This is a list of United States Cabinet members who have served for more than two presidential terms.
Secretary | Department | Length of service | Presidencies | Years of service | notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Wilson | Agriculture | 15 years, 364 days | McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft | 1897–1913 | [1] |
Harold Ickes | Interior | 12 years, 346 days | F. Roosevelt, Truman | 1933–1946 | [2] |
Albert Gallatin | Treasury | 12 years, 270 days | Jefferson, Madison | 1801–1814 | [3] |
Frances Perkins | Labor | 12 years, 116 days | F. Roosevelt, Truman | 1933–1945 | [4] |
Cordell Hull | State | 11 years, 271 days | F. Roosevelt | 1933–1944 | [5] |
Henry Morgenthau | Treasury | 11 years, 202 days | F. Roosevelt, Truman | 1934–1945 | [6] |
William Wirt | Justice | 11 years, 112 days | Monroe, J.Q. Adams | 1817–1829 | [7] |
Tom Vilsack | Agriculture | First tenure: 7 years, 359 days Second tenure: 3 years, 129 days |
Obama, Biden | 2009–2017 2021–present |
[8] |
Andrew Mellon | Treasury | 11 years, 8 days | Harding, Coolidge, Hoover | 1921–1932 | [9] |
James Davis | Labor | 9 years, 269 days | Harding, Coolidge, Hoover | 1921–1930 | [10] |
William H. Crawford | Treasury | 8 years, 135 days | Madison, Monroe, J.Q. Adams | 1816–1825 | [11] |
Name | Office | Began service | Ended service | Days of service | Years of service | Presidencies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elaine Chao | Secretary of Labor | January 29, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | 4,356 | 11 years, 341 days | George W. Bush |
Secretary of Transportation | January 31, 2017 | January 11, 2021 | Donald Trump | |||
Henry L. Stimson[12] | Secretary of War | May 22, 1911 | March 4, 1913 | 3,991 | 10 years, 342 days | William Howard Taft |
July 10, 1940 | September 21, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman | ||||
Secretary of State | March 28, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | Herbert Hoover | |||
George Shultz[13] | Secretary of Labor | January 22, 1969 | July 1, 1970 | 3,603 | 9 years,
318 days |
Richard Nixon |
Secretary of the Treasury | June 12, 1972 | May 8, 1974 | ||||
Secretary of State | July 16, 1982 | January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan | |||
Levi Woodbury | Secretary of the Navy[a] | May 23, 1831 | June 30, 1834 | 3,574 | 9 years,
289 days |
Andrew Jackson |
Secretary of the Treasury | July 1, 1834 | March 4, 1841 | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren | |||
Robert Smith | Secretary of the Navy[a] | July 27, 1801 | March 4, 1809 | 3,534 | 9 years,
249 days |
Thomas Jefferson |
Secretary of State | March 6, 1809 | April 1, 1811 | James Madison | |||
William H. Crawford | Secretary of War | August 1, 1815 | October 22, 1816 | 3,505 | 9 years, 220 days | James Madison |
Secretary of the Treasury | October 22, 1816 | March 6, 1825 | James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams | |||
Caspar Weinberger[14] | Secretary of Health & Human Services | February 12, 1973 | August 8, 1975 | 3,406 | 9 years,
121 days |
Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford |
Secretary of Defense | January 21, 1981 | November 23, 1987 | Ronald Reagan | |||
Henry A. Wallace[15] | Secretary of Agriculture | March 4, 1933 | September 4, 1940 | 3,310 | 9 years, 25 days | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Secretary of Commerce | March 2, 1945 | September 20, 1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman | |||
Lewis Cass | Secretary of War | August 1, 1831 | October 4, 1836 | 3,272 | 8 years, 352 days | Andrew Jackson |
Secretary of State | March 6, 1857 | December 14, 1860 | James Buchanan | |||
John C. Calhoun | Secretary of War | December 8, 1817 | March 4, 1825 | 2,986 | 8 years, 66 days | James Monroe |
Secretary of State | April 1, 1844 | March 10, 1845 | John Tyler and James K. Polk | |||
Elihu Root | Secretary of War | August 1, 1899 | January 31, 1904 | 2.933 | 8 years,
13 days |
William McKinley and |
Secretary of State | July 19, 1905 | January 27, 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt |
Several individuals have come close to this distinction; only having have missed it by months, weeks, or days. Listed below are the names of individuals who came within a year of the achievement.