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{{short description|Head of the United States Department of the Treasury}}
{{Redirect|Secretary of the Treasury|other uses|text=Not to be confused with [[Treasurer of the United States]]}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = United States Secretary
| body = the Treasury
| flag = Flag of the United States Secretary of the Treasury.svg
| flagborder = yes
| flagsize = 130
| flagcaption = Flag of the secretary 
| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury.svg
| insigniasize = 120
| insigniacaption = Seal of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]]
| image = Secretary Janet Yellen portrait (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Janet Yellen]]
| incumbentsince = January 26, 2021
| department = [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]]
| style = Madam Secretary (informal)<br/>[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal)
| member_of = [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]<br/>[[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States|President]]
| seat = [[Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)|Treasury Building]]<br />[[Washington, D.C.]]
| appointer = [[President of the United States|President]]
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = No fixed term
| constituting_instrument = {{USC|31|301}}
| precursor = [[Superintendent of Finance of the United States|Superintendent of Finance]]
| formation = {{start date and age|1789|9|11}}
| first = [[Alexander Hamilton]]
| succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Fifth]]<ref name="UnitedStatesCode|3|19">{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|title=3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act|website=LII / Legal Information Institute|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226123834/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19|url-status=live}}</ref>
| deputy = [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury|Deputy Secretary]]<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|31|301}}</ref>
| salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, Level I]]<ref name="UnitedStatesCode|5|5312">{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5312}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://home.treasury.gov/|treasury.gov}}
}}

The '''United States secretary of the treasury''' is the head of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], and is the chief financial officer of the [[federal government of the United States]]. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the [[president of the United States]] on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy. The secretary is, by custom, a member of the [[Cabinet of the United States|president's cabinet]] and, by law, a member of the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]],<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|50|3021|National Security Council}}</ref> and fifth in the [[U.S. presidential line of succession]].

Under the [[Appointments Clause]] of the [[United States Constitution]], the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, and, following a [[confirmation hearing]] before the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Committee on Finance]], will take the office if confirmed by the majority of the full [[United States Senate]].

The [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]], the secretary of the treasury, the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]], and the [[United States Attorney General|attorney general]] are generally regarded as the four most important Cabinet officials, due to the size and importance of their respective departments.<ref>''Cabinets and Counselors: The President and the Executive Branch'' (1997). [[Congressional Quarterly]]. p. 87.</ref>

The current secretary of the treasury is [[Janet Yellen]], who is the first woman to hold the office.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Janet L. Yellen Sworn In As 78th Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0002 |url-status=live |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury |date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127105142/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0002 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/economy/yellen-treasury-secretary-first-woman/index.html |title=Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female Treasury secretary in US history |last1=Tappe |first1=Anneken |last2=Egan |first2=Matt |date=January 25, 2021 |website=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126004747/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/economy/yellen-treasury-secretary-first-woman/index.html |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Powers and functions==
{{blockquote|text=The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the [[Federal government of the United States|United States Government]]; and in manufacturing [[Coins of the United States dollar|coins]] and [[United States dollar|currency]].

The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] and [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the [[International Monetary Fund]], the [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]], the [[Inter-American Development Bank]], the [[Asian Development Bank]], and the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]]. |author=U.S. Department of the Treasury Web site<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ustreas.gov/education/duties/treas/sec-treasury.shtml |title=Duties & Functions: Secretaries of the Treasury |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119160912/http://www.treasury.gov/education/duties/treas/sec-treasury.shtml |archive-date=November 19, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>}}

The secretary along with the [[treasurer of the United States]] must sign [[Federal Reserve notes]] before they can become [[legal tender]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Yellen Is First Female Treasury Secretary With Signature on U.S. Dollar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/business/janet-yellen-signature-dollar.html |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209181953/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/business/janet-yellen-signature-dollar.html |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |quote=By tradition, the treasurer must sign the money along with the Treasury secretary. Both signatures are engraved onto plates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where they are printed and submitted to the Federal Reserve, which determines what currency will be added to circulation.}}</ref> The secretary also manages the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program|United States Emergency Economic Stabilization fund]].<ref>{{USC2|12|5211|Purchases of troubled assets}}</ref>

