The following is a list of past and present Chairmen of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The current Chairman of the Federal Reserve is Ben Bernanke. There have been a total of 14 Chairmen of the Federal Reserve. The Chairman is one of seven members of the Board of Governorsof the Federal Reserve System, and is appointed by the President of the United States.
| Chair Name | Image | Life span | From | Until | President(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles S. Hamlin | 1861 — 1938 | August 10, 1914 | August 19, 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| William P. G. Harding | 1864—1930 | August 10, 1916 | August 9, 1922 | ||
| Warren G. Harding | |||||
| Daniel R. Crissinger | 1860 — 1942 | May 1, 1923 | September 15, 1927 | ||
| Calvin Coolidge | |||||
| Roy A. Young | 1882 — 1960 | October 4, 1927 | August 31, 1930 | ||
| Herbert Hoover | |||||
| Eugene Meyer | 1875 — 1959 | September 16, 1930 | May 10, 1933 | ||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||||
| Eugene R. Black | 1898 — 1992 | May 19, 1933 | August 15, 1934 | ||
| Marriner S. Eccles | 1890 — 1977 | November 15, 1934 | January 31, 1948 | ||
| Harry S. Truman | |||||
| Thomas B. McCabe | 1893 — 1982 | April 15, 1948 | March 31, 1951 | ||
| William McChesney Martin, Jr. | 1906 — 1998 | April 2, 1951 | January 31, 1970 | ||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | |||||
| John F. Kennedy | |||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||
| Richard M. Nixon | |||||
| Arthur F. Burns | 1904 — 1987 | February 1, 1970 | January 31, 1978 | ||
| Gerald R. Ford | |||||
| Jimmy Carter | |||||
| G. William Miller | 1925 — 2006 | March 8, 1978 | August 6, 1979 | ||
| Paul A. Volcker | 1927 — | August 6, 1979 | August 11, 1987 | ||
| Ronald W. Reagan | |||||
| Alan Greenspan | 1926 — | August 11, 1987 | January 31, 2006 | ||
| George H.W. Bush | |||||
| Bill Clinton | |||||
| George W. Bush | |||||
| Ben Bernanke | 1953 — | February 1, 2006 | |||
| Barack Obama |
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