Past Secretaries of Interior
The Department of the Interior has been led by 48 Secretaries of Interior in its 154 years.
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- Thomas Ewing 1849-1850
- Thomas M.T. McKennan 1850
- Alexander H.H. Stuart 1850-1853
- Robert McClelland 1853-1857
- Jacob Thompson 1857-1861
- Caleb B. Smith 1861-1862
- John P. Usher 1863-1865
- James Harlan 1865-1866
- Orville H. Browning 1866-1869
- Jacob D. Cox 1869-1870
- Columbus Delano 1870-1875
- Zachariah Chandler 1875-1877
- Carl Schurz 1877-1881
- Samuel J. Kirkwood 1881-1882
- Henry M. Teller 1882-1885
- Lucius Q.C. Lamar 1885-1888
- William F. Vilas 1888-1889
- John W. Noble 1889-1893
- Michael H. Smith 1893-1896
- David R. Francis 1896-1897
- Cornelius N. Bliss 1897-1899
- Ethan A. Hitchcock 1899-1907
- James R. Garfield 1907-1909
- Richard A. Ballinger 1909-1911
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- Walter L. Fisher 1911-1913
- Franklin K. Lane 1913-1920
- John B. Payne 1920 -1921
- Albert B. Fall 1921-1923
- Hubert Work 1923-1928
- Roy O. West 1928-1929
- Ray L. Wilbur 1929-1933
- Harold L. Ickes 1933-1946
- Julius A. Krug 1946-1949
- Oscar L. Chapman 1949-1953
- Douglas McKay 1953-1956
- Fred A. Seaton 1956-1961
- Stewart L. Udall 1961-1969
- Walter Hickel 1969-1970
- Rogers C. B. Morton 1971-1975
- Stanley K. Hathaway 1975
- Thomas S. Kleppe 1975-1977
- Cecil B. Andrus 1977-1981
- James G. Watt 1981-1983
- William P. Clark 1983-1985
- Donald P. Hodel 1985-1989
- Manuel Lujan, Jr. 1989-1993
- Bruce Babbitt 1993-2001
- Gale A. Norton 2001
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Thomas Ewing |
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Born: December 28, 1789, West Liberty,
Ohio County, Virginia
Appointed from: Ohio
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: March 8, 1849
Served Under: Pres. Zachary Taylor;
Pres. Millard Fillmore
Termination: July 22, 1850
Length of Service: 1 year, 4 months, 15 days
Died: October 26, 1871
Buried: St. Mary's Cemetery,
Lancaster, Ohio
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Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan |
Born: December 31, 1794, New Castle, Delaware
Appointed from: Pennsylvania
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: August 15, 1850
Served Under: Pres. Millard Fillmore
Termination: August 26, 1850
Length of Service: 12 days
Died: July 9, 1852
Buried: Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania
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Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart |
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Born: April 2, 1807, Staunton, Virginia
Appointed from: Virginia
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Served Under: Pres. Millard Fillmore;
Termination: March 7, 1853
Length of Service: 2 years, 5 months, 21 days
Died: February 13, 1891
Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia
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Robert McClelland |
Born: August 1, 1807, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Appointed from: Michigan
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: March 8, 1853
Served Under: Pres.Franklin Pierce;
Termination: March 9, 1857
Length of Service: 4 years, 2 days
Died: August 30, 1880
Buried: Elwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan |
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Jacob Thompson |
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Born: May 15, 1810, Leasburg, Caswell County, North Carolina
Appointed from: Mississippi
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: March 10, 1857
Served Under: Pres. James Buchanan
Termination: January 8, 1861
Length of Service: 3 years, 9 months, 29 days
Died: March 24, 1885
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee |
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Caleb Blood Smith |
Born: April 16, 1808, Boston, Massachusetts
Appointed from: Indiana
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: March 5, 1861
Served Under: Pres. Abraham Lincoln
Termination: December 31, 1862
Length of Service: 1 year, 9 months, 26 days
Died: January 7, 1864
Buried: City Cemetery, Connersville, Indiana
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John Palmer Usher |
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Born: January 9, 1816, Brookfield, Madison County, New York
Appointed from: Indiana
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: January 1, 1863
Served Under: Pres. Abraham Lincoln
Termination: May 15, 1865
Length of Service: 2 years, 4 months, 15 days
Died: April 13, 1889
Buried: Unknown |
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James Harlan |
Born: August 26, 1820, Clark County, Illinois
Appointed from:Iowa
Nominated: Unknown
Confirmed: Unknown
Took Office: May 16, 1865
Served Under: Pres. Andrew Johnson
Termination: August 31, 1866
Length of Service: 1 year, 3 months, 15 days
Died: October 5, 1899
Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa
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Orville Hickman Browning |
