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