The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived Cabinet department of the United States government, which was concerned with business, industry, and labor.
It was created on February 14, 1903. It was subsequently renamed the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913, and its bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new Department of Labor.
The United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor was the head of the department. The secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. Corresponding with the division of the department in 1913, the Secretary's position was divided into separate positions of Commerce and Labor.
| No. | Secretary | Term | President(s) served under |
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| 1 | George B. Cortelyou | February 18, 1903 – June 30, 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 2 | Victor H. Metcalf | July 1, 1904 – December 16, 1906 | |
| 3 | Oscar S. Straus | December 17, 1906 – March 5, 1909 | |
| 4 | Charles Nagel | March 6, 1909–March 4, 1913 | William Howard Taft |
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