United States Secretary of Transportation
| United States Secretary of Transportation | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Department of Transportation | |
 Flag of the secretary | |
| United States Department of Transportation | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member of | the United States Cabinet |
| Reports to | the President of the United States |
| Seat | Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President of the United States with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 49 U.S.C. § 102 |
| Formation | October 15, 1966 |
| First holder | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
| Succession | Fourteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, Level I |
| Website | transportation.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.
List of secretaries of transportation
[change | change source]- Parties
Democratic (8) Republican (11)
- Status
Denotes acting Secretary of Transportation
| No. | Portrait | Secretary | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Alan S. Boyd | Florida | January 16, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) | |
| 2 | 
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John Volpe | Massachusetts | January 22, 1969 | February 2, 1973 | Richard Nixon (1969–1974) | |
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Claude Brinegar | California | February 2, 1973 | February 1, 1975 | ||
| Gerald Ford (1974–1977) | |||||||
| 4 | 
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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. | Pennsylvania | March 7, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
| 5 | 
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Brock Adams | Washington | January 23, 1977 | July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) | |
| 6 | 
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Neil Goldschmidt | Oregon | September 24, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||
| 7 | 
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Drew Lewis | Pennsylvania | January 23, 1981 | February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | |
| 8 | 
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Elizabeth Dole | Kansas | February 7, 1983 | September 30, 1987 | ||
| 9 | 
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James H. Burnley IV | North Carolina | December 3, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | ||
| 10 | 
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Samuel K. Skinner | Illinois | February 6, 1989 | December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) | |
| 11 | 
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Andrew Card | Massachusetts | February 24, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | ||
| 12 | 
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Federico Peña | Colorado | January 21, 1993 | February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | |
| 13 | 
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Rodney E. Slater | Arkansas | February 14, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||
|
– |
|
Mortimer L. Downey III Acting |
Virginia | January 20, 2001 | January 25, 2001 | George W. Bush (2001–2009) | |
| 14 | 
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Norman Mineta | California | January 25, 2001 | August 7, 2006 | ||
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– |
|
Maria Cino Acting |
New York | August 7, 2006 | October 17, 2006 | ||
| 15 | 
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Mary E. Peters | Arizona | October 17, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | ||
| 16 | 
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Ray LaHood | Illinois | January 23, 2009 | July 2, 2013 | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | |
| 17 | 
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Anthony Foxx | North Carolina | July 2, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
| – | 
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Michael Huerta Acting |
California | January 20, 2017 | January 31, 2017 | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | |
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Elaine Chao | Kentucky | January 31, 2017 | January 11, 2021 | ||
| – | 
|
Steven G. Bradbury Acting |
Oregon | January 12, 2021 | January 20, 2021 | ||
| – | 
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Lana Hurdle Acting |
Virginia | January 20, 2021 | February 3, 2021 | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | |
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Pete Buttigieg | Indiana | February 3, 2021 | January 20, 2025 | ||
| – | 
|
Judith Kaleta Acting |
January 20, 2025 | January 28, 2025 | Donald Trump (2025–present) | ||
| 20 | 
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Sean Duffy | Wisconsin | January 28, 2025 | Incumbent | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ : Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act.