==Salary==
The secretary of the treasury is a [[Executive Schedule#Level I|Level I position in the Executive Schedule]],<ref name="UnitedStatesCode|5|5312"/> thus earning the salary prescribed for that level ([[US Dollar|US$]]246,400, as of January 2024).<ref>{{cite web |title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX) |url=https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/EX.pdf }}</ref>

==List of secretaries of the treasury==
The '''United States secretary of the treasury''' is the head of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], and is the chief financial officer of the [[federal government of the United States]]. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the [[president of the United States]] on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy. The secretary is, by custom, a member of the [[Cabinet of the United States|president's cabinet]] and, by law, a member of the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|50|3021|National Security Council}}</ref>

Under the [[Appointments Clause]] of the [[United States Constitution]], the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, and, following a [[confirmation hearing]] before the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Committee on Finance]], is confirmed by the [[United States Senate]].

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'''Status'''
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes an [[Acting (law)|acting]] secretary of the treasury|border=black}}

{| class="wikitable" style="clear:right; text-align:center"
|-
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
!State of residence
!Took office
!Left office
! colspan="2" |[[President of the United States|President(s)]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Federalist Party}};" |{{color|white|1}}
|[[File:Alexander Hamilton, by Trumbull.jpg|alt=|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|September 11, 1789
|January 31, 1795
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[George Washington]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Federalist Party}};" |{{color|white|2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Oliver Wolcott Jr by Gilbert Stuart circa 1820.jpeg|alt=|frameless|149x149px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Oliver Wolcott Jr.]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Connecticut]]
| rowspan="2" |February 3, 1795
| rowspan="2" |December 31, 1800
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Federalist Party}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[John Adams]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Federalist Party}};" |{{color|white|3}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Samuel Dexter.jpg|alt=|frameless|166x166px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Samuel Dexter]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Massachusetts]]
| rowspan="2" |January 1, 1801
| rowspan="2" |May 13, 1801
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |
|[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |{{color|white|4}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Albert Gallatin 3.JPG|alt=|frameless|190x190px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Albert Gallatin]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pennsylvania]]
| rowspan="2" |May 14, 1801
| rowspan="2" |February 8, 1814
| rowspan="6" |[[James Madison]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |{{color|white|5}}
|[[File:George W Campbell cph.3a00320.jpg|alt=|frameless|161x161px]]
|[[George W. Campbell]]
|[[Tennessee]]
|February 9, 1814
|October 5, 1814
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |{{color|white|6}}
|[[File:Alexander J. Dallas.jpg|frameless|158x158px]]
|[[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|October 6, 1814
|October 21, 1816
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:William-Jones.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[William Jones (statesman)|William Jones]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|As [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]].}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Pennsylvania]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |October 21, 1816
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |October 22, 1816
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |{{color|white|7}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Portrait of William Harris Crawford.jpg|frameless|158x158px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[William H. Crawford]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| rowspan="2" |October 22, 1816
| rowspan="2" |March 6, 1825
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |
|[[James Monroe]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Federalist Party}};" |{{color|white|8}}
|[[File:RUSH, Richard-BEP069-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg|alt=|frameless|167x167px]]
|[[Richard Rush]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|March 7, 1825
|March 5, 1829
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic-Republican Party}};" |
|[[John Quincy Adams]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|9}}
|[[File:SIng.jpg|alt=|frameless|154x154px]]
|[[Samuel D. Ingham]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|March 6, 1829
|June 20, 1831
| rowspan="5" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Andrew Jackson]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}}
|[[File:Louis McLane (Treasury Secretary, BEP engraved portrait, cropped).jpg|frameless|154x154px]]
|[[Louis McLane]]
|[[Delaware]]
|August 8, 1831
|May 28, 1833
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|11}}
|[[File:William J Duane.jpg|alt=|frameless|159x159px]]
|[[William J. Duane]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|May 29, 1833
|September 22, 1833
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|12}}
|[[File:Roger Taney.jpg|frameless|153x153px]]
|[[Roger B. Taney]]
|[[Maryland]]
|September 23, 1833
|June 25, 1834
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|13}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Levi Woodbury SecNavy.jpg|frameless|149x149px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Levi Woodbury]]
| rowspan="2" |[[New Hampshire]]
| rowspan="2" |July 1, 1834
| rowspan="2" |March 3, 1841
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Martin Van Buren]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |14
| rowspan="2" |[[File:ThomasEwingSr.jpg|frameless|160x160px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Thomas Ewing]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ohio]]
| rowspan="2" |March 4, 1841
| rowspan="2" |September 11, 1841
| style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |
|[[William Henry Harrison]]
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[John Tyler]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |15
|[[File:WForward-SecofTreas.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Walter Forward]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|September 13, 1841
|March 1, 1843
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |16
