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No. Image Name Term of office President(s) served under
1 Kenneth Claiborne Royall September 18, 1947 – April 27, 1949 Harry S. Truman
2 Gordon Gray[1] April 28, 1949 – April 12, 1950
3 Frank Pace April 12, 1950 – January 20, 1953
– Earl D. Johnson
Acting[1] 		January 20, 1953 – February 4, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 Robert T. Stevens February 4, 1953 – July 21, 1955
5 Wilber M. Brucker July 21, 1955 – January 19, 1961
6 Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr. January 24, 1961 – June 30, 1962 John F. Kennedy
7 Cyrus Roberts Vance July 5, 1962 – January 21, 1964 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
8 Stephen Ailes January 28, 1964 – July 1, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson
9 Stanley R. Resor July 2, 1965 – June 30, 1971 Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
10 Robert F. Froehlke July 1, 1971 – May 14, 1973 Richard Nixon
11 Howard H. Callaway May 15, 1973 – July 3, 1975 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
– Norman R. Augustine
Acting[1] 		July 3, 1975 – August 5, 1975 Gerald Ford
12 Martin R. Hoffmann August 5, 1975 – January 20, 1977
13 Clifford Alexander Jr. February 14, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
14 Percy A. Pierre
Acting[1] 		January 21, 1981 – January 29, 1981 Ronald Reagan
15 John O. Marsh Jr. January 30, 1981 – August 14, 1989 Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
16 Michael P. W. Stone August 14, 1989 – January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
– John W. Shannon
Acting[2] 		January 20, 1993 – August 26, 1993 Bill Clinton
– Gordon R. Sullivan
Acting[3][4] 		August 28, 1993 – November 21, 1993
17 Togo D. West Jr. November 22, 1993 – May 4, 1997
– Robert M. Walker
Acting[1] 		December 2, 1997 – July 1, 1998
18 Louis Caldera July 2, 1998 – January 20, 2001
– Gregory R. Dahlberg
Acting 		January 20, 2001 – March 4, 2001 George W. Bush
– Joseph W. Westphal
Acting[1] 		March 5, 2001 – May 31, 2001
19 Thomas E. White May 31, 2001 – May 9, 2003
– Les Brownlee
Acting 		May 10, 2003 – November 18, 2004
20 Francis J. Harvey November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007
21 Pete Geren March 9, 2007 – September 21, 2009 George W. Bush, Barack Obama
22 John M. McHugh September 21, 2009 – November 1, 2015 Barack Obama
– Eric Fanning
Acting 		November 3, 2015 – January 11, 2016
– Patrick Murphy
Acting 		January 11, 2016 – May 17, 2016
23 Eric Fanning May 17, 2016 – January 20, 2017
– Robert Speer
Acting 		January 20, 2017 – August 2, 2017 Donald Trump
– Ryan D. McCarthy
Acting 		August 2, 2017 – November 20, 2017
24 Mark Esper November 20, 2017 – July 23, 2019[5]
– Ryan D. McCarthy
Acting 		June 24, 2019 – July 15, 2019
25 Ryan D. McCarthy July 23, 2019 – January 20, 2021
Acting: July 23, 2019 – September 30, 2019
– John E. Whitley
Acting 		January 20, 2021 – May 28, 2021 Joe Biden
26 Christine Wormuth May 28, 2021 – present

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bell, William Gardner (1992). Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.
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  3. ^ The Daily Sentinel (Ohio/West Virginia), Acting Army Chief Ticketed for Shoplifting, August 29, 1993
  4. ^ U.S. Organization Chart Service, Department of Defense Fact Book, 2006, page 17
  5. ^ Dickstein, Corey (June 21, 2019). "Former Ranger McCarthy will take on duties of Army secretary on Monday". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved June 29, 2019. While Esper is serving as acting defense secretary, he will technically retain the title of secretary of the Army, one of the officials said.
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