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. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover |
| William N. Doak |
December 9, 1930 - March 4, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
| 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 |
| Roderick Allen DeArment (Acting) |
November 24, 1990 - February 21, 1991 |
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 |
