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Denotes acting Secretary of the Interior Number | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | 1 | | Thomas Ewing | Ohio | March 8, 1849 | July 22, 1850 | | Zachary Taylor | | Millard Fillmore | 2 | | Thomas M. T. McKennan | Pennsylvania | August 15, 1850 | August 26, 1850 | 3 | | Alexander H. H. Stuart | Virginia | September 14, 1850 | March 7, 1853 | 4 | | Robert McClelland | Michigan | March 8, 1853 | March 9, 1857 | | Franklin Pierce | 5 | | Jacob Thompson | Mississippi | March 10, 1857 | January 8, 1861 | | James Buchanan | 6 | | Caleb B. Smith | Indiana | March 5, 1861 | December 31, 1862 | | Abraham Lincoln | 7 | | John P. Usher | Indiana | January 1, 1863 | May 15, 1865 | | Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson | 8 | | James Harlan | Iowa | May 16, 1865 | August 31, 1866 | | Andrew Johnson | 9 | | Orville H. Browning | Illinois | September 1, 1866 | March 4, 1869 | | Andrew Johnson | 10 | | Jacob D. Cox | Ohio | March 5, 1869 | October 31, 1870 | | Ulysses S. Grant | 11 | | Columbus Delano | Ohio | November 1, 1870 | September 30, 1875 | 12 | | Zachariah Chandler | Michigan | October 19, 1875 | March 11, 1877 | 13 | | Carl Schurz | Missouri | March 12, 1877 | March 7, 1881 | | Rutherford B. Hayes | 14 | | Samuel J. Kirkwood | Iowa | March 8, 1881 | April 17, 1882 | | James A. Garfield | | Chester A. Arthur | 15 | | Henry M. Teller | Colorado | April 18, 1882 | March 3, 1885 | 16 | | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II | Mississippi | March 6, 1885 | January 10, 1888 | | Grover Cleveland | 17 | | William F. Vilas | Wisconsin | January 16, 1888 | March 6, 1889 | 18 | | John W. Noble | Missouri | March 7, 1889 | March 6, 1893 | | Benjamin Harrison | 19 | | Hoke Smith | Georgia | March 6, 1893 | September 1, 1896 | | Grover Cleveland | 20 | | David R. Francis | Missouri | September 3, 1896 | March 5, 1897 | 21 | | Cornelius N. Bliss | New York | March 6, 1897 | February 19, 1899 | | William McKinley | 22 | | Ethan A. Hitchcock | Missouri | February 20, 1899 | March 4, 1907 | | Theodore Roosevelt | 23 | | James R. Garfield | Ohio | March 5, 1907 | March 4, 1909 | 24 | | Richard A. Ballinger | Washington | March 6, 1909 | March 12, 1911 | | William Howard Taft | 25 | | Walter L. Fisher | Illinois | March 13, 1911 | March 5, 1913 | 26 | | Franklin K. Lane | California | March 6, 1913 | February 29, 1920 | | Woodrow Wilson | – | | Alexander T. Vogelsang Acting | California | February 29, 1920 | March 13, 1920 | 27 | | John B. Payne | Illinois | March 15, 1920 | March 4, 1921 | 28 | | Albert B. Fall | New Mexico | March 5, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | | Warren G. Harding | 29 | | Hubert Work | Colorado | March 5, 1923 | July 24, 1928 | | Calvin Coolidge | 30 | | Roy O. West | Illinois | July 25, 1928 | March 4, 1929 | 31 | | Ray Lyman Wilbur | California | March 5, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | | Herbert Hoover | 32 | | Harold L. Ickes | Illinois | March 4, 1933 | February 15, 1946 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt | | Harry S. Truman | – | | Oscar L. Chapman Acting | Colorado | February 15, 1946 | March 18, 1946 | 33 | | Julius A. Krug | Wisconsin | March 18, 1946 | December 1, 1949 | 34 | | Oscar L. Chapman | Colorado | December 1, 1949 | January 20, 1953 | 35 | | Douglas McKay | Oregon | January 21, 1953 | April 15, 1956 | | Dwight D. Eisenhower | – | | Clarence A. Davis Acting | Nebraska | April 15, 1956 | June 8, 1956 | 36 | | Fred A. Seaton | Nebraska | June 8, 1956 | January 20, 1961 | 37 | | Stewart L. Udall | Arizona | January 21, 1961 | January 20, 1969 | | John F. Kennedy | | Lyndon B. Johnson | 38 | | Walter J. Hickel | Alaska | January 24, 1969 | November 25, 1970 | | Richard Nixon | – | | Fred J. Russell Acting | California | November 25, 1970 | January 29, 1971 | 39 | | Rogers C. B. Morton | Maryland | January 29, 1971 | April 30, 1975 | | Gerald Ford | – | | D. Kent Frizzell Acting | Kansas | April 30, 1975 | June 12, 1975 | 40 | | Stanley K. Hathaway | Wyoming | June 12, 1975 | October 9, 1975 | – | | D. Kent Frizzell Acting | Kansas | October 9, 1975 | October 17, 1975 | 41 | | Thomas S. Kleppe | North Dakota | October 17, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | – | | Alfred G. Albert Acting | | January 20, 1977 | January 23, 1977 | | Jimmy Carter | 42 | | Cecil D. Andrus | Idaho | January 23, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | 43 | | James G. Watt | Colorado | January 23, 1981 | November 8, 1983 | | Ronald Reagan | – | | J. J. Simmons III Acting | New Jersey | November 8, 1983 | November 18, 1983 | 44 | | William P. Clark | California | November 18, 1983 | February 7, 1985 | 45 | | Donald P. Hodel | Virginia | February 8, 1985 | January 20, 1989 | – | | Earl E. Gjelde Acting | Virginia | January 20, 1989 | February 3, 1989 | | George H. W. Bush | 46 | | Manuel Lujan Jr. | New Mexico | February 3, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | 47 | | Bruce E. Babbitt | Arizona | January 22, 1993 | January 2, 2001 | | Bill Clinton | – | | Thomas N. Slonaker Acting | Arizona | January 2, 2001 | January 31, 2001 | | George W. Bush | 48 | | Gale A. Norton | Colorado | January 31, 2001 | March 31, 2006 | – | | Lynn Scarlett Acting | California | April 1, 2006 | May 26, 2006 | 49 | | Dirk Kempthorne | Idaho | May 29, 2006 | January 19, 2009 | - | | Lynn Scarlett Acting | California | January 19, 2009 | January 20, 2009 | | Barack Obama | 50 | | Ken Salazar | Colorado | January 20, 2009 | April 12, 2013 | 51 | | Sally Jewell | Washington | April 12, 2013[2] | January 20, 2017 | – | | Kevin Haugrud Acting | | January 20, 2017 | March 1, 2017 | | Donald Trump | 52 | | Ryan Zinke | Montana | March 1, 2017 | January 2, 2019 | 53 | | David Bernhardt | Colorado | January 2, 2019 | April 11, 2019 | April 11, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | – | | Scott de la Vega Acting | | January 20, 2021 | March 16, 2021 | | Joe Biden | 54 | | Deb Haaland | New Mexico | March 16, 2021 | — | |