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United States Secretary of the Navy


Incumbent:
Ray Mabus
since: June 18, 2009[1]
First Benjamin Stoddert
Formation June 18, 1798
Website Official Website


The United States Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is the civilian head of the Department of the Navy. The position was a member of the President's Cabinet until 1947, when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were placed in the Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy was placed under the Secretary of Defense.[2] The position of Secretary of the Navy is filled by appointment of the Executive Branch and requires confirmation by a majority vote of the Senate.

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[edit] Responsibilities

The Secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The Secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense.[3][4]

The Department of the Navy consists of two Uniformed Services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.[5] Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the Secretary of Homeland Security when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy.[6]

[edit] The Navy Secretary

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy and its subordinate officials are known collectively as the Navy Secretariat. Other members of the Secretariat include the Undersecretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (ASN), the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Naval Inspector General, the Chief of Legislative Affairs, and the Chief of Naval Research. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Headquarters of the Marine Corps for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, public affairs, research, and development.[7]

[edit] Secretaries of the Navy[8][9]

     Denotes acting Secretaries

[edit] Continental Congress

Picture Name Term of Office
Joseph Hewes 1776 - 1778

[edit] Cabinet

No. Picture Name State Term of Office Served under
1 Benjamin Stoddert Maryland June 18, 1798 - March 31, 1801 John Adams
2 Robert Smith Maryland July 27, 1801 - March 4, 1809 Thomas Jefferson
3 Paul Hamilton South Carolina May 15, 1809 - December 31, 1812 James Madison
4 William Jones Pennsylvania January 19, 1813 - December 1, 1814
5 Benjamin Williams Crowninshield Massachusetts January 16, 1815 - September 30, 1818 James Madison, James Monroe
6 Smith Thompson New York January 1, 1819 - August 31, 1823 James Monroe
7 Samuel Lewis Southard New Jersey September 16, 1823 - March 4, 1829 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
8 John Branch North Carolina March 9, 1829 - May 12, 1831 Andrew Jackson
9 Levi Woodbury New Hampshire May 23, 1831 - June 30, 1834
10 Mahlon Dickerson New Jersey July 1, 1834 - June 30, 1838 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
11 James Kirke Paulding New York July 1, 1838 - March 4, 1841 Martin Van Buren
12 George Edmund Badger North Carolina March 6, 1841 - September 11, 1841 William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
13 Abel Parker Upshur Virginia October 11, 1841 - July 23, 1843 John Tyler
14 David Henshaw Massachusetts July 24, 1843 - February 18, 1844
15 Thomas Walker Gilmer Virginia February 19, 1844 - February 28, 1844
16 John Young Mason Virginia March 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845
17 George Bancroft Massachusetts March 11, 1845 - September 9, 1846 James Knox Polk
18 John Young Mason Virginia September 10, 1846 - March 4, 1849
19 William Ballard Preston Virginia March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 Zachary Taylor
20 William Alexander Graham North Carolina August 2, 1850 - July 25, 1852 Millard Fillmore
21 John Pendleton Kennedy Maryland July 26, 1852 - March 4, 1853
22 James Cochran Dobbin North Carolina March 8, 1853 - March 4, 1857 Franklin Pierce
23 Isaac Toucey Connecticut March 7, 1857 - March 4, 1861 James Buchanan
24 Gideon Welles Connecticut March 7, 1861 - March 4, 1869 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
25 Adolph Edward Borie Pennsylvania March 9, 1869 - June 25, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant
26 George Maxwell Robeson New Jersey June 26, 1869 - March 4, 1877
(acting) William Faxon March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes
27 Richard Wigginton Thompson Indiana March 13, 1877 - December 20, 1880
28 Nathan Goff, Jr. West Virginia January 7, 1881 - March 4, 1881
29 William Henry Hunt Louisiana March 7, 1881 - April 16, 1882 James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
30 William Eaton Chandler New Hampshire April 16, 1882 - March 4, 1885 Chester A. Arthur
31 William Collins Whitney New York March 7, 1885 - March 4, 1889 Grover Cleveland
32 Benjamin Franklin Tracy New York March 6, 1889 - March 4, 1893 Benjamin Harrison
33 Hilary Abner Herbert Alabama March 7, 1893 - March 4, 1897 Grover Cleveland
34 John Davis Long Massachusetts March 6, 1897 - April 30, 1902 William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
35 William Henry Moody Massachusetts May 1, 1902 - June 30, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
36 Paul Morton July 1, 1904 - June 30, 1905
37 Charles Joseph Bonaparte Maryland July 1, 1905 - December 16, 1906
38 Victor Howard Metcalf California December 17, 1906 - November 30, 1908
39 Truman Handy Newberry Michigan December 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909
40 George von Lengerke Meyer Massachusetts March 6, 1909 - March 4, 1913 William Howard Taft
41 Josephus Daniels North Carolina March 5, 1913 - March 4, 1921 Woodrow Wilson
42 Edwin Denby Michigan March 6, 1921 - March 10, 1924 Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
(acting) Theodore D. Roosevelt, Jr. New York March 10, 1924 - March 19, 1924 Calvin Coolidge
43 Curtis Dwight Wilbur California March 19, 1924 - March 4, 1929
44 Charles Francis Adams III Massachusetts March 5, 1929 - March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover
45 Claude Augustus Swanson Virginia March 4, 1933 - July 7, 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt
46 Charles Edison New Jersey July 7, 1939 - January 2, 1940
January 2, 1940 - June 24, 1940
(acting) Lewis Compton June 24, 1940 - July 11, 1940
47 William Franklin Knox Illinois July 11, 1940 - April 28, 1944
(acting) Ralph A. Bard April 28, 1944 - May 19, 1944
48 James Vincent Forrestal New York May 19, 1944 - September 17, 1947 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman

