George Dern

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52nd United States Secretary of War
George Henry Dern

In office March 4, 1933 – August 27, 1936
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Patrick J. Hurley
Succeeded by	Harry H. Woodring

Born	September 8, 1872(1872-09-08) Dodge County, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1936 (aged 63) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

George Henry Dern (September 8, 1872 – August 27, 1936) was an American politician, and the 54th War Secretary. He was a Democratic politician.

Dern was born in Dodge County, Nebraska, and followed his father John into the mining business in Utah. Dern grew to become one of the state's most powerful men in the mining industry, before running for the Utah State Senate in 1914. He was a non-Mormon Democrat in a largely Mormon state, but this did not stop Dern from being elected Governor of Utah from 1925 to 1933. His term included securing the ratification of the Colorado River Compact, and at the National Governor's Conference he met then-Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt. He supported Roosevelt's campaign for President in 1932, and was rewarded with the position of U.S. Secretary of War.

At age 63, in 1936, Dern died while still in office as the War Secretary. He was the grandfather of actor Bruce Dern and the great-grandfather of actress Laura Dern.

Preceded by Charles R. Mabey	Governor of Utah 1925 –1933	Succeeded by Henry H. Blood
Preceded by Patrick J. Hurley	Secretary of War March 4, 1933 – August 27, 1936	Succeeded by Harry H. Woodring

v • d • e Governors of Utah

Wells • Cutler • Spry • Bamberger • Mabey • Dern • Blood • Maw • Lee • Clyde • Rampton • Matheson • Bangerter • Leavitt • Walker • Huntsman

v • d • e United States Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army

Cabinet-level	Knox • Pickering • McHenry • Dexter • Dearborn • Eustis • Armstrong • Monroe • W. H. Crawford • Calhoun • Barbour • P. B. Porter • Eaton • Cass • Poinsett • Bell • Spencer • J. M. Porter • Wilkins • Marcy • G. W. Crawford • Conrad • J. Davis • Floyd • Holt • S. Cameron • Stanton • Schofield • Rawlins • Belknap • A. Taft • J. Cameron • McCrary • Ramsey • Lincoln • Endicott • Proctor • Elkins • Lamont • Alger • Root • W. H. Taft • Wright • Dickinson • Stimson • Garrison • Baker • Weeks • D. F. Davis • Good • Hurley • Dern • Woodring • Stimson • Patterson • Royall

Dept. of Defense	Royall • Gray • Pace • Stevens • Brucker • Stahr • Vance • Ailes • Resor • Froehlke • Callaway • Hoffmann • Alexander • Marsh • Stone • West • Walker • Caldera • Dahlberg • Westphal • White • Brownlee • Harvey • Geren

v • d • e

Chairmen of the National Governors Association

Willson • McGovern • Walsh • Spry • Capper • Harrington • Allen • Sproul • Cox • Trinkle • Brewster • McMullen • Dern • Case • Pollard • Rolph • McNutt • Peery • Cochran • Stark • Vanderbilt • Stassen • O'Conor • Saltonstall • Maw • Martin • Caldwell • Hildreth • Hunt • Lane • Carlson • Lausche • Peterson • Shivers • Thornton • Kennon • Langlie • Stanley • Stratton • Collins • Boggs • McNichols • Powell • Rosellini • Anderson • Sawyer • Reed • Guy • Volpe • Ellington • Love • Hearnes • Moore • Mandel • Evans • Rampton • Ray • Andrus • Askew • Milliken • Carroll • Bowen • Busbee • Snelling • Matheson • J. Thompson • Carlin • Alexander • Clinton • Sununu • Baliles • Branstad • Gardner • Ashcroft • Romer • Campbell • Dean • T. Thompson • Miller • Voinovich • Carper • Leavitt • Glendening • Engler • Patton • Kempthorne • Warner • Huckabee • Napolitano • Pawlenty

v • d • e Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Vice President	John Nance Garner (1933-1941) • Henry A. Wallace (1941-1945) • Harry S. Truman (1945)

Secretary of State	Cordell Hull (1933-1944) • Edward Stettinius, Jr. (1944-1945)

Secretary of War	George Dern (1933-1936) • Harry Hines Woodring (1936-1940) • Henry L. Stimson (1940-1945)

Secretary of the Treasury	William Hartman Woodin (1933-1934) • Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934-1945)

Attorney General	Homer Stille Cummings (1933-1939) • Frank Murphy (1939-1940) • Robert H. Jackson (1940-1941) • Francis Biddle (1941-1945)

Postmaster General	James Farley (1933-1940) • Frank Comerford Walker (1940-1945)

Secretary of the Navy	Claude A. Swanson (1933-1939) • Charles Edison (1940) • Frank Knox (1940-1944) • James Forrestal (1944-1945)

Secretary of the Interior	Harold L. Ickes (1933-1945)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Henry A. Wallace (1933-1940) • Claude R. Wickard (1940-1945)

Secretary of Commerce	Daniel Calhoun Roper (1933-1938) • Harry Hopkins (1939-1940) • Jesse Holman Jones (1940-1945) • Henry A. Wallace (1945)

Secretary of Labor	Frances Perkins (1933-1945)