August 13, 1948 - January 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman
Martin P. Durkin January 21, 1953 - September 10, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell October 9, 1953 - January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur J. Goldberg January 21, 1961 - September 20, 1962 John F. Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz September 25, 1962 - January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
George P. Shultz January 22, 1969 - July 1, 1970 Richard Nixon
James D. Hodgson July 2, 1970 - February 1, 1973 Richard Nixon
Peter J. Brennan February 2, 1973 - March 15, 1975 Gerald Ford
John T. Dunlop March 18, 1975 - January 31, 1976 Gerald Ford
W. J. Usery Jr. February 10, 1976 - January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
Ray Marshall January 27, 1977 - January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Raymond J. Donovan February 4, 1981 - March 15, 1985 Ronald Reagan
William E. Brock April 29, 1985 - October 31, 1987 Ronald Reagan
Ann Dore McLaughlin December 17, 1987 - January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan
Elizabeth Hanford Dole January 25, 1989 - November 23, 1990 George H. W. Bush
Lynn Morley Martin February 22, 1991 - January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
Robert B. Reich January 22, 1993 - January 10, 1997 Bill Clinton
Alexis M. Herman May 1, 1997 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
Elaine L. Chao January 29, 2001 - present George W. Bush


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