United States Secretary of Education

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Template:Infobox official post The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all education in the United States. As a member of the Cabinet of the United States, the secretary is sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency.[1] Prior to its creation as an Executive Department, there was a non-Cabinet level position called the United States commissioner of education who led the United States Office of Education.

The current secretary of education is Linda McMahon, serving in this role under President Donald Trump.[2]

Function

The United States secretary of education is a member of the president's Cabinet and is the sixteenth in the United States presidential line of succession.[3] This secretary deals with federal influence over education policy, and heads the United States Department of Education.[4]

The secretary is advised by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, an advisory committee, on "matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education."[5]

List of secretaries

Prior to the creation of the Department of Education in 1979, Education was a division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Parties

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Status
  Denotes an acting secretary

Health, Education, and Welfare

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 File:Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg Oveta Culp Hobby Texas April 11, 1953 July 31, 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
2 File:Folsom.jpg Marion B. Folsom New York August 2, 1955 July 31, 1958
3 File:ArthurSFlemming.jpg Arthur Flemming Ohio August 1, 1958 January 19, 1961
4 File:Ribicoff.jpg Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut January 21, 1961 July 13, 1962 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
5 File:Celebrez.jpg Anthony J. Celebrezze Ohio July 31, 1962 August 17, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
6 File:John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.jpg John W. Gardner California August 18, 1965 March 1, 1968
7 File:Wilburportrait.jpg Wilbur J. Cohen Michigan May 16, 1968 January 20, 1969
8 File:Robert Finch, 1967.jpg Robert Finch California January 21, 1969 June 23, 1970 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
9 File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg Elliot L. Richardson Massachusetts June 24, 1970 January 29, 1973
10 File:Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg Caspar Weinberger California February 12, 1973 August 8, 1975
Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
11 File:F. David Mathews.jpg F. David Mathews Alabama August 8, 1975 January 20, 1977
12 File:JAC AR 2007.jpg Joseph A. Califano Jr. District of Columbia January 25, 1977 August 3, 1979 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
13 File:Patricia R. Harris.jpg Patricia Roberts Harris August 3, 1979 May 4, 1980[6]

Education

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President
1 File:United States Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler at Miami-Dade Community College 1980-02-07 (cropped 2).jpg Shirley Hufstedler California November 30, 1979 January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
2 File:TerrelBell.jpg Terrel Bell Utah January 22, 1981 January 20, 1985 Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
File:William Bennett official portrait.jpg William Bennett North Carolina February 6, 1985 September 20, 1988
3
4 File:Cavazos.jpg Lauro Cavazos Texas September 20, 1988 December 12, 1990
George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
– File:Portrait gray.png Ted Sanders
Acting 		Illinois December 12, 1990 March 22, 1991
5 File:Lamar Alexander black and white photo.jpg Lamar Alexander Tennessee March 22, 1991 January 20, 1993
6 File:Richard Riley Official Department of Education Photo.jpg Richard Riley South Carolina January 21, 1993 January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
7 File:Rod Paige.jpg Rod Paige Texas January 20, 2001 January 20, 2005 George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
8 File:Margaret Spellings, official ed photo 3.jpg Margaret Spellings January 20, 2005 January 20, 2009
9 File:Arne Duncan official photo (cropped).jpg Arne Duncan[7] Illinois January 21, 2009 January 1, 2016 Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
10 File:John B. King official portrait (cropped2).jpg John King Jr.[7] New York January 1, 2016 March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016 January 20, 2017
– File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg Phil Rosenfelt
Acting 		Virginia January 20, 2017 February 7, 2017 Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
11 File:Betsy DeVos official portrait (cropped).jpg Betsy DeVos Michigan February 7, 2017 January 8, 2021
– File:Mick Zais official photo (cropped).jpg Mick Zais
Acting 		South Carolina January 8, 2021 January 20, 2021
– File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg Phil Rosenfelt
Acting 		Virginia January 20, 2021 March 2, 2021 Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
12 File:Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, official portrait (cropped).jpg Miguel Cardona Connecticut March 2, 2021 January 20, 2025
– File:Denise L. Carter.png Denise L. Carter
Acting 		January 20, 2025 March 3, 2025 Donald Trump
(2025–present)
13 File:ED Sec Linda McMahon.jpg Linda McMahon Connecticut March 3, 2025 present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Order of presidential succession". www.usa.gov. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ Schultz, Brooke (January 20, 2025). "Trump Names Acting Education Secretary Ahead of Linda McMahon's Confirmation". Education Week. ISSN 0277-4232. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Reid (October 20, 2013). "The Presidential order of succession". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "US Department of Education Principal Office Functional Statements". United States Department of Education. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ NACIQI Staff (November 23, 2016). "Welcome". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Harris was Secretary on May 4, 1980, when the office changed names from Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because the department merely changed names, she did not need to be confirmed again, and her term continued uninterrupted.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Eilperin, Juliet; Layton, Lyndsey; Brown, Emma (October 2, 2015). "U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
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