| Born: February 10, 1806, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky Appointed from:Illinois Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: September 1, 1866 Served Under: Pres. Andrew Johnson; Termination: March 4, 1869 Length of Service: 2 years, 6 months, 4 days Died: August 10,1881 Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois |
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Jacob Dolson Cox |
Born: October 27, 1828, Montreal, Canada Appointed from:Ohio Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: March 5, 1869 Served Under: Pres. Ulysses S. Grant Termination: October 31, 1870 Length of Service: 1 year, 7 months, 26 days Died: August 4, 1900 Buried: Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Columbus Delano |
| Born: June 5, 1809, Shoreham, Vermont Appointed from:Ohio Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: November 1, 1870 Served Under: Pres. Ulysses S. Grant Termination: September 30, 1875 Length of Service: 4 years, 11 months Died: October 23, 1896 Buried: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Mt. View, Ohio |
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Zachariah Chandler |
Born: December 10, 1813, Bedford, New Hampshire Appointed from:Michigan Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: October 19, 1875 Served Under: Pres. Ulysses S. Grant Termination: March 11, 1877 Length of Service: 1 year, 4 months, 23 days Died: November 1, 1879 Buried: Unknown |
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Carl Schurz |
| Born: March 2, 1829, Liblar, near Cologne, Germany Appointed from:Missouri Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: March 12, 1877 Served Under: Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes Termination: March 7, 1881 Length of Service: 3 years, 11 months, 26 days Died: May 14, 1906 Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York |
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Samuel Jordan Kirkwood |
Born: December 20, 1813, Harford County, Maryland Appointed from:Iowa Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: March 8, 1881 Served Under: Pres. James A. Garfield Pres. Chester A. Arthur Termination: April 17, 1882 Length of Service: 1 year, 1 month, 9 days Died: September 1, 1894 Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Henry Moore Teller |
| Born: May 23, 1830, Granger, Allegany County, New York Appointed from:Colorado Nominated: Unknown Confirmed: Unknown Took Office: April 18, 1882 Served Under: Pres. Charles A. Arthur Termination: March 3, 1885 Length of Service: 2 years, 10 months, 16 days Died: February 23, 1914 Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado |
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
Born: September 17, 1825, Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia
Appointed from:Mississippi
Nominated: Unknown
Took Office: March 6, 1885
Served Under: Pres. Grover Cleveland
Termination: January 10, 1888
Length of Service: 2 years, 10 months, 5 days
Died: January 23, 1893
Buried: St. Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Mississippi |
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William Freeman Vilas |
| Born: July 9, 1840, Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont Appointed from:Wisconsin Nominated: December 12, 1887 Confirmed: January 10, 1888 Took Office: January 16, 1888 Served Under: Pres. Grover Cleveland Termination: March 6, 1889 Length of Service: 1 year, 1 month, 21 days Died: August 28, 1908 Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin |
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John Willock Noble |
Born: October 26, 1831, Lancaster, Ohio Appointed from:Missouri Nominated: March 5, 1889 Confirmed: March 5, 1889 Took Office: March 7, 1889 Served Under: Pres. Benjamin Harrison Termination: March 6, 1893 Length of Service: 4 years Died: March 22, 1912, St. Louis, Missouri Buried: Unknown |
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Michael Hoke Smith |
| Born: September 2, 1855, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina Appointed from: Georgia Nominated: March 6, 1893 Confirmed: March 6, 1893 Took Office: March 6, 1893 Served Under: Pres. Grover Cleveland Termination: September 1, 1896 Length of Service: 3 years, 5 months, 26 days Died: November 22, 1931 Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia |
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David Rowland Francis |
Born: October 1850, Richmond, Kentucky Appointed from:Missouri Nominated: December 9, 1896 Confirmed: January 18, 1897 Took Office: September 3, 1896 Served Under: Pres. Grover Cleveland Termination: March 5, 1897 Length of Service: 6 months, 3 days Died: January 15, 1927 Buried: Unknown |
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Cornelius Newton Bliss |
| Born: January 26, 1833, Fall River, Massachusetts Appointed from: New York Nominated: March 5, 1897 Confirmed: March 5, 1897 Took Office: March 6, 1897 Served Under: Pres. William McKinley Termination: February 19, 1899 Length of Service: 1 year, 11 months, 14 days Died: October 9, 1911 Buried: Unknown |
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock |
Born: September 19, 1835, Mobile, Alabama Appointed from:Missouri Nominated: December 21, 1898 Confirmed: December 21, 1898 Took Office: February 20, 1899 Served Under: Pres. William McKinley Pres. Theodore Roosevelt Termination: March 4, 1907 Length of Service: 8 years, 14 days Died: April 9, 1909, Washington, D.C. Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri |
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James Rudolph Garfield |
| Born: October 17, 1865, Hiram, Ohio Appointed from: Ohio Nominated: December 3, 1906 Confirmed: January 15, 1907 Took Office: March 5, 1907 Served Under: Pres. Theodore Roosevelt Pres. William H. Taft Termination: March 5, 1909 Length of Service: 2 years, 1 day Died: March 24, 1950 Buried: Unknown |
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Richard Achilles Ballinger |
Born: July 9, 1858, Boonesboro, Iowa Appointed from:Washington Nominated: March 5, 1909 Confirmed: March 5, 1909 Took Office: March 6, 1909 Served Under: Pres. William H. Taft Termination: March 12, 1911 Length of Service: 2 years, 7 days Died: June 6, 1922, Seattle , Washington Buried: Unknown |
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Walter Lowrie Fisher |
| Born: July 4, 1862, Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) Appointed from:Illinois Nominated: April 13, 1911 Confirmed: April 17, 1911 Took Office: March 13, 1911 Served Under: Pres. William H. Taft Termination: March 5, 1913 Length of Service: 1 year, 11 months, 23 days Died: November 9, 1935 Buried: Unknown |
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Franklin Knight Lane |
Born: July 15, 1864, DeSable Prince Edward Island, Canada Appointed from:California Nominated: March 5, 1913 Confirmed: March 5, 1913 Took Office: March 6, 1913 Served Under: Pres. Woodrow Wilson Termination: February 29, 1920 Length of Service: 6 years, 11 months, 24 days Died: May 18, 1921, Rochester, Minnesota Buried: Ashes scattered over Yosemite |
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John Barton Payne |
| Born: January 26, 1855 Pruntytown, Virginia (now West Virginia) Appointed from:Illinois Nominated: February 14, 1920 Confirmed: February 28, 1920 Took Office: March 15, 1920 Served Under: Pres. Woodrow Wilson Termination: March 4, 1921 Length of Service: 11 months, 20 days Died: January 24, 1935 Buried: Unknown |
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Albert Bacon Fall |
Born: November 26, 1861, Frankfort, Kentucky Appointed from:New Mexico Nominated: March 4, 1921 Confirmed: March 4, 1921 Took Office: March 5, 1921 Served Under: Pres. Warren G. Harding Termination: March 4, 1923 Length of Service: 2 years Died: November 30, 1944 Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Three Rivers, New Mexico |
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Hubert Work |
| Born: July 3, 1860, Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania Appointed from:Colorado Nominated: February 27, 1923 Confirmed: February 27, 1923 Took Office: March 5, 1923 Served Under: Pres. Warren G. Harding Pres. Calvin Coolidge Termination: July 24, 1928 Length of Service: 5 years, 4 months, 20 days Died: December 14, 1942 Buried: Unknown |
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Roy Owen West |
Born: October 27, 1868, Georgetown, Illinois Appointed from:Illinois Nominated: December 6, 1928 Confirmed: July 20, 1928 Took Office: July 25, 1928 Served Under: Pres. Calvin Coolidge Termination: March 4, 1929 Length of Service: 7 months, 9 days Died: November 29, 1958 Buried: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois |
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Ray Lyman Wilbur |
| Born: April 13, 1875, Boonesboro, Iowa Appointed from:California Nominated: March 5, 1929 Confirmed: March 5, 1929 Took Office: March 5, 1929 Served Under: Pres. Herbert C. Hoover Termination: March 4, 1933 Length of Service: 4 years Died: June 26, 1949 Buried: Unknown |
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Harold LeClair Ickes |
Born: March 15, 1874, Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania Appointed from:Illinois Nominated: March 4, 1933 Confirmed: March 4, 1933 Took Office: March 4, 1933 Served Under: Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt Pres. Harry S. Truman Termination: February 15, 1946 Length of Service: 12 years, 11 months, 12 days Died: February 3, 1952 Buried: Sandy Springs, Maryland |
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Julius Albert Krug |
| Born: November 23, 1907, Madison, Wisconsin Appointed from:Wisconsin Nominated: February 26, 1946 Confirmed: March 5, 1946 Took Office: March 18, 1946 Served Under: Pres. Harry S. Truman Termination: December 1, 1949 Length of Service: 3 years, 8 months, 14 days Died: March 26, 1970 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery |
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Oscar Littleton Chapman |
Born: October 22, 1896, Omega, Halifax County, Virginia Appointed from:Colorado Nominated: January 5, 1950 Confirmed: January 18, 1950 Took Office: December 1, 1949 Served Under: Pres. Harry S. Truman Termination: January 20, 1953 Length of Service: 3 years, 1 month, 20 days Died: February 8, 1978 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery |
