United States Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Labor of the United States of America | |
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United States Department of Labor | |
Style | Mr. Secretary |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | The President |
Seat | Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 29 U.S.C. § 551 |
Formation | March 4, 1913 |
First holder | William B. Wilson |
Succession | Tenth in the United States Presidential Line of Succession |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Labor |
Salary | Executive Schedule, level 1 |
Website | www |
The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the U.S. Department of Labor, 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.
There used to be a U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who led this department with the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is now headed by a separate U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Seven women have served as Secretary of Labor, which is more than any other cabinet position.
Thomas Perez is the current U.S. Secretary of Labor. He took office after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 23, 2013.
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List of Secretaries of Labor[edit]
- Parties
Democratic (12) Republican (14)
No. | Portrait | Name | State of Residence | Took Office | Left Office | President(s) | |
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William B. Wilson | Pennsylvania | March 6, 1913 | March 4, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson | |
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James J. Davis | Pennsylvania | March 5, 1921 | November 30, 1930 | Warren G. Harding | |
Calvin Coolidge | |||||||
Herbert Hoover | |||||||
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William N. Doak | Virginia | December 9, 1930 | March 4, 1933 | ||
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Frances Perkins | New York | March 4, 1933 | June 30, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
Harry S. Truman | |||||||
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Lewis B. Schwellenbach | Washington | July 1, 1945 | June 10, 1948 | ||
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Maurice J. Tobin | Massachusetts | August 13, 1948 | January 20, 1953 | ||
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Martin P. Durkin | Maryland | January 21, 1953 | September 10, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
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James P. Mitchell | New Jersey | October 9, 1953 | January 20, 1961 | ||
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Arthur Goldberg | Illinois | January 21, 1961 | September 20, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | |
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W. Willard Wirtz | Illinois | September 25, 1962 | January 20, 1969 | ||
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
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George P. Shultz | Illinois | January 22, 1969 | July 1, 1970 | Richard Nixon | |
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James D. Hodgson | California | July 2, 1970 | February 1, 1973 | ||
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Peter J. Brennan | New York | February 2, 1973 | March 15, 1975 | ||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
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John T. Dunlop | Massachusetts | March 18, 1975 | January 31, 1976 | ||
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William Usery | Georgia | February 10, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | ||
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Ray Marshall | Texas | January 27, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
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Raymond J. Donovan | New Jersey | February 4, 1981 | March 15, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | |
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Bill Brock | Tennessee | April 29, 1985 | October 31, 1987 | ||
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Ann Dore McLaughlin | District of Columbia | December 17, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | ||
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Elizabeth Dole | Kansas | January 25, 1989 | November 23, 1990 | George H. W. Bush | |
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Lynn M. Martin | Illinois | February 22, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | ||
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Robert Reich | Massachusetts | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton | |
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Alexis Herman | Alabama | May 1, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||
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Elaine Chao | Kentucky | January 29, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush | |
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Hilda Solis | California | February 24, 2009 | January 22, 2013 | Barack Obama | |
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Thomas Perez | Maryland | July 23, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
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Edward C. Hugler | Pennsylvania | January 20, 2017 | present | Donald Trump | |
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Andrew Puzder | Tennessee | January 2017 Pending Senate confirmation |
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Living former Secretaries of Labor[edit]
As of January 2017, there are twelve living former Secretaries of Labor, the oldest being George P. Shultz (served 1969–1970, born 1920). The most recent Secretary of Labor to die was William Usery Jr. (served 1976–1977, born 1923), on December 10, 2016.
Name | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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George P. Shultz | 1969–1970 | December 13, 1920 |
Ray Marshall | 1977–1981 | August 22, 1928 |
Raymond J. Donovan | 1981–1985 | August 31, 1930 |
Bill Brock | 1985–1987 | November 23, 1930 |
Ann Dore McLaughlin | 1987–1989 | November 16, 1941 |
Elizabeth H. Dole | 1989–1990 | July 29, 1936 |
Lynn Morley Martin | 1991–1993 | December 26, 1939 |
Robert Reich | 1993–1997 | June 24, 1946 |
Alexis Herman | 1997–2001 | July 16, 1947 |
Elaine Chao | 2001–2009 | March 26, 1953 |
Hilda Solis | 2009–2013 | October 20, 1957 |
Thomas Perez | 2013–2017 | October 7, 1961 |
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United States presidential line of succession | ||
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Preceded by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker |
11th in line | Succeeded by Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell |