United States Secretary of Transportation

Seal of the United States Department 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. The current Secretary is Mary Peters.

[edit] Secretaries of Transportation

No.	Name	Term of Offices	President(s) served under
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	Richard Nixon
	John W. Barnum (acting)	February 2, 1975 - March 6, 1975	Richard Nixon
4	William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.	March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
5	Brock Adams	January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979	Jimmy Carter
	W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (acting)	July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979	Jimmy Carter
6	Neil Goldschmidt	August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
7	Andrew L. Lewis, Jr.	January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983	Ronald Reagan
8	Elizabeth Hanford Dole	February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987	Ronald Reagan
	James H. Burnley IV (acting)	October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987	Ronald Reagan
9	James H. Burnley IV	December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989	Ronald Reagan
10	Samuel K. Skinner	February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991	George H. W. Bush
	James B. Busey IV (acting)	December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
11	Andrew Card	February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
12	Federico Peña	January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997	Bill Clinton
13	Rodney Slater	February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
	Mortimer L. Downey (acting)	January 21, 2001 - January 24, 2001	George W. Bush
14	Norman Mineta	January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006	George W. Bush
	Maria Cino (acting)	July 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006	George W. Bush
15	Mary Peters	September 30, 2006 –	George W. Bush

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