United States Secretary Of The Navy

In the United States, the Secretary of the Navy is the civilian head of the Department of the Navy. He was a member of the President's Cabinet until 1947, when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were placed in the Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy was placed under the Secretary of Defense. Naval and Marine personnel informally refer to the Secretary of the Navy as "SECNAV."

Responsibilities

The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The Secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense. The Department of the Navy consists of two uniformed Services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

The Navy Secretariat

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy and its subordinate officials are known collectively as the Navy Secretariat. Other members of the Secretariat include the Under Secretary of the Navy and the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (ASN).

Secretaries of the Navy (Cabinet)

erm of Office Served under
a href="/encyclopedia/Benjamin-Stoddert" title="Benjamin Stoddert">Benjamin Stoddert June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801 John Adams
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-Smith-(statesman)" title="Robert Smith (statesman)">Robert Smith July 27, 1801 - March 4, 1809 Thomas Jefferson
a href="/encyclopedia/Paul-Hamilton" title="Paul Hamilton">Paul Hamilton May 15, 1809 - December 31, 1812 James Madison
a href="/encyclopedia/William-Jones-(statesman)" title="William Jones (statesman)">William Jones January 19, 1813 - December 1, 1814 James Madison
a href="/encyclopedia/Benjamin-Williams-Crowninshield" title="Benjamin Williams Crowninshield">Benjamin Williams Crowninshield January 16, 1815 - September 30, 1818 James Madison, James Monroe
a href="/encyclopedia/Smith-Thompson" title="Smith Thompson">Smith Thompson January 1, 1819 - August 31, 1823 James Monroe
a href="/encyclopedia/Samuel-L.-Southard" title="Samuel L. Southard">Samuel L. Southard September 16, 1823 - March 4, 1829 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Branch" title="John Branch">John Branch March 9, 1829 - May 12, 1831 Andrew Jackson
a href="/encyclopedia/Levi-Woodbury" title="Levi Woodbury">Levi Woodbury May 23, 1823 - June 30, 1834 Andrew Jackson
a href="/encyclopedia/Mahlon-Dickerson" title="Mahlon Dickerson">Mahlon Dickerson July 1, 1834 - June 30, 1838 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
a href="/encyclopedia/James-K.-Paulding" title="James K. Paulding">James K. Paulding July 1, 1838 - March 4, 1841 Martin Van Buren
a href="/encyclopedia/George-E.-Badger" title="George E. Badger">George E. Badger March 6, 1841 - September 11, 1841 William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
a href="/encyclopedia/Abel-P.-Upshur" title="Abel P. Upshur">Abel P. Upshur October 11, 1841 - July 23, 1843 John Tyler
a href="/encyclopedia/David-Henshaw" title="David Henshaw">David Henshaw July 24, 1843 - February 18, 1844 John Tyler
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-W.-Gilmer" title="Thomas W. Gilmer">Thomas W. Gilmer February 19, 1844 - February 28, 1844 John Tyler
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Y.-Mason" title="John Y. Mason">John Y. Mason (first time) March 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845 John Tyler
a href="/encyclopedia/George-Bancroft" title="George Bancroft">George Bancroft March 11, 1845 - September 9, 1846 James Knox Polk
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Y.-Mason" title="John Y. Mason">John Y. Mason (second time) September 10, 1846 - March 4, 1849 James Knox Polk
a href="/encyclopedia/William-B.-Preston" title="William B. Preston">William B. Preston March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor
a href="/encyclopedia/William-A.-Graham" title="William A. Graham">William A. Graham August 2, 1850 - July 25, 1852 Millard Fillmore
a href="/encyclopedia/John-P.-Kennedy" title="John P. Kennedy">John P. Kennedy July 26, 1852 - March 4, 1853 Millard Fillmore
