| Time Served | President | Home State | Secretary | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 25, 2025 - Present | Donald Trump | Minnesota | Pete Hegseth | 100%
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| January 22, 2021 - January 20, 2025 | Joe Biden | Georgia | Lloyd Austin III | 71%
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| January 21, 1981 - November 23, 1987 | Ronald Reagan | California | Caspar Weinberger | 57%
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| March 1, 1968 - January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Maryland | Clark Clifford | 57%
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| March 21, 1989 - January 20, 1993 | George H.W. Bush | Wyoming | Dick Cheney | 57%
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| November 20, 1975 - January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford | Illinois | Donald Rumsfeld | 57%
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| January 20, 2001 - December 18, 2006 | George W. Bush | Illinois | Donald Rumsfeld | 57%
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| July 1, 2011 - February 26, 2013 | Barack Obama | California | Leon Panetta | 57%
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| January 21, 1961 - February 29, 1968 | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson | Michigan | Robert McNamara | 57%
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| September 21, 1950 - September 12, 1951 | Harry Truman | Pennsylvania | George C. Marshall | 43%
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| December 18, 2006 - June 30, 2011 | George W. Bush, Barack Obama | Texas | Robert Gates | 43%
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| December 2, 1959 - January 20, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Pennsylvania | Thomas S. Gates Jr. | 43%
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| January 24, 1997 - January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | Maine | William Cohen | 43%
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| February 17, 2015 - January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama | Massachusetts | Ash Carter | 29%
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| February 27, 2013 - February 17, 2015 | Barack Obama | Nebraska | Chuck Hagel | 29%
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| January 30, 1973 - May 24, 1973 | Richard Nixon | Massachusetts | Elliot Richardson | 29%
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| July 2, 1973 - November 19, 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford | Virginia | James R. Schlesinger | 29%
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| January 20, 1993 - February 3, 1994 | Bill Clinton | Wisconsin | Les Aspin | 29%
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| (Acting) June 24, 2019 - July 15, 2019 | Donald Trump | Virginia | Mark Esper | 29%
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| July 23, 2019 -November 9, 2020 | Donald Trump | Virginia | Mark Esper | 29%
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| January 22, 1969 - January 29, 1973 | Richard Nixon | Wisconsin | Melvin Laird | 29%
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| February 3, 1994 - January 24, 1997 | Bill Clinton | Pennsylvania | William Perry | 29%
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| (Acting) May 24, 1973 - July 2, 1973 | Richard Nixon | Texas | Bill Clements | 14%
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| January 28, 1953 - October 8, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Michigan | Charles Erwin Wilson | 14%
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| (Acting) November 9, 2020 - January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump | Iowa | Christopher C. Miller | 14%
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| (Acting) January 20, 2021 - January 22, 2021 | Joe Biden | Massachusetts | David Norquist | 14%
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| November 23, 1987 - January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | Virginia | Frank Carlucci | 14%
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| September 17, 1947 - March 28, 1949 | Harry Truman | New York | James Forrestal | 14%
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| March 28, 1949 - September 19, 1950 | Harry Truman | West Virginia | Louis A. Johnson | 14%
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| October 9, 1957 - December 1, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Ohio | Neil H. McElroy | 14%
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| (acting)January 1, 2019 - June 23, 2019 | Donald Trump | Washington | Patrick M. Shanahan | 14%
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| (Acting) July 15, 2019 - July 23, 2019 | Donald Trump | Wyoming | Richard V. Spencer | 14%
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| September 17, 1951 - January 20, 1953 | Harry Truman | New York | Robert A. Lovett | 14%
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| January 20, 2025 - January 25, 2025 | Donald Trump | Rhode Island | Robert G. Salesses | 14%
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| (Acting) January 20, 1989 - March 21, 1989 | George H.W. Bush | Ohio | William Howard Taft IV | 14%
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| January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | California | Harold Broen | 0%
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| January 20, 2017 - January 1, 2019 | Donald Trump | Washington | Jim Mantis | 0%
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