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United States Secretary of Education

Head of the United States Department of Education

Head of the United States Department of Education

FieldValue
postUnited States Secretary of Education
flagFlag of the United States Secretary of Education.svg
flagborderyes
flagcaptionFlag of the secretary
insigniaSeal of the United States Department of Education.svg
insigniacaptionSeal of the Department of Education
member_ofCabinet of the United States
imageED Sec Linda McMahon.jpg
incumbentLinda McMahon
incumbentsinceMarch 3, 2025
actingno
departmentDepartment of Education
styleMadam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
reports_toPresident of the United States
seatLyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
Washington, D.C.
appointerThe president
appointer_qualifiedwith Senate advice and consent
termlengthNo fixed term
constituting_instrument
formation
firstShirley Hufstedler
successionSixteenth
deputyDeputy Secretary
salaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
website

The Honorable (formal) Washington, D.C. The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all education in the United States. As a member of the Cabinet of the United States, the secretary is sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency. Prior to its creation as an Executive Department, there was a non-Cabinet level position called the United States commissioner of education who led the United States Office of Education.

The current secretary of education is Linda McMahon, serving in this role under President Donald Trump.

Function

The United States secretary of education is a member of the president's Cabinet and is the sixteenth in the United States presidential line of succession. This secretary deals with federal influence over education policy, and heads the United States Department of Education.

The secretary is advised by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, an advisory committee, on "matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education."

List of secretaries

Prior to the creation of the Department of Education in 1979, Education was a division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

;Parties

;Status

Health, Education, and Welfare

No.PortraitNameState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)Republican Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Independent (politician)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"
[[File:Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg75px]]TexasApril 11, 1953July 31, 1955Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1953–1961)
[[File:Folsom.jpg75px]]New YorkAugust 2, 1955July 31, 1958
[[File:ArthurSFlemming.jpg75px]]OhioAugust 1, 1958January 19, 1961
[[File:Ribicoff.jpg75px]]ConnecticutJanuary 21, 1961July 13, 1962Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1961–1963)
[[File:Celebrez.jpg75px]]OhioJuly 31, 1962August 17, 1965
Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1963–1969)
[[File:John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.jpg75px]]CaliforniaAugust 18, 1965March 1, 1968
[[File:Wilburportrait.jpg75px]]MichiganMay 16, 1968January 20, 1969
[[File:Robert Finch, 1967.jpg75px]]CaliforniaJanuary 21, 1969June 23, 1970Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1969–1974)
[[File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg75px]]MassachusettsJune 24, 1970January 29, 1973
[[File:Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg75px]]CaliforniaFebruary 12, 1973August 8, 1975
Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1974–1977)
[[File:F. David Mathews.jpg75px]]AlabamaAugust 8, 1975January 20, 1977
[[File:JAC AR 2007.jpg75px]]District of ColumbiaJanuary 25, 1977August 3, 1979Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1977–1981)
[[File:Patricia R. Harris.jpg75px]]August 3, 1979May 4, 1980

Education

No.PortraitNameState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresidentDemocratic Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};" data-sort-value="3"Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"–Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Republican Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"Democratic Party (United States)}};"–Republican Party (United States)}};"––Democratic Party (United States)}};"–Republican Party (United States)}};"
[[File:United States Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler at Miami-Dade Community College 1980-02-07 (cropped 2).jpg75px]]CaliforniaNovember 30, 1979January 20, 1981Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1977–1981)
[[File:TerrelBell.jpg75px]]UtahJanuary 22, 1981January 20, 1985Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1981–1989)
[[File:William Bennett official portrait.jpg75px]]North CarolinaFebruary 6, 1985September 20, 1988
[[File:Cavazos.jpg75px]]TexasSeptember 20, 1988December 12, 1990
Republican Party (United States)}};"
(1989–1993)
[[File:Portrait gray.png75px]]
ActingIllinoisDecember 12, 1990March 22, 1991
[[File:Lamar Alexander black and white photo.jpg75px]]TennesseeMarch 22, 1991January 20, 1993
[[File:Richard Riley Official Department of Education Photo.jpg75px]]South CarolinaJanuary 21, 1993January 20, 2001Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(1993–2001)
[[File:Rod Paige.jpg75px]]TexasJanuary 20, 2001January 20, 2005Republican Party (United States)}};"
(2001–2009)
[[File:Margaret Spellings, official ed photo 3.jpg75px]]January 20, 2005January 20, 2009
[[File:Arne Duncan official photo (cropped).jpg75px]]IllinoisJanuary 21, 2009January 1, 2016Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(2009–2017)
[[File:John B. King official portrait (cropped2).jpg75px]]New YorkJanuary 1, 2016March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016January 20, 2017
[[File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg75px]]
ActingVirginiaJanuary 20, 2017February 7, 2017Republican Party (United States)}};"
(2017–2021)
[[File:Betsy DeVos official portrait (cropped).jpg75px]]MichiganFebruary 7, 2017January 8, 2021
[[File:Mick Zais official photo (cropped).jpg75px]]
ActingSouth CarolinaJanuary 8, 2021January 20, 2021
[[File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg75px]]
ActingVirginiaJanuary 20, 2021March 2, 2021Democratic Party (United States)}};"
(2021–2025)
[[File:Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, official portrait (cropped).jpg75px]]ConnecticutMarch 2, 2021January 20, 2025
[[File:Denise L. Carter.png75px]]
ActingJanuary 20, 2025March 3, 2025Republican Party (United States)}};"
(2025–present)
[[File:ED Sec Linda McMahon.jpg100x100px]]ConnecticutMarch 3, 2025present

References

References

  1. "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act".
  2. "Order of presidential succession".
  3. Schultz, Brooke. (2025-01-20). "Trump Names Acting Education Secretary Ahead of Linda McMahon's Confirmation". Education Week.
  4. (October 20, 2013). "The Presidential order of succession". The Washington Post.
  5. "US Department of Education Principal Office Functional Statements". United States Department of Education.
  6. NACIQI Staff. (November 23, 2016). "Welcome". U.S. Department of Education, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI).
  7. Harris was Secretary on May 4, 1980, when the office changed names from Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because the department merely changed names, she did not need to be confirmed again, and her term continued uninterrupted.
  8. (October 2, 2015). "U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year". [[The Washington Post]].
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