a href="/encyclopedia/James-C.-Dobbin" title="James C. Dobbin">James C. Dobbin March 8, 1853 - March 4, 1857 Franklin Pierce
a href="/encyclopedia/Isaac-Toucey" title="Isaac Toucey">Isaac Toucey March 7, 1857 - March 4, 1861 James Buchanan
a href="/encyclopedia/Gideon-Welles" title="Gideon Welles">Gideon Welles March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
a href="/encyclopedia/Adolph-E.-Borie" title="Adolph E. Borie">Adolph E. Borie March 9, 1869 - June 25, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant
a href="/encyclopedia/George-M.-Robeson" title="George M. Robeson">George M. Robeson June 26, 1869 - March 4, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-W.-Thompson" title="Richard W. Thompson">Richard W. Thompson March 13, 1877 - December 20, 1880 Rutherford B. Hayes
a href="/encyclopedia/Nathan-Goff,-Jr." title="Nathan Goff, Jr.">Nathan Goff, Jr. January 7, 1881 - March 4, 1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
a href="/encyclopedia/William-H.-Hunt" title="William H. Hunt">William H. Hunt March 7, 1881 - April 16, 1882 James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
a href="/encyclopedia/William-E.-Chandler" title="William E. Chandler">William E. Chandler April 16, 1882 - March 4, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
a href="/encyclopedia/William-C.-Whitney" title="William C. Whitney">William C. Whitney March 7, 1885 - March 4, 1889 Grover Cleveland
a href="/encyclopedia/Benjamin-F.-Tracy" title="Benjamin F. Tracy">Benjamin F. Tracy March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
a href="/encyclopedia/Hilary-A.-Herbert" title="Hilary A. Herbert">Hilary A. Herbert March 7, 1893 - March 4, 1897 Grover Cleveland
a href="/encyclopedia/John-D.-Long" title="John D. Long">John D. Long March 6, 1897 - April 30, 1902 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/William-H.-Moody" title="William H. Moody">William H. Moody May 1, 1902 - June 30, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Paul-Morton" title="Paul Morton">Paul Morton July 1, 1904 - June 30, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-J.-Bonaparte" title="Charles J. Bonaparte">Charles J. Bonaparte July 1, 1905 - December 16, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Victor-H.-Metcalf" title="Victor H. Metcalf">Victor H. Metcalf December 17, 1906 - November 30, 1908 Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Truman-Handy-Newberry" title="Truman Handy Newberry">Truman Handy Newberry December 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/George-von-Lengerke-Meyer" title="George von Lengerke Meyer">George von Lengerke Meyer March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913 William Howard Taft
a href="/encyclopedia/Josephus-Daniels" title="Josephus Daniels">Josephus Daniels March 5, 1913 - March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
a href="/encyclopedia/Edwin-C.-Denby" title="Edwin C. Denby">Edwin C. Denby March 6, 1921 - March 10, 1924 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
a href="/encyclopedia/Curtis-D.-Wilbur" title="Curtis D. Wilbur">Curtis D. Wilbur March 19, 1924 - March 4, 1929 Calvin Coolidge
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Francis-Adams-(1866)" title="Charles Francis Adams (1866)">Charles Francis Adams March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
a href="/encyclopedia/Claude-A.-Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Claude A. Swanson March 4, 1933 - July 7, 1939 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Edison" title="Charles Edison">Charles Edison January 2, 1940 - June 24, 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/Frank-Knox" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox July 11, 1940 - April 28, 1944 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
a href="/encyclopedia/James-V.-Forrestal" title="James V. Forrestal">James V. Forrestal May 19, 1944 - September 17, 1947 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman

