SEC Historical Summary of Chairmen and Commissioners
May 12, 2017
| Served | Chairman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Commissioner | From | To | From | To |
| Roosevelt | *Joseph P. Kennedy (D), Chairman | 7/2/34 | 9/23/35 | 7/2/34 | 9/23/35 |
| *George C. Mathews (R) | 7/2/34 | 4/15/40 | |||
| *James M. Landis (D), Chairman | 7/2/34 | 9/15/37 | 9/23/35 | 9/15/37 | |
| *Robert E. Healy (R) | 7/2/34 | 11/16/46 | |||
| *Ferdinand Pecora (D) | 7/2/34 | 1/21/35 | |||
| *J. D. Ross (D) | 10/5/35 | 10/31/37 | |||
| *William O. Douglas (D), Chairman | 1/31/36 | 4/16/39 | 9/21/37 | 4/16/39 | |
| *Jerome N. Frank (D), Chairman | 12/27/37 | 4/30/41 | 5/18/39 | 4/9/41 | |
| *John W. Hanes (D) | 1/14/38 | 6/30/38 | |||
| *Edward C. Eicher (D), Chairman | 12/3/38 | 2/2/42 | 4/9/41 | 1/20/42 | |
| *Leon Henderson (D) | 5/18/39 | 7/8/41 | |||
| *Sumner T. Pike (R) | 6/4/40 | 4/30/46 | |||
| *Ganson Purcell (D), Chairman | 6/17/41 | 6/30/46 | 1/20/42 | 6/30/46 | |
| *Edmund Burke, Jr. (D) | 7/31/41 | 10/19/43 | |||
| *Robert H. O'Brien (D) | 2/3/42 | 12/28/44 | |||
| *Robert K. McConnaughey (D) | 12/29/43 | 6/5/49 | |||
| *James J. Caffrey (D), Chairman | 5/2/45 | 12/31/47 | 7/23/46 | 12/31/47 | |
| Truman | *Richard B. McEntire (R) | 6/4/46 | 5/31/53 | ||
| *Edmond M. Hanrahan (D), Chairman | 7/22/46 | 11/3/49 | 5/18/48 | 11/3/49 | |
| *Harry A. McDonald (R), Chairman | 3/26/47 | 2/25/52 | 11/4/49 | 2/25/52 | |
| *Paul R. Rowen (D) | 5/28/48 | 6/5/55 | |||
| *Donald C. Cook (D), Chairman | 11/1/49 | 6/17/53 | 2/26/52 | 6/17/53 | |
| *Edward T. McCormick (D) | 11/4/49 | 3/31/51 | |||
| *Robert I. Millonzi (D) | 7/17/51 | 6/5/52 | |||
| *Clarence H. Adams (R) | 5/12/52 | 6/5/56 | |||
| *J. Howard Rossbach (D) | 8/4/52 | 2/14/53 | |||
| Eisenhower | *Ralph H. Demmler (R), Chairman | 6/17/53 | 5/25/55 | 6/17/53 | 5/25/55 |
| *J. Sinclair Armstrong (R), Chairman | 7/16/53 | 6/27/57 | 5/25/55 | 6/27/57 | |
| *A. J. Goodwin, Jr. (D) | 7/16/53 | 12/31/55 | |||
| *Andrew Downey Orrick (R) | 5/26/55 | 7/15/60 | |||
| *Harold C. Patterson (D) | 8/5/55 | 11/29/60 | |||
| *Earl F. Hastings (D) | 3/11/56 | 8/31/61 | |||
| *James C. Sargent (R) | 6/29/56 | 10/21/60 | |||
| *Edward N. Gadsby (R), Chairman | 8/20/57 | 8/4/61 | 8/20/57 | 3/26/61 | |
| *Byron D. Woodside (R) | 7/15/60 | 4/30/67 | |||
| *Daniel J. McCauley, Jr. (R) | 10/24/60 | 3/26/61 | |||
| Kennedy | *J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) | 3/15/61 | 9/30/63 | ||
| *William L. Cary (D), Chairman | 3/27/61 | 8/21/64 | 3/27/61 | 8/20/64 | |
| *Manuel F. Cohen (D), Chairman | 10/11/61 | 2/22/69 | 8/20/64 | 2/22/69 | |
| *Jack M. Whitney II (R) | 11/9/61 | 6/15/64 | |||
| Johnson | *Hugh F. Owens (D) | 3/23/64 | 11/20/73 | ||
| *Hamer H. Budge (R), Chairman2 | 7/8/64 | 1/2/71 | 2/22/69 | 1/2/71 | |
| *Francis M. Wheat (D) | 10/2/64 | 9/30/69 | |||
| *Richard B. Smith (R) | 5/1/67 | 7/30/71 | |||
| Nixon | *James J. Needham (R) | 7/10/69 | 7/14/72 | ||
| *A. Sydney Herlong (D) | 10/29/69 | 6/30/73 | |||
| *William J. Casey (R), Chairman | 4/14/71 | 2/2/73 | 4/14/71 | 2/2/73 | |
| *Philip A. Loomis, Jr. (R) | 8/13/71 | 6/18/82 | |||
| *John R. Evans (R) | 3/3/73 | 12/2/83 | |||
| *G. Bradford Cook (R), Chairman | 3/3/73 | 5/16/73 | 3/3/73 | 5/16/73 | |
| *Ray Garrett, Jr. (R), Chairman | 8/6/73 | 10/28/75 | 8/6/73 | 10/28/75 | |
| *A. A. Sommer, Jr. (D) | 8/6/73 | 4/2/76 | |||
| *Irving M. Pollack (D) | 2/13/74 | 6/5/80 | |||
| Ford | *Roderick M. Hills (R), Chairman | 10/28/75 | 4/10/77 | 10/28/75 | 4/10/77 |
