| Name |
Years served |
President(s) served under |
|---|
| Henry Knox |
1789-1794 |
George Washington |
| Timothy Pickering |
1795 |
Washington |
| James McHenry |
1796-1800 |
Washington, John Adams | |
| Samuel Dexter |
1800-1801 |
John Adams |
| Henry DearbornHenry Dearborn ( February 23, 1751- June 6, 1829) was an American physician, statesman and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, New Hampshire, where |
1801-1809 |
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson Other images: (, , ) Order 3rd President Term of Office Monday, March 4, 1801 Thursday, March 3, 1809 Followed John Adams Succeeded by James Madison Date of Birth April 13, 1743 Place of Birth Shadwell, Virginia Date of Death Tuesday, Jul |
| William EustisWilliam Eustis ( June 10, 1753 February 6, 1825) was an early American statesman. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Latin School before he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1772. He studied medicine under |
1809-1813 |
James MadisonJames Madison Order 4th President Term of Office March 4, 1809 March 3, 1817 Followed Thomas Jefferson Succeeded by James Monroe Date of Birth March 16, 1751 Place of Birth Port Conway, Virginia Date of Death June 28, 1836 Place of Death Montpelier, Virgi |
| John Armstrong, Jr.John Armstrong, Jr. November 25, 1758 April 1, 1843) was an American soldier and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, U. Senator from New York, and Secretary of War. Further Reading Skeen, Carl E. John Armstrong, Jr. 1758-1843: A Biog |
1813-1814 |
Madison |
| James MonroeJames Monroe Order 5th President Term of Office March 4, 1817 March 3, 1825 Followed James Madison Succeeded by John Quincy Adams Date of Birth April 28, 1758 Place of Birth Westmoreland County, Virginia Date of Death July 4, 1831 Place of Death New York |
1814-1815 |
Madison |
| William Harris Crawford |
1815-1816 |
Madison |
| John C. Calhoun |
1817-1825 |
James Monroe |
| James Barbour |
1825-1828 |
John Quincy Adams |
| Peter Buell Porter |
1828-1829 |
John Quincy Adams |
| John Henry Eaton |
1829-1831 |
Andrew Jackson |
| Lewis Cass |
1831-1836 |
Jackson |
| Joel Roberts Poinsett |
1837-1841 |
Martin Van Buren |
| John Bell |
1841 |
William Henry Harrison,
John Tyler |
| John C. Spencer |
1841-1843 |
Tyler |
| James Madison Porter |
1843-1844 |
Tyler |
| William Wilkins |
1844-1845 |
Tyler |
| William L. Marcy |
1845-1849 |
James Polk |
| George Walker Crawford |
1849-1850 |
Zachary Taylor |
| Charles Magill Conrad |
1850-1853 |
Millard Fillmore |
| Jefferson Davis |
1853-1857 |
Franklin Pierce |
| John Buchanan Floyd |
1857-1860 |
James Buchanan |
| Joseph Holt |
1861 |
Buchanan |
| Simon Cameron |
1861-1862 |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
1862-1868 |
Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |
| John M. Schofield |
1868-1869 |
Johnson |
| John Aaron Rawlins |
1869 |
Ulysses Simpson Grant |
| William Tecumseh Sherman |
1869 |
Grant |
| William W. Belknap |
1869-1876 |
Grant |
| Alphonso Taft |
1876 |
Grant |
| J. Donald Cameron |
1876-1877 |
Grant |
| George W. McCrary |
1877-1879 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Alexander Ramsey |
1879-1881 |
Hayes |
| Robert Todd Lincoln |
1881-1885 |
Chester Alan Arthur |
| William C. Endicott |
1885-1889 |
Grover Cleveland |
| Redfield Proctor |
1889-1891 |
Benjamin Harrison |
| Stephen B. Elkins |
1891-1893 |
Harrison |
| Daniel Scott Lamont |
1893-1897 |
Cleveland (2nd term) |
| Russell A. Alger |
1897-1899 |
William McKinley |
| Elihu Root |
1899-1904 |
McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt |
| William H. Taft I |
1904-1908 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| Luke Edward Wright |
1908-1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
| Jacob M. Dickinson |
1909-1911 |
William Howard Taft |
| Henry L. Stimson |
1911-1913 |
Taft |
| Lindley M. Garrison |
1913-1916 |
Woodrow Wilson |
| Newton D. Baker |
1916-1921 |
Wilson |
| John W. Weeks |
1921-1925 |
Warren G. Harding,
Calvin Coolidge |
| Dwight F. Davis |
1925-1929 |
Coolidge |
| James W. Good |
1929 |
Herbert Hoover |
| Patrick J. Hurley |
1929-1933 |
Hoover |
| George H. Dern |
1933-1936 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Harry H. Woodring |
1936-1940 |
FDR |
| Henry L. Stimson |
1940-1945 |
FDR, Harry S. Truman |
| Robert P. Patterson |
1945-1947 |
Truman |
| Kenneth C. Royall |
1947 |
Truman |