|[[File:SPENCER, John C-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait) (cropped).jpg|frameless|157x157px]]
|[[John Canfield Spencer]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|March 8, 1843 
|May 2, 1844
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|17}}
|[[File:George M. Bibb - Brady-Handy.jpg|frameless|188x188px]]
|[[George M. Bibb]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|July 4, 1844 
|March 7, 1845
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}}
|[[File:Hon. Robert J. Walker, Miss - NARA - 528738.jpg|frameless|147x147px]]
|[[Robert J. Walker]]
|[[Mississippi]]
|March 8, 1845
|March 5, 1849
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[James K. Polk]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |19
|[[File:WMMeredith.jpg|frameless|160x160px]]
|[[William M. Meredith]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|March 8, 1849
|July 22, 1850
| style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Zachary Taylor]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |20
|[[File:TCorwin.jpg|frameless|154x154px]]
|[[Thomas Corwin]]
|[[Ohio]]
|July 23, 1850
|March 6, 1853
| style="background: {{party color|Whig Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Millard Fillmore]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|21}}
|[[File:James-Guthrie-(wreaths).jpg|frameless|144x144px]]
|[[James Guthrie (Kentucky politician)|James Guthrie]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|March 7, 1853
|March 6, 1857
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Franklin Pierce]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|22}}
|[[File:Cobb, Howell2.jpg|frameless|154x154px]]
|[[Howell Cobb]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|March 7, 1857
|December 8, 1860
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[James Buchanan]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|23}}
|[[File:Philip Francis Thomas, sitting.jpg|frameless|176x176px]]
|[[Philip Francis Thomas]]
|[[Maryland]]
|December 12, 1860
|January 14, 1861
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|24}}
|[[File:John adams dix.jpg|frameless|159x159px]]
|[[John Adams Dix]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|January 15, 1861
|March 6, 1861
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|25}}
|[[File:Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860–1865, full version).jpg|frameless|141x141px]]
|[[Salmon P. Chase]]
|[[Ohio]]
|March 7, 1861
|June 30, 1864
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|26}}
|[[File:Hon. William P. Fessenden, Maine - NARA - 529980.jpg|frameless|147x147px]]
|[[William P. Fessenden]]
|[[Maine]]
|July 5, 1864
|March 3, 1865
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|27}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Hugh McCulloch.png|frameless|143x143px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hugh McCulloch]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indiana]]
| rowspan="2" |March 9, 1865
| rowspan="2" |March 3, 1869
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Andrew Johnson]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|28}}
|[[File:George Boutwell, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|frameless|148x148px]]
|[[George S. Boutwell]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|March 12, 1869
|March 16, 1873
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|29}}
|[[File:William Adams Richardson Brady-Handy.tif|frameless|172x172px]]
|[[William Adams Richardson]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|March 17, 1873
|June 3, 1874
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|30}}
|[[File:Benjamin Helm Bristow Brady - Handy U.S. Secretary of Treasury.jpg|frameless|172x172px]]
|[[Benjamin Bristow]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|June 4, 1874
|June 20, 1876
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|31}}
|[[File:Lot M. Morrill Brady-Handy Portrait Photo.jpg|frameless|167x167px]]
|[[Lot M. Morrill]]
|[[Maine]]
|July 7, 1876
|March 9, 1877
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|32}}
|[[File:John-Sherman-2.jpg|frameless|151x151px]]
|[[John Sherman]]
|[[Ohio]]
|March 10, 1877
|March 3, 1881
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|33}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|frameless|140x140px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[William Windom]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Minnesota]]
| rowspan="2" |March 8, 1881
| rowspan="2" |November 13, 1881
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[James A. Garfield]]
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Chester A. Arthur]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|34}}
|[[File: Secretary Charles J. Folger.jpg |frameless|192x192px]]
|[[Charles J. Folger]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|November 14, 1881
|September 4, 1884
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|35}}
|[[File:Walter Q. Gresham - Brady-Handy.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Walter Q. Gresham]]
|[[Indiana]]
|September 5, 1884
|October 30, 1884
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|36}}
|[[File:Hugh McCulloch.png|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[Hugh McCulloch]]
|[[Indiana]]
|October 31, 1884
|March 7, 1885
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|37}}
|[[File: Secretary Daniel Manning.webp|frameless|167x167px]]
|[[Daniel Manning]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|March 8, 1885
|March 31, 1887
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Grover Cleveland]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|38}}
|[[File:Charles S Fairchild - SecofTreasury.jpg|frameless|162x162px]]
|[[Charles S. Fairchild]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|April 1, 1887
|March 6, 1889
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|39}}
|[[File:William Windom, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|frameless|140x140px]]
|[[William Windom]]
|[[Minnesota]]
|March 7, 1889
|January 29, 1891
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Benjamin Harrison]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|40}}
|[[File:Charles Foster, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1865-1880.jpg|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Charles Foster (Ohio politician)|Charles Foster]]
|[[Ohio]]
|February 25, 1891
|March 6, 1893
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|41}}
|[[File:John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|frameless|161x161px]]
|[[John G. Carlisle]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|March 7, 1893
|March 5, 1897
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Grover Cleveland]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|42}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Lyman Gage, Bain photo portrait.jpg|frameless|160x160px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Lyman J. Gage]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Illinois]]
| rowspan="2" |March 6, 1897
| rowspan="2" |January 31, 1902
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[William McKinley]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|-

! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|43}}
|[[File:Leslie Shaw, Bain photo portrait.jpg|150x150px]]
|[[L. M. Shaw]]
|[[Iowa]]
|February 1, 1902
|March 3, 1907
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|44}}
|[[File:Cortelyou-george-bruce.jpg|125px]]
|[[George B. Cortelyou]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|March 4, 1907
|March 7, 1909
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|45}}
|[[File:Franklin MacVeagh, formal bw photo portrait, 1909.jpg|125px]]
|[[Franklin MacVeagh]]
|[[Illinois]]
|March 8, 1909
|March 5, 1913
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[William Howard Taft]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|46}}
|[[File:William Gibbs McAdoo, formal photo portrait, 1914.jpg|125px]]
| nowrap="" |[[William Gibbs McAdoo]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|March 6, 1913
|December 15, 1918
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|47}}
|[[File:Picture of Carter Glass.jpg|125px]]
|[[Carter Glass]]
|[[Virginia]]
|December 16, 1918
|February 1, 1920
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|48}}
|[[File:Picture of David F. Houston.jpg|125px]]
|[[David F. Houston]]
|[[Missouri]]
|February 2, 1920
|March 3, 1921
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|49}}
| rowspan="3" |[[File:AWMellon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Andrew Mellon]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Pennsylvania]]
| rowspan="3" |March 4, 1921
| rowspan="3" |February 12, 1932
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Warren G. Harding]]
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Herbert Hoover]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|50}}
|[[File:Ogden Livingston Mills.jpg|125px]]
|[[Ogden L. Mills]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|February 13, 1932
|March 4, 1933
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|51}}
|[[File:Woodin2.jpg|125px]]
|[[William H. Woodin]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|March 5, 1933
|December 31, 1933
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|52}} 
| [[File:Henry Morgenthau, Jr..jpg|125px]]
| [[Henry Morgenthau Jr.]]
| [[New York (state)|New York]]
| January 1, 1934
| July 22, 1945
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|53}}
|[[File:Frederick Vinson portrait.png|125px]]
|[[Fred M. Vinson]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|July 23, 1945
|June 23, 1946
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Harry S. Truman]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|54}}
|[[File:Portrait of John W. Snyder.jpg|125px]]
|[[John Wesley Snyder]]
|[[Missouri]]
|June 25, 1946
|January 20, 1953
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|55}}
|[[File:George M Humphrey.jpg|125px]]
|[[George M. Humphrey]]
|[[Ohio]]
|January 21, 1953
|July 29, 1957
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |Dwight D. Eisenhower
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|56}}
|[[File:Robert B Anderson.jpeg|125px]]
|[[Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician)|Robert B. Anderson]]
|[[Connecticut]]
|July 29, 1957
|January 20, 1961
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|57}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:C Douglas Dillon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[C. Douglas Dillon]]
| rowspan="2" |[[New Jersey]]
| rowspan="2" |January 21, 1961
| rowspan="2" |April 1, 1965
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="3" |Lyndon B. Johnson
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|58}}
|[[File:HFowler2.jpg|125px]]
|[[Henry H. Fowler]]
|[[Virginia]]
|April 1, 1965
|December 20, 1968
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|59}}
|[[File:Joseph W Barr.jpg|125px]]
|[[Joseph W. Barr]]
|[[Indiana]]
|December 21, 1968
|January 20, 1969
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|60}}
|[[File:David M Kennedy.jpg|125px]]
|[[David M. Kennedy (politician)|David M. Kennedy]]
|[[Utah]]
|January 22, 1969
|February 10, 1971
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Richard Nixon]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|61}}
|[[File:Portrait of John Connally.jpg|125px]]
|[[John Connally]]
|[[Texas]]
|February 11, 1971
|June 12, 1972
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|62}}
|[[File:George Pratt Shultz.jpg|125px]]
|[[George Shultz]]
|[[Illinois]]
|June 12, 1972
|May 8, 1974
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|63}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:William E Simon.jpg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[William E. Simon]]
| rowspan="2" |[[New Jersey]]
| rowspan="2" |May 8, 1974
| rowspan="2" |January 20, 1977
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[Gerald Ford]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|64}}
|[[File:Portrait of W. Michael Blumenthal.jpg|125px]]
|[[W. Michael Blumenthal]]
|[[Michigan]]
|January 23, 1977
|August 4, 1979
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|65}}
|[[File:G. William Miller.jpg|125px]]
|[[G. William Miller]]
|[[Rhode Island]]
|August 7, 1979
|January 20, 1981
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|66}}
|[[File:Donaldtregan1.jpg|125px]]
|[[Donald Regan]]
|[[New Jersey]]
|January 22, 1981
|February 1, 1985
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Ronald Reagan]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|67}}
|[[File:James A. Baker III, U.S. Secretary of State (2380044355).jpg|125px]]
|[[James Baker]]
|[[Texas]]
|February 4, 1985
|August 17, 1988
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:M Peter McPherson at lectern in 1981 (cropped).jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[M. Peter McPherson]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=Deputy|As [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury|Deputy Secretary of the Treasury]].}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Michigan]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |August 17, 1988
