Flag of the United States Secretary of the Army
The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management. Nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the Secretary of the Army is a non-Cabinet position serving under the Secretary of Defense. This position was created September 18, 1947, when the Department of War became the Department of the Army and made a branch of the new Department of Defense.
Chronological list of Secretaries of the Army
| Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
|---|
| Kenneth Claiborne Royall |
September 18, 1947 - April 27, 1949 |
Harry S. Truman |
| Gordon Gray |
June 20, 1949 - April 12, 1950 |
Harry S. Truman |
| Frank Pace |
April 12, 1950 - January 20, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
| Robert Ten Broeck Stevens |
February 4, 1953 - July 21, 1955 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Wilber Marion Brucker |
July 21, 1955 - January 19, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. |
January 24, 1961 - June 30, 1962 |
John F. Kennedy |
| Cyrus Vance |
July 5, 1962 - January 21, 1964 |
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Stephen Ailes |
January 28, 1964 - July 1, 1965 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Stanley R. Resor |
July 2, 1965 - June 30, 1971 |
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon |
| Robert F. Froehlke |
July 1, 1971 - May 14, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
| Howard H. Callaway |
May 15, 1973 - July 3, 1975 |
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| Martin R. Hoffmann |
August 5, 1975 - January 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
| Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. |
February 14, 1977 - January 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
| John O. Marsh, Jr. |
January 21, 1981 - August 13, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush |
| Michael P.W. Stone |
August 14, 1989 - January 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
| Togo D. West, Jr. |
November 22, 1993 - December 2, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
| Robert M. Walker |
December 2, 1997 - July 2, 1998 |
Bill Clinton |
| Louis Caldera |
July 2, 1998 - January 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
| Gregory R. Dahlberg |
January 20, 2001 - March 5, 2001 |
George W. Bush |
| Joseph W. Westphal |
March 5, 2001 - May 31, 2001 |
George W. Bush |
| Thomas E. White |
May 31, 2001 - May 9, 2003 |
George W. Bush |
| Les Brownlee |
May 10, 2003 - November 18, 2004 |
George W. Bush |
| Francis J. Harvey |
November 19, 2004 - March 9, 2007 |
George W. Bush |
| Pete Geren |
March 9, 2007 - September 16, 2009 |
George W. Bush, Barack Obama |
| John McHugh |
September 21, 2009 - November 1, 2015 |
Barack Obama |
| Eric Fanning |
November 3, 2015 - January 11, 2016 |
Barack Obama |
| Patrick Murphy |
January 11, 2016 - present |
Barack Obama |
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Chart showing the organization of the Office of the Secretary of Army and its relationship to the Army Staff.
