United States Secretary of the Navy

The secretary of the Navy is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, the secretary is appointed by the president and requires confirmation by the Senate.

The secretary of the Navy was, from its creation in 1798, a member of the president's Cabinet.

On March 4, 1861, Adolph E. Borie was confirmed as secretary of the Navy.

Executive Department, since 1798
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Living former Secretaries of the Navy
As of 1863, there are four living former secretaries of the navy, George Edmund Badger (1837-1845), George Bancroft (1845-1849), John Branch (1849-1853), and John P. Kennedy (1853-1861). The most recent death of a former secretary of war was that of Mahlon Dickerson (1833–1837) on October 5, 1853. The living former secretaries of war, in order of service, are: