Frederick B. Dent

Frederick Baily Dent

Frederick Baily Dent (born August 17, 1922 in Cape May, New Jersey) served from 1943 until 1946 in the United States Navy. He was the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975. He currently lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Preceded by Peter George Peterson	United States Secretary of Commerce February 2, 1973 – March 26, 1975	Succeeded by Rogers Morton
Preceded by William D. Eberle	United States Trade Representative 1975 – 1977	Succeeded by Robert S. Strauss

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce & Labor: Cortelyou • Metcalf • Straus • Nagel Secretaries of Commerce: Redfield • Alexander • Hoover • Whiting • Lamont • Chapin • Roper • Hopkins • Jones • Wallace • Harriman • Sawyer • Weeks • Strauss • Mueller • Hodges • Connor • Trowbridge • Smith • Stans • Peterson • Dent • Morton • Richardson • Kreps • Klutznick • Baldrige • Verity • Mosbacher • Franklin • Brown • Kantor • Daley • Mineta • Evans • Gutierrez

v • d • e United States Trade Representative

Herter • Roth • Gilbert • Eberle • Dent • Strauss • Askew • Brock • Yeutter • Hills • Kantor • Barshefsky • Zoellick • Portman • Schwab

v • d • e Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Vice President	Vacant (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)

Secretary of State	Henry Kissinger (1974–1977)

Secretary of the Treasury	William E. Simon (1974–1977)

Secretary of Defense	James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977)

Attorney General	William Saxbe (1974-1975) • Edward Levi (1975-1977)

Secretary of the Interior	Rogers Morton (1974–1975) • Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) • Thomas S. Kleppe (1975-1977)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976-1977)

Secretary of Commerce	Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) • Rogers Morton (1975) • Elliot Richardson (1975-1977)

Secretary of Labor	Peter J. Brennan (1974–1975) • John Thomas Dunlop (1975–1976) • William Usery, Jr. (1976-1977)

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare	Caspar Weinberger (1974-1975) • F. David Mathews (1975-1977)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	James Thomas Lynn (1974-1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977)

Secretary of Transportation	Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)