[edit] Secretaries of the Navy (Department of Defense)

No. Picture Name Term of Office Served under
1 John L. Sullivan September 18, 1947 - May 24, 1949 Harry S. Truman
2 Francis P. Matthews May 25, 1949 - July 31, 1951
3 Dan A. Kimball July 31, 1951 - January 20, 1953
4 Robert B. Anderson February 4, 1953 - March 3, 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 Charles S. Thomas May 3, 1954 - April 1, 1957
6 Thomas S. Gates April 1, 1957 - June 8, 1959
7 William B. Franke June 8, 1959 - January 19, 1961
8 John B. Connally, Jr January 25, 1961 - December 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy
9 Fred Korth January 4, 1962 - November 1, 1963
(acting) Paul B. Fay November 2, 1963 - November 28, 1963 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
10 Paul H. Nitze November 29, 1963 - June 30, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
(acting) Charles F. Baird July 1, 1967 - August 31, 1967
11 Paul R. Ignatius September 1, 1967 - January 24, 1969
12 John H. Chafee January 31, 1969 - May 4, 1972 Richard M. Nixon
13 John W. Warner May 4, 1972 - April 8, 1974
14 J. William Middendorf, II April 8, 1974 - January 20, 1977 Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford
15 W. Graham Claytor, Jr. February 14, 1977 - August 24, 1979 Jimmy Carter
16 Edward Hidalgo October 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981
17 John Lehman February 5, 1981 - April 10, 1987 Ronald Reagan
18 Jim Webb May 1, 1987 - February 23, 1988
19 William L. Ball March 28, 1988 - May 15, 1989 Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
20 Henry L. Garrett III May 15, 1989 - June 26, 1992 George H.W. Bush
(acting) Daniel Howard June 26, 1992 - July 7, 1992
21 Sean O'Keefe July 7, 1992 - October 2, 1992
October 2, 1992 - January 20, 1993
(acting) Admiral Frank B. Kelso II January 20, 1993 - July 21, 1993 Bill Clinton
22 John H. Dalton July 22, 1993 - November 16, 1998
23 Richard Danzig November 16, 1998 - January 20, 2001
(acting) Robert B. Pirie, Jr. January 20, 2001 - May 24, 2001 George W. Bush
24 Gordon R. England May 24, 2001 - January 30, 2003
(acting) Susan Livingstone January 30, 2003 - February 7, 2003
(acting) Hansford T. Johnson February 7, 2003 - September 30, 2003
25 Gordon R. England October 1, 2003 - December 29, 2005[10]
(acting) Dionel M. Aviles December 29, 2005[10] - January 3, 2006[10]
26 Donald C. Winter January 3, 2006[10] - March 13, 2009[11] George W. Bush, Barack Obama
(acting) B. J. Penn March 13, 2009[11] - May 19, 2009[12] Barack Obama
27 Ray Mabus June 18, 2009[13] - Present

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=46320
  2. ^ ""Guide to Federal Records - General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947"". http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/080.html#80.1. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  3. ^ ""US CODE: Title 10,5013. Secretary of the Navy"". http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00005013----000-.html. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  4. ^ ""U.S. Navy Biographies - THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER"". http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=325. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  5. ^ ""The US Navy"". http://www.navy.mil/navydata/leadership/secnav_resp.asp. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  6. ^ ""US CODE: Title 10,5013a. Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard"". http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00005013---a000-.html. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  7. ^ ""US CODE: Title 10,5014. Office of the Secretary of the Navy"". http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00005014----000-.html. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  8. ^ ""Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel (DON-OGC) - OGC History"". http://ogc.navy.mil/ogchistory.asp. Retrieved on September 23 2007. 
  9. ^ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "United States Government". World Statesmen. http://worldstatesmen.org/USA_govt.html#Navy. Retrieved on 2009-04-14. 
  10. ^ a b c d Staff reporter (2005-12-29). "Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Relinquishes Top Navy Post". American Forces Press Service. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=18435. Retrieved on 2009-05-18. "Navy Undersecretary Dionel M. Aviles will serve as acting Navy secretary effective today. Donald Winter, who was confirmed by the Senate last month, will be sworn in as the 74th secretary of the Navy on Jan. 3." 
  11. ^ a b United States Department of Defense (2009-03-13). Navy Secretary Departs Office. Press release. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12554. Retrieved on 2009-05-18. "The 74th Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, resigned his office today as planned. Winter had agreed to remain in office until March 13, 2009, to ease the transition of the Department of Defense. [...] BJ Penn will be the acting Secretary of the Navy until the Senate confirms a nominee chosen by President Barack Obama." 
  12. ^ Staff reporter (2005-05-19). "Mabus Sworn in as New Navy Secretary". NNS. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=18435. Retrieved on 2009-05-20. "Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor and U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was sworn in May 19 as the 75th secretary of the Navy."  (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5guLO6wsh)
  13. ^ http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=46320
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