Editing United States Secretary of Transportation

{{short description|Head of the United States Department of Transportation}}
{{Redirect|Secretary of Transportation|the position of the same name in the Cabinet of the Philippines|Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = United States Secretary
| body = Transportation
| flag = Flag of the United States Secretary of Transportation.svg
| flagborder = yes
| flagsize = 130
| flagcaption = Flag of the secretary
| insignia = United States Department of Transportation seal.svg
| insigniasize = 120
| insigniacaption = Seal of the Department of Transportation
| image = Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Official Portrait.jpg
| incumbent = [[Sean Duffy]]
| acting = no
| incumbentsince = January 28, 2025
| department = [[United States Department of Transportation]]
| style = Mr. Secretary (informal)<br/>[[The Honourable#United States|The Honorable]] (formal)
| member_of = the [[United States Cabinet]]
| reports_to = [[President of the United States]]
| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| appointer = President of the United States
| appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]]
| termlength = No fixed term
| constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|49|102}}
| formation = {{start date and age|1966|10|15|p=1|br=1}}
| first = [[Alan Stephenson Boyd]]
| succession = [[United States presidential line of succession|Fourteenth]]<ref name=code>{{USC2|3|19|Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act}}.</ref>
| deputy = [[Deputy Secretary of Transportation]]
| salary = [[Executive Schedule|Executive Schedule, Level I]]
| website = {{url|https://www.transportation.gov/|transportation.gov}}
}}
The '''United States secretary of transportation''' is the head of the [[United States Department of Transportation]]. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the [[president of the United States]] on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the [[Cabinet of the United States]], and is fourteenth in the [[United States presidential line of succession|presidential line of succession]].<ref name=code/>

The secretary of transportation oversees the U.S. Department of Transportation, which has over 55,000 employees and [[United States Department of Transportation#Agencies|thirteen agencies]], including the [[Federal Aviation Administration]], the [[Federal Highway Administration]], the [[Federal Railroad Administration]], and the [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]].<ref name="DOTHist" /> As of January 2021, the secretary receives an annual salary of $221,400.<ref name="Salary">{{cite web|url= https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2021/EX.pdf|title=Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)}}</ref><ref>{{usc2|5|5312|Positions at level I}}.</ref>

[[Sean Duffy]] has served as the 20th secretary of transportation since January 28, 2025. He was appointed by President [[Donald Trump]] to serve this position, and was confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] in a 77-22 vote.

==History==
The post was created on October 15, 1966, by the Department of Transportation Act, signed into law by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref name="DOTHist">{{cite web |url=http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/history.htm |title=The United States Department of Transportation: A Brief History |last=Grinder, R. Dale |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040717162622/http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/history.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2004}}</ref> The department's mission is "to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense."<ref name="DOTHist" />