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |September 15, 1988
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|68}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Nicholas F. Brady - Secretary of the Treasury portrait.jpeg|125px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Nicholas F. Brady]]
| rowspan="2" |[[New Jersey]]
| rowspan="2" |September 15, 1988
| rowspan="2" |January 17, 1993
|-
| style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|69}}
|[[File:LloydBentsen.jpg|125px]]
|[[Lloyd Bentsen]]
|[[Texas]]
|January 20, 1993
|December 22, 1994
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
|[[File:Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury.svg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Frank N. Newman]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=Deputy}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Massachusetts]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |December 22, 1994
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 11, 1995
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|70}}
|[[File:Pr4262ls-treasury-rubin.jpg|125px]]
|[[Robert Rubin]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|January 11, 1995
|July 2, 1999
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|71}}
|[[File:Lawrence Summers Treasury portrait.jpg|125px]]
|[[Lawrence Summers]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|July 2, 1999
|January 20, 2001
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|72}}
|[[File:OneilllPaul.jpg|125px]]
|[[Paul H. O'Neill]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|January 20, 2001
|December 31, 2002
| rowspan="5" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="5" |[[George W. Bush]]
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Kenneth Dam.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Kenneth W. Dam]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=Deputy}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Illinois]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |December 31, 2002
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |February 3, 2003
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|73}}
|[[File:John W. Snow.jpg|125px]]
|[[John W. Snow]]
|[[Virginia]]
|February 3, 2003
|June 30, 2006
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Robert Kimmitt, official Treasury photo.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Robert M. Kimmitt]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=Deputy}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Virginia]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |June 30, 2006
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |July 10, 2006
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|74}}
|[[File:Henry Paulson official Treasury photo, 2006.jpg|125px]]
|[[Henry Paulson]]
|[[Illinois]]
|July 10, 2006
|January 20, 2009
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Stuart Levey.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Stuart A. Levey]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=UnderTer|As [[Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence]].}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Ohio]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 20, 2009
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 26, 2009
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Barack Obama]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |75
|[[File:Timothy Geithner official portrait.jpg|125px]]
|[[Timothy Geithner]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|January 26, 2009
|January 25, 2013
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Neal S. Wolin official portrait.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Neal S. Wolin]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=Deputy}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Illinois]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 25, 2013
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |February 28, 2013
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|76}}
|[[File:Jacob Lew official portrait.jpg|125px]]
|[[Jack Lew]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|February 28, 2013
|January 20, 2017
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Adam Szubin.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Adam Szubin]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|name=UnderTer}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Washington, D.C.]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 20, 2017
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |February 13, 2017
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Donald Trump]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|77}}
|[[File:Steven Mnuchin official photo (cropped).jpg|125px]]
|[[Steven Mnuchin]]
|[[California]]
|February 13, 2017
|January 20, 2021
|-
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |–
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[File:Andy Baukol.jpg|125px]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Andy Baukol]]<br />{{small|Acting}}{{efn|As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Monetary Policy.}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |[[Virginia]]
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 20, 2021
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" |January 26, 2021
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Joe Biden]]
|-
! style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|78}}
|[[File:Secretary Janet Yellen portrait (cropped).jpg|frameless|156x156px]]
|[[Janet Yellen]]
|[[California]]
|January 26, 2021
|''Incumbent''

