
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Forrestal, James V. | 22 Aug 1940 | 16 May 1944 |
| Bard, Ralph A. | 24 Jun 1944 | 30 Jun 1945 |
| Gates, Artemus L. | 3 Jul 1945 | 31 Dec 1945 |
| Sullivan, John L | 17 Jun 1946 | 18 Sep 1947 |
| Kenney, John W. | 19 Sep 1947 | 24 Sep 1949 |
| Kimball, Dan A. | 25 May 1949 | 31 Jul 1951 |
| Whitehair, Francis P. | 7 Aug 1951 | 29 Jan 1953 |
| Thomas, Charles S. | 9 Feb 1953 | 5 Aug 1953 |
| Gates, Thomas S. Jr. | 7 Oct 1953 | 1 Apr 1957 |
| Franke, William B. | 17 Apr 1957 | 7 Jun 1959 |
| Bantz, Fred A. | 8 Jun 1959 | 20 Jan 1961 |
| Fay, Paul B. Jr. | 16 Feb 1961 | 15 Jan 1965 |
| Belieu, Kenneth E. | 26 Feb 1965 | 1 Jul 1965 |
| Baldwin, Robert H.B. | 2 Jul 1965 | 31 Jul 1967 |
| Baird, Charles F. | 1 Aug 1967 | 20 Jan 1969 |
| Warner, John W. | 11 Feb 1969 | 4 May 1972 |
| Sanders, Frank P. | 5 May 1972 | 29 Jun 1973 |
| Middendorf, William J. II | 3 Aug 1973 | 20 Jun 1974 |
| Potter, David S. | 28 Aug 1974 | 1 Apr 1976 |
| MacDonald, David R. | 14 Sep 1976 | 4 Feb 1977 |
| Woolsey, James R. | 9 Mar 1977 | 7 Dec 1979 |
| Murray, Robert J. | 7 Feb 1980 | 29 Sep 1981 |
| Goodrich, James F. | 29 Sep 1981 | 6 Aug 1987 |
| Garrett, Lawrence H. III | 6 Aug 1987 | 15 May 1989 |
| Howard, Daniel J. | 7 Aug 1989 | 20 Jan 1993 |
| Danzig, Richard J. | 29 Nov 1993 | 30 May 1997 |
| Hultin, Jerry MacArthur | 13 Nov 1997 | 14 Jul 2000 |
| Pirie, Robert B. Jr. | 12 Oct 2000 | 6 Jun 2001 |
| Livingstone, Susan M. | 26 Jul 2001 | 28 Feb 2003 |
| Aviles, Dionel M. | 10 Aug 2004 | - |
| Work, Robert M. | - | Present |