Cabinet Secretaries

Secretary of Agriculture Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
John R. Block: 1981-1986 Richard E. Lyng: 1981-1985
Richard E. Lyng: 1986 -1989Peter C. Myers: 1986-1989
Secretary of CommerceDeputy Secretary of Commerce
Malcolm Baldridge: 1981-1987 Joseph R. Wright Jr.: 1981-1982
C. William Verity, Jr.: 1987-1989 Guy W. Fiske: 1982-1983
Clarence J. Brown: 1983-1988
Donna F. Tuttle: 1988-1989
Secretary of DefenseDeputy Secretary of Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger : 1981-1987 Frank C. Carlucci: 1981-1982
Frank Carlucci: 1987-1989 William P. Thayer: 1982-1984
William H. Taft IV: 1984-1989
Secretary of EducationUnder Secretary of Education
Terrel Bell: 1981-1984 William C. Clohan Jr.: 1981-1982
William J. Bennett: 1985-1988 Gary L. Jones: 1982-1985
Lauro F. Cavazos: 1988-1989* Gary L. Bauer: 1985-1987
Linus D. Wright: 1987-1989
Secretary of EnergyDeputy Secretary of Energy
James B. Edwards:1981-1982 William K. Davis: 1981-1983
Donald P. Hodel: 1982-1985 Danny J. Boggs: 1983-1986
John S. Herrington: 1985-1989 William F. Martin: 1986-1989
Secretary of Health and Human Services Under Secretary of Health and Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker: 1981-1983 David B. Swoap: 1981-1983
Margaret M. Heckler: 1983-1985 John A. Svahn : 1983-1984
Otis R. Bowen: 1985-1989 Charles D. Baker: 1984-1986
Don M. Newman: 1986-1989
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce: 1981-1989 Donald I. Hovde: 1981-1983
Philip Abrams: 1983-1985
Lee L. Verstandig: 1985-1987
Carl D. Covitz: 1987-1989
Secretary of the Interior Under Secretary of the Interior
James G. Watt: 1981-1983 Donald P. Hodel: 1981-1983
William P. Clark: 1983-1985 J. J. “Jake” Simmons III: 1983-1984
Donald P. Hodel: 1985-1989 Ann D. McLaughlin: 1984-1987
Earl E. Gjelde: 1987-1989
Attorney GeneralDeputy Attorney General
William French Smith:1981-1985 Edward C. Schmults: 1981-1984
Edwin Meese: 1985-1988 Carol E. Dinkins: 1984-1985
Richard Thornburgh: 1988-1989* D. Lowell Jensen: 1985-1986
Arnold I. Burns: 1986-1989
Secretary of LaborUnder Secretary of Labor
Raymond J. Donovan: 1981-1985 Malcolm R. Lovell Jr.: 1981-1983
William E. Brock: 1985-1987 Ford B. Ford: 1983-1985
Ann McLaughlin: 1987-1989 Dennis E. Whitfield: 1985-1989
Secretary of StateDeputy Secretary of State
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.: 1981-1982 William P. Clark: 1981-1982
George P. Shultz: 1982-1989 Walter J. Stoessel Jr.: 1982
Kenneth W. Dam: 1982-1985
John C. Whitehead:1985-1989
Secretary of TransportationDeputy Secretary of Transportation
Andrew L. Lewis: 1981-1983 Darrell M. Trent: 1981-1983
Elizabeth H. Dole: 1983-1987 James H. Burnley IV: 1983-1987
James Burnley IV: 1987-1989 Mary Ann Dawson: 1987-1989
Secretary of TreasuryDeputy Secretary of Treasury
Donald T. Regan: 1981-1985 R. Tim McNamar: 1981-1985
James A. Baker: 1985-1988 Richard G. Darman: 1985-1987
Nicholas F. Brady: 1988-1989* M. Peter McPherson: 1987-1989

Cabinet Level Positions

Director of Central IntelligenceDeputy Director of Central Intelligence
William J. Casey: 1981-1987 Adm. Bobby Ray Inman: 1981-1982
William H. Webster: 1987-1989* John N. McMahon: 1982-1986
Robert M. Gates: 1986-1989
United States Representative to the United Nations
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick: 1981-1985
Vernon A. Walters: 1985-1989
Kenneth L. Adelman: 1981-1983
Jose S. Sorzano: 1983-1985
Herbert S. Okun: 1985-1989
United States Trade RepresentativesDeputy United States Trade Representatives, Washington Deputy United States Trade Representatives, Geneva
William E. Brock, III: 1981-1985 David R. MacDonald: 1981-1983 Michael B. Smith: 1981-1983
Clayton K. Yeutter: 1985-1989 Michael B.Smith: 1983-1984 Peter O. Murphy: 1983-1986
Robert E. Lighthizer: 1984-1985 Michael A. Samuels: 1986-1989
M. Alan Woods: 1985-1987
Alan F. Holmer: 1987-1989

*Reappointed by President George H.W. Bush


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