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. Naval and Marine personnel informally refer to the Secretary of the Navy as "SECNAV."
| Name
| Term of Office
| Served under
|
| Benjamin Stoddert
| June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801
| John Adams
|
| Robert Smith
| July 27, 1801 - March 4, 1809
| Thomas Jefferson
|
| Paul Hamilton
| May 15, 1809 - December 31, 1812
| James Madison
|
| William Jones
| January 19, 1813 - December 1, 1814
| James Madison
|
| Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
| January 16, 1815 - September 30, 1818
| James Madison, James Monroe
|
| Smith Thompson
| January 1, 1819 - August 31, 1823
| James Monroe
|
| Samuel L. Southard
| September 16, 1823 - March 4, 1829
| James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
|
| John Branch
| March 9, 1829 - May 12, 1831
| Andrew Jackson
|
| Levi Woodbury
| May 23, 1823 - June 30, 1834
| Andrew Jackson
|
| Mahlon Dickerson
| July 1, 1834 - June 30, 1838
| Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
|
| James K. Paulding
| July 1, 1838 - March 4, 1841
| Martin Van Buren
|
| George E. Badger
| March 6, 1841 - September 11, 1841
| William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
|
| Abel P. Upshur
| October 11, 1841 - July 23, 1843
| John Tyler
|
| David Henshaw
| July 24, 1843 - February 18, 1844
| John Tyler
|
| Thomas W. Gilmer
| February 19, 1844 - February 28, 1844
| John Tyler
|
| John Y. Mason (first time)
| March 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845
| John Tyler
|
| George Bancroft
| March 11, 1845 - September 9, 1846
| James Knox Polk
|
| John Y. Mason (second time)
| September 10, 1846 - March 4, 1849
| James Knox Polk
|
| William B. Preston
| March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850
| Zachary Taylor
|
| William A. Graham
| August 2, 1850 - July 25, 1852
| Millard Fillmore
|
| John P. Kennedy
| July 26, 1852 - March 4, 1853
| Millard Fillmore
|
| James C. Dobbin
| March 8, 1853 - March 4, 1857
| Franklin Pierce
|
| Isaac Toucey
| March 7, 1857 - March 4, 1861
| James Buchanan
|
| Gideon Welles
| March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869
| Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
|
| Adolph E. Borie
| March 9, 1869 - June 25, 1869
| Ulysses S. Grant
|
| George M. Robeson
| June 26, 1869 - March 4, 1877
| Ulysses S. Grant
|
| Richard W. Thompson
| March 13, 1877 - December 20, 1880
| Rutherford B. Hayes
|
| Nathan Goff, Jr
| January 7, 1881 - March 4, 1881
| Rutherford B. Hayes
|
| William H. Hunt
| March 7, 1881 - April 16, 1882
| James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
|
| William E. Chandler
| April 16, 1882 - March 4, 1885
| Chester A. Arthur
|
| William C. Whitney
| March 7, 1885 - March 4, 1889
| Grover Cleveland
|
| Benjamin F. Tracy
| March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893
| Benjamin Harrison
|
| Hilary A. Herbert
| March 7, 1893 - March 4, 1897
| Grover Cleveland
|
| John D. Long
| March 6, 1897 - April 30, 1902
| William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
|
| William H. Moody
| May 1, 1902 - June 30, 1904
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| Paul Morton
| July 1, 1904 - June 30, 1905
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| Charles J. Bonaparte
| July 1, 1905 - December 16, 1906
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| Victor H. Metcalf
| December 17, 1906 - November 30, 1908
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| Truman Handy Newberry
| December 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909
| Theodore Roosevelt
|
| George von Lengerke Meyer
| March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913
| William Howard Taft
|
| Josephus Daniels
| March 5, 1913 - March 4, 1921
| Woodrow Wilson
|
| Edwin C. Denby
| March 6, 1921 - March 10, 1924
| Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
|
| Curtis D. Wilbur
| March 19, 1924 - March 4, 1929
| Calvin Coolidge
|
| Charles Francis Adams
| March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933
| Herbert Hoover
|
| Claude A. Swanson
| March 4, 1933 - July 7, 1939
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
| Charles Edison
| January 2, 1940 - June 24, 1940
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
| Frank Knox
| July 11, 1940 - April 28, 1944
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
| James V. Forrestal
| May 19, 1944 - September 17, 1947
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
|
| Name
| Term of Office
|
| John L. Sullivan
| September 18, 1947 - May 24, 1949
|
| Francis P. Matthews
| May 25, 1949 - July 31, 1951
|
| Dan A. Kimball
| July 31, 1951 - January 20, 1953
|
| Robert B. Anderson
| February 4, 1953 - March 3, 1954
|
| Charles S. Thomas
| May 3, 1954 - April 1, 1957
|
| Thomas S. Gates
| April 1, 1957 - June 8, 1959
|
| William B.Franke
| June 8, 1959 - January 19, 1961
|
| John B. Connally, Jr
| January 25, 1961 - December 20, 1961
|
| Fred Korth
| January 4, 1962 - November 1, 1963
|
| Paul B. Fay (acting)
| November 2, 1963 - November 28, 1963
|
| Paul H. Nitze
| November 29, 1963 - June 30, 1967
|
| Charles F. Baird (acting)
| July 1, 1967 - August 31, 1967
|
| Paul R. Ignatius
| September 1, 1967 - January 24, 1969
|
| John H. Chafee
| January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972
|
| John W. Warner
| May 4, 1972 - April 8, 1974
|
| J. William Middendorf
| April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977
|
| W. Graham Claytor, Jr
| February 14, 1977 - August 24, 1979
|
| Edward Hidalgo
| October 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981
|
| John Lehman
| February 5, 1981 - April 10, 1987
|
| James H. Webb
| May 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988 |
| William L. Ball
| March 28, 1988 - May 15, 1989
|
| Henry L. Garrett III
| May 15, 1989 - June 26, 1992
|
| Daniel Howard (acting)
| June 26, 1992 - July 7, 1992
|
| Sean O'Keefe
| October 2, 1992 - January 20, 1993
|
| Admiral Frank B. Kelso, II (acting)
| January 2, 1993 - July 21, 1993
|
| John H. Dalton
| July 22, 1993 - November 16, 1998
|
| Richard Danzig
| November 16, 1998 - January 20, 2001
|
| Robert B. Pirie, Jr (acting)
| January 20, 2001 - May 24, 2001
|
| Gordon R. England
| May 24, 2001 - January 30, 2003
|
| Susan Livingstone (acting)
| January 30, 2003 - February 7, 2003
|
| Hansford T. Johnson (acting)
| February 7, 2003 - September 30, 2003
|
| Gordon R. England
| October 1, 2003 - Present
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