The first secretary of transportation was [[Alan S. Boyd]], nominated to the post by Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson. [[Ronald Reagan]]'s second secretary of transportation, [[Elizabeth Dole]], was the first female holder, and Mary Peters was the second. [[Gerald Ford]]'s nominee [[William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.]] was the first African American to serve as transportation secretary, and [[Federico Peña]], serving under [[Bill Clinton]], was the first Hispanic to hold the position, subsequently becoming the [[Secretary of Energy|secretary of energy]]. Japanese-American [[Norman Mineta]], who had previously been the [[Secretary of Commerce|secretary of commerce]], is the longest-serving secretary, holding the post for over five and a half years,<ref name="DOTHist" /> and [[Andrew Card]] is the shortest-serving secretary, serving only eleven months. [[Pete Buttigieg]] is the youngest secretary, taking office at 39 years 15 days old, overtaking [[Neil Goldschmidt]] as the youngest secretary, taking office at 39 years 3 months old,<ref name=CNBC>{{cite web|last1=Josephs|first1=Leslie|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/pete-buttigieg-confirmed-by-senate-as-biden-transportation-secretary.html|title=Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as Transportation secretary|publisher=[[CNBC]] |accessdate=26 January 2023|date=2 February 2021}}</ref> while Norman Mineta was the oldest, retiring at age 74.<ref name="DOTBio">{{cite web|url=http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm |title=Biographical Sketches of the Secretaries of Transportation |date=August 14, 2009 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316065145/http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> <!-- Brief history and general description of dept/sec --> In April 2008, [[Mary E. Peters|Mary Peters]] launched the official blog of the secretary of transportation called ''The Fast Lane''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/chronology.htm |title=A Chronology of Dates Significant in the Background, History and Development of the Department of Transportation |date=August 14, 2009 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=January 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215013503/http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/chronology.htm |archive-date=February 15, 2008 }}</ref> On January 23, 2009, the 16th secretary, [[Ray LaHood]], took office, serving under the administration of Democrat [[Barack Obama]]; he had previously been a Republican congressman from Illinois for fourteen years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.gov/bios/lahood.htm|title=Ray LaHood—Secretary of Transportation|date=July 22, 2009|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=January 3, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928155617/http://www.dot.gov/bios/lahood.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Anthony Foxx]] was the 17th U.S. secretary of transportation from 2013 to 2017, when [[Barack Obama]] was president. [[Elaine Chao]], who served as the [[United States Secretary of Labor|secretary of labor]] under President [[George W. Bush]], was nominated by [[Donald Trump]] on November 29, 2016. On January 31, 2017, the Senate confirmed her appointment by a vote of 93–6. On January 7, 2021, Chao announced her resignation following the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], effective January 11.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/elaine-chao-cabinet-resignation-trump/index.html |title=Second Cabinet member announces resignation over Trump's response to riot |author-first1=Kaitlan|author-last1=Collins|author-first2=Jeremy|author-last2=Diamond|author-first3=Kevin|author-last3=Liptak|author-first4=Kate|author-last4=Bennett|date=8 January 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref> On January 11, 2021, acting [[United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation|deputy secretary of transportation]] [[Steven G. Bradbury]] became acting secretary of transportation. Pete Buttigieg served as the 19th secretary of transportation during the presidency of [[Joe Biden]].

==List of secretaries of transportation==
; Parties
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (8)
{{legend2|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (12)

