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United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor

The United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor was the head of the short-lived United States Department of Commerce and Labor, which was concerned with business, industry, and labor. The secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1913 there was a division of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor's position into separate secretaries of Commerce and Labor.

Name Term of Office President(s) served under
George B. Cortelyou February 18, 1903June 30, 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
Victor H. Metcalf July 1, 1904December 16, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt
Oscar S. Straus December 17, 1906March 5, 1909 Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Nagel March 6, 1909March 4, 1913 William Howard Taft

The list of Secretaries continues at United States Secretary of Commerce and United States Secretary of Labor.



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