NAME                            TENURE
Benjamin Stoddert.............. 18/6/1798-31/3/1801
Robert Smith....................27/7/01-7/3/09
Paul Hamilton.................. 15/5/09-31/12/12
William Jones.................. 19/1/13-1/12/14
Benjamin W. Crowninshield...... 16/1/15-30/9/18
Smith Thompson..................1/1/19-31/8/23
Samuel Southard................ 16/9/23-3/3/29
John Branch.................... 9/3/29-12/D/31
Levi Woodbury.................. 23/5/31-30/6/34
Mahlon Dickerson................1/7/34-30/6/38
James K. Paulding.............. l/7/38-3/3/41
George E. Badger................6/3/41-11/9/41
Abel P. Upshur..................11/10/41-23/7/43
David Henshaw.................. 24/7/43-18/2/44
Thomas W. Gilmer................19/2/44-28/2/44
John Y. Mason.................. 26/3/44-10/3/45
George Bancroft................ 11/3/45-9/9/46
John Y. Mason.................. 10/9/46-7/3/49
William B. Preston..............8/3/49-22/7/50
Wiliam A. Graham................2/8/50-25/7/52
John P. Kennedy................ 26/7/52-7/3/53
James C. Dobbin................ 8/3/53-6/3/57
Isaac Toucey....................7/3/57-6/3/61
Gideon Welles.................. 7/3/61-3/3/69
Adolph E. Boric................ 9/3/69-25/6/69
George M. Robeson.............. 26/6/69-12/3/77
Richard W. Thompson............ 13/3/77-20/12/80
Nathan Goff, Jr.................7/1/81-6/3/81
William H. Hunt..... ...........7/3/81-16/4/82
William E. Chandler............ 16/4/82-6/3/85
William C. Whitney..............7/3/85-5/3/89
Benjamin F. Tracy.............. 6/3/89-6/3/93
Hilarv A. Herbert.............. 7/3/93-5/3/97
John D. Long....................6/3/97-30/4/02
William H. Moody............... 1/5/02-30/6/04
Charles J. Bonaparte............1/7/05-16/12/06
Victor H. Metcalf.............. 17/12/06-30/11/08
Truman H. Newberry..............1/12/O8-5/3/O9
George von L. Meyer............ 6/3/09-4/3/13
Josephus Daniels................5/3/13-5/3/21
Edwin Denby.................... 6/3/21-10/3/24
Curtis D. Wilbur................19/3/24-4/3/29
Charles F. Adams................5/3/29-4/3/33
Claude A. Swanson.............. 4/3/33-7/7/39
Charles Edison..................2/1/40-24/6/40
Frank Knox......................11/7/40-28/4/44
James Forrestal................ 19/5/44-17/9/47
John L. Sullivan................18/9/47-24/5/49
Francis P. Matthews............ 25/5/49-31/7/51
Dan A. Kimball..................31/7/51-2O/1/53
Robert B. Anderson..............4/2/53-3/5/54
Charles S. Thomas.............. 3/5/54-1/4/57
Thomas S. Gates................ 1/4/57-8/6/59
William B.Franke................8/6/59-19/l/61
John B. Connally, Jr........... 25/1/61-20/12/61
Fred Korth......................4/1/62-1/11/63
Paul B. Fay (acting)............2/11/63-28/11/63
Paul H. Nitze.................. 29/11/63-30/6/67
Charles F. Baird (acting)...... 1/7/67-31-8/67
Paul R. Ignatius................1/9/67-24/1/69
John H. Chafee..................31/1/69-4/5/72
John W. Warner..................4/5/72-8/4/74
J. William Middendorf.......... 8/4/74-20/1/77
W. Graham Claytor, Jr...........14/2/77-24/8/79
Edward Hidalgo..................24/10/79-20/1/81
John Lehman.................... 5/2/81-10/4/87
James H. Webb.................. 1/5/87-23/2/88
William L. Ball................ 28/3/88-15/5/89
Henry L. Garrett III............15/5/89-26/6/92
Donald Howard (Acting)..........26/6/92-7/7/92
Sean O'Keefe....................2/10/92-20/1/93
ADM Frank B. Kelso, II (Acting) 2/1/93-21/7/93
John H. Dalton..................22/7/93-