;Status
{{legend2|#e6e6aa|Denotes acting Secretary of Transportation|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!class=unsortable |Portrait
!Secretary
!State of residence
!Took office
!Left office
!colspan=2 |[[President of the United States|President]]
|-
!style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|1}}
|data-sort-value="Boyd, Alan" |[[File:Alan stephenson boyd.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a balding man in a suit and striped tie]]
|{{sortname|Alan S.|Boyd}}
|[[Florida]]
|{{dts|1967|1|16}}
|{{dts|1969|1|20}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|data-sort-value="Johnson, Lyndon" |{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}<br>(1963–1969)
|-
!style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|2}}
|data-sort-value="Volpe, John" |[[File:Volpe.gif|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of man in a suit and black tie]]
|{{sortname|John|Volpe}}
|[[Massachusetts]]
|{{dts|1969|1|22}}
|{{dts|1973|2|2}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Nixon, Richard" |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}<br>(1969–1974)
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|3}}
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Brinegar, Claude" |[[File:Claude S. Brinegar official photo (cropped).jpg|100px|alt=Color photo of a bald man wearing glasses and a suit with a striped tie]]
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Claude|Brinegar}}
|rowspan=2 |[[California]]
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|1973|2|2}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|1975|2|1}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Ford, Gerald" |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}<br>(1974–1977)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|4}}
|data-sort-value="Coleman, Bill" |[[File:William thaddeus coleman.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of an African American man in a suit wearing glasses looking to his left]]
|{{sortname|William Thaddeus|Coleman Jr.}}
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|{{dts|1975|3|7}}
|{{dts|1977|1|20}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|5}}
|data-sort-value="Adams, Brockman" |[[File:Brock Adams.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit smiling]]
|{{sortname|Brock|Adams}}
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|{{dts|1977|1|23}}
|{{dts|1979|7|20}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Carter, Jimmy" |{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}<br>(1977–1981)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|6}}
|data-sort-value="Goldschmidt, Neil" |[[File:Neil Goldschmidt.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a man with a wide smile and short curly hair wearing a light-colored suit]]
|{{sortname|Neil|Goldschmidt}}
|[[Oregon]]
|{{dts|1979|9|24}}
|{{dts|1981|1|20}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|7}}
|data-sort-value="Lewis, Andrew" |[[File:Drew lewis.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a man wearing a suit sitting at a desk with his hands folded on it and the DOT logo and US flag behind him]]
|{{sortname|Drew|Lewis}}
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|{{dts|1981|1|23}}
|{{dts|1983|2|1}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="Reagan, Ronald" |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}<br>(1981–1989)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|8}}
|data-sort-value="Dole, Elizabeth" |[[File:Secretary Elizabeth Dole portrait.jpg|100px|alt=Photo of a smiling woman wearing earrings]]
|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Dole}}
|[[Kansas]]
|{{dts|1983|2|7}}
|{{dts|1987|9|30}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|9}}
|data-sort-value="Burnley, James" |[[File:James burnley IV.jpg|100px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit and combed-over hair with the US flag behind him]]
|{{sortname|James H.|Burnley IV}}
|[[North Carolina]]
|{{dts|1987|12|3}}
|{{dts|1989|1|20}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|10}}
|data-sort-value="Skinner, Samuel" |[[File:Samuel Knox Skinner.jpg|100px|alt=Smiling man with thinning hair wearing a suit and a blue tie with the US flag behind him]]
|{{sortname|Samuel K.|Skinner}}
|[[Illinois]]
|{{dts|1989|2|6}}
|{{dts|1991|12|13}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Bush, George H. W." |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}<br>(1989–1993)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|11}}
|data-sort-value="Card, Andy" |[[File:Andrew Card award crop.jpg|100px|alt=Smiling man wearing a suit and a red tie]]
|{{sortname|Andrew|Card}}
|[[Massachusetts]]
|{{dts|1992|2|24}}
|{{dts|1993|1|20}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|12}}
|data-sort-value="Peña, Federico Fabian" |[[File:Federico pena.jpg|100px|alt=Hispanic man with large glasses and black hair with the US flag behind him]]
|{{sortname|Federico|Peña}}
|[[Colorado]]
|{{dts|1993|1|21}}
|{{dts|1997|2|14}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Clinton, Bill" |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}<br>(1993–2001)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|13}}
|data-sort-value="Slater, Rodney" |[[File:Slater rodney.jpg|100px|alt=African American man with short hair and a short mustache]]
|{{sortname|Rodney E.|Slater}}
|[[Arkansas]]
|{{dts|1997|2|14|}}
|{{dts|2001|1|20}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |
{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA data-sort-value="Downey, Mortimer" |[[File:Downey.jpg|100px|alt=Acting United States Secretary of Transportation]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Mortimer L.|Downey III}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[Virginia]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2001|1|20}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2001|1|25}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 data-sort-value="Bush, George W." |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}<br>(2001–2009)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|14}}
|data-sort-value="Mineta, Norm" |[[File:Norman Mineta, official portrait, DOT.jpg|100px|alt=Older Japanese American man with glasses wearing a suit with a red tie with the US flag behind him]]
|{{sortname|Norman|Mineta}}
|[[California]]
|{{dts|2001|1|25}}
|{{dts|2006|8|7}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |
{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA data-sort-value="Cino, Maria" |[[File:Maria Cino DOC official photo.jpg|100px|alt=Acting United States Secretary of Transportation]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Maria|Cino}}<br />{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[New York State|New York]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2006|8|7}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2006|10|17}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|15}}
