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Robert S. McNamara (1963–1968)

… Motor Company. McNamara served as general manager and vice president of Ford's automotive division during the 1950s and … became the first man outside the Ford family to be named president of the Ford Motor Company. Later that year, …

Cyrus R. Smith (1968–1969)

… he was promoted to treasurer and then financial vice president of the newly acquired airline. After deciding to … division of American Airways and then took over as vice president of operations. In October 1934, he became president …

Alan S. Boyd (1967–1969)

… the development and regulation of transportation. President Eisenhower appointed Boyd in 1959 to the Civil … profitable airline routes between smaller cities. In 1965, President Johnson appointed him undersecretary of commerce …

Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1923)

… Randolph Hearst, Hughes was reelected in 1908. In 1910, President William Howard Taft made him an associate justice … 1916. Hughes returned the practice of law until 1921, when President Warren Harding named him secretary of state. He was …

Herbert C. Hoover (1921–1923)

… directed the international relief agencies for civilians. President Warren G. Harding appointed him secretary of … and Hoover served in that capacity under both Harding and President Calvin Coolidge (1921-1928). During his tenure as …

Robert Rubin (1995–1999)

… of the National Economic Council and an assistant to the President for economic policy (1993-1995). He became …

Columbus Delano (1870–1875)

… in 1860, supported Abraham Lincoln's nomination as President of the United States, and, during the Civil War, … where he served from 1865 to 1869 before becoming President Ulysses S. Grant's commissioner of internal …

Lot M. Morrill (1876–1877)

… that he was elected to the state senate, where he was its president. From 1857 to 1861, Morrill served as Maine’s … former slaves equal rights, and for the conviction of President Andrew Johnson on articles of impeachment. Though …

Alexander W. Randall (1866–1869)

… politics, first as a Whig and ultimately as a Democrat. President James K. Polk named Randall as postmaster for … until 1862, when he began considering an army career. President Abraham Lincoln convinced him otherwise and urged …

Cave Johnson (1845–1849)

… House from 1839 to 1845. When James K. Polk was elected President of the United States in 1844, he nominated close … Circuit Court. Three years later, in 1854, Johnson became president of the Bank of Tennessee, a position he held for …

Return J. Meigs Jr. (1814–1817)

… Meigs would subsequently leave Louisiana at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson in order to serve as judge of the … general. He remained in that position for ten years under Presidents Madison and James Monroe, resigning from duty due …

Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1817–1823)

… Meigs would subsequently leave Louisiana at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson in order to serve as judge of the … general. He remained in that position for ten years under Presidents Madison and James Monroe, resigning from duty due …

Eric H. Holder (2009-2015)

… of Columbia, a post he held for five years. In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Holder for the position of … of Columbia, which he held until 1997, when he became President Clinton's Deputy Attorney General. He briefly …

Carter Glass (1918–1920)

… the legislation creating the Federal Reserve System. President Woodrow Wilson appointed Glass to the cabinet … on laws regulating the financial industry. He clashed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt over fundamental economic …

Andrew W. Mellon (1921–1923)

… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …

Andrew W. Mellon (1923–1929)

… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …

Andrew W. Mellon (1929–1932)

… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …

George M. Humphrey (1953–1957)

… Magoffin Humphrey was the secretary of the treasury under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to May 28, 1957. … rose swiftly through the ranks to become the firm's president in 1929 and chairman of the board in 1952, leading …

Abigail Fillmore

… Fillmore won the Abigail Powers Fillmore, first wife of President Millard Fillmore, 1830s. (portrait) election in … Fillmore prepared to assume the responsibilities of the President's wife. Of major concern to Abigail were her social …

Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1881)

… practice to Harrisburg, the state capital, and in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. minister in … to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops …