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United States Secretary of Labor

PostUnited States
Secretary
BodyLabor
InsigniaUS-DeptOfLabor-Seal.svg
InsigniacaptionOfficial Seal
Insigniasize120px
IncumbentHilda Solis
IncumbentsinceFebruary 24, 2009
FirstWilliam B. Wilson
FormationMarch 6, 1913
SuccessionEleventh

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:"Secretary of Labor" redirects here. See also: Secretary of Labor of Mexico.



The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor who exercises control over the department and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.

Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce. Seven women have served as Secretary of Labor, which is more than any other cabinet position.

On December 19, 2008, then President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Hilda Solis as the next United States Secretary of Labor. She took office after being confirmed by the United States Senate on February 24, 2009.

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United States presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Secretary of Commerce		11th in lineSucceeded by
Secretary of Health and Human Services

No. Secretary of Labor Portrait State of residence Start of Term End of Term President(s)
1 William B. Wilson Pennsylvania March 6, 1913 March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
2 James J. Davis Pennsylvania March 5, 1921 November 30, 1930 Warren Harding,
Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover
3 William N. Doak Virginia December 9, 1930 March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
4 Frances Perkins New York March 4, 1933 June 30, 1945 Franklin Roosevelt,
Harry Truman
5 Lewis B. Schwellenbach Washington July 1, 1945 June 10, 1948 Harry Truman
6 Maurice J. Tobin Massachusetts August 13, 1948 January 20, 1953
7 Martin P. Durkin Illinois January 21, 1953 September 10, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower
8 James P. Mitchell New Jersey October 9, 1953 January 20, 1961
9 Arthur Goldberg Washington, D.C. January 21, 1961 September 20, 1962 John F. Kennedy
10 W. Willard Wirtz Illinois September 25, 1962 January 20, 1969 John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon Johnson
11 George Shultz Illinois January 22, 1969 July 1, 1970 Richard Nixon
12 James D. Hodgson California July 2, 1970 February 1, 1973
13 Peter J. Brennan New York February 2, 1973 March 15, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
14 John Thomas Dunlop Massachusetts March 18, 1975 January 31, 1976 Gerald Ford
15 W. J. Usery Jr. Georgia February 10, 1976 January 20, 1977
16 Ray Marshall Texas January 27, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
17 Raymond J. Donovan New Jersey February 4, 1981 March 15, 1985 Ronald Reagan
18 William E. Brock Tennessee April 29, 1985 October 31, 1987
19 Ann Dore McLaughlin Washington, D.C. December 17, 1987 January 20, 1989
20 Elizabeth Dole Kansas January 25, 1989 November 23, 1990 George H. W. Bush
21 Lynn Morley Martin Illinois February 22, 1991 January 20, 1993
22 Robert Reich Massachusetts January 22, 1993 January 10, 1997 Bill Clinton
23 Alexis Herman Alabama May 1, 1997 January 20, 2001
24 Elaine Chao Kentucky January 29, 2001 January 20, 2009 George W. Bush
25 Hilda Solis California February 24, 2009 present Barack Obama

United States Secretaries of Labor

Secretaries of Commerce & LaborCortelyou * Metcalf * Straus * Nagel
Secretaries of LaborWilson * Davis * Doak * Perkins * Schwellenbach * Tobin * Durkin * Mitchell * Goldberg * Wirtz * Shultz * Hodgson * Brennan * Dunlop * Usery * Marshall * Donovan * Brock * McLaughlin * Dole * Martin * Reich * Herman * Chao * Solis

Leaders of the United States federal executive departments

Agriculture * Commerce * Defense * Education * Energy * Health and Human Services * Homeland Security * Housing and Urban Development * Interior * Justice * Labor * State * Transportation * Treasury * Veterans Affairs
Past department leaders: Commerce and Labor * Health, Education, and Welfare * Navy * Post Office * War



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