| Carter | *Harold M. Williams (D), Chairman | 4/18/77 | 3/1/81 | 4/18/77 | 3/1/81 |
| *Roberta S. Karmel (D) | 9/30/77 | 2/1/80 | |||
| Stephen J. Friedman (D) | 4/14/80 | 6/5/81 | |||
| *Barbara S. Thomas (D) | 10/21/80 | 11/11/83 | |||
| Reagan | *John Shad (R), Chairman | 5/6/81 | 6/18/87 | 5/6/81 | 6/18/87 |
| Bevis Longstreth (D) | 7/29/81 | 1/13/84 | |||
| James C. Treadway, Jr. (R) | 9/13/82 | 4/17/85 | |||
| Charles C. Cox (R) | 12/2/83 | 9/30/89 | |||
| Charles L. Marinaccio (D) | 5/24/84 | 7/10/85 | |||
| Aulana L. Peters (D) | 6/11/84 | 7/8/88 | |||
| Joseph A. Grundfest (D) | 10/28/85 | 1/18/90 | |||
| Edward H. Fleischman (R) | 1/6/86 | 3/31/92 | |||
| *David S. Ruder (R), Chairman | 8/7/87 | 9/30/89 | 8/7/87 | 9/30/89 | |
| Mary L. Schapiro (I) | 12/5/88 | 10/13/94 | |||
| George Bush | Richard C. Breeden (R), Chairman | 10/11/89 | 5/7/93 | 10/11/89 | 5/7/93 |
| Philip R. Lochner, Jr. (R) | 3/12/90 | 6/23/91 | |||
| Richard Y. Roberts (R), (D) when appointed | 10/1/90 | 7/15/95 | |||
| *J. Carter Beese, Jr. (R) | 3/10/92 | 11/14/94 | |||
| Clinton | Arthur Levitt (D), Chairman | 7/27/93 | 2/9/01 | 7/27/93 | 2/9/01 |
| Steven Wallman (D) | 7/5/94 | 10/2/97 | |||
| *Norman S. Johnson (R) | 2/13/96 | 5/10/00 | |||
| *Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. (D) | 2/29/96 | 12/20/01 | |||
| *Paul R. Carey (D) | 11/3/97 | 6/14/01 | |||
| Laura S. Unger (R) | 11/5/97 | 1/25/02 | |||
| George W. Bush | *Harvey L. Pitt (R), Chairman | 8/3/01 | 2/17/03 | 8/3/01 | 2/17/03 |
| *Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. (D) 3 | 1/23/02 | 8/2/02 | |||
| Cynthia A. Glassman (R) | 1/28/02 | 7/14/06 | |||
| *Harvey J. Goldschmid (D) | 7/31/02 | 7/31/05 | |||
| Paul S. Atkins (R) | 8/8/02 | 8/1/08 | |||
| Roel C. Campos (D) | 8/22/02 | 9/18/07 | |||
| *William H. Donaldson (R), Chairman | 2/18/03 | 6/30/05 | 2/18/03 | 6/30/05 | |
| Christopher Cox (R), Chairman | 8/3/05 | 1/20/09 | 8/3/05 | 1/20/09 | |
| Annette L. Nazareth (D) | 8/4/05 | 1/31/08 | |||
| Kathleen L. Casey (R) | 7/17/06 | 08/5/11 | |||
| Elisse B. Walter (D) 4 | 7/9/08 | 8/9/13 | 12/15/12 | 04/9/13 | |
| Luis A. Aguilar (D) | 7/31/08 | 12/31/15 | |||
| Troy A. Paredes (R) | 8/1/08 | 8/3/13 | |||
| Obama | Mary L. Schapiro (I), Chairman | 1/27/09 | 12/14/12 | 1/27/09 | 12/14/12 |
| Daniel M. Gallagher (R) | 11/7/11 | 10/2/15 | |||
| Luis A. Aguilar (D) | 12/8/11 | 12/31/15 | |||
| Mary Jo White (I), Chair | 4/10/13 | 1/20/17 | 4/10/13 | 1/20/17 | |
| Kara M. Stein (D) | 8/9/13 | 1/02/19 | |||
| Michael S. Piwowar (R) | 8/15/13 | 7/6/18 | |||
| Trump | Jay Clayton (I), Chairman | 5/4/17 | 12/23/20 | 5/4/17 | 12/23/20 |
| Robert J. Jackson Jr. (I) | 1/11/18 | 2/14/20 | |||
| Hester M. Peirce (R) | 1/11/18 | ||||
| Elad L. Roisman (R) | 9/11/18 | 1/21/22 | |||
| Allison H. Lee (D) | 7/8/19 | 7/15/22 | |||
| Caroline A. Crenshaw (D) | 8/17/20 | 1/3/26 | |||
| Biden | Gary Gensler, Chair (D) | 4/19/21 | 1/20/25 | 4/19/21 | 1/20/25 |
| Mark T. Uyeda (R) | 6/30/22 | ||||
| Jaime Lizárraga (D) | 7/18/22 | 1/17/25 | |||
| Trump | Paul Atkins, Chairman (R) | 4/21/25 | 4/21/25 | ||
* deceased
2 On February 22, 1969, President Richard M. Nixon designated Hamer H. Budge as Chairman of the Commission.
3 Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., was reinstated by a recess appointment by President George W. Bush and then continued to serve from January 23, 2002 until August 2, 2002.
4 On December 15, 2012, President Barack H. Obama designated Elisse B. Walter as Chairman of the Commission.
Last Reviewed or Updated: Jan. 5, 2026