Congress established the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903 at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt. The department comprised eight bureaus that dealt with labor, corporations, statistics and standards, the census, navigation, fisheries and immigration. In 1913 Congress created a separate Department of Labor and a new Department of Commerce.
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Term of Service
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Secretary | Home State | Administration |
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1903 - 1904
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George B. Cortelyou | New York | T. Roosevelt |
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1904 - 1906
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Victor H. Metcalf | California | T. Roosevelt |
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1906 - 1909
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Oscar S. Straus | New York | T. Roosevelt |
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1909 - 1913
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Charles Nagel | Missouri | Taft |
| See cabinet officers sorted by administration. |