
Seal of the United States Department of Transportation
The 'United States Secretary of Transportation' is the head of the
United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the
President's Cabinet. The current Secretary is
Mary Peters.
Secretaries of Transportation
| No. | Name | Term of Offices | President(s) served under |
|---|
| 1 | Alan Stephenson Boyd | January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969 | Lyndon Johnson |
| 2 | John Anthony Volpe | January 22, 1969 - February 1, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| 3 | Claude Stout Brinegar | February 2, 1973 - February 1, 1975 | Richard Nixon |
| John W. Barnum (acting) | February 2, 1975 - March 6, 1975 | Richard Nixon |
| 4 | William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. | March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| 5 | Brock Adams | January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (acting) | July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| 6 | Neil Goldschmidt | August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| 7 | Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. | January 23, 1981 - February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| 8 | Elizabeth Hanford Dole | February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987 | Ronald Reagan |
| James H. Burnley IV (acting) | October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987 | Ronald Reagan |
| 9 | James H. Burnley IV | December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| 10 | Samuel K. Skinner | February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush |
| James B. Busey IV (acting) | December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
| 11 | Andrew Card | February 24, 1992 - January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| 12 | Federico Peña | January 21, 1993 - February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| 13 | Rodney Slater | February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Mortimer L. Downey (acting) | January 21, 2001 - January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush |
| 14 | Norman Mineta | January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| Maria Cino (acting) | July 8, 2006 – September 30, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| 15 | Mary Peters | September 30, 2006 – | George W. Bush | |