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Template:Chronological list of United States Secretaries of the Army

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Image Name Start End President(s)
Kenneth Claiborne Royall September 18, 1947 April 27, 1949 Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
Gordon Gray[1] April 28, 1949 April 12, 1950
Frank Pace April 12, 1950 January 20, 1953
Earl D. Johnson
Acting[1]
January 20, 1953 February 4, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
Robert T. Stevens February 4, 1953 July 21, 1955
Wilber M. Brucker July 21, 1955 January 19, 1961
Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. January 24, 1961 June 30, 1962 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Cyrus Vance July 5, 1962 January 21, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
Stephen Ailes January 28, 1964 July 1, 1965
Stanley Resor July 2, 1965 June 30, 1971
Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
Robert Froehlke July 1, 1971 May 14, 1973
Bo Callaway May 15, 1973 July 3, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
Norman R. Augustine
Acting[1]
July 3, 1975 August 5, 1975
Martin Hoffmann August 5, 1975 January 20, 1977
Clifford Alexander Jr. February 14, 1977 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
Percy A. Pierre
Acting[1]
January 21, 1981 January 29, 1981 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
John Marsh January 30, 1981 August 14, 1989
George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
Michael P. W. Stone August 14, 1989 January 20, 1993
John W. Shannon
Acting[2][3]
January 20, 1993 August 26, 1993 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
Gordon R. Sullivan
Acting[4][5]
August 28, 1993 November 21, 1993
Togo D. West Jr. November 22, 1993 May 4, 1997
Robert M. Walker
Acting[1]
December 2, 1997 July 1, 1998
Louis Caldera July 2, 1998 January 20, 2001
Gregory R. Dahlberg
Acting
January 20, 2001 March 4, 2001 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
Joseph W. Westphal
Acting[1]
March 5, 2001 May 31, 2001
Thomas E. White May 31, 2001 May 9, 2003
Les Brownlee
Acting
May 10, 2003 November 18, 2004
Francis J. Harvey November 19, 2004 March 9, 2007
Pete Geren March 9, 2007 September 21, 2009
Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
John M. McHugh September 21, 2009 November 1, 2015
Eric Fanning
Acting
November 3, 2015 January 11, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Acting
January 11, 2016 May 17, 2016
Eric Fanning May 17, 2016 January 20, 2017
Robert Speer
Acting
January 20, 2017 August 2, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
Ryan D. McCarthy
Acting
August 2, 2017 November 20, 2017
Mark Esper November 20, 2017
On leave: June 24, 2019 – July 15, 2019[6]
July 23, 2019
Ryan D. McCarthy
Acting
[6]
June 24, 2019 July 15, 2019
Ryan D. McCarthy July 23, 2019 September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019 January 20, 2021
John E. Whitley
Acting
January 20, 2021 May 28, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
Christine Wormuth May 28, 2021 present

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bell, William Gardner (1992). Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.
  2. ^ Schmitt, Eric (August 28, 1993). "Acting Army Secretary, Accused Of Shoplifing, Is Placed on Leave". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Miller, Bill (September 22, 1993). "Acting Army Secretary Admits Shoplifting". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ^ The Daily Sentinel (Ohio/West Virginia), Acting Army Chief Ticketed for Shoplifting, August 29, 1993
  5. ^ U.S. Organization Chart Service, Department of Defense Fact Book, 2006, page 17
  6. ^ a b Dickstein, Corey (June 21, 2019). "Former Ranger McCarthy will take on duties of Army secretary on Monday". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved June 29, 2019. While Esper is serving as acting defense secretary, he will technically retain the title of secretary of the Army, one of the officials said.