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"Secretary of Labor" redirects here. See also: Secretary of Labor (Mexico) .
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.
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
March 6 , 1913
March 4 , 1921
Woodrow Wilson
2
James J. Davis
March 5 , 1921
November 30 , 1930
Warren Harding ,Calvin Coolidge ,Herbert Hoover
3
William N. Doak
December 9 , 1930
March 4 , 1933
Herbert Hoover
4
Frances Perkins
March 4 , 1933
June 30 , 1945
Franklin Roosevelt ,Harry Truman
5
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
July 1 , 1945
June 10 , 1948
Harry Truman
6
Maurice J. Tobin
August 13 , 1948
January 20 , 1953
7
Martin P. Durkin
January 21 , 1953
September 10 , 1953
Dwight Eisenhower
8
James P. Mitchell
October 9 , 1953
January 20 , 1961
9
Arthur Goldberg
January 21 , 1961
September 20 , 1962
John Kennedy
10
W. Willard Wirtz
September 25 , 1962
January 20 , 1969
John Kennedy , Lyndon Johnson
11
George Shultz
January 22 , 1969
July 1 , 1970
Richard Nixon
12
James D. Hodgson
July 2 , 1970
February 1 , 1973
13
Peter J. Brennan
February 2 , 1973
March 15 , 1975
Gerald Ford
14
John Thomas Dunlop
March 18 , 1975
January 31 , 1976
15
W. J. Usery Jr.
February 10 , 1976
January 20 , 1977
16
Ray Marshall
January 27 , 1977
January 20 , 1981
Jimmy Carter
17
Raymond J. Donovan
February 4 , 1981
March 15 , 1985
Ronald Reagan
18
William E. Brock
April 29 , 1985
October 31 , 1987
19
Ann Dore McLaughlin
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December 17 , 1987
January 20 , 1989
20
Elizabeth Dole
January 25 , 1989
November 23 , 1990
George H. W. Bush
21
Lynn Morley Martin
February 22 , 1991
January 20 , 1993
22
Robert Reich
January 22 , 1993
January 10 , 1997
Bill Clinton
23
Alexis Herman
May 1 , 1997
January 20 , 2001
24
Elaine Chao
January 29 , 2001
present
George W. Bush
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