Jump to content

United States Secretary of the Interior

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 13:18, 13 February 2012 (Robot - Speedily moving category United States Executive Cabinet to Category:Cabinet of the United States per CFDS.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

United States
Secretary of the Interior
Official Seal
Incumbent
Ken Salazar
since January 20, 2009
FormationMarch 3, 1849
First holderThomas Ewing
SuccessionEighth
Websitewww.doi.gov

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.

The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries. Ministries of the Interior correspond primarily to the Department of Homeland Security in the US cabinet and secondarily to the Department of Justice.

The Department of the Interior oversees such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, and the National Park Service. The Secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation board. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

Because the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the western United States,[1] the Secretary of the Interior has typically come from a western state; only one of the individuals to hold the office since 1949 is not identified with a state lying west of the Mississippi River. The Secretary of the Interior is eighth in the United States presidential line of succession.

The current Secretary of the Interior in Barack Obama's administration is former Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado.

Secretaries of the Interior

Parties

  Whig   Democratic   Republican

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

Living former Secretaries of the Interior

As of May 2010, eight former Secretaries of the Interior are alive. The most recent secretary to die was Walter Hickel (1969–1970), on 7 May 2010.

Name Term of office Date of birth
Cecil Andrus 1977–1981 (1931-08-25) August 25, 1931 (age 92)
James G. Watt 1981–1983 (1938-01-31) January 31, 1938 (age 86)
William P. Clark 1983–1985 (1931-10-23) October 23, 1931 (age 92)
Donald Hodel 1985–1989 (1935-05-23) May 23, 1935 (age 89)
Manuel Lujan 1989–1993 (1928-05-12) May 12, 1928 (age 96)
Bruce Babbitt 1993–2001 (1938-06-27) June 27, 1938 (age 86)
Gale Norton 2001–2006 (1954-03-11) March 11, 1954 (age 70)
Dirk Kempthorne 2006–2009 (1951-10-29) October 29, 1951 (age 72)

See also

References

  1. ^ Salazar, Vilsack: The West’s New Land Lords

External links

U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by 8th in line Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior&oldid=476643897"