List of USA Secretaries of War/Defense (46)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
Benjamin Lincoln	24 JAN 1733	1781-1783	MA, Plymouth Co, Hingham
Henry Knox	25 JUL 1750	1789-1794	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Timothy Pickering	18 JUL 1745	1795-1795	MA, Essex Co, Salem
Samuel William Dexter	14 MAY 1761	1800-1801	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
William Eustis	10 JUN 1753	1809-1813	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge
John Armstrong	25 NOV 1758	1813-1814	PA, Cumberland Co, Carlisle
President James Monroe	28 APR 1758	1814-1815	VA, Westmoreland Co
William Harris Crawford	24 FEB 1772	1815-1816	VA, Amherst Co
George Graham	16 MAY 1770	1816-1817	VA, Prince William Co, Dumfries
John Caldwell Calhoun	19 MAR 1782	1817-1825	SC, Abbeville Co
Governor James Barbour IV	06/10/1775	1825-1828	VA, Orange Co, Gordonsville
Gen. Peter Buell Porter	08/14/1773	1828-1829	CT, Litchfield Co, Salisbury
John Henry Eaton	18 JUN 1790	1829-1831	NC, Halifax Co, Scotland Neck
Lewis Cass	9 OCT 1782	1831-1836	NH, Rockingham Co, Exeter
John Canfield Spencer	8 JAN 1788	1841-1843	NY, Columbia Co, Hudson
James Madison Porter	6 JAN 1793	1843-1844	PA, Montgomery Co, Norristown
William Wilkins	20 DEC 1779	1844-1845	PA, Cumberland Co, Carlisle
William Learned Marcy	12 DEC 1786	1845-1849	MA, Worcester Co, Southbridge
George W. Crawford	22 DEC 1798	1849-1850	GA, Columbia Co
Charles Magill Conrad	24 DEC 1804	1850-1853	VA, Winchester
Jefferson Davis	6/3/1807	1853-1857	KY, Christian Co, Fairview
John Buchanan Floyd	1 JUN 1806	1857-1860	VA, Montgomery Co, Blacksburg
Joseph Holt	6 JAN 1807	1861-1861	KY, Breckinridge Co
Simon Cameron	8 MAR 1799	1861-1862	PA, Lancaster Co, Maytown
Edwin M. Stanton	19 DEC 1814	1862-1868	OH, Jefferson Co, Steubenville
John Aaron Rawlins	3 FEB 1831	1869	IL, Jo Daviess Co, Galena
William Tecumseh Sherman	8 FEB 1820	1869-1869	OH, Fairfield Co, Lancaster
William Worth Belknap	22 SEP 1829	1869-1876	NY, Orange Co, Newburgh
Judge Alphonso Taft	11/05/1810	1876-1876	VT, Windham Co, Townsend
James Donald Cameron	14 MAY 1833	1876-1877	PA, Dauphin Co, Middletown
Robert Todd Lincoln	1 AUG 1843	1881-1885	IL, Sangamon Co, Springfield
William Crowninshield Endicott Sr.	19 NOV 1826	1885-1889	MA, Essex Co, Salem
Redfield Proctor	1 JUN 1831	1889-1891	VT, Windsor Co, Proctorsville
Stephen Benton Elkins	26 SEP 1841	1891-1893	OH, Perry Co
Elihu Root	15 FEB 1845	1899-1904	NY, Oneida Co, Clinton
President William Howard Taft	09/15/1857	1904-1908	OH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati
Luke Edward Wright	29 AUG 1846	1908-1909	TN, Giles Co
Jacob McGavock Dickinson	30 JAN 1851	1909-1911	MS, Lowndes Co, Columbus
Henry Lewis Stimson	21 SEP 1867	1911-1913	NY, New York Co, New York City
Josephus Daniels	18 MAY 1862	1913-1921	NC, Beaufort Co, Washington
John Wingate Weeks	11 APR 1860	1921-1925	NH, Coos Co, Lancaster
Dwight Filley Davis	5 JUL 1879	1925-1929	MO, St Louis City
Henry Lewis Stimson	21 SEP 1867	1940-1945	NY, New York Co, New York City
George Catlett Marshall	31 DEC 1880	1950-1951	PA, Fayette Co, Uniontown
Elliot Lee Richardson	20 JUL 1920	1973-1973	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney	30 JAN 1941	1989-1993	NE, Lancaster Co, Lincoln