United States Secretary of Transportation
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
| United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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 Seal of the Department | |
 Flag of the Secretary | |
| United States Department of Transportation | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | President of the United States |
| Seat | Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | 49 U.S.C. § 102 |
| Formation | October 15, 1966 |
| First holder | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
| Succession | Fourteenth[1] |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Transportation |
| Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
| Website | www |
Secretaries of Transportation
- Parties
Democratic (8) Republican (11)
Status
Denotes acting Secretary of Transportation
| No. | Image | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President serving under | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Alan S. Boyd | Florida | January 16, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| 2 |  |
John A. Volpe | Massachusetts | January 22, 1969 | February 2, 1973 | Richard M. Nixon | |
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Claude S. Brinegar | California | February 2, 1973 | February 1, 1975 | ||
| Gerald R. Ford | |||||||
| 4 |  |
William T. Coleman, Jr. | Pennsylvania | March 7, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | ||
| 5 |  |
Brock Adams | Washington | January 23, 1977 | July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | |
| 6 |  |
Neil E. Goldschmidt | Oregon | August 15, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||
| 7 |  |
Drew Lewis | Pennsylvania | January 23, 1981 | February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | |
| 8 |  |
Elizabeth H. Dole | Kansas | February 7, 1983 | September 30, 1987 | ||
| 9 |  |
James H. Burnley IV | North Carolina | December 3, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | ||
| 10 |  |
Samuel K. Skinner | Illinois | February 6, 1989 | December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush | |
| 11 |  |
Andrew H. Card | Massachusetts | February 24, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | ||
| 12 |  |
Federico Peña | Colorado | January 21, 1993 | February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton | |
| 13 |  |
Rodney E. Slater | Arkansas | February 14, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | ||
| 14 |  |
Norman Y. Mineta | California | January 25, 2001 | August 7, 2006 | George W. Bush | |
| 15 |  |
Mary E. Peters | Arizona | October 17, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | ||
| 16 |  |
Ray H. LaHood | Illinois | January 23, 2009 | July 2, 2013 | Barack Obama | |
| 17 |  |
Anthony R. Foxx | North Carolina | July 2, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | ||
| – |  |
Michael Huerta Acting |
California | January 20, 2017 | January 31, 2017 | Donald Trump | |
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Elaine Chao | Kentucky | January 31, 2017 | January 11, 2021 | ||
| – |  |
Steven G. Bradbury Acting |
Oregon | January 12, 2021 | January 20, 2021 | ||
| – |  |
Lana Hurdle Acting |
Virginia | January 20, 2021 | February 2, 2021 | Joe Biden | |
| 19 |  |
Pete Buttigieg | Indiana | February 2, 2021 | Incumbent | ||
References
- : Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act.
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