<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Name ( chair ) ( birth -- death ) </Th> <Th> Photo </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Appointed by ( term ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Start of term </Th> <Th> End of term </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Sumner Hamlin ( 1861 -- 1938 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1914 </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1916 </Td> <Th> Woodrow Wilson ( 1913 -- 1921 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> William P.G. Harding ( 1864 -- 1930 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1916 </Td> <Td> August 9 , 1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel R. Crissinger ( 1860 -- 1942 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 1 , 1923 </Td> <Td> September 15 , 1927 </Td> <Th> Warren G. Harding ( 1921 -- 1923 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roy A. Young ( 1882 -- 1960 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 4 , 1927 </Td> <Td> August 31 , 1930 </Td> <Th> Calvin Coolidge ( 1923 -- 1929 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Eugene Meyer ( 1875 -- 1959 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 16 , 1930 </Td> <Td> May 10 , 1933 </Td> <Th> Herbert Hoover ( 1929 -- 1933 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Eugene Robert Black ( 1873 -- 1934 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 19 , 1933 </Td> <Td> August 15 , 1934 </Td> <Th> Franklin D. Roosevelt ( 1933 -- 1945 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Marriner S. Eccles ( 1890 -- 1977 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> November 15 , 1934 </Td> <Td> February 3 , 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Thomas B. McCabe ( 1893 -- 1982 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 15 , 1948 </Td> <Td> April 2 , 1951 </Td> <Th> Harry S. Truman ( 1945 -- 1953 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> William M. Martin ( 1906 -- 1998 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 2 , 1951 </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Arthur F. Burns ( 1904 -- 1987 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1970 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 1978 </Td> <Th> Richard Nixon ( 1969 -- 1974 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> G. William Miller ( 1925 -- 2006 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 8 , 1978 </Td> <Td> August 6 , 1979 </Td> <Th> Jimmy Carter ( 1977 -- 1981 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Paul Volcker ( 1927 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 6 , 1979 </Td> <Td> August 11 , 1987 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Alan Greenspan ( 1926 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 11 , 1987 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 2006 </Td> <Th> Ronald Reagan ( 1981 -- 1989 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke ( 1953 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 2006 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 2014 </Td> <Th> George W. Bush ( 2001 -- 2009 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen ( 1946 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 2014 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Th> Barack Obama ( 2009 -- 2017 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Jerome Powell <P> ( 1953 -- ) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> </P> <P> ( 2017 -- ) </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Name ( chair ) ( birth -- death ) </Th> <Th> Photo </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Appointed by ( term ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Start of term </Th> <Th> End of term </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Sumner Hamlin ( 1861 -- 1938 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1914 </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1916 </Td> <Th> Woodrow Wilson ( 1913 -- 1921 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> William P.G. Harding ( 1864 -- 1930 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 10 , 1916 </Td> <Td> August 9 , 1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Daniel R. Crissinger ( 1860 -- 1942 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 1 , 1923 </Td> <Td> September 15 , 1927 </Td> <Th> Warren G. Harding ( 1921 -- 1923 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roy A. Young ( 1882 -- 1960 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 4 , 1927 </Td> <Td> August 31 , 1930 </Td> <Th> Calvin Coolidge ( 1923 -- 1929 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Eugene Meyer ( 1875 -- 1959 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 16 , 1930 </Td> <Td> May 10 , 1933 </Td> <Th> Herbert Hoover ( 1929 -- 1933 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Eugene Robert Black ( 1873 -- 1934 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 19 , 1933 </Td> <Td> August 15 , 1934 </Td> <Th> Franklin D. Roosevelt ( 1933 -- 1945 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Marriner S. Eccles ( 1890 -- 1977 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> November 15 , 1934 </Td> <Td> February 3 , 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Thomas B. McCabe ( 1893 -- 1982 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 15 , 1948 </Td> <Td> April 2 , 1951 </Td> <Th> Harry S. Truman ( 1945 -- 1953 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> William M. Martin ( 1906 -- 1998 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 2 , 1951 </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Arthur F. Burns ( 1904 -- 1987 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 1970 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 1978 </Td> <Th> Richard Nixon ( 1969 -- 1974 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> G. William Miller ( 1925 -- 2006 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 8 , 1978 </Td> <Td> August 6 , 1979 </Td> <Th> Jimmy Carter ( 1977 -- 1981 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Paul Volcker ( 1927 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 6 , 1979 </Td> <Td> August 11 , 1987 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Alan Greenspan ( 1926 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 11 , 1987 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 2006 </Td> <Th> Ronald Reagan ( 1981 -- 1989 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Ben Bernanke ( 1953 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 2006 </Td> <Td> January 31 , 2014 </Td> <Th> George W. Bush ( 2001 -- 2009 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Janet Yellen ( 1946 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1 , 2014 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Th> Barack Obama ( 2009 -- 2017 ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Jerome Powell <P> ( 1953 -- ) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> <Td> Donald Trump <P> </P> <P> ( 2017 -- ) </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who is the current chair of the u.s. central bank and on what date did this person take office
who is the current chair of the u.s. central bank and on what date did this person take office
Janet Yellen February 1 , 2014
Janet Yellen February 1 , 2014