Secretaries of the Navy (Department of Defense)

erm of Office
a href="/encyclopedia/John-L.-Sullivan-(U.S.-Navy)" title="John L. Sullivan (U.S. Navy)">John L. Sullivan September 18, 1947 - May 24, 1949
a href="/encyclopedia/Francis-P.-Matthews" title="Francis P. Matthews">Francis P. Matthews May 25, 1949 - July 31, 1951
a href="/encyclopedia/Dan-A.-Kimball" title="Dan A. Kimball">Dan A. Kimball July 31, 1951 - January 20, 1953
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-B.-Anderson" title="Robert B. Anderson">Robert B. Anderson February 4, 1953 - March 3, 1954
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-Thomas-(Secretary-of-the-Navy)" title="Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)">Charles S. Thomas May 3, 1954 - April 1, 1957
a href="/encyclopedia/Thomas-S.-Gates" title="Thomas S. Gates">Thomas S. Gates April 1, 1957 - June 8, 1959
a href="/encyclopedia/William-B.Franke" title="William B.Franke">William B.Franke June 8, 1959 - January 19, 1961
a href="/encyclopedia/John-B.-Connally,-Jr" title="John B. Connally, Jr">John B. Connally, Jr January 25, 1961 - December 20, 1961
a href="/encyclopedia/Fred-Korth" title="Fred Korth">Fred Korth January 4, 1962 - November 1, 1963
a href="/encyclopedia/Paul-B.-Fay" title="Paul B. Fay">Paul B. Fay (acting) November 2, 1963 - November 28, 1963
a href="/encyclopedia/Paul-H.-Nitze" title="Paul H. Nitze">Paul H. Nitze November 29, 1963 - June 30, 1967
a href="/encyclopedia/Charles-F.-Baird" title="Charles F. Baird">Charles F. Baird (acting) July 1, 1967 - August 31, 1967
a href="/encyclopedia/Paul-R.-Ignatius" title="Paul R. Ignatius">Paul R. Ignatius September 1, 1967 - January 24, 1969
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Chafee" title="John Chafee">John H. Chafee January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972
a href="/encyclopedia/John-W.-Warner" title="John W. Warner">John W. Warner May 4, 1972 - April 8, 1974
a href="/encyclopedia/J.-William-Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">J. William Middendorf April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977
a href="/encyclopedia/W.-Graham-Claytor,-Jr." title="W. Graham Claytor, Jr.">W. Graham Claytor, Jr. February 14, 1977 - August 24, 1979
a href="/encyclopedia/Edward-Hidalgo" title="Edward Hidalgo">Edward Hidalgo October 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981
a href="/encyclopedia/John-Lehman" title="John Lehman">John Lehman February 5, 1981 - April 10, 1987
a href="/encyclopedia/James-H.-Webb" title="James H. Webb">James H. Webb May 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988
a href="/encyclopedia/William-L.-Ball" title="William L. Ball">William L. Ball March 28, 1988 - May 15, 1989
a href="/encyclopedia/Henry-L.-Garrett-III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Henry L. Garrett III May 15, 1989 - June 26, 1992
a href="/encyclopedia/Daniel-Howard-(Secretary-of-the-Navy)" title="Daniel Howard (Secretary of the Navy)">Daniel Howard (acting) June 26, 1992 - July 7, 1992
a href="/encyclopedia/Sean-O'Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">Sean O'Keefe October 2, 1992 - January 20, 1993
dmiral Frank B. Kelso, II (acting) January 2, 1993 - July 21, 1993
a href="/encyclopedia/John-H.-Dalton" title="John H. Dalton">John H. Dalton July 22, 1993 - November 16, 1998
a href="/encyclopedia/Richard-Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Richard Danzig November 16, 1998 - January 20, 2001
a href="/encyclopedia/Robert-B.-Pirie,-Jr." title="Robert B. Pirie, Jr.">Robert B. Pirie, Jr. (acting) January 20, 2001 - May 24, 2001
a href="/encyclopedia/Gordon-R.-England" title="Gordon R. England">Gordon R. England May 24, 2001 - January 30, 2003
a href="/encyclopedia/Susan-Livingstone" title="Susan Livingstone">Susan Livingstone (acting) January 30, 2003 - February 7, 2003
a href="/encyclopedia/Hansford-T.-Johnson" title="Hansford T. Johnson">Hansford T. Johnson (acting) February 7, 2003 - September 30, 2003
a href="/encyclopedia/Gordon-R.-England" title="Gordon R. England">Gordon R. England October 1, 2003 - Present

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