- Parties
Whig (3)
Democratic (17)
Republican (33)
- Status
Denotes acting Secretary of the Interior
Number |
Portrait |
Name |
State of residence |
Took office |
Left office |
President(s) |
1 |
|
Thomas Ewing |
Ohio |
March 8, 1849 |
July 22, 1850 |
|
Zachary Taylor |
|
Millard Fillmore |
2 |
|
Thomas M. T. McKennan |
Pennsylvania |
August 15, 1850 |
August 26, 1850 |
3 |
|
Alexander H. H. Stuart |
Virginia |
September 14, 1850 |
March 7, 1853 |
4 |
|
Robert McClelland |
Michigan |
March 8, 1853 |
March 9, 1857 |
|
Franklin Pierce |
5 |
|
Jacob Thompson |
Mississippi |
March 10, 1857 |
January 8, 1861 |
|
James Buchanan |
6 |
|
Caleb B. Smith |
Indiana |
March 5, 1861 |
December 31, 1862 |
|
Abraham Lincoln |
7 |
|
John P. Usher |
Indiana |
January 1, 1863 |
May 15, 1865 |
|
Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson |
8 |
|
James Harlan |
Iowa |
May 16, 1865 |
August 31, 1866 |
|
Andrew Johnson |
9 |
|
Orville H. Browning |
Illinois |
September 1, 1866 |
March 4, 1869 |
|
10 |
|
Jacob D. Cox |
Ohio |
March 5, 1869 |
October 31, 1870 |
|
Ulysses S. Grant |
11 |
|
Columbus Delano |
Ohio |
November 1, 1870 |
September 30, 1875 |
12 |
|
Zachariah Chandler |
Michigan |
October 19, 1875 |
March 11, 1877 |
13 |
|
Carl Schurz |
Missouri |
March 12, 1877 |
March 7, 1881 |
|
Rutherford B. Hayes |
14 |
|
Samuel J. Kirkwood |
Iowa |
March 8, 1881 |
April 17, 1882 |
|
James A. Garfield |
|
Chester A. Arthur |
15 |
|
Henry M. Teller |
Colorado |
April 18, 1882 |
March 3, 1885 |
16 |
|
Lucius Q. C. Lamar II |
Mississippi |
March 6, 1885 |
January 10, 1888 |
|
Grover Cleveland |
17 |
|
William F. Vilas |
Wisconsin |
January 16, 1888 |
March 6, 1889 |
18 |
|
John W. Noble |
Missouri |
March 7, 1889 |
March 6, 1893 |
|
Benjamin Harrison |
19 |
|
Hoke Smith |
Georgia |
March 6, 1893 |
September 1, 1896 |
|
Grover Cleveland |
20 |
|
David R. Francis |
Missouri |
September 3, 1896 |
March 5, 1897 |
21 |
|
Cornelius N. Bliss |
New York |
March 6, 1897 |
February 19, 1899 |
|
William McKinley |
22 |
|
Ethan A. Hitchcock |
Missouri |
February 20, 1899 |
March 4, 1907 |
|
Theodore Roosevelt |
23 |
|
James R. Garfield |
Ohio |
March 5, 1907 |
March 4, 1909 |
24 |
|
Richard A. Ballinger |
Washington |
March 6, 1909 |
March 12, 1911 |
|
William Howard Taft |
25 |
|
Walter L. Fisher |
Illinois |
March 13, 1911 |
March 5, 1913 |
26 |
|
Franklin K. Lane |
California |
March 6, 1913 |
February 29, 1920 |
|
Woodrow Wilson |
– |
|
Alexander T. Vogelsang Acting |
California |
February 29, 1920 |
March 13, 1920 |
27 |
|
John B. Payne |
Illinois |
March 15, 1920 |
March 4, 1921 |
28 |
|
Albert B. Fall |
New Mexico |
March 5, 1921 |
March 4, 1923 |
|
Warren G. Harding |
29 |
|
Hubert Work |
Colorado |
March 5, 1923 |
July 24, 1928 |
|
Calvin Coolidge |
30 |
|
Roy O. West |
Illinois |
July 25, 1928 |
March 4, 1929 |
31 |
|
Ray Lyman Wilbur |
California |
March 5, 1929 |
March 4, 1933 |
|
Herbert Hoover |
32 |
|
Harold L. Ickes |
Illinois |
March 4, 1933 |
