United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Deputy Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America

Seal of the Department of Commerce

Flag of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Incumbent
Don Graves

since May 14, 2021

United States Department of Commerce
Member of| U.S. Department of Commerce
Reports to| United States Secretary of Commerce
Seat| Washington, D.C., U.S.
Appointer| The President of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Formation| January 26, 1977
First holder| Sidney Harman
Website| www.Commerce.gov

The deputy secretary of commerce is a high-ranking position within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It was created on December 13, 1979, when President Jimmy Carter sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and nominated Luther H. Hodges Jr., who then currently held the title of under secretary of commerce. The deputy secretary serves as the department’s chief operating officer, with responsibility for the day-to-day management of its approximately $11.4 billion budget, 13 operating units, and 46,000 employees. In that capacity, the deputy secretary is also a member of the President’s Management Council. The current deputy secretary is Don Graves, who was sworn in on May 14, 2021.

## History

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The deputy secretary serves as the principal deputy of the secretary of commerce in all matters affecting the department and performs continuing and special duties as the secretary may assign including, as may be specified by the secretary, the exercise of policy direction and general supervision over operating units not placed under other Secretarial Officers or other Department officials. In addition, the deputy secretary acts as secretary if the secretary has died, resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of secretary.

Rebecca M. Blank was the deputy secretary of commerce until she stepped down on May 31, 2013. She was confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate in March 2012. She had been serving as acting deputy secretary since November 18, 2010.[1] She replaced Dennis F. Hightower, who was deputy secretary of commerce from August 2009 to August 2010.[2]

Patrick D. Gallagher was appointed acting deputy secretary on June 1, 2013.[3] Bruce H. Andrews was confirmed as the next deputy secretary on July 24, 2014.

## List of deputy secretaries of commerce

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#  | Image  | Name  | Term began  | Term ended  | President(s) served under

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1  |  | Sidney Harman | January 26, 1977  | August 28, 1980  | Jimmy Carter
2  |  | Luther H. Hodges Jr. | September 8, 1980  | January 20, 1981
3  |  | Joseph Robert Wright Jr. | January 29, 1981  | August 23, 1982  | Ronald Reagan
4  |  | Guy W. Fiske | August 24, 1982  | May 20, 1983
5  |  | Bud Brown | May 20, 1983  | July 12, 1988
6  |  | Donna F. Tuttle | July 12, 1988  | January 20, 1989
7  |  | Thomas J. Murrin | February 11, 1989  | April 17, 1991  | George H. W. Bush
8  |  | Rockwell A. Schnabel | April 25, 1991  | January 20, 1993
9  |  | David J. Barram | January 27, 1993  | May 14, 1996  | Bill Clinton
10  |  | Robert L. Mallett | May 14, 1997  | January 20, 2001
11  |  | Samuel Bodman | January 22, 2001  | July 16, 2004  | George W. Bush
12  |  | Theodore Kassinger | August 20, 2004  | July 21, 2005
13  |  | David A. Sampson | July 25, 2005  | August 30, 2007
14  |  | John J. Sullivan | September 1, 2007  | March 14, 2008
March 14, 2008  | January 20, 2009
15  |  | Dennis Hightower | August 11, 2009  | August 27, 2010  | Barack Obama
16  |  | Rebecca Blank | November 28, 2010  | March 29, 2012
March 29, 2012  | June 1, 2013
–  |  | Patrick D. Gallagher
Acting | June 1, 2013  | July 24, 2014
17  |  | Bruce H. Andrews | July 24, 2014  | January 20, 2017
18  |  | Karen Dunn Kelley | September 22, 2017  | November 28, 2018  | Donald Trump
November 28, 2018  | January 20, 2021
–  |  | Wynn Coggins
Acting | March 3, 2021  | May 14, 2021  | Joe Biden
19  |  | Don Graves | May 14, 2021  | Incumbent

## References

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1. ^ "Rebecca M. Blank, Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce". United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
2. ^ "Dennis F. Hightower Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Commerce". United States Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
3. ^ "Leadership".

## External links

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* The official biography of Sampson, the former Deputy Secretary
* The mission and organization of the Department of Commerce, in which the Deputy Secretary's functions and duties are listed
* Executive order on the line of succession for the Secretary of Commerce

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