The Secretary of the Treasury is, as a member of the National Economic Council, the chief advisor to the President of the United States of America in all domestic and international economic matters. The Secretary of the Treasury heads the Treasury Department and is, among other things, responsible for formulating tax policies and public debt management policies. They also regulate and delegate the manufacturing of currency.
The Secretary of the Treasury is also the U.S. Governor of the following institutions:
The Secretaries of the Treasury, their Time in Office, and the Presidents under which they Served
- Alexander Hamilton (September 11, 1789 - January 31, 1795) George Washington
- Oliver Wolcott (February 3, 1795 - December 31, 1800) George Washington, John Adams
- Samuel Dexter (January 1, 1801 - May 13, 1801) John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
- Albert Gallatin (May 14, 1801 - February 8, 1814) Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
- George W. Campbell (February 9, 1814 - October 5, 1814) James Madison
- Alexander J. Dallas (October 6, 1814 - October 21, 1816) James Madison
- William H. Crawford (October 22, 1816 - March 6, 1825) James Madison, James Monroe
- Richard Rush (March 7, 1825 - March 5, 1829) John Quincy Adams
- Samuel D. Ingham (March 6, 1829 - June 20, 1831) Andrew Jackson
- Louis McLane (August 8, 1831 - May 28, 1833) Andrew Jackson
- William J. Duane (May 29, 1833 - September 22, 1833) Andrew Jackson
- Roger B. Taney (September 23, 1833 - June 25, 1834) Andrew Jackson
- Levi Woodbury (July 1, 1834 - March 3, 1841) Andrew Jackson, Martin van Buren
- Thomas Ewing (March 4, 1841 - September 11, 1841) William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
- Walter Forward (September 13, 1841 - March 1, 1843) John Tyler
- John C. Spencer (March 8, 1843 - May 2, 1844) John Tyler
- George M. Bibb (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) John Tyler, James Polk
- Robert J. Walker (March 8, 1845 - March 5, 1849) James Polk
- William M. Meredith (March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850) Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
- Thomas Corwin (July 23, 1850 - March 6, 1853) Millard Fillmore
- James Guthrie (March 7, 1853 - March 6, 1857) Franklin Pierce
- Howell Cobb (March 7, 1857 - December 8, 1860) James Buchanan
- Philip F. Thomas (December 12, 1860 - January 14, 1861) James Buchanan
- John A. Dix (January 15, 1861 - March 6, 1861) James Buchanan
- Salmon P. Chase (March 7, 1861 - June 30, 1864) Abraham Lincoln
- William P. Fessenden (July 5, 1864 - March 3, 1865) Abraham Lincoln
- Hugh McCulloch (March 9, 1865 - March 3, 1869) Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
- George S. Boutwell (March 12, 1869 - March 16, 1873) Ulysses S. Grant
- William A. Richardson (March 17, 1873 - June 3, 1874) Ulysses S. Grant
- Benjamin H. Bristow (June 4, 1874 - June 20, 1876) Ulysses S. Grant
- Lot M. Morrill (July 7, 1876 - March 9, 1877) Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
- John Sherman (March 10, 1877 - March 3, 1881) Rutherford B. Hayes
- William Windom (March 8, 1881 - November 13, 1881) James A. Garfield, Arthur
- Charles J. Folger (November 14, 1881 - September 4, 1884) Chester A. Arthur
- Walter Q. Gresham (September 5, 1884 - October 30, 1884) Chester A. Arthur
- Hugh McCulloch (October 31, 1884 - March 7, 1885) Chester A. Arthur, Cleveland
- Daniel Manning (March 8, 1885 - March 31, 1887) Grover Cleveland
- Charles S. Fairchild (April 1, 1887 - March 6, 1889) Grpver Cleveland
- William Windom (March 7, 1889 - January 29, 1891) Benjamin Harrison
- Charles Foster (February 25, 1891 - March 6, 1893) Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland
- John G. Carlisle (March 7, 1893 - March 5, 1897) Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
- Lyman J. Gage (March 6, 1897 - January 31, 1902) William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
- L. M. Shaw (February 1, 1902 - March 3, 1907) Theodore Roosevelt
- George B. Cortelyou (March 4, 1907 - March 7, 1909) Theodore Roosevelt
- Franklin MacVeagh (March 8, 1909 - March 5, 1913) William Taft
- W. G. McAdoo (March 6, 1913 - December 15, 1918) Woodrow Wilson
- Carter Glass (December 16, 1918 - February 1, 1920) Woodrow Wilson
- David F. Houston (February 2, 1920 - March 3, 1921) Woodrow Wilson
- Andrew W. Mellon (March 4, 1921 - February 12, 1932) Warren Harding, Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
- Ogden L. Mills (February 13, 1932 - March 4, 1933) Herbert Hoover
- William H. Woodin (March 5, 1933 - December 31, 1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (January 1, 1934 - July 22, 1945) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
- Fred M. Vinson (July 23, 1945 - June 23, 1946) Harry S. Truman
- John W. Snyder (June 25, 1946 - January 20, 1953) Harry S. Truman
- George M. Humphrey (January 21, 1953 - July 29, 1957) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Robert B. Anderson (July 29, 1957 - January 20, 1961) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- C. Douglas Dillon (January 21, 1961 - April 1, 1965) John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
- Henry H. Fowler (April 1, 1965 - December 20, 1968) Lyndon B. Johnson
- Joseph W. Barr (December 21, 1968 - January 20, 1969) Lyndon B. Johnson
- David M. Kennedy (January 22, 1969 - February 10, 1971) Richard Nixon
- John B. Connally (February 11, 1971 - June 12, 1972) Richard Nixon
- George P. Shultz (June 12, 1972 - May 8, 1974) Richard Nixon
- William E. Simon (May 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977) Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
- W. Michael Blumenthal (January 23, 1977 - August 4, 1979) Jimmy Carter
- G. William Miller (August 7, 1979 - January 20, 1981) Jimmy Carter
- Donald T. Regan (January 22, 1981 - February 1, 1985) Ronald Reagan
- James A. Baker III (February 4, 1985 - August 17, 1988) Ronald Reagan
- Nicholas F. Brady (September 15, 1988 - January 17, 1993) Ronald Reagan, George Bush
- Lloyd M. Bentsen (January 20, 1993 - December 22, 1994) Bill Clinton
- Robert E. Rubin (January 11, 1995 - July 2, 1999) Bill Clinton
- Lawrence H. Summers (July 2, 1999 - January 20, 2001) Bill Clinton
- Paul H. O'Neill (January 20, 2001 - ) George W. Bush
Source: U.S. Treasury, www.ustreas.gov