Seventeen people have led the Federal Reserve since 1914
The chair of the Federal Reserve heads the Board of Governors, the governing body of the US central bank in Washington, and also chairs the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's main monetary policymaking body. The President chooses the chair from among the Board's members for a four-year term, and since 1977 the Senate has had to confirm the choice. Until the Banking Act of 1935 took effect in 1936, the head of the Board held the title of governor rather than chairman. Counting those governors, seventeen people have led the Fed since its first Board took office in 1914. The current chair was sworn in on 22 May 2026, and his predecessor stayed on the Board as a governor.
Name them all first. Then name them in four eras.