|}

[[File:Flag of the United States Secretary of the Treasury (1887-1915).png|thumb|right|Former flag of the Secretary of the Treasury, originating from the 19th century.]]

==Succession==
===Presidential succession===
The secretary of the treasury is fifth in the [[United States presidential line of succession|presidential line of succession]], following the [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state]] and preceding the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]].<ref name="UnitedStatesCode|3|19"/>

===Succession within the Department===
On August 16, 2016, President [[Barack Obama]] signed Executive Order 13735, which changed the order of succession for filling the Treasury Secretary's role when necessary. At any time when the secretary and the [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury|deputy secretary of the treasury]] have both died, resigned, or cannot serve as secretary for other reasons, the order designates which Treasury officers are next in line to serve as acting secretary. 

The order of succession is:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Executive Order on Providing an Order of Succession within the Department of the Treasury|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/17/2016-19723/providing-an-order-of-succession-within-the-department-of-the-treasury|date=August 16, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=September 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925221931/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/17/2016-19723/providing-an-order-of-succession-within-the-department-of-the-treasury|url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Office
|-
|1*
|Under Secretaries of the Treasury
|-
|2
|[[Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury|General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury]]
|-
|3*
|Deputy Under Secretaries of the Treasury and those [[United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury|Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury]] appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Senate
|-
|4
|[[Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury|Chief of Staff]]
|-
|5
|[[Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management|Assistant Secretary for Management]]
|-
|6
|[[Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury|Fiscal Assistant Secretary]]
|-
|7
|[[Commissioner of Internal Revenue]], [[Internal Revenue Service]]
|-
|8
|Commissioner, [[Bureau of the Fiscal Service]]
|-
|9
|Deputy Commissioner, Fiscal Accounting and Shared Services, [[Bureau of the Fiscal Service]]
|-
|10
|Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, [[Internal Revenue Service]]
|-
|*
|In the order in which they shall have taken the oath of office as such officers. 
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/Pages/edu_history_secretary_index.aspx |title=Secretaries of the Treasury |work=History of the Treasury |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=April 9, 2006}}

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