Securities and Exchange Commission appointees


Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are appointed by the President of the United States. As of 2011, their terms last five years and are staggered so that one commissioner's term ends on June 5 of each year. If an appointment is to fill out an uncompleted term, it will be for less than five years. To ensure that the commission remains non-partisan, no more than three commissioners may belong to the same political party. The President also designates one of the commissioners as chairman, the SEC's top executive. Service may continue past term expiration up to eighteen additional months.
Under Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Under Harry S. Truman:
Under Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Under John F. Kennedy:
Under Lyndon B. Johnson:
Under Richard Nixon:
Under Gerald Ford:
Under Jimmy Carter:
Under Ronald Reagan:
Under George H. W. Bush:
Under Bill Clinton:
Under George W. Bush:
Under Barack Obama:
Under Donald Trump: