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"Secretary of Labor" redirects here. See also: Secretary of Labor (Mexico).
United States
Secretary of Labor
Official Seal
FormationMarch 6, 1913
First holderWilliam B. Wilson
Successioncurrently ineligible
Websitewww.dol.gov

The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce. Six women have served as Secretary of Labor, which is more than any other cabinet position.

On December 19, 2008, President Barack Obama announced he will nominate Hilda Solis as the 25th Secretary of Labor. Her nomination will require confirmation by the United States Senate.

List of Secretaries of Labor

This is a complete list of all past and present Secretaries of Labor.

No. Secretary of Labor Portrait Start of Term End of Term President(s)
1 William B. Wilson Wilson‎ March 6, 1913 March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
2 James J. Davis Davis March 5, 1921 November 30, 1930 Warren Harding,
Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover
3 William N. Doak Doak December 9, 1930 March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
4 Frances Perkins Perkins March 4, 1933 June 30, 1945 Franklin Roosevelt,
Harry Truman
5 Lewis B. Schwellenbach Schwellenbach July 1, 1945 June 10, 1948 Harry Truman
6 Maurice J. Tobin Tobin August 13, 1948 January 20, 1953
7 Martin P. Durkin Durkin January 21, 1953 September 10, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower
8 James P. Mitchell Mitchell October 9, 1953 January 20, 1961
9 Arthur Goldberg Goldberg January 21, 1961 September 20, 1962 John F. Kennedy
10 W. Willard Wirtz Wirtz September 25, 1962 January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon Johnson
11 George Shultz Shultz January 22, 1969 July 1, 1970 Richard Nixon
12 James D. Hodgson Hodgson July 2, 1970 February 1, 1973
13 Peter J. Brennan Brennan February 2, 1973 March 15, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
14 John Thomas Dunlop Dunlop March 18, 1975 January 31, 1976 Gerald Ford
15 W. J. Usery Jr. Usery February 10, 1976 January 20, 1977
16 Ray Marshall Marshall January 27, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
17 Raymond J. Donovan Donovan February 4, 1981 March 15, 1985 Ronald Reagan
18 William E. Brock Brock April 29, 1985 October 31, 1987
19 Ann Dore McLaughlin McLaughlin December 17, 1987 January 20, 1989
20 Elizabeth Dole Dole January 25, 1989 November 23, 1990 George H. W. Bush
21 Lynn Morley Martin Martin February 22, 1991 January 20, 1993
22 Robert Reich Reich January 22, 1993 January 10, 1997 Bill Clinton
23 Alexis Herman Herman May 1, 1997 January 20, 2001
24 Elaine Chao Chao January 29, 2001 January 20, 2009 George W. Bush
25 Hilda Solis Solis January , 2009 present Barack Obama

Living Former Secretaries of Labor

See also

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