United States Secretary of Transportation

United States Secretary of Transportation
Official Seal
Incumbent: Ray LaHood since: January 23, 2009
First	Alan Stephenson Boyd
Formation	October 15, 1966
Presidential succession	Fourteenth
Website	www.dot.gov

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. Ray LaHood is the current Secretary of Transportation.

Secretaries of Transportation

     Denotes acting Secretaries

No.	Image	Name	State of residence	Took office	Left office	President(s) served under
1		Alan Stephenson Boyd	Florida	January 16, 1967	January 20, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
2		John Anthony Volpe	Massachusetts	January 22, 1969	February 1, 1973	Richard Nixon
3		Claude Stout Brinegar	California	February 2, 1973	February 1, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
(acting)		John W. Barnum		February 2, 1975	February 2, 1975	Gerald Ford
4		William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.	Pennsylvania	March 7, 1975	January 20, 1977
5		Brock Adams	Washington	January 23, 1977	July 20, 1979	Jimmy Carter
(acting)		W. Graham Claytor, Jr.	Virginia	July 21, 1979	August 14, 1979
6		Neil Goldschmidt	Oregon	August 15, 1979	January 20, 1981
7		Drew Lewis	Pennsylvania	January 23, 1981	February 1, 1983	Ronald Reagan
8		Elizabeth Hanford Dole	Kansas	February 7, 1983	September 30, 1987
9		James H. Burnley IV	North Carolina	October 1, 1987	December 2, 1987
				December 2, 1987	January 30, 1989
10		Samuel K. Skinner	Illinois	February 6, 1989	December 13, 1991	George H. W. Bush
(acting)		James B. Busey IV		December 14, 1991	February 23, 1992
11		Andrew Card	Massachusetts	February 24, 1992	January 20, 1993
12		Federico Peña	Colorado	January 21, 1993	February 14, 1997	Bill Clinton
13		Rodney Slater	Arkansas	February 14, 1997	January 20, 2001
(acting)		Mortimer L. Downey		January 21, 2001	January 24, 2001	George W. Bush
14		Norman Mineta	California	January 25, 2001	July 7, 2006
(acting)		Maria Cino	New York	July 8, 2006	September 30, 2006
15		Mary E. Peters	Arizona	September 30, 2006	January 20, 2009
(acting)		Thomas J. Barrett	New York	January 20, 2009	January 23, 2009	Barack Obama
16		Ray LaHood	Illinois	January 23, 2009	present

Living Former Secretaries of Transportation

• Alan Stephenson Boyd
• William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
• Neil Goldschmidt
• Drew Lewis
• Elizabeth Hanford Dole
• James H. Burnley IV
• Samuel K. Skinner
• Andrew Card
• Federico Peña
• Rodney Slater
• Norman Mineta
• Mary E. Peters

See also

• Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
• Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry
• United States Secretary of Energy