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Douglas McKay |
| Born: June 24, 1893, Portland, Oregon Appointed from:Oregon Nominated: January 20, 1953 Confirmed: January 21, 1953 Took Office: January 21, 1953 Served Under: Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower Termination: April 15, 1956 Length of Service: 3 years, 2 months, 25 days Died: July 22, 1959 Buried: Bellcrest Memorial Cemetery, Salem, Oregon |
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Fred Andrew Seaton |
Born: December 11, 1909, Washington, D.C. Appointed from:Nebraska Nominated: May 28, 1956 Confirmed: June 5, 1956 Took Office: June 8, 1956 Served Under: Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower Termination: January 20, 1961 Length of Service: 4 years, 7 months, 13 days Died: January 16, 1974 Buried: Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska |
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Stewart Lee Udall |
| Born: January 31, 1920, St. Johns, Arizona Appointed from:Arizona Nominated: January 21, 1961 Confirmed: January 21, 1961 Took Office: January 21, 1961 Served Under: Pres. John F. Kennedy Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson Termination: January 20, 1969 Length of Service: 8 years |
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Walter J. Hickel |
Born: August 18, 1919, Ellinwood, Kansas Appointed from:Alaska Nominated: December 11, 1968 Confirmed: January 23, 1969 Took Office: January 24, 1969 Served Under: Pres. Richard M. Nixon Termination: November 25, 1970 Length of Service: 1 year, 10 months, 2 days |
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Rogers Clark Ballard Morton |
| Born: September 19, 1914, Louisville, Kentucky Appointed from:Maryland Nominated: January 25, 1971 Confirmed: January 28, 1971 Took Office: January 29, 1971 Served Under: Pres. Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford Termination: April 30, 1975 Length of Service: 4 years, 3 months, 2 days Died: April 19, 1979 Buried: Wye Church Churchyard, Talbot County, Maryland
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Stanley K. Hathaway |
Born: July 19, 1924, Osceola, Nebraska Appointed from:Wyoming Nominated: April 4, 1975 Confirmed: June 11, 1975 Took Office: June 12, 1975 Served Under: Pres. Gerald R. Ford Termination: October 9, 1975 Length of Service: 3 months, 26 days |
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Thomas S. Kleppe |
| Born: July 1, 1919, Kintyre, North Dakota Appointed from:North Dakota Nominated: September 9, 1975 Confirmed: October 9, 1975 Took Office: October 17, 1975 Served Under: Pres. Gerald S. Ford Termination: January 20, 1977 Length of Service: 1 year, 3 months, 4 days |
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Cecil D. Andrus |
Born: August 25, 1931, Hood River, Oregon Appointed from:Idaho Nominated: December 18, 1976 Confirmed: January 20, 1977 Took Office: January 23, 1977 Served Under: Pres. Jimmy Carter Termination: January 20, 1981 Length of Service: 3 years, 11 months, 28 days |
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James G. Watt |
| Born: January 31, 1938, Lusk, Wyoming Appointed from:Colorado Nominated: January 20, 1981 Confirmed: January 22, 1981 Took Office: January 23, 1981 Served Under: Pres. Ronald Reagan Termination: November 8, 1983 Length of Service: 2 years, 9 months, 16 days |
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William Patrick Clark |
Born: October 23, 1931, Oxnard, California Appointed from:California
Nominated: October 13, 1983
Confirmed: November 18, 1983
Took Office: November 18, 1983 Served Under: Pres. Ronald Reagan Termination: February 7, 1985 Length of Service: 1 year, 2 months, 20 days |
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Donald Paul Hodel |
| Born: May 23, 1935, Portland, Oregon Appointed from:Oregon Nominated: January 10, 1985 Confirmed: February 6, 1985 Took Office: February 8, 1985 Served Under: Pres. Ronald Reagan Termination: January 20, 1989 Length of Service: 3 years, 11 months, 12 days |
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Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
Born: May 12, 1928, Santa Fe, New Mexico Appointed from:New Mexico Nominated: December 22, 1988 Confirmed: February 2, 1989 Took Office: February 3, 1989 Served Under: Pres. George H.W. Bush
Termination: January 20, 1993
Length of Service: 3 years, 11 months, 17 days |
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Bruce Babbitt |
| Born: June 27, 1938, Flagstaff, Arizona Appointed from:Arizona Nominated: December 27, 1992 Confirmed: January 22, 1993 Took Office: January 22, 1993 Served Under: Pres. Bill Clinton
Termination: January 2, 2001
Length of Service: 8 years |
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Gale A. Norton |
Born: March 11, 1954, Wichita, KS
Appointed from:Colorado
Nominated: December 29, 2000
Confirmed: January 30, 2001
Took Office: January 31, 2001
Served Under: Pres. George W. Bush
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