February 15, 1946 |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
Harry S. Truman |
– |
|
Oscar L. Chapman Acting |
Colorado |
February 15, 1946 |
March 18, 1946 |
33 |
|
Julius A. Krug |
Wisconsin |
March 18, 1946 |
December 1, 1949 |
34 |
|
Oscar L. Chapman |
Colorado |
December 1, 1949 |
January 20, 1953 |
35 |
|
Douglas McKay |
Oregon |
January 21, 1953 |
April 15, 1956 |
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
– |
|
Clarence A. Davis Acting |
Nebraska |
April 15, 1956 |
June 8, 1956 |
36 |
|
Fred A. Seaton |
Nebraska |
June 8, 1956 |
January 20, 1961 |
37 |
|
Stewart L. Udall |
Arizona |
January 21, 1961 |
January 20, 1969 |
|
John F. Kennedy |
|
Lyndon B. Johnson |
38 |
|
Walter J. Hickel |
Alaska |
January 24, 1969 |
November 25, 1970 |
|
Richard Nixon |
– |
|
Fred J. Russell Acting |
California |
November 25, 1970 |
January 29, 1971 |
39 |
|
Rogers C. B. Morton |
Maryland |
January 29, 1971 |
April 30, 1975 |
|
Gerald Ford |
– |
|
D. Kent Frizzell Acting |
Kansas |
April 30, 1975 |
June 12, 1975 |
40 |
|
Stanley K. Hathaway |
Wyoming |
June 12, 1975 |
October 9, 1975 |
– |
|
D. Kent Frizzell Acting |
Kansas |
October 9, 1975 |
October 17, 1975 |
41 |
|
Thomas S. Kleppe |
North Dakota |
October 17, 1975 |
January 20, 1977 |
– |
|
Alfred G. Albert Acting |
|
January 20, 1977 |
January 23, 1977 |
|
Jimmy Carter |
42 |
|
Cecil D. Andrus |
Idaho |
January 23, 1977 |
January 20, 1981 |
43 |
|
James G. Watt |
Colorado |
January 23, 1981 |
November 8, 1983 |
|
Ronald Reagan |
– |
|
J. J. Simmons III Acting |
New Jersey |
November 8, 1983 |
November 18, 1983 |
44 |
|
William P. Clark |
California |
November 18, 1983 |
February 7, 1985 |
45 |
|
Donald P. Hodel |
Virginia |
February 8, 1985 |
January 20, 1989 |
– |
|
Earl E. Gjelde Acting |
Virginia |
January 20, 1989 |
February 3, 1989 |
|
George H. W. Bush |
46 |
|
Manuel Lujan Jr. |
New Mexico |
February 3, 1989 |
January 20, 1993 |
47 |
|
Bruce E. Babbitt |
Arizona |
January 22, 1993 |
January 19, 2001 |
|
Bill Clinton |
– |
|
Thomas N. Slonaker Acting |
Arizona |
January 20, 2001 |
January 31, 2001 |
|
George W. Bush |
48 |
|
Gale A. Norton |
Colorado |
January 31, 2001 |
March 31, 2006 |
– |
|
Lynn Scarlett Acting |
California |
April 1, 2006 |
May 26, 2006 |
49 |
|
Dirk Kempthorne |
Idaho |
May 26, 2006 |
January 19, 2009 |
– |
|
Lynn Scarlett Acting |
California |
January 19, 2009 |
January 20, 2009 |
|
Barack Obama |
50 |
|
Ken Salazar |
Colorado |
January 20, 2009 |
April 12, 2013 |
51 |
|
Sally Jewell |
Washington |
April 12, 2013[7] |
January 20, 2017 |
– |
|
Kevin Haugrud Acting |
|
January 20, 2017 |
March 1, 2017 |
|
Donald Trump |
52 |
|
Ryan Zinke |
Montana |
March 1, 2017 |
January 2, 2019 |
53 |
|
David Bernhardt |
Colorado |
January 2, 2019 |
April 11, 2019 |
April 11, 2019 |
January 20, 2021 |
– |
|
Scott de la Vega Acting |
New York |
January 20, 2021 |
March 16, 2021 |
|
Joe Biden |
54 |
|
Deb Haaland |
New Mexico |
March 16, 2021 |
Incumbent |
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