United States Secretary of Labor
United States Secretary of Labor | |
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United States Department of Labor | |
Style | Mr. Secretary (informal) The Honorable (formal) |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Frances Perkins Building, Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 29 U.S.C. § 551 |
Precursor | Secretary of Commerce and Labor |
Formation | March 4, 1913 |
First holder | William B. Wilson |
Succession | Eleventh[1] |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of Labor |
Salary | Executive Schedule, level I |
Website | dol.gov |
The United States secretary of labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all other issues involving any form of business-person controversies.
Formerly, there was a U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who led this department along with the U.S. Department of Commerce as one department. Since the two departments were split in 1913, the Department of Commerce is now headed by a separate U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
Secretary of Labor is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[2] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[3]
The position is currently held by Marty Walsh, who was appointed as secretary following his confirmation on March 23, 2021, as the last member of President Joe Biden's cabinet.[4]
List of secretaries of labor
- Parties
Democratic (13) Republican (16)
Status
Acting Secretary of Labor
No. | Portrait | Name | State of residence | Took office | Left office | President(s) | |
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1 | William B. Wilson | Pennsylvania | March 6, 1913 | March 4, 1921 | Woodrow Wilson | ||
2 | James J. Davis | Pennsylvania | March 5, 1921 | November 30, 1930 | Warren G. Harding | ||
Calvin Coolidge | |||||||
Herbert Hoover | |||||||
3 | William N. Doak | Virginia | December 9, 1930 | March 4, 1933 | |||
4 | Frances Perkins | New York | March 4, 1933 | June 30, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
Harry S. Truman | |||||||
5 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach | Washington | July 1, 1945 | June 10, 1948 | |||
6 | Maurice J. Tobin | Massachusetts | August 13, 1948 | January 20, 1953 | |||
7 | Martin P. Durkin | Maryland | January 21, 1953 | September 10, 1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
8 | James P. Mitchell | New Jersey | October 9, 1953 | January 20, 1961 | |||
9 | Arthur Goldberg | Illinois | January 21, 1961 | September 20, 1962 | John F. Kennedy | ||
10 | W. Willard Wirtz | Illinois | September 25, 1962 | January 20, 1969 | |||
Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||
11 | George P. Shultz | Illinois | January 22, 1969 | July 1, 1970 | Richard Nixon | ||
12 | James D. Hodgson | California | July 2, 1970 | February 1, 1973 | |||
13 | Peter J. Brennan | New York | February 2, 1973 | March 15, 1975 | |||
Gerald Ford | |||||||
14 | John T. Dunlop | Massachusetts | March 18, 1975 | January 31, 1976 | |||
15 | William Usery Jr. | Georgia | February 10, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | |||
16 | Ray Marshall | Texas | January 27, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||
17 | Raymond J. Donovan | New Jersey | February 4, 1981 | March 15, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
18 | Bill Brock | Tennessee | April 29, 1985 | October 31, 1987 | |||
19 | Ann Dore McLaughlin | District of Columbia | December 17, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | |||
20 | Elizabeth Dole | Kansas | January 25, 1989 | November 23, 1990 | George H. W. Bush | ||
21 | Lynn M. Martin | Illinois | February 22, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | |||
22 | Robert Reich | Massachusetts | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton | ||
23 | Alexis Herman | Alabama | May 1, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | |||
24 | Elaine Chao | Kentucky | January 29, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush | ||
– | Howard Radzely | Pennsylvania | January 20, 2009 | February 2, 2009 | Barack Obama | ||
– | Ed Hugler | Pennsylvania | February 2, 2009 | February 24, 2009 | |||
25 | Hilda Solis | California | February 24, 2009 | January 22, 2013 | |||
– | Seth Harris | New York | January 22, 2013 | July 23, 2013 | |||
26 | Tom Perez | Maryland | July 23, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | |||
– | Ed Hugler | Pennsylvania | January 20, 2017 | April 27, 2017 | Donald Trump | ||
27 | Alexander Acosta | Florida | April 28, 2017 | July 19, 2019 | |||
– | Patrick Pizzella | Virginia | July 20, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | |||
28 | Eugene Scalia | Virginia | September 30, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | |||
– | Al Stewart | Virginia | January 20, 2021 | March 23, 2021 | Joe Biden | ||
29 | Marty Walsh | Massachusetts | March 23, 2021 | Incumbent |
Living former secretaries of labor
As of August 2023, there are 11 living former secretaries of labor, with all secretaries that have served since 1987 still living, the oldest being Ray Marshall (served 1977–1981, born 1928). The most recent secretary of labor to die was Raymond J. Donovan (served 1981–1985, born 1930), on June 2, 2021.
Name | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Ray Marshall | 1977–1981 | August 22, 1928 |
Ann Dore McLaughlin | 1987–1989 | November 16, 1941 |
Elizabeth H. Dole | 1989–1990 | July 29, 1936 |
Lynn Morley Martin | 1991–1993 | December 26, 1939 |
Robert Reich | 1993–1997 | June 24, 1946 |
Alexis Herman | 1997–2001 | July 16, 1947 |
Elaine Chao | 2001–2009 | March 26, 1953 |
Hilda Solis | 2009–2013 | October 20, 1957 |
Tom Perez | 2013–2017 | October 7, 1961 |
Alexander Acosta | 2017–2019 | January 16, 1969 |
Eugene Scalia | 2019–2021 | August 14, 1963 |
Line of succession
The line of succession for the Secretary of Labor is as follows:[5]
- Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Solicitor of Labor
- Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
- Assistant Secretary for Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
- Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security
- Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health
- Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health
- Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
- Chief Financial Officer
- Administrator, Wage and Hour Division
- Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
- Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy
- Deputy Solicitor of Labor (First Assistant of the Solicitor of Labor)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Policy)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health (First Assistant of the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health)
- Regional Solicitor—Dallas
- Regional Administrator for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management—Region VI/Dallas
Secretary succession
If none of the above officials are available to serve as Acting Secretary of Labor, the Designated Secretarial Designee assumes interim operational control over the Department, except the Secretary's non-delegable responsibilities.
- Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
- Director of the Women's Bureau
- Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration—Dallas
- Regional Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration—Dallas
See also
- United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
- United States Department of Labor Office of Inspector General
References
- ^ 3 U.S.C. § 19, Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act
- ^ 5 U.S.C. § 5312
- ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF).
- ^ Puzzanghera, Jim (March 22, 2021). "Senate Confirms Walsh as Labor Secretary". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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