United States Secretary 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 Norman Mineta, the only Democrat in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
Secretaries of Transportation
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
| Alan Stephenson Boyd |
January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969 |
Lyndon Johnson |
| John Anthony Volpe |
January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
| Claude Stout Brinegar |
February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975 |
Richard Nixon |
| William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr |
March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
| Brockman Adams |
January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Neil Goldschmidt |
August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| Andrew L. Lewis, Jr |
January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Elizabeth Hanford Dole |
February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987 |
Ronald Reagan |
| James H. Burnley IV |
December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Samuel K. Skinner |
February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Andrew Card |
February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Federico Peņa |
January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
| Rodney Slater |
February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
| Norman Mineta |
January 25, 2001 - present |
George W. Bush |
Acting Secretaries of Transportation
| Name |
Year |
Acted from |
| John W. Barnum |
1975 |
February 2 to March 6 |
| W. Graham Claytor, Jr |
1979 |
July 21 to August 14 |
| James Horace Burnley IV |
1987 |
October 1 to December 2 |
| James B. Busey IV |
1991-1992 |
December 14 to February 23 |
| Mortimer L. Downey | 2001 |
January 21 to January 24 |
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