 United States
Department of Commerce
The mission of the Department of Commerce is to
promote domestic and foreign trade and to foster, serve,
and promote the nation's economic development and
technological advancement.
The Department of Commerce and Labor was created by
act of Congress on February 14, 1903. On March 4, 1913,
this department was split into two separate cabinet-level
agencies, the Department of Commerce and the Department
of Labor.
The official website of the Department of Commerce is www.commerce.gov.
Organization
Office of the Secretary
Secretary of Commerce
Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Chief of Staff
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental
Affairs
Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for
Administration
Chief Information Officer
General Counsel
Inspector General
Office of Business Liaison
Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
Office of Public Affairs
Office of White House Liaison
International IPR Enforcement Coordinator
Bureau of Industry and Security
Under Secretary for Industry and Security
Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration
Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement
Economics and Statistics Administration
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
Bureau of the Census
Director
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Director
Economic Development Administration
Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
International Trade Administration
Under Secretary for International Trade
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade
Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director
General for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing Services
Minority Business Development Agency
National Director
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Deputy Director
National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration
Under Secretary and Administrator for NOAA
Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
National Technical Information Service
Director
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration
Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information
Patent and Trademark Office
Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and
Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
| Secretaries of
Commerce and Labor |
| Secretary |
Dates of Service |
President(s) |
| George B. Cortelyou |
Feb 18, 1903-June 30, 1904 |
Roosevelt |
| Victor H. Metcalf |
July 1, 1904-Dec 16, 1906 |
Roosevelt |
| Oscar S. Straus |
Dec 17, 1906-Mar 5, 1909 |
Roosevelt |
| Charles Nagel |
Mar 6, 1909-Mar 4, 1913 |
Taft |
| Secretaries
of Commerce |
| William C. Redfield |
Mar 5, 1913-Oct 31, 1919 |
Wilson |
| Joshua W. Alexander |
Dec 16, 1919-Mar 4, 1921 |
Wilson |
| Herbert C. Hoover |
Mar 5, 1921-Aug 21, 1928 |
Harding and Coolidge |
| William F. Whiting |
Aug 22, 1928-Mar 4, 1929 |
Coolidge |
| Robert P. Lamont |
Mar 5, 1929-Aug 7, 1932 |
Hoover |
| Roy D. Chapin |
Aug 8, 1932-Mar 3, 1933 |
Hoover |
| Daniel C. Roper |
Mar 4, 1933-Dec 23, 1938 |
Roosevelt |
| Harry L. Hopkins |
Dec 24, 1938-Sep 18, 1940 |
Roosevelt |
| Jesse H. Jones |
Sep 19, 1940-Mar 1, 1945 |
Roosevelt |
| Henry A. Wallace |
Mar 2, 1945-Sep 20, 1946 |
Roosevelt and Truman |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Oct 7, 1946-Apr 22, 1948 |
Truman |
| Charles Sawyer |
May 6, 1948-Jan 20, 1953 |
Truman |
| Sinclair Weeks |
Jan 21, 1953-Nov 10, 1958 |
Eisenhower |
| Lewis L. Strauss |
Nov 13, 1958-June 30, 1959 |
Eisenhower |
| Frederick H. Mueller |
Aug 10, 1959-Jan 19, 1961 |
Eisenhower |
| Luther H. Hodges |
Jan 21, 1961-Jan 15, 1965 |
Kennedy and Johnson |
| John T. Connor |
Jan 18, 1965-Jan 31, 1967 |
Johnson |
| Alexander B. Trowbridge |
June 14, 1967-Mar 1, 1968 |
Johnson |
| C.R. Smith |
Mar 6, 1968-Jan 19, 1969 |
Johnson |
| Maurice H. Stans |
Jan 21, 1969-Feb 15, 1972 |
Nixon |
| Peter G. Peterson |
Feb 29, 1972-Feb 1, 1973 |
Nixon |
| Frederick B. Dent |
Feb 2, 1973-Mar 26, 1975 |
Nixon and Ford |
| Rogers C.B. Morton |
May 1, 1975-Feb 2, 1976 |
Ford |
| Eliot L. Richardson |
Feb 2, 1976-Jan 20, 1977 |
Ford |
| Juanita M. Kreps |
Jan 23, 1977-Oct 31, 1979 |
Carter |
| Philip M. Klutznick |
Jan 9, 1980-Jan 19, 1981 |
Carter |
| Malcolm Baldrige |
Jan 20, 1981-July 25, 1987 |
Reagan |
| C. William Verity |
Oct 19, 1987-Jan 30, 1989 |
Reagan |
| Robert A. Mosbacher |
Jan 31, 1989-Jan 15, 1992 |
Bush |
| Barbara H. Franklin |
Feb 27, 1992-Jan 20, 1993 |
Bush |
| Ronald H. Brown |
Jan 22, 1993-Apr 3, 1996 |
Clinton |
| Mickey Kantor |
Apr 12, 1996-Jan 21, 1997 |
Clinton |
| William M. Daley |
Jan 30, 1997-July 19, 2000 |
Clinton |
| Norman A. Mineta |
July 21, 2000-Jan 19, 2001 |
Clinton |
| Donald L. Evans |
Jan 20, 2001-Feb 3, 2005 |
Bush |
| Carlos M. Gutierrez |
Feb 7, 2005-Jan 20, 2009 |
Bush |
| Otto J. Wolff |
Jan 20, 2009-Mar 26, 2009 |
Obama |
| Gary Locke |
Mar 26, 2009-Aug 1, 2011 |
Obama |
| John E. Brysson |
Oct 21, 2011-June 11, 2012 |
Obama |
| Rebecca M. Blank |
June 11, 2012-June 1, 2013 |
Obama |
| Cameron Kerry |
June 1, 2013-June 26, 2013 |
Obama |
| Penny Pritzer |
June 26, 2013-January 20, 2017 |
Obama |
| Wilbur Ross |
February 28, 2017- |
Trump |
The longest-serving Secretary of
Commerce was Herbert Hoover, who served almost seven and
a half years.
The first woman, and the only economist, to serve as
Secretary of Commerce was Juanita Kreps.
The first African-American to serve as Secretary of
Commerce was Ronald Brown.
The youngest person to be named Secretary of Commerce
was 38-year-old Alexander Trowbridge.
The oldest to be appointed was Philip Klutznick, who
was 72 when he took office.
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