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House Members Who Served in the President's Cabinet

More that 100 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have served in the President’s Cabinet. Consisting of the heads of the 15 Executive Branch departments, the Cabinet advises the President and helps carry out the adminstration's policies.

Secretary of State

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1794-1795Edmund Jenings Randolph (1779; 1781; 1782)1 Virginia George Washington
1795-1800Timothy Pickering (1813-1817)MassachusettsFederalist
George Washington
 
John Adams
1800-1801John Marshall (1799-1800)VirginiaFederalistJohn Adams
1801-1809James Madison, Jr. (1789-1797)Virginia
Anti-Administration
 
Democratic Republican
Thomas Jefferson
1811-1817James Monroe (1783-1786)2VirginiaAnti-AdministrationJames Madison
1817-1825John Quincy Adams (1831-1848)Massachusetts
Federalist
 
Republican
 
Whig
James Monroe
1825-1829Henry Clay (1811-1814; 1815-1817; 1817-1821; 1823-1825)Kentucky
Democratic Republican
 
Anti-Jacksonian
 
Whig
John Quincy Adams
1831-1833Edward Livingston (1795-1801; 1823-1829)
Louisiana
 
New York
JacksonianAndrew Jackson
1833-1834Louis McLane (1817-1827)DelawareJacksonianAndrew Jackson
1834-1841John Forsyth (1813-1818; 1823-1827)Georgia
Democratic Republican
 
Jacksonian
 
Martin Van Buren
1841-1843Daniel Webster (1813-1817; 1823-1827)
New Hampshire
 
Massachusetts
Federalist
 
Adams
 
Anti-Jacksonian
 
Whig
 
1844-1845John C. Calhoun (1811-1817)South Carolina
Democratic Republican
 
Nullifier
 
Democrat
John Tyler
1845-1849James Buchanan (1821-1831)Pennsylvania
Democratic Republican
 
Democrat
James K. Polk
1850-1852Daniel Webster (1813-1817; 1823-1827)
New Hampshire
 
Massachusetts
Federalist
 
Adams
 
Anti-Jacksonian
 
Whig
Millard Fillmore
1852-1853Edward Everett (1825-1835)MassachusettsWhigMillard Fillmore
1869Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1853-1869)Illinois
Whig
 
Opposition Party
 
Republican
Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877Hamilton Fish (1843-1845)New YorkWhigUlysses S. Grant
1881James G. Blaine (1863-1876)MaineRepublican
 
Chester A. Arthur
1889-1892James G. Blaine (1863-1876)MaineRepublicanBenjamin Harrison
1897-1898John Sherman (1855-1861)Ohio
Opposition Party
 
Republican Party
William McKinley
1913-1915William Jennings Bryan (1891-1895)NebraskaDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1933-1944Cordell Hull (1907-1921; 1923-1931)TennesseeDemocratFranklin D. Roosevelt
1945-1947James F. Byrnes (1911-1925)South CarolinaDemocratHarry S. Truman
1959-1961Christian A. Herter (1943-1953)MassachusettsRepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower
2018-2021Mike Pompeo (2011-2017)KansasRepublicanDonald J. Trump

Secretary of the Treasury 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1789-1795Alexander Hamilton(1782; 1783; 1788)3New YorkN/AGeorge Washington
1801Samuel Dexter (1793-1795)MassachusettsFederalistJohn Adams

Thomas Jefferson
1801-1814Albert Gallatin (1795-1801)PennsylvaniaDemocratic RepublicanThomas Jefferson

James Madison
1814George Washington Campbell (1803-1809)TennesseeDemocratic RepublicanJames Madison
1829-1831Samuel Delucenna Ingham (1813-1818; 1821-1829)PennsylvaniaRepublican

Jackson Republican

Jacksonian		Andrew Jackson
1831-1833Louis McLane (1817-1827)DelawareJacksonianAndrew Jackson
1841-1843Walter Forward (1822--1825)PennsylvaniaRepublican

Jackson Republican		John Tyler
1843-1844John Canfield Spencer (1817-1819)New YorkRepublicanJohn Tyler
1850-1853Thomas Corwin (1831-1840; 1859-1861)OhioWhig

Republican		Millard Fillmore
1857-1860Howell Cobb (1843-1851; 1855-1857)GeorgiaDemocratJames Buchanan
1860-1861Philip Francis Thomas (1839-1841; 1875-1877)MarylandDemocratJames Buchanan
1864-1865William Pitt Fessenden (1841-1843)MaineWhig

Opposition

Republican		Abraham Lincoln
1869-1873George Sewel Boutwell (1863-1869)MassachusettsRepublicanUlysses S. Grant
1877-1881John Sherman (1855-1861)OhioOpposition Party

Republican		Rutherford B. Hayes
1881William Windom (1859-1869)MinnesotaRepublicanJames Garfield

