Social Security Administration

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA)^[2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is in charge of Social Security, a social insurance program for people living in retirement, with a disability or are survivor benefits.

Social Security Administration

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Agency overview
Formed	August 14, 1935; 90 years ago (1935-08-14)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Woodlawn, Maryland, U.S.
Employees	60,000
Annual budget	$1.3 trillion (FY 2022)[1]
Agency executive	Frank Bisignano, Commissioner
Key document	42 U.S.C. § 901
Website	www.ssa.gov

The Social Security Administration was created by the Social Security Act of 1935. It was created in 1935 as the "Social Security Board".

Its current leader is Commissioner Frank Bisignano.^[3]

List of SSA Commissioners

Source:^[4]

No.	Image	Name		Start	End	Notes	President
1			Arthur Altmeyer	July 16, 1946	April 10, 1953			Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
								Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
–			William Mitchell Acting	April 11, 1953	November 23, 1953	[5]
2			John Tramburg	November 24, 1953	July 31, 1954	[6]
3			Charles Schottland	August 23, 1954	December 31, 1958	[7]
4			William Mitchell	February 4, 1959	April 3, 1962	[5]
								John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
5			Bob Ball	April 17, 1962	March 17, 1973	[8]
								Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
								Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
–			Arthur Hess Acting	March 18, 1973	October 24, 1973	[9]
6			James Cardwell	October 25, 1973	December 12, 1977	[10]
								Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
								Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
–			Don Wortman Acting	December 13, 1977	October 4, 1978	[11]
7			Stanford Ross	October 5, 1978	December 31, 1979	[12]
–			Herb Doggette Acting	January 1, 1980	January 2, 1980	[13]
8			William Driver	January 3, 1980	January 19, 1981	[14]
–			Herb Doggette Acting	January 20, 1981	May 5, 1981	[13]		Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
9			John Svahn	May 6, 1981	September 12, 1983	[15]
–			Martha McSteen Acting	September 14, 1983	June 25, 1986	[16]
10			Dorcas Hardy	June 26, 1986	July 31, 1989	[17]
								George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
11			Gwendolyn King	August 1, 1989	September 30, 1992	[18]
–			Lou Enoff Acting	October 1, 1992	July 18, 1993	[19]
								Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
–			Lawrence Thompson Acting	July 19, 1993	October 7, 1993	[20]
12			Shirley Chater	October 8, 1993	February 28, 1997	[21]
–			John Callahan Acting	March 1, 1997	September 28, 1997	[22]
13			Ken Apfel	September 29, 1997	January 20, 2001	[23]
–			Bill Halter Acting	January 21, 2001	March 28, 2001	[24]		George W. Bush (2001–2009)
–			Larry Massanari Acting	March 29, 2001	November 9, 2001	[25]
14			Jo Anne Barnhart	November 9, 2001	January 19, 2007	[26]
–			Linda McMahon Acting	January 20, 2007	February 11, 2007	[27]
15			Michael Astrue	February 12, 2007	January 19, 2013	[28]
								Barack Obama (2009–2017)
–			Carolyn Colvin Acting	January 19, 2013	January 20, 2017	[29]
–			Nancy Berryhill Acting	January 21, 2017	June 17, 2019	[30]		Donald Trump (2017–2021)
16			Andrew Saul	June 17, 2019	July 9, 2021	[31]
								Joe Biden (2021–2025)
–			Kilolo Kijakazi Acting	July 9, 2021	December 20, 2023	[32]
17			Martin O'Malley	December 20, 2023	November 29, 2024	[33][34]
–			Carolyn Colvin Acting	November 30, 2024	January 20, 2025	[29]
–			Michelle King Acting	January 20, 2025	February 16, 2025	[35]		Donald Trump (2025–present)
–			Leland Dudek Acting	February 16, 2025	May 7, 2025	[36]
18			Frank Bisignano	May 7, 2025	Incumbent	[37]