U.S. Secretaries of Defense

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Does not include those who served as acting defense secretaries
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Years in Office
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President
1947-1949
James Forrestal
Harry S. Truman
1949-1950
Louis A. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
1950-1951
George C. Marshall
Harry S. Truman
1951-1953
Robert A. Lovett
Harry S. Truman
1953-1957
Charles Erwin Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1957-1959
Neil H. McElroy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959-1961
Thomas S. Gates Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1961-1968
Robert McNamara
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
1968-1969
Clark Clifford
Lyndon B. Johnson
1969-1973
Melvin R. Laird
Richard Nixon
1973
Elliot Richardson
Richard Nixon
1973-1975
James R. Schlesinger
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
1975-1977
Donald Rumsfeld
Gerald Ford
1977-1981
Harold Brown
Jimmy Carter
Years in Office
Answer
President
1981-1987
Caspar Weinberger
Ronald Reagan
1987-1989
Frank Carlucci
Ronald Reagan
1989-1993
Dick Cheney
George H. W. Bush
1993-1994
Leslie Aspin
Bill Clinton
1994-1997
William Perry
Bill Clinton
1997-2001
William Cohen
Bill Clinton
2001-2006
Donald Rumsfeld
George W. Bush
2006-2011
Robert Gates
George W. Bush, Barack Obama
2011-2013
Leon Panetta
Barack Obama
2013-2015
Chuck Hagel
Barack Obama
2015-2017
Ash Carter
Barack Obama
2017-2018
Jim Mattis
Donald Trump
2019-
Mark Esper
Donald Trump
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