The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver[?] became the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed to this positon.
†Robert C. Wood, Under Secretary under Weaver, served between Weaver and Romney with a recess appointment from President Johnson, who sent his nomination to the Senate. It was never acted on, and, therefore, he was never sworn in as Secretary.
Name
Term of Office
President(s) served under
Robert Clifton Weaver[?]
January 18, 1966 - December 18, 1968
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Coldwell Wood[?] †
January 7, 1969 - January 20, 1969
Lyndon Johnson
George Wilcken Romney[?]
January 22, 1969 - January 20, 1973
Richard Nixon
James Thomas Lynn[?]
February 2, 1973 - February 5, 1975
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Carla Anderson Hills[?]
March 10, 1975 - January 20, 1977
Gerald Ford
Patricia Roberts Harris[?]
January 23, 1977 - September 10, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Maurice Edwin Landrieu
September 24, 1979 - January 20, 1981
Jimmy Carter
Samuel Riley Pierce[?]
January 23, 1981 - January 20, 1989
Ronald Reagan
Jack French Kemp
February 13, 1989 - January 19, 1993
George H. W. Bush
Henry Gabriel Cisneros[?]
January 22, 1993 - January 19, 1997
Bill Clinton
Andrew M. Cuomo[?]
January 29, 1997 - January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton
Melquiades Rafael Martinez[?]
January 24, 2001 - present
George W. Bush