| Term | Secretary of the Navy | Other Positions |
| 1869-1877 (Ulysses Grant) | |
| 1877-1880 (Rutherford Hayes) | |
| 1881 (Rutherford Hayes) | |
| 1881-1882 (James Garfield/C. Arthur) | |
| 1882-1885 (Chester Arthur) | |
| 1885-1889 (Grover Cleveland) | |
| 1889-1893 (Benjamin Harrison) | |
| 1893-1897 (Grover Cleveland) | |
| 1897-1902 (William McKinley/T. Roosevelt) | |
| 1902-1904 (Theodore Roosevelt) | |
| 1904-1905 (Theodore Roosevelt) | |
| 1905-1906 (Theodore Roosevelt) | |
| 1906-1908 (Theodore Roosevelt) | |
| 1908-1909 (Theodore Roosevelt) | |
| 1909-1913 (William Howard Taft) | |
| 1913-1921 (Woodrow Wilson) | |
| 1921-1924 (Warren Harding/C. Coolidge) | |
| 1924-1929 (Calvin Coolidge) | |
| 1929-1933 (Herbert Hoover) | |
| 1933-1939 (Franklin Roosevelt) | |
| 1940 (Franklin Roosevelt) | |
| 1940-1944 (Franklin Roosevelt) | |
| 1944-1947 (Franklin Roosevelt/H. Truman) | |
| 1947-1949 (Harry Truman) | |
| 1949-1951 (Harry Truman) | |