United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department concerned with finance and monetary matters.

Secretaries of the Treasury:

Name	Year appointed	President(s) served under
Alexander Hamilton	1789	George Washington
Oliver Wolcott	1795	George Washington, John Adams
Samuel Dexter	1801	John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
Albert Gallatin	1801	Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
George W. Campbell	1814	James Madison
Alexander J. Dallas	1814	James Madison
William H. Crawford	1816	James Madison, James Monroe
Richard Rush	1825	John Quincy Adams
Samuel D. Ingham	1829	Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane	1831	Andrew Jackson
William J. Duane	1833	Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney	1833	Andrew Jackson
Levi Woodbury	1834	Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
Thomas Ewing	1841	William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Walter Forward	1841	John Tyler
John C. Spencer	1843	John Tyler
George M. Bibb	1844	John Tyler
Robert J. Walker	1845	James Knox Polk
William M. Meredith	1849	Zachary Taylor
Thomas Corwin	1850	Millard Fillmore
James Guthrie	1853	Franklin Pierce
Howell Cobb	1857	James Buchanan
Philip F. Thomas	1860	James Buchanan
John A. Dix	1861	James Buchanan
Salmon P. Chase	1861	Abraham Lincoln
William P. Fessenden	1864	Abraham Lincoln
Hugh McCulloch	1865	Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
George S. Boutwell	1869	Ulysses S. Grant
William A. Richardson	1873	Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin H. Bristow	1874	Ulysses S. Grant
Lot M. Morrill	1876	Ulysses S. Grant
John Sherman	1877	Rutherford B. Hayes
William Windom	1881	James A. Garfield
Charles J. Folger	1881	Chester A. Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham	1884	Chester A. Arthur
Hugh McCullough	1884	Chester A. Arthur