Name all Secretaries of Commerce

The Secretary is the key adviser to the president on everything relating to commerce.They promote American businesses and industries
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President
Home State
Secretary
March 5, 1913 - October 31, 1919
Woodrow Wilson
New York
William C. Redfield
December 16, 1919 - March 4, 1921
Woodrow Wilson
Missouri
Joshua W. Alexander
March 5, 1921 - August 21, 1928
Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge
California
Herbert Hoover
August 22, 1928 - March 4, 1929
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
William F. Whiting
March 5, 1929 - August 7, 1932
Herbert Hoover
Illinois
Robert P. Lamont
August 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933
Herbert Hoover
Michigan
Roy D. Chapin
March 4, 1933 - December 23, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South Carolina
Daniel C. Roper
December 24, 1938 - September 18, 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Harry Hopkins
September 19, 1940 - March 1, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
March 2, 1945 - September 20, 1946
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
(Acting) September 20, 1946 - October 7, 1946
Harry Truman
Missouri
Alfred Schindler
October 7, 1946 - April 22, 1948
Harry Truman
New York
W. Averell Harriman
May 6, 1948 - January 20, 1953
Harry Truman
Ohio
Charles W. Sawyer
January 21, 1953 - November 10, 1958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Sinclair Weeks
November 13, 1958 - June 30, 1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Lewis Strauss
June 30, 1959 - January 19, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Michigan
Frederick H. Mueller
January 21, 1961 - January 15, 1965
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
January 18, 1965 - January 31, 1967
Lyndon B. Johnson
New Jersey
John T. Connor
January 31, 1967 - March 1, 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York
Alexander Trowbridge
March 6, 1968 - January 19, 1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York
C.R. Smith
January 21, 1969 - February 15, 1972
Richard Nixon
New York
Maurice Stans
February 29, 1972 - February 1, 1973
Richard Nixon
Illinois
Peter G. Peterson
February 2, 1973 - March 26, 1975
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
South Carolina
Frederick B. Dent
May 1, 1975 - February 2, 1976
Gerald Ford
Maryland
Rogers Morton
February 2, 1976 - January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford
Massachusetts
Elliot Richardson
January 23, 1977 - October 31, 1979
Jimmy Carter
North Carolina
Juanita M. Kreps
(Acting) October 31, 1979 - January 9, 1980
Jimmy Carter
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges Jr.
January 9, 1980 - January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter
Illinois
Philip Klutznick
January 20, 1981 - July 25, 1987
Ronald Reagan
Connecticut
Malcolm Baldrige Jr.
(Acting) July 25, 1987 - October 19, 1987
Ronald Reagan
Ohio
Bud Brown
October 19, 1987 - January 30, 1989
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
Ohio
William Verity Jr.
January 30, 1989 - January 15, 1992
George H.W. Bush
Texas
Robert Mosbacher
(Acting) January 15, 1992 - February 27, 1992
George H.W. Bush
California
Rockwell A. Schnabel
February 27, 1992 - January 20, 1993
George H.W. Bush
Pennsylvania
Barbara Franklin
January 20, 1993 - April 3, 1996
Bill Clinton
New York
Ron Brown
(Acting) April 3, 1996 - April 12, 1996
Bill Clinton
Texas
Mary L. Good
April 12, 1996 - January 21, 1997
Bill Clinton
Tennessee
Mickey Kantor
January 30, 1997 - July 19, 2000
Bill Clinton
Tennessee
William M. Daley
(Acting) July 19, 2000 - July 21, 2000
Bill Clinton
Texas
Robert L. Mallett
July 21, 2000 - January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton
California
Norman Mineta
January 20, 2001 - February 7, 2005
George W. Bush
Texas
Donald Evans
February 7, 2005 - January 20, 2009
George W. Bush
Florida
Carlos Gutierrez
(Acting) January 20, 2009 -March 26, 2009
George W. Bush
 
Otto J. Wolff
March 26, 2009 - August 1, 2011
George W. Bush
Washington
Gary Locke
(Acting) August 1, 2011 - October 21, 2011
Barack Obama
Minnesota
Rebecca Blank
October 21, 2011 - June 11, 2012
Barack Obama
New York
John Bryson
(Acting) June 11, 2012 - June 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Minnesota
Rebecca Blank
(Acting) June 1, 2013 - June 26, 2013
Barack Obama
Massachusetts
Cameron Kerry
June 26, 2013 - January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
Illinois
Penny Pritzker
January 20, 2017 - February 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Vacant
Vacant
February 28, 2017 - January 20, 2021
Donald Trump
Florida
Wilbur Ross
(Acting) January 20, 2021 - March 3, 2021
Joe Biden
Virginia
Wynn Coggins
March 3, 2021 - January 20, 2025
Joe Biden
Rhode Island
Gina Raimondo
(Acting) January 20, 2025 - February 21, 2025
Donald Trump
Maryland
Jeremy Pelter
February 21, 2025 - Present
Donald Trump
New York
Howard Lutnick
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