United States Secretary of the Interior

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Seal of the Department of Interior
Seal of the Department of Interior
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2006 – present)
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2006 – present)

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. 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. The Secretary typically comes from a western state; only one of the last 16 Secretaries 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.

[edit] Secretaries of the Interior

# Picture Name State of Residence Term of Office President(s) served under
1 Thomas Ewing Ohio March 8, 1849–July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
2 Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan Pennsylvania August 15, 1850–August 26, 1850 Millard Fillmore
3 Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart Virginia September 14, 1850–March 7, 1853 Millard Fillmore
4 Robert McClelland Michigan March 8, 1853–March 9, 1857 Franklin Pierce
5 Jacob Thompson Mississippi March 10, 1857–January 8, 1861 James Buchanan
6 Caleb Blood Smith Indiana March 5, 1861–December 31, 1862 Abraham Lincoln
7 John Palmer Usher Indiana January 1, 1863–May 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln
8 James Harlan Iowa May 16, 1865–August 31, 1866 Andrew Johnson
9 Orville Hickman Browning Illinois September 1, 1866–March 4, 1869 Andrew Johnson
10 Jacob Dolson Cox Ohio March 5, 1869–October 31, 1870 Ulysses S. Grant
11 Columbus Delano Ohio November 1, 1870–September 30, 1875 Ulysses S. Grant
12 Zachariah Chandler Michigan October 19, 1875–March 11, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant
13 Carl Schurz Missouri March 12, 1877–March 7, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
14 Samuel J. Kirkwood Iowa March 8, 1881–April 17, 1882 James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
15 Henry Moore Teller Colorado April 18, 1882–March 3, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
16 Lucius Q.C. Lamar Mississippi March 6, 1885–January 10, 1888 Grover Cleveland
17 William Freeman Vilas Wisconsin January 16, 1888–March 6, 1889 Grover Cleveland
18 John Willock Noble Missouri March 7, 1889–March 6, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
19 M. Hoke Smith Georgia March 6, 1893–September 1, 1896 Grover Cleveland
20 David Rowland Francis Missouri September 3, 1896–March 5, 1897 Grover Cleveland
21 Cornelius Newton Bliss New York March 6, 1897–February 19, 1899 William McKinley
22 Ethan Allen Hitchcock Missouri February 20, 1899–March 4, 1907 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
23 James Rudolph Garfield Ohio March 5, 1907–March 5, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
24 Richard Achilles Ballinger Washington March 6, 1909–March 12, 1911 William Howard Taft
25 Walter Lowrie Fisher Illinois March 13, 1911–March 5, 1913 William Howard Taft
26 Franklin Knight Lane California March 6, 1913–February 29, 1920 Woodrow Wilson
27 John Barton Payne Illinois March 15, 1920–March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
28 Albert Bacon Fall New Mexico March 5, 1921–March 4, 1923 Warren G. Harding
29 Hubert Work Colorado March 5, 1923–July 24, 1928 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
30 Roy Owen West Illinois July 25, 1928–March 4, 1929 Calvin Coolidge
31 Ray Lyman Wilbur California March 5, 1929–March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
32 Harold LeClair Ickes Illinois March 4, 1933–February 15, 1946 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
33 Julius Albert Krug Wisconsin March 18, 1946–December 1, 1949 Harry S. Truman
34 Oscar Littleton Chapman Colorado December 1, 1949–January 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman
35 Douglas McKay Oregon January 21, 1953–April 15, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
36 Fred Andrew Seaton Nebraska June 8, 1956–January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
37 Stewart Lee Udall Arizona January 21, 1961–January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
38 Walter J. Hickel Alaska January 24, 1969–November 25, 1970 Richard Nixon
39 Rogers Clark Ballard Morton Maryland January 29, 1971–April 30, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
40 Stanley K. Hathaway Wyoming June 12, 1975–October 9, 1975 Gerald Ford
41 Thomas S. Kleppe North Dakota October 17, 1975–January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
42 Cecil D. Andrus Idaho January 23, 1977–January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
43 James G. Watt Colorado January 23, 1981–November 8, 1983 Ronald Reagan
44 William Patrick Clark California November 18, 1983–February 7, 1985 Ronald Reagan
45 Donald Paul Hodel Oregon February 8, 1985–January 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan
46 Manuel Lujan, Jr. New Mexico February 3, 1989–January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
47 Bruce Babbitt Arizona January 22, 1993–January 2, 2001 Bill Clinton
48 Gale Ann Norton Colorado January 31, 2001–March 31, 2006 George W. Bush
49 Dirk Kempthorne Idaho May 26, 2006- George W. Bush

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