| United States Secretary of Transportation |
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 Official Seal |
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 Incumbent: Ray LaHood since: January 23, 2009 |
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| First | Alan Stephenson Boyd |
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| 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 | Term of Offices | President(s) served under |
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| 1 |  |
Alan Stephenson Boyd | January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969 | Lyndon Johnson |
| 2 |  |
John Anthony Volpe | January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| 3 |  |
Claude Stout Brinegar | February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975 | |
| (acting) | John W. Barnum | February 2, 1975 - March 6, 1975 | ||
| 4 | William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. | March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford | |
| 5 |  |
Brock Adams | January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| (acting) |  |
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. | July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979 | |
| 6 |  |
Neil Goldschmidt | August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981 | |
| 7 | Drew Lewis | January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | |
| 8 |  |
Elizabeth Hanford Dole | February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987 | |
| 9 | James H. Burnley IV | October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987 | ||
| December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989 | ||||
| 10 |  |
Samuel K. Skinner | February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush |
| (acting) | James B. Busey IV | December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992 | ||
| 11 |  |
Andrew Card | February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993 | |
| 12 |  |
Federico Peña | January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| 13 |  |
Rodney Slater | February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001 | |
| (acting) | Mortimer L. Downey | January 21, 2001 - January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | |
| 14 |  |
Norman Mineta | January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006 | |
| (acting) |  |
Maria Cino | July 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006 | |
| 15 |  |
Mary E. Peters | September 30, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | |
| (acting) | Thomas J. Barrett | January 20, 2009 – January 23, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
| 16 | |
Ray LaHood | 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
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