Margaret Spellings Facts for Kids

Margaret Spellings


8th United States Secretary of Education
In office January 20, 2005 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Rod Paige
Succeeded by	Arne Duncan
Personal details
Born	December 30, 1957 (1957-12-30) (age 61) Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Robert Spellings
Alma mater	University of Houston

Margaret Spellings (born Margaret Dudar on November 30, 1957) was the second Secretary of Education under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. She was previously Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to President Bush.

She was one of the principal authors of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act.

United States Secretaries of Education

Hufstedler • Bell • Bennett • Cavazos • Alexander • Riley • Paige • Spellings • Duncan • King

Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)

Vice President	Richard B. Cheney (2001–2009)

Secretary of State	Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)

Secretary of the Treasury	Paul O'Neill (2001–2002) • John Snow (2002–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009)

Secretary of Defense	Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009)

Attorney General	John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)

Secretary of the Interior	Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009)

Secretary of Commerce	Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)

Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (2001–2009)

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)

Secretary of Education	Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Mel Martinez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009)

Secretary of Transportation	Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009)

Secretary of Energy	Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009)

Secretary of Homeland Security	Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)

Chief of Staff	Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen Johnson (2005–2009)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009)

Director of National Drug Control Policy	John Walters (2001–2009)

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Spellings at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014
Spellings delivers a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; former first lady Nancy Reagan is seated at the right.

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