Chester A. Arthur
1889-1891William Windom (1859-1869)MinnesotaRepublicanBenjamin Harrison
1893-1897John Griffin Carlisle (1877-1890)KentuckyDemocratGrover Cleveland
1918-1920Carter Glass (1902-1918)VirginiaDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1932-1933Ogden Livingston Mills (1921-1927)New YorkRepublicanHerbert Hoover
1945-1946Frederick Moore Vinson (1924-1929; 1931-1938)KentuckyDemocratHarry S. Truman
1968-1969Joseph Walker Barr (1859-1861)IndianaDemocratLyndon B. Johnson
1993-1994Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1948-1955)TexasDemocratWilliam J. Clinton

Secretary of Defense 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1969-1973Robert Melvin Laird (1953-1969)WisconsinRepublicanRichard M. Nixon
1975-1977Donald Henry Rumsfeld (1963-1969)IllinoisRepublicanGerald R. Ford
1989-1993Richard Bruce Cheney (1979-1989)WyomingRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush
1993-1994Leslie Aspin (1971-1993)WisconsinDemocratWilliam J. Clinton
1997-2001William Sebastian Cohen (1973-1979)MaineRepublicanWilliam J. Clinton
2001-2006Donald Henry Rumsfeld (1963-1969)IllinoisRepublicanGeorge W. Bush
2011-2013Leon Edward Panetta (1977-1993)CaliforniaDemocratBarack Obama

Attorney General 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1789-1794Edmund Jenings Randolph (1779; 1781; 1782)4Virginia George Washington
1801-1804Levi Lincoln (1800-1801)MassachusettsRepublicanThomas Jefferson
1807-1811Caesar Augustus Rodney (1803-1805; 1821-1822)DelawareDemocratic RepublicanThomas Jefferson

James Madison
1811-1814William Pinkney (1791; 1815-1816)MarylandDemocratic RepublicanJames Madison
1839-1839Felix Grundy (1811-1814)TennesseeRepublican

Jacksonian

Democrat		Martin Van Buren
1841John Jordan Crittenden (1861-1863)KentuckyDemocratic Republican

Anti-Jacksonian

Whig

Opposition

American (Know-Nothing)		William Henry Harrison
1841-1843Hugh Swinton Legaré (1837-1839)South CarolinaDemocratJohn Tyler
1843-1845John Nelson (1821-1823)MarylandRepublicanJohn Tyler
1845-1846John Young Mason (1831-1837)VirginiaJacksonianJames K. Polk
1846-1848Nathan Clifford (1839-1843)MaineDemocratJames K. Polk
1848-1849Isaac Toucey (1835-1839)ConnecticutDemocratJames K. Polk
1850-1853John Jordan Crittenden (1861-1863)KentuckyDemocratic Republican

Anti-Jacksonian

Whig

Opposition

American (Know-Nothing)

Unionist		Millard Fillmore
1853-1857Caleb Cushing (1835-1843)MassachusettsAnti-Jacksonian

Whig		Franklin Pierce
1861-1864Edward Bates (1827-1829)MissouriAdamsAbraham Lincoln
1869-1870Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1873-1875)MassachusettsRepublicanUlysses S. Grant
1897-1898Joseph McKenna (1885-1892)CaliforniaRepublicanWilliam McKinley
1904-1906William Henry Moody (1895-1902)MassachusettsRepublicanTheodore Roosevelt
1919-1921Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1909-1915)PennsylvaniaDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1952-1953James Patrick McGranery (1937-1945)PennsylvaniaDemocratHarry S. Truman

Secretary of the Interior

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1850-1853Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1841-1843)VirginiaWhigMillard Fillmore
1853-1857Robert McClelland (1843-1849)MichiganDemocratFranklin Pierce
1857-1861Jacob Thompson (1839-1851)MississippiDemocratJames Buchanan
1861-1863Caleb Blood Smith (1843-1849)IndianaWhigAbraham Lincoln
1869-1870Jacob Dolson Cox (1877-1879)OhioRepublicanUlysses S. Grant
1870-1875Columbus Delano (1845-1847; 1865-1867; 1868-1869)OhioWhig

Republican		Ulysses S. Grant
1885-1888Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1857-1860; 1873-1877)MississippiDemocratGrover Cleveland
1961-1969Stewart Lee Udall (1955-1961)ArizonaDemocratJohn F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson
1971-1975Roger Clark Ballard Morton (1963-1971)MarylandRepublicanRichard M. Nixon

Gerald R. Ford
1975-1977Thomas Savig Kleppe (1967-1971)North DakotaRepublicanGerald R. Ford
1989-1993Manuel Lujan Jr. (1969-1989)New MexicoRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush
2017-2018Ryan Zinke (2015-2017)MontanaRepublicanDonald J. Trump
2021-presentDebra Haaland (2019-2021)New MexicoDemocratJoseph R. Biden, Jr.