|data-sort-value="Peters, Mary" |[[File:Mary Peters official DOT portrait.jpg|100px|alt=Woman with long brown hair with the US flag behind her]]
|{{sortname|Mary E.|Peters}}
|[[Arizona]]
|{{dts|2006|10|17}}
|{{dts|2009|1|20}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|16}}
|data-sort-value="LaHood, Ray" |[[File:Ray LaHood official DOT portrait.jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|Ray|LaHood}}
|[[Illinois]]
|{{dts|2009|1|23}}
|{{dts|2013|7|2}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Obama, Barack" |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}<br>(2009–2017)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|17}}
|data-sort-value="Foxx, Anthony" |[[File:Anthony Foxx official portrait.jpg|100px|alt=Mayor Anthony Foxx, Charlotte NC]]
|{{sortname|Anthony|Foxx}}
|[[North Carolina]]
|{{dts|2013|7|2}}
|{{dts|2017|1|20}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA data-sort-value="Huerta, Michael|[[File:Michael Huerta official picture.jpg|100px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Michael|Huerta}}<br/>{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[California]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2017|1|20}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2017|1|31}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="Trump, Donald" |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2017–2021)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|18}}
|data-sort-value="Chao, Elaine" |[[File:Elaine Chao official portrait 2 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|Elaine|Chao}}
|[[Kentucky]]
|{{dts|2017|1|31}}
|{{dts|2021|1|11}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA data-sort-value="Bradbury, Steven" |[[File:Steven G. Bradbury official photo.jpg|100px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Steven G.|Bradbury}}<br/>{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[Oregon]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2021|1|12}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2021|1|20}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA data-sort-value="Hurdle, Lana" |[[File:Lana Hurdle US Dept of Transportation.jpg|100px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Lana|Hurdle}}<br/>{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[Virginia]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2021|1|20}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2021|2|3}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="Biden, Joe" |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}<br>(2021–2025)
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|19}}
|data-sort-value="Buttigieg, Pete" |[[File:Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sortname|Pete|Buttigieg}}
|[[Indiana]]{{efn|In July 2022, Buttigieg established his permanent residence in [[Traverse City, Michigan]].<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last=Hermani |first=Jordyn |date=July 8, 2022 |title=Buttigieg moves to Michigan, changes voter registration |url=https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/07/buttigieg-moves-to-michigan-changes-voter-registration.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=MLive}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Weigel |first=David |last2=Everett |first2=Burgess |date=6 February 2025 |title=High hopes among Democrats as Buttigieg eyes a Senate bid |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2025/high-hopes-among-democrats-as-buttigieg-eyes-a-senate-bid |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=[[Semafor (website)|Semafor]]}}</ref>}}
|{{dts|2021|2|3}}
|{{dts|2025|1|20}}
|-
!style="background:#E6E6AA;" |{{color|black|–}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[File:Judith-Kaleta.jpg|100px]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{sortname|Judith|Kaleta}}<br/>{{small|Acting}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |[[Illinois]]
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2025|1|20}}
|bgcolor=#E6E6AA |{{dts|2025|1|28}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="Trump, Donald" |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2025–present)
|-
!style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{color|white|20}}
|data-sort-value="Duffy, Sean" |[[File:Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Official Portrait (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Sean Duffy]]
|[[Wisconsin]]
|{{dts|2025|1|28}}
|present
|}

==Line of succession ==
The [[line of succession]] regarding who would act as Secretary of Transportation in the event of a vacancy or incapacitation is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayEO.cfm?id=EO_13485_|title=Executive Order 13485: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation|last=Obama, Barack|date=January 14, 2009|publisher=NASA Online Directives Information System|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

#[[Deputy Secretary of Transportation]]
#[[Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy]]
#General Counsel
#Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
#Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
#Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs 
#Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
#Assistant Secretary for Administration
#Administrator of the [[Federal Highway Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Federal Railroad Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Federal Transit Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[United States Maritime Administration|Maritime Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]]
#Administrator of the [[Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation]]
#Regional Administrator, Southern Region, Federal Aviation Administration
#Director, Resource Center, Lakewood, Colorado, Federal Highway Administration
#Regional Administrator, Northwest Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration

== Notes ==
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==References==

=== General ===
*{{cite web|url=http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm |title=Biographical Sketches of the Secretaries of Transportation |date=August 14, 2009 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=January 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316065145/http://dotlibrary.dot.gov/Historian/bios.htm |archive-date=March 16, 2011 }}

=== Specific ===
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==External links==
{{commons category|Secretaries of Transportation of the United States}}
*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg931.pdf The Department of Transportation Act]

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