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A member of the president's cabinet, the secretary heads the Department of Defense, created in 1947. The departmental predecessor was the Secretary of War. All activities in the department are accomplished under his or her supervision.The secretary administers the national military budget and holds authority over personnel, supplies and other aspects of defense. He or she also is the main advisor to the president on all Department of Defense matters and related topics.The secretary is a member of the National Security Council, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other agencies. He or she also maintains close contact with the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A deputy and several assistant secretaries are answerable to the secretary.
Term of Service | Secretary | Home State | Administration |
1947 - 1949 | James V. Forrestal | New York | Truman |
1949 - 1950 | Louis A. Johnson | West Virginia | Truman |
1950 - 1951 | George C. Marshall | Pennsylvania | Truman |
1951 - 1953 | Robert A. Lovett | New York | Truman |
1953 - 1957 | Charles E. Wilson | Michigan | Eisenhower |
1957 - 1959 | Neil H. McElroy | Ohio | Eisenhower |
1959 - 1961 | Thomas S. Gates Jr. | Pennsylvania | Eisenhower |
1961 - 1963 | Robert S. McNamara | Michigan | Kennedy |
1963 - 1968 | Robert S. McNamara | Michigan | L.B. Johnson |
1968 - 1969 | Clark M. Clifford | Maryland | L.B. Johnson |
1969 - 1973 | Melvin R. Laird | Wisconsin | Nixon |
1973 | Elliot L. Richardson | Massachusetts | Nixon |
1973 - 1974 | James R. Schlesinger | Virginia | Nixon |
1974 - 1975 | James R. Schlesinger | Virginia | Ford |
1975 - 1977 | Donald H. Rumsfeld | Illinois | Ford |
1977 - 1981 | Harold Brown | California | Carter |
1981 - 1987 | Caspar W. Weinberger | California | Reagan |
1987 - 1989 | Frank C. Carlucci | Pennsylvania | Reagan |
1989 - 1993 | Richard B. Cheney | Wyoming | G.H.W. Bush |
1993 - 1994 | Les Aspin | Wisconsin | Clinton |
1994 - 1997 | William J. Perry | California | Clinton |
1997 - 2001 | William Cohen | Maine | Clinton |
2001 - | Donald H. Rumsfeld | Illinois | G.W. Bush |
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