Secretary of Agriculture 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1889-1893Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1871-1877)WisconsinRepublicanBenjamin Harrison

Grover Cleveland
1897-1913James Wilson (1873-1877; 1883-1885)IowaRepublicanWilliam McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft
1945-1948Clinton Presba Anderson (1941-1947)New MexicoDemocratHarry S. Truman
1977-1981Robert Selmer Bergland (1971-1977)MinnesotaDemocratJimmy Carter
1991-1992Edward Rell Madigan (1973-1991)IllinoisRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush
1993-1994Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy (1987-1993)MississippiDemocratWilliam J. Clinton
1995-2001Daniel Robert Glickman (1977-1995)KansasDemocratWilliam J. Clinton

Secretary of Commerce 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1904-1906Victor Howard Metcalf (1899-1904)5CaliforniaRepublicanTheodore Roosevelt
1913-1919William Cox Redfield (1911-1913)New YorkDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1919-1921Joshua Willis Alexander (1907-1919)MissouriDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1975-1976Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (1963-1971)MarylandRepublicanGerald R. Ford
2000-2001Norman Y. Mineta (1975-1995)CaliforniaDemocratWilliam J. Clinton

Secretary of Labor 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1904-1906Victor Howard Metcalf (1899-1904)6CaliforniaRepublicanTheodore Roosevelt
1913-1921William Bauchop Wilson (1907-1913)PennsylvaniaDemocratWoodrow Wilson
1985-1987William Emerson Brock III (1963-1971)TennesseeRepublicanRonald Reagan
1991-1993Lynn Morley Martin (1981-1991)IllinoisRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush
2009-2013Hilda L. Solis (2001-2009)CaliforniaDemocratBarack Obama

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1961-1962Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1949-1953)7ConnecticutDemocratJohn F. Kennedy
1981-1983Richard Schultz Schweiker (1961-1969)PennsylvaniaRepublicanRonald Reagan
1983-1985Margaret M. Heckler (1967-1983)MassachusettsRepublicanRonald Reagan
1993-2001Donna Shalala (2019-2021)FloridaDemocratWilliam J. Clinton
2017Tom Price (2005-2017)GeorgiaRepublicanDonald J. Trump
2021-presentXavier Becerra (1993-2017)CaliforniaDemocratJoseph R. Biden, Jr.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1989-1993Jack French Kemp (1971-1989)New YorkRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush
2021-2024Marcia L. Fudge (2008-2021)OhioDemocratJoseph R. Biden Jr.

Secretary of Transportation

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
2001-2006Norman Y. Mineta (1975-1995)CaliforniaDemocratGeorge W. Bush
2009-2013Ray LaHood (1995-2009)IllinoisRepublicanBarack Obama

Secretary of Energy

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1998-2001Bill Richardson (1983-1997)New MexicoDemocratWilliam J. Clinton

Secretary of Education 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1961-1962Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1949-1953)8ConnecticutDemocratJohn F. Kennedy

Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1989-1992Edward Joseph Derwinski (1959-1983)IllinoisRepublicanGeorge H.W. Bush

Secretary of Homeland Security

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
2003-2005Thomas Joseph Ridge (1983-1995)PennsylvaniaRepublicanGeorge W. Bush

Secretary of War 

Cabinet ServiceIndividual (House Service)StatePartyAdministration
1795Timothy Pickering (1813-1817)MassachusettsFederalistGeorge Washington
1796-1800James McHenry (1783-1786)9MarylandN/AGeorge Washington

John Adams
1800-1801Samuel Dexter (1793-1795)MassachusettsFederalistJohn Adams
1801-1809Henry Dearborn (1793-1797)MassachusettsAnti-Administration

Republican		Thomas Jefferson

James Madison
1807-1812William Eustis (1801-1805; 1820-1823)MassachusettsRepublicanJames Madison
1813-1814John Armstrong Jr. (1787-1788)10New York

Pennsylvania		Democratic RepublicanJames Madison
1814-1815James Monroe (1783-1786)11VirginiaAnti-AdministrationJames Madison
1817-1825John Caldwell Calhoun (1811-1817)South CarolinaDemocratic Republican

Nullifier

Democrat		James Monroe
1828-1829Peter Buell Porter (1809-1813; 1815-1816)New YorkRepublicanJohn Quincy Adams
1841-1843John Canfield Spencer (1817-1819)New YorkRepublicanJohn Tyler
1849-1850George Walker Crawford (1843)GeorgiaWhigZachary Taylor
1850-1853Charles Magill Conrad (1849-1850)GeorgiaWhigMillard Fillmore
1853-1857Jefferson Davis (1845-1856)MississippiDemocratFranklin Pierce
1877-1879George Washington McCrary (1869-1877)IowaRepublicanRutherford B. Hayes
1879-1881Alexander Ramsey (1843-1857)Minnesota

Pennsylvania		Whig

Republican		Rutherford B. Hayes
1891-1893Stephen Benton Elkins (1873-1877)New Mexico

West Virginia		RepublicanBenjamin Harrison
1921-1925John Wingate Weeks (1905-1913)MassachusettsRepublicanWarren G. Harding
1929James William Good (1909-1929)IowaRepublicanHerbert Hoover

Footnotes

1Member of the Continental Congress

2Member of the Continental Congress

3Member of the Continental Congress

4Member of the Continental Congress

5Secretary of Commerce and Labor

6Secretary of Commerce and Labor

7Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

8Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

9Member of the Continental Congress

10Member of the Continental Congress

11Member of the Continental Congress

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