List of Secretaries of Education
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| No. | Portrait | Name | State of Residence | Took Office | Left Office | President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Hufstedler | California | November 30, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||
| 2 | Terrel Bell | Utah | January 22, 1981 | January 20, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
| 3 | William J. Bennett | North Carolina | February 6, 1985 | September 20, 1988 | |||
| 4 | Lauro Cavazos | Texas | September 20, 1988 | December 12, 1990 | |||
| George H. W. Bush | |||||||
| 5 | Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | March 22, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | |||
| 6 | Richard Riley | South Carolina | January 21, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | ||
| 7 | Roderick Paige | Texas | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2005 | George W. Bush | ||
| 8 | Margaret Spellings | Texas | January 20, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | |||
| 9 | Arne Duncan | Illinois | January 21, 2009 | Incumbent | Barack Obama | ||
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