- Frederick B. Dent
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Frederick Baily Dent (born August 17, 1922) was the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 2, 1973, to March 26, 1975.
Dent was born in Cape May, New Jersey. He served in the United States Navy from 1943-1946. From 1958-1972 and 1977-1988, he was president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina. He was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 1994. Dent and his wife, Mildred, have five children.
Dent currently lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Political offices Preceded by
Peter George PetersonUnited States Secretary of Commerce
Served under: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
February 2, 1973 – March 26, 1975Succeeded by
Rogers MortonGovernment offices Preceded by
William D. EberleUnited States Trade Representative
1975 – 1977Succeeded by
Robert S. StraussUnited States Secretaries of Commerce Secretaries of Commerce & Labor Secretaries of Commerce Redfield • Alexander • Hoover • Whiting • Lamont • Chapin • Roper • Hopkins • Jones • Wallace • Harriman • Sawyer • Weeks • Strauss • Mueller • Hodges • Connor • Trowbridge • Smith • Stans • Peterson • Dent • Morton • Richardson • Kreps • Klutznick • Baldrige • Verity • Mosbacher • Franklin • Brown • Kantor • Daley • Mineta • Evans • Gutierrez • Locke • BrysonUnited States Trade Representative Christian Herter (1962) · William M. Roth (1967) · Carl J. Gilbert (1969) · William D. Eberle (1971) · Frederick B. Dent (1975) · Robert S. Strauss (1977) · Reubin Askew (1979) · William E. Brock III (1981) · Clayton K. Yeutter (1985) · Carla A. Hills (1989) · Mickey Kantor (1993) · Charlene Barshefsky (1997) · Robert Zoellick (2001) · Rob Portman (2005) · Susan Schwab (2006) · Ron Kirk (2009)
Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974–1977) Cabinet Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (1974–1977)Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon (1974–1977)Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977)Attorney General William Saxbe (1974–1975) • Edward Levi (1975–1977)Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Agriculture Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976–1977)Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) • Rogers Morton (1975) • Elliot Richardson (1975–1977)Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Caspar Weinberger (1974–1975) • F. David Mathews (1975–1977)Secretary of Housing and Urban Development James Thomas Lynn (1974–1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977)Secretary of Transportation Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)Cabinet-level Vice President None (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977)Ambassador to the United Nations Director of the Office of
Management and BudgetRoy Ash (1974 – 1975) • James Thomas Lynn (1975–1976)Special Representative
for Trade NegotiationsFrederick B. Dent (1975 – 1977)Categories:- 1922 births
- American military personnel of World War II
- Living people
- United States Secretaries of Commerce
- United States Trade Representatives
- People from Spartanburg, South Carolina
- People from Cape May, New Jersey
- South Carolina Republicans
- Ford Administration personnel
- Nixon administration personnel
- South Carolina politician stubs
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