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United States Secretary of Commerce

Head of the U.S. Department of Commerce

United States Secretary of Commerce

Head of the U.S. Department of Commerce

FieldValue
postUnited States Secretary
bodyCommerce
flagFlag of the United States Secretary of Commerce.svg
flagborderyes
flagsize130
flagcaptionFlag of the secretary
insigniaSeal of the United States Department of Commerce.svg
insigniasize120
insigniacaptionSeal of the U.S. Department of Commerce
imageHoward Lutnick 2025 (cropped) 2.jpg
incumbentHoward Lutnick
actingno
incumbentsinceFebruary 21, 2025
departmentUnited States Department of Commerce
styleMr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
member_ofCabinet
reports_toPresident of the United States
seatHerbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.
appointerThe president
appointer_qualifiedwith Senate advice and consent
termlengthNo fixed term
constituting_instrument
formation
precursorSecretary of Commerce and Labor
firstWilliam C. Redfield
successionTenth
deputyDeputy Secretary of Commerce
salaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
website

The Honorable (formal)

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'.

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.

The secretary of commerce is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule with an annual salary of US$ 250,600, as of January 2025.

The current secretary of commerce is Howard Lutnick.

List of U.S. secretaries of commerce

; Parties (1) (21) (19) ; Status

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[[File:WilliamCoxRedfield.jpg75px]]New YorkDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(1913–1921)
[[File:JoshuaWillisAlexander.jpg75px]]Missouri
[[File:President Hoover portrait.jpg75px]]CaliforniaRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1921–1923)
Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1923-1929)
[[File:WilliamFairfieldWhiting.jpg75px]]Massachusetts
[[File:RobertPattersonLamont.jpg75px]]IllinoisRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1929–1933)
[[File:RobertDikemanChapin.jpg75px]]Michigan
[[File:Daniel Calhoun Roper pers0178.jpg75px]]South CarolinaDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(1933–1945)
[[File:Harry Lloyd Hopkins.jpg75px]]New York
[[File:Jesse Holman Jones pers0174.jpg75px]]Texas
[[File:HenryAgardWallace.jpg75px]]Iowa
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1945–1953)
[[File:Alfred-Schindler.jpg75px]]
ActingMissouri
[[File:William Averell Harriman.png75px]]New York
[[File:CharlesSawyer.jpg75px]]Ohio
[[File:CharlesSinclairWeeks.jpg75px]]MassachusettsRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1953–1961)
[[File:Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss pers0164.jpg75px]]New York
[[File:Frederick Henry Mueller pers0162.jpg75px]]Michigan
[[File:Luther Hodges.jpg75px]]North CarolinaDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(1961–1963)
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1963–1969)
[[File:JohnThomasConnor.jpg75px]]New Jersey
[[File:AlexanderBuelTrowbridge.jpg75px]]New York
[[File:Cyrus Rowlett Smith pers0154.jpg75px]]New York
[[File:Maurice Stans.jpg75px]]New YorkRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1969–1974)
[[File:PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg75px]]Illinois
[[File:FrederickBailyDent.jpg75px]]South Carolina
Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1974–1977)
[[File:RogersClarkBallardMorton.jpg75px]]Maryland
[[File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg75px]]Massachusetts
[[File:Kreps-juanita-morris.png75px]]North CarolinaDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(1977–1981)
[[File:Luther H. Hodges Jr (cropped).png75px]]
ActingNorth Carolina
[[File:PhilipMorrisKlutznick.jpg75px]]Illinois
[[File:Malcolm Baldridge pers0138.jpg75px]]ConnecticutRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1981–1989)
[[File:Bud Brown 97th Congress 1981.jpg75px]]
ActingOhio
[[File:CalvinWilliamVerity.jpg75px]]Ohio
[[File:RobertAdamMosbacher.jpg75px]]TexasRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(1989–1993)
[[File:Rockwell A. Schnabel.png75px]]
ActingCalifornia
[[File:BarbaraHackmanFranklin.jpg75px]]Pennsylvania
[[File:RonBrownUS.JPG75px]]New YorkDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(1993–2001)
[[File:Mary Lowe Good - ACS2004 crop.jpg75px]]
ActingTexas
[[File:MichaelKantor (cropped).jpg75px]]Tennessee
[[File:DaleyWilliam.jpg75px]]Illinois
[[File:MallettRobert.jpg75px]]
ActingTexas
[[File:NormanYoshioMineta.jpg75px]]California
[[File:Donald Evans.jpg75px]]TexasRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(2001–2009)
[[File:Carlos Gutierrez official portrait.jpg75px]]Florida
[[File:WolffOtto-c.jpg75px]]
ActingDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(2009–2017)
[[File:Gary Locke official portrait.jpg75px]]Washington
[[File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg75px]]
ActingMinnesota
[[File:John Bryson official portrait.jpg75px]]New York
[[File:Rebecca Blank official portrait.jpg75px]]
ActingMinnesota
[[File:Cameron Kerry official portrait.jpeg75px]]
ActingMassachusetts
[[File:Penny Pritzker official portrait.jpg75px]]Illinois
VacantRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(2017–2021)
[[File:Wilbur Ross Official Portrait (cropped).jpg80px]]Florida
[[File:Wynn Coggins US Commerce Dept.jpg80px]]
ActingVirginiaDemocratic Party (United States)}};"
(2021–2025)
[[File:Gina Raimondo (cropped 2).jpgframeless80px]]Rhode Island
[[File:Jeremy Pelter.jpg80px]]
ActingRepublican Party (United States)}};"
(2025–present)
[[File:Howard Lutnick 2025 (cropped).jpg80px]]New YorkIncumbent

Line of succession

The line of succession for the secretary of commerce is as follows:

  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

References

References

  1. {{USC. 3. 19
  2. "US Department of Commerce, Directives Management Program".
  3. "Milestones". U.S. Department of Commerce.
  4. {{UnitedStatesCode. 5. 5312
  5. "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)".
  6. Rappeport, Alan. (2025-02-18). "Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary". The New York Times.
  7. [https://www.commerce.gov/about-commerce/secretaries Department of Commerce: Secretaries]
  8. "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Commerce".
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