United States
Secretary of Transportation |
Official Seal |
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| Formation |
October 15, 1966 |
| Succession |
Fourteenth |
| Website |
www.dot.gov |
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The current Secretary is Mary Peters.
Secretaries of Transportation [change]
| No. |
Name |
Term of Offices |
President(s) served under |
| 1 |
Alan Stephenson Boyd |
January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969 |
Lyndon Johnson |
| 2 |
John Anthony Volpe |
January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
| 3 |
Claude Stout Brinegar |
February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975 |
Richard Nixon |
|
John W. Barnum (acting) |
February 2, 1975 - March 6, 1975 |
Richard Nixon |
| 4 |
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. |
March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
| 5 |
Brock Adams |
January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
|
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (acting) |
July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
| 6 |
Neil Goldschmidt |
August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| 7 |
Drew Lewis |
January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 8 |
Elizabeth Dole |
February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
|
James H. Burnley IV (acting) |
October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 9 |
James H. Burnley IV |
December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
| 10 |
Samuel K. Skinner |
February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991 |
George H. W. Bush |
|
James B. Busey IV (acting) |
December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992 |
George H. W. Bush |
| 11 |
Andrew Card |
February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| 12 |
Federico Peña |
January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
| 13 |
Rodney Slater |
February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
|
Mortimer L. Downey (acting) |
January 21, 2001 - January 24, 2001 |
George W. Bush |
| 14 |
Norman Mineta |
January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006 |
George W. Bush |
|
Maria Cino (acting) |
July 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006 |
George W. Bush |
| 15 |
Mary E. Peters |
September 30, 2006 – January 20, 2009 |
George W. Bush |
| 16 |
Ray LaHood |
January 23, 2009 – |
Barack Obama |
