Originally, the term of the Director of the Mint was not fixed at any specific length. With the Act of Feb. 12, 1873, the length of term was established at five years, with no restrictions concerning reappointment.
Today, the five-year term of this presidential appointment is still active. The Director serves as chief officer of the United States Mint, and operates with general directions from the Secretary of the Treasury.
| David Rittenhouse Pennsylvania |
April 1792–June 1795 |
| Henry William De Saussure South Carolina |
July 1795–October 1795 |
| Elias Boudinot New Jersey |
October 1795–July 1805 |
| Robert Patterson, LL.D. Pennsylvania |
January 1806–July 1824 |
| Samuel Moore, M.D. Pennsylvania |
July 1824–July 1835 |
| Robert Maskell Patterson, M.D. Pennsylvania |
May 1835–July 1851 |
| George N. Eckert, M.D. Pennsylvania |
July 1851–April 1853 |
| Thomas M. Pettit Pennsylvania |
April 1853–May 1853 |
| James Ross Snowden Pennsylvania |
June 1853–May 1861 |
| James Pollock, A.M., L.L.D. Pennsylvania |
May 1861–September 1866 |
| William Millward Pennsylvania |
October 1866–April 1867 |
| Richard Henry Linderman, M.D. Pennsylvania |
April 1867–May 1869 |
| James Pollock, A.M., L.L.D. Pennsylvania |
May 1869–March 1873 |
| Richard Henry Linderman, M.D. Pennsylvania |
April 1873–December 1878 |
| Horatio Chapin Burchard Illinois |
February 1879–June 1885 |
| James Putnam Kimball Pennsylvania |
July 1885–October 1889 |
| Edward O. Leech California |
October 1889–May 1893 |
| Robert E. Preston Washington, DC |
November 1893–February 1898 |
| George Evan Roberts Iowa |
February 1898–July 1907 |
| Frank Aleamon Leach California |
September 1907–August 1909 |
| Abram Piatt Andrew Massachusetts |
November 1909–June 1910 |
| George Evan Roberts Iowa |
July 1910–November 1914 |
| Robert Wickliffe Woolley Virginia |
March 1915–July 1916 |
| Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken Florida |
September 1916–March 1917 |
| Raymond Thomas Baker Nevada |
March 1917–March 1922 |
| Frank Edgar Scobey Texas |
March 1922–September 1923 |
| Robert J. Grant Colorado |
November 1923–May 1933 |
| Nellie Tayloe Ross Wyoming |
May 1933–April 1953 |
| William H. Brett Ohio |
July 1954–January 1961 |
| Eva Adams Nevada |
October 1961–August 1969 |
| Mary Brooks Idaho |
September 1969–February 1977 |
| Stella Hackel Sims Vermont |
November 1977–April 1981 |
| Donna Pope Ohio |
July 1981–August 1991 |
| David J. Ryder Idaho |
September 1992–November 1993 |
| Philip N. Diehl Texas |
June 1994–March 2000 |
| Jay W. Johnson Wisconsin |
May 2000–August 2001 |
| Henrietta Holsman Fore Nevada |
August 2001–August 2005 |
| Edmund C. Moy Wisconsin |
September 2006–January 2011 |
| David J. Ryder Idaho |
April 2018–September 2021 |