List of Chairmen of the Federal Reserve

The following is a list of past and present Chairmen of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The current Chair of the Federal Reserve is Ben Bernanke. There have been a total of 14 Chairmen of the Federal Reserve. The Chair is one of seven members of the Board of Governors[1]of the Federal Reserve System, and is appointed by the President of the United States.

Chair Name[2][3] Image Life span From Until President(s)[4]
Charles S. Hamlin 1861 — 1938[5] August 10, 1914 August 19, 1916 Woodrow Wilson
William P. G. Harding 1864[6]—1930[7] August 10, 1916 August 9, 1922 Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Daniel R. Crissinger 1860 — 1942[8] May 1, 1923 September 15, 1927 Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Roy A. Young 1882 — 1960[9] October 4, 1927 August 31, 1930 Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Eugene Meyer 1875 — 1959[10] September 16, 1930 May 10, 1933 Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eugene R. Black 1898 — 1992[11] May 19, 1933 August 15, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marriner S. Eccles 1890 — 1977[12] November 15, 1934 January 31, 1948[13] Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Thomas B. McCabe 1893 — 1982[14] April 15, 1948 March 31, 1951 Harry S. Truman
William McChesney Martin, Jr. 1906 — 1998[15] April 2, 1951 January 31, 1970 Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Arthur F. Burns 1904 — 1987[16] February 1, 1970 January 31, 1978 Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
G. William Miller 1925 — 2006[17] March 8, 1978 August 6, 1979 Jimmy Carter
Paul A. Volcker 1927 —[18] August 6, 1979 August 11, 1987 Jimmy Carter
Ronald W. Reagan
Alan Greenspan 1926 —[19] August 11, 1987 January 31, 2006[20] Ronald W. Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Ben Bernanke 1953 —[21] February 1, 2006 George W. Bush
Barack Obama

References

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  3. ^ Chairman were designated Governor before Aug. 23, 1935.
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  13. ^ Served as Chair Pro Tempore from February 3, 1948, to April 15, 1948.
  14. ^ "Thomas Bayard McCabe". Old Chester, PA: Biographical Sketches. http://www.oldchesterpa.com/biographies/mccabe_thomas_bayard.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
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  16. ^ "Arthur F. Burns Is Dead at 83; A Shaper of Economic Policy". The New York Times. 1987-06-27. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DB133EF934A15755C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  17. ^ Bernstein, Adam (2006-03-20). "Obituary: Fed Chairman G. William Miller, 81". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031901108.html. Retrieved 2007-12-08. 
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  19. ^ "Alan Greenspan". Forbes.com. 2001-10-08. http://www.forbes.com/2001/10/15/agreenspan.html. Retrieved 2007-12-08. 
  20. ^ Served as Chair Pro Tempore from March 3, 1996, to June 20, 1996.
  21. ^ "Bernanke: A path to the Fed". CNNMoney. 2005-10-24. http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/24/news/newsmakers/bernanke/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-08. 

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