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 Norman Mineta, the only Democrat in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
Secretaries of Transportation
Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
Alan Stephenson Boyd |
January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969 |
Lyndon Johnson |
John Anthony Volpe |
January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
Claude Stout Brinegar |
February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975 |
Richard Nixon |
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. |
March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
Brockman Adams |
January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
Neil Goldschmidt |
August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. |
January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983 |
Ronald Reagan |
Elizabeth Hanford Dole |
February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
James H. Burnley IV |
December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
Samuel K. Skinner |
February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991 |
George H. W. Bush |
Andrew Card |
February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
Federico Peņa |
January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
Rodney Slater |
February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
Norman Mineta |
January 25, 2001 - present |
George W. Bush |