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United States Secretary of the Interior - Wikipedia

  • ️Sat Mar 03 1849

As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States,[2] the secretary of the interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton, was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River.

The current interior secretary is Doug Burgum, who was sworn in on February 1, 2025.

Parties

  Whig (3)   Democratic (17)   Republican (34)

Status

  Denotes acting Secretary of the Interior

Number Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 Thomas Ewing Ohio March 8, 1849 July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor
(1849–1850)
Millard Fillmore
(1850–1853)
2 Thomas McKennan Pennsylvania August 15, 1850 August 26, 1850
3 Alexander Stuart Virginia September 14, 1850 March 7, 1853
4 Robert McClelland Michigan March 8, 1853 March 9, 1857 Franklin Pierce
(1853–1857)
5 Jacob Thompson Mississippi March 10, 1857 January 8, 1861 James Buchanan
(1857–1861)
6 Caleb Smith Indiana March 5, 1861 December 31, 1862 Abraham Lincoln
(1861–1865)
7 John Usher Indiana January 1, 1863 May 15, 1865
Andrew Johnson
(1865–1869)
8 James Harlan Iowa May 16, 1865 August 31, 1866
9 Orville Browning Illinois September 1, 1866 March 4, 1869
10 Jacob Cox Ohio March 5, 1869 October 31, 1870 Ulysses S. Grant
(1869–1877)
11 Columbus Delano Ohio November 1, 1870 September 30, 1875
12 Zachariah Chandler Michigan October 19, 1875 March 11, 1877
13 Carl Schurz Missouri March 12, 1877 March 7, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
(1887–1881)
14 Samuel J. Kirkwood Iowa March 8, 1881 April 17, 1882 James A. Garfield
(1881)
Chester A. Arthur
(1881–1885)
15 Henry M. Teller Colorado April 18, 1882 March 3, 1885
16 Lucius Lamar Mississippi March 6, 1885 January 10, 1888 Grover Cleveland
(1885–1889)
17 William Vilas Wisconsin January 16, 1888 March 6, 1889
18 John Noble Missouri March 7, 1889 March 6, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
(1889–1893)
19 Hoke Smith Georgia March 6, 1893 September 1, 1896 Grover Cleveland
(1893–1897)
20 David R. Francis Missouri September 3, 1896 March 5, 1897
21 Cornelius Bliss New York March 6, 1897 February 19, 1899 William McKinley
(1897–1901)
22 Ethan Hitchcock Missouri February 20, 1899 March 4, 1907
Theodore Roosevelt
(1901–1909)
23 James Garfield Ohio March 5, 1907 March 4, 1909
24 Richard A. Ballinger Washington March 6, 1909 March 12, 1911 William Howard Taft
(1909–1913)
25 Walter L. Fisher Illinois March 13, 1911 March 5, 1913
26 Franklin Lane California March 6, 1913 February 29, 1920 Woodrow Wilson
(1913–1921)
– Alexander Vogelsang
Acting 		California February 29, 1920 March 13, 1920
27 John Payne Illinois March 15, 1920 March 4, 1921
28 Albert B. Fall New Mexico March 5, 1921 March 4, 1923 Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
29 Hubert Work Colorado March 5, 1923 July 24, 1928
Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
30 Roy West Illinois July 25, 1928 March 4, 1929
31 Ray Lyman Wilbur California March 5, 1929 March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
32 Harold L. Ickes Illinois March 4, 1933 February 15, 1946 Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
– Oscar L. Chapman
Acting 		Colorado February 15, 1946 March 18, 1946
33 Julius Krug Wisconsin March 18, 1946 December 1, 1949
34 Oscar L. Chapman Colorado December 1, 1949 January 20, 1953
35 Douglas McKay Oregon January 21, 1953 April 15, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
– Clarence Davis
Acting 		Nebraska April 15, 1956 June 8, 1956
36 Fred Seaton Nebraska June 8, 1956 January 20, 1961
37 Stewart Udall Arizona January 21, 1961 January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
38 Wally Hickel Alaska January 24, 1969 November 25, 1970 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
– Fred J. Russell
Acting 		California November 25, 1970 January 29, 1971
39 Rogers Morton Maryland January 29, 1971 April 30, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
– Kent Frizzell
Acting 		Kansas April 30, 1975 June 12, 1975
40 Stanley K. Hathaway Wyoming June 12, 1975 October 9, 1975
– Kent Frizzell
Acting 		Kansas October 9, 1975 October 17, 1975
41 Thomas S. Kleppe North Dakota October 17, 1975 January 20, 1977
– Alfred Albert
Acting 		January 20, 1977 January 23, 1977 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
42 Cecil D. Andrus Idaho January 23, 1977 January 20, 1981
43 James G. Watt Colorado January 23, 1981 November 8, 1983 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
– J. J. Simmons
Acting 		New Jersey November 8, 1983 November 18, 1983
44 William P. Clark California November 18, 1983 February 7, 1985
45 Donald P. Hodel Oregon February 8, 1985 January 20, 1989
– Earl Gjelde
Acting 		Virginia January 20, 1989 February 3, 1989 George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
46 Manuel Lujan Jr. New Mexico February 3, 1989 January 20, 1993
47 Bruce Babbitt Arizona January 22, 1993 January 19, 2001 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
– Thomas Slonaker
Acting 		Arizona January 20, 2001 January 31, 2001
George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
48 Gale Norton Colorado January 31, 2001 March 31, 2006
– Lynn Scarlett
Acting 		California April 1, 2006 May 26, 2006
49 Dirk Kempthorne Idaho May 26, 2006 January 19, 2009
– Lynn Scarlett
Acting 		California January 19, 2009 January 20, 2009
Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
50 Ken Salazar Colorado January 20, 2009 April 12, 2013
51 Sally Jewell Washington April 12, 2013[6] January 20, 2017
– Kevin Haugrud
Acting 		January 20, 2017 March 1, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
52 Ryan Zinke Montana March 1, 2017 January 2, 2019
53 David Bernhardt Colorado January 2, 2019 April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019 January 20, 2021
– Scott de la Vega
Acting 		New York January 20, 2021 March 16, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
54 Deb Haaland New Mexico March 16, 2021 January 20, 2025
– Walter Cruickshank
Acting 		January 20, 2025 February 1, 2025 Donald Trump
(2025–present)
55 Doug Burgum North Dakota February 1, 2025 present