The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. Ray LaHood is the current Secretary of Transportation. [edit] Secretaries of Transportation Denotes acting Secretaries | No. | Image | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) served under | | 1 |  | Alan Stephenson Boyd | Florida | January 16, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon Johnson | | 2 |  | John Anthony Volpe | Massachusetts | January 22, 1969 | February 1, 1973 | Richard Nixon | | 3 |  | Claude Stout Brinegar | California | February 2, 1973 | February 1, 1975 | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford | | (acting) | | John W. Barnum | | February 2, 1975 | February 2, 1975 | Gerald Ford | | 4 |  | William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. | Pennsylvania | March 7, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | | 5 |  | Brock Adams | Washington | January 23, 1977 | July 20, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | | (acting) |  | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. | Virginia | July 21, 1979 | August 14, 1979 | | 6 |  | Neil Goldschmidt | Oregon | August 15, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | | 7 |  | Drew Lewis | Pennsylvania | January 23, 1981 | February 1, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | | 8 |  | Elizabeth Hanford Dole | Kansas | February 7, 1983 | September 30, 1987 | | 9 |  | James H. Burnley IV | North Carolina | October 1, 1987 | December 2, 1987 | | December 2, 1987 | January 30, 1989 | | 10 |  | Samuel K. Skinner | Illinois | February 6, 1989 | December 13, 1991 | George H. W. Bush | | (acting) | | James B. Busey IV | | December 14, 1991 | February 23, 1992 | | 11 |  | Andrew Card | Massachusetts | February 24, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | | 12 |  | Federico Peña | Colorado | January 21, 1993 | February 14, 1997 | Bill Clinton | | 13 |  | Rodney Slater | Arkansas | February 14, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | | (acting) | | Mortimer L. Downey | | January 21, 2001 | January 24, 2001 | George W. Bush | | 14 |  | Norman Mineta | California | January 25, 2001 | July 7, 2006 | | (acting) |  | Maria Cino | New York | July 8, 2006 | September 30, 2006 | | 15 |  | Mary E. Peters | Arizona | September 30, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | | (acting) |  | Thomas J. Barrett | New York | January 20, 2009 | January 23, 2009 | Barack Obama | | 16 |  | Ray LaHood | Illinois | January 23, 2009 | present | [edit] Living Former Secretaries of Transportation [edit] See also |
