Template:Chronological list of United States Secretaries of the Army
Appearance
No. | Image | Name | Term of office | President(s) served under |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenneth Claiborne Royall | September 18, 1947 – April 27, 1949 | Harry S. Truman | |
2 | Gordon Gray[1] | April 28, 1949 – April 12, 1950 | ||
3 | Frank Pace | April 12, 1950 – January 20, 1953 | ||
– | Earl D. Johnson Acting[1] |
January 20, 1953 – February 4, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
4 | Robert T. Stevens | February 4, 1953 – July 21, 1955 | ||
5 | Wilber M. Brucker | July 21, 1955 – January 19, 1961 | ||
6 | Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. | January 24, 1961 – June 30, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
7 | Cyrus Roberts Vance | July 5, 1962 – January 21, 1964 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson | |
8 | Stephen Ailes | January 28, 1964 – July 1, 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
9 | Stanley R. Resor | July 2, 1965 – June 30, 1971 | Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon | |
10 | Robert F. Froehlke | July 1, 1971 – May 14, 1973 | Richard Nixon | |
11 | Howard H. Callaway | May 15, 1973 – July 3, 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford | |
– | Norman R. Augustine Acting[1] |
July 3, 1975 – August 5, 1975 | Gerald Ford | |
12 | Martin R. Hoffmann | August 5, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | ||
13 | Clifford Alexander Jr. | February 14, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
14 | Percy A. Pierre Acting[1] |
January 21, 1981 – January 29, 1981 | Ronald Reagan | |
15 | John O. Marsh Jr. | January 30, 1981 – August 14, 1989 | Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush | |
16 | Michael P. W. Stone | August 14, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | |
– | John W. Shannon Acting[2] |
January 20, 1993 – August 26, 1993 | Bill Clinton | |
– | Gordon R. Sullivan Acting[3][4] |
August 28, 1993 – November 21, 1993 | ||
17 | Togo D. West Jr. | November 22, 1993 – May 4, 1997 | ||
– | Robert M. Walker Acting[1] |
December 2, 1997 – July 1, 1998 | ||
18 | Louis Caldera | July 2, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | ||
– | Gregory R. Dahlberg Acting |
January 20, 2001 – March 4, 2001 | George W. Bush | |
– | Joseph W. Westphal Acting[1] |
March 5, 2001 – May 31, 2001 | ||
19 | Thomas E. White | May 31, 2001 – May 9, 2003 | ||
– | Les Brownlee Acting |
May 10, 2003 – November 18, 2004 | ||
20 | Francis J. Harvey | November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007 | ||
21 | Pete Geren | March 9, 2007 – September 21, 2009 | George W. Bush, Barack Obama | |
22 | John M. McHugh | September 21, 2009 – November 1, 2015 | Barack Obama | |
– | Eric Fanning Acting |
November 3, 2015 – January 11, 2016 | ||
– | Patrick Murphy Acting |
January 11, 2016 – May 17, 2016 | ||
23 | Eric Fanning | May 17, 2016 – January 20, 2017 | ||
– | Robert Speer Acting |
January 20, 2017 – August 2, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
– | Ryan D. McCarthy Acting |
August 2, 2017 – November 20, 2017 | ||
24 | Mark Esper | November 20, 2017 – July 23, 2019[5] | ||
– | Ryan D. McCarthy Acting |
June 24, 2019 – July 15, 2019 | ||
25 | Ryan D. McCarthy | July 23, 2019 – January 20, 2021 Acting: July 23, 2019 – September 30, 2019 | ||
– | John E. Whitley Acting |
January 20, 2021 – May 28, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
26 | Christine Wormuth | May 28, 2021 – present |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Bell, William Gardner (1992). Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.
- ^
- Schmitt, Eric (August 28, 1993). "Acting Army Secretary, Accused Of Shoplifing, Is Placed on Leave". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Miller, Bill (September 22, 1993). "Acting Army Secretary Admits Shoplifting". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ^ The Daily Sentinel (Ohio/West Virginia), Acting Army Chief Ticketed for Shoplifting, August 29, 1993
- ^ U.S. Organization Chart Service, Department of Defense Fact Book, 2006, page 17
- ^ Dickstein, Corey (June 21, 2019). "Former Ranger McCarthy will take on duties of Army secretary on Monday". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
While Esper is serving as acting defense secretary, he will technically retain the title of secretary of the Army, one of the officials said.