Name All Secretaries of the Interior

The Secretary is responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources. They also lead the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service. They serves on and appoints private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board
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President
Home State
Answer
March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850
Zachary Taylor, Millard Filmore
Ohio
Thomas Ewing
August 15, 1850 - August 26, 1850
Millard Fillmore
Pennsylvania
Thomas McKennan
September 14, 1850 - March 7, 1853
Millard Fillmore
Virginia
Alexander Stuart
March 8, 1853 - March 9, 1857
Franklin Pierce
Michigan
Robert McClelland
March 10, 1857 - January 8, 1861
James Buchanan
Mississippi
Jacob Thompson
March 5, 1861 - December 31, 1862
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
Caleb Smith
January 1, 1863 - May 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
Indiana
John Usher
May 16, 1865 - August 31, 1866
Andrew Johnson
Iowa
James Harlan
September 1, 1866 -March 4, 1869
Andrew Johnson
Illinois
Orville Browning
March 5, 1869 - October 31, 1870
Ulysses S. Grant
Ohio
Jacob Cox
November 1, 1870 - September 30, 1875
Ulysses S. Grant
Ohio
Columbus Delano
October 19, 1875 - March 11, 1877
Ulysses S. Grant
Michigan
Zachariah Chandler
March 12, 1877 - March 7, 1881
Rutherford B. Hayes
Missouri
Carl Schurz
March 8, 1881 - April 17, 1882
James Garfield, Chester Arthur
Iowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
April 18, 1882 - March 3, 1885
Chester Arthur
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
March 6, 1885 - January 10, 1888
Grover Cleveland
Mississippi
Lucius Lamar
January 16, 1888 - March 6, 1889
Grover Cleveland
Wisconsin
William Vilas
March 7, 1889 - March 6, 1893
Benjamin Harrison
Missouri
John Noble
March 6, 1893 - September 1, 1896
Grover Cleveland
Georgia
Hoke Smith
September 3, 1896 - March 5, 1897
Grover Cleveland
Missouri
David R. Francis
March 6, 1897 -February 19, 1899
William McKinley
New York
Cornelius Bliss
February 20, 1899 - March 4, 1907
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri
Ethan Hitchcock
March 5, 1907 - March 4, 1909
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
James Garfield
March 6, 1909 - March 12, 1911
William Howard Taft
Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
March 13, 1911 - March 5, 1913
William Howard Taft
Illinois
Walter L. Fisher
March 6, 1913 - February 29, 1920
Woodrow Wilson
California
Franklin Lane
(Acting) February 29, 1920 - March 13, 1920
Woodrow Wilson
California
Alexander T. Vogelsang
March 15, 1920 - March 4, 1921
Woodrow Wilson
Illinois
John Payne
March 5, 1921 - March 4, 1923
Warren Harding
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
March 5, 1923 - March 5, 1923
Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Colorado
Hubert Work
July 25, 1928 - March 4, 1929
Calvin Coolidge
Illinois
Roy West
March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933
Herbert Hoover
California
Ray Lyman Wilbur
March 4, 1933 - February 15, 1946
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman
Illinois
Harold L. Ickes
(Acting) February 15, 1946 - March 18, 1946
Harry Truman
Colorado
Oscar L. Chapman
March 18, 1946 - December 1, 1949
Harry Truman
Wisconsin
Julius Krug
December 1, 1949 - January 20, 1953
Harry Truman
Colorado
Oscar L. Chapman
January 21, 1953 - April 15, 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Douglas McKay
(Acting) April 15, 1956 - June 8, 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nebraska
Clarence Davis
June 8, 1956 - January 20, 1961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nebraska
Fred Seaton
January 21, 1961 - January 20 1969
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Arizona
Stewart Udall
January 24, 1969 - November 25, 1970
Richard Nixon
Alaska
Wally Hickel
(Acting) November 25, 1970 - January 29, 1971
Richard Nixon
California
Fred J. Russell
January 29, 1971 - April 30, 1975
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Maryland
Rogers Morton
(Acting) April 30, 1975 - June 12, 1975
Gerald Ford
Kansas
Kent Frizzell
June 12, 1975 - October 9, 1975
Gerald Ford
Wyoming
Stanley K. Hathaway
(Acting) October 9, 1975 - October 17, 1975
Gerald Ford
Kansas
Kent Frizzell
October 17, 1975 - January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford
North Dakota
Thomas S. Kleppe
(Acting) January 20, 1977 - January 23, 1977
Jimmy Carter
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Alfred Albert
January 23, 1977 - January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter
Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
January 23, 1981 - November 8, 1983
Ronald Reagan
Colorado
James G. Watt
(Acting) November 8, 1983 - November 18, 1983
Ronald Reagan
New Jersey
J. J. Simmons
November 18, 1983 - February 7, 1985
Ronald Reagan
California
William P. Clark
February 8, 1985 - January 20 1989
Ronald Reagan
Oregon
Donald P. Hodel
(Acting) January 20, 1989 - February 3, 1989
George H.W. Bush
Virgina
Earl Gjelde
February 3, 1989 - January 20, 1993
George H.W. Bush
New Mexico
Manuel Lujan Jr.
January 22, 1993 - January 19, 2001
Bill Clinton
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
(Acting) January 20, 2001 - January 31, 2001
George W. Bush
Arizona
Thomas Slonaker
January 31, 2001 - March 31, 2006
George W. Bush
Colorado
Gale Norton
(Acting) April 1, 2006 - May 26, 2006
George W. Bush
California
Lynn Scarlett
May 26, 2006 - January 19, 2009
George W. Bush
Idaho
Dirk Kempthorne
(Acting) January 19, 2009 - January 20, 2009
George W. Bush, Barack Obama
California
Lynn Scarlett
January 20, 2009 - April 12, 2013
Barack Obama
Colorado
Ken Salazar
April 12, 2013 - January 20, 2017
Barack Obama
Washington
Sally Jewell
January 20, 2017 - March 1, 2017
Donald Trump
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Kevin Haugrud
March 1, 2017 - January 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Montana
Ryan Zinke
January 2, 2019 - January 20, 2021
Donald Trump
Colorado
David Bernhardt
(Acting) January 20, 2021 - March 16, 2021
Joe Biden
New York
Scott de la Vega
March 16, 2021 - January 20, 2025
Joe Biden
New Mexico
Deb Haaland
(Acting) January 20, 2025 - February 1, 2025
Donald Trump
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Walter Cruickshank
February 1, 2025 - Present
Donald Trump
North Dakota
Doug Burgum
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