United States Secretary of Commerce

File:Commerce Building Secretary's Office.jpg

The Commerce Secretary's office as it looked in the mid-20th century.

The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary reports directly to the president and is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States. The secretary is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The secretary of commerce is responsible for promoting American businesses and industries. The department states its mission as 'to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Until 1913, there was one secretary of commerce and labor, uniting this department with the United States Department of Labor, which is now headed by a separate United States secretary of labor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The secretary of commerce is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule<ref>Template:UnitedStatesCode</ref> with an annual salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.<ref name="Salary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The current secretary of commerce is Howard Lutnick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of U.S. secretaries of commerce

Parties

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Status

No.	Portrait	Name<ref>Department of Commerce: Secretaries</ref>	State of residence	Took office	Left office	President(s)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">1	File:WilliamCoxRedfield.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1913–1921)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">2	File:JoshuaWillisAlexander.jpg	Template:Sortname	Missouri	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">3	File:President Hoover portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1921–1923)
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1923-1929)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">4	File:WilliamFairfieldWhiting.jpg	Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">5	File:RobertPattersonLamont.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1929–1933)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">6	File:RobertDikemanChapin.jpg	Template:Sortname	Michigan	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">7	File:Daniel Calhoun Roper pers0178.jpg	Template:Sortname	South Carolina	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1933–1945)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">8	File:Harry Lloyd Hopkins.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">9	File:Jesse Holman Jones pers0174.jpg	Template:Sortname	Texas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">10	File:HenryAgardWallace.jpg	Template:Sortname	Iowa	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1945–1953)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Alfred-Schindler.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Missouri	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">11	File:William Averell Harriman.png	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">12	File:CharlesSawyer.jpg	Template:Sortname	Ohio	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">13	File:CharlesSinclairWeeks.jpg	Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1953–1961)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">-	File:Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss pers0164.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">14	File:Frederick Henry Mueller pers0162.jpg	Template:Sortname	Michigan	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Dts				Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">15	File:Luther Hodges.jpg	Template:Sortname	North Carolina	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1961–1963)
rowspan=5 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1963–1969)
16	File:JohnThomasConnor.jpg	Template:Sortname	New Jersey	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">17	File:AlexanderBuelTrowbridge.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Dts				Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">18	File:Cyrus Rowlett Smith pers0154.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">19	File:Maurice Stans.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1969–1974)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">20	File:PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">21	File:FrederickBailyDent.jpg	Template:Sortname	South Carolina	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |						Template:Sortname (1974–1977)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">22	File:RogersClarkBallardMorton.jpg	Template:Sortname	Maryland	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">23	File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg	Template:Sortname	Massachusetts	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">24	File:Kreps-juanita-morris.png	Template:Sortname	North Carolina	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1977–1981)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–		Template:Sortname Template:Small	North Carolina	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">25	File:PhilipMorrisKlutznick.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">26	File:Malcolm Baldridge pers0138.jpg	Template:Sortname	Connecticut	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1981–1989)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Bud Brown 97th Congress 1981.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Ohio	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">27	File:CalvinWilliamVerity.jpg	Template:Sortname	Ohio	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">28	File:RobertAdamMosbacher.jpg	Template:Sortname	Texas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1989–1993)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Rockwell A. Schnabel.png	Template:Sortname Template:Small	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">29	File:BarbaraHackmanFranklin.jpg	Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">30	File:RonBrownUS.JPG	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=6 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (1993–2001)
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Mary Lowe Good - ACS2004 crop.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Texas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">31	File:MichaelKantor.jpg	Template:Sortname	Tennessee	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">32	File:DaleyWilliam.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:MallettRobert.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Texas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">33	File:NormanYoshioMineta.jpg	Template:Sortname	California	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">34	File:Donald Evans.jpg	Template:Sortname	Texas	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2001–2009)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">35	File:Carlos Gutierrez official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Florida	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:WolffOtto-c.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=7 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2009–2017)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">36	File:Gary Locke official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Washington	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Minnesota	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">37	File:John Bryson official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Minnesota	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Cameron Kerry official portrait.jpeg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Massachusetts	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">38	File:Penny Pritzker official portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Illinois	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	Vacant			Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2017–2021)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">39	File:Wilbur Ross Official Portrait.jpg	Template:Sortname	Florida	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Wynn Coggins US Commerce Dept.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Virginia	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2021–2025)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">40	File:Gina Raimondo (cropped 2).jpg	Template:Sortname	Rhode Island	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
Template:Ifsubst style="color:black">–	File:Jeremy Pelter.jpg	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Maryland	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" |	Template:Sortname (2025–present)
style="background: Template:Party color;" |Template:Ifsubst style="color:white">41	File:Howard Lutnick 2025.jpg	Template:Sortname	New York	Template:Dts	Incumbent

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of commerce is as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1. Deputy Secretary of Commerce
2. General Counsel of the Department of Commerce
3. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
4. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
5. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
6. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7. Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
8. Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration
9. Boulder Laboratories Site Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology

External links

• U.S. Department of Commerce – Secretaries of Commerce

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