List of Secretaries of State of the United States

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Below is a list of the Secretaries of State of the United States. The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence. The current Secretary of State is former First Lady and United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

[edit] List of Secretaries of State

     Denotes acting Secretary of State

#	Picture	Name	State of Residence	Term of Office	President(s) served under
–		John Jay (acting[A])	New York	September 26, 1789 – March 22, 1790	George Washington
1		Thomas Jefferson[M]	Virginia	September 26, 1789 – December 31, 1793	George Washington
2		Edmund Randolph	Virginia	January 2, 1794 – August 20, 1795	George Washington
3		Timothy Pickering	Massachusetts	August 20 – December 10, 1795 (acting[B])	George Washington John Adams
				December 10, 1795 – May 12, 1800
–		Charles Lee (acting[C])	Virginia	May 13, 1800 – June 5, 1800	John Adams
4		John Marshall	Virginia	June 13, 1800 – March 4, 1801	John Adams
–		Levi Lincoln, Sr. (acting[C])	Massachusetts	March 5, 1801 – May 1, 1801	Thomas Jefferson
5		James Madison[M]	Virginia	May 2, 1801 – March 3, 1809	Thomas Jefferson
6		Robert Smith	Maryland	March 6, 1809 – April 1, 1811	James Madison
7		James Monroe[M]	Virginia	April 2, 1811 – September 30, 1814	James Madison
				September 30, 1814 – February 28, 1815 (acting[B])
				February 28, 1815 – March 3, 1817
–		John Graham (acting)		March 4 – 9, 1817	James Monroe
–		Richard Rush (acting[C])	Pennsylvania	March 10 – September 22, 1817	James Monroe
8		John Quincy Adams[M]	Massachusetts	March 5, 1817 – March 3, 1825	James Monroe
–		Daniel Brent (acting)		March 4 – 7, 1825	John Quincy Adams
9		Henry Clay	Kentucky	March 7, 1825 – March 3, 1829	John Quincy Adams
–		James Alexander Hamilton (acting)	New York	March 4 – 27, 1829	Andrew Jackson
10		Martin Van Buren[M]	New York	March 28, 1829 – May 23, 1831	Andrew Jackson
11		Edward Livingston	Louisiana	May 24, 1831 – May 29, 1833	Andrew Jackson
12		Louis McLane	Delaware	May 29, 1833 – June 30, 1834	Andrew Jackson
13		John Forsyth	Georgia	July 1, 1834 – March 3, 1841	Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren
–		Jacob L. Martin (acting)		March 4 – 5, 1841	William Henry Harrison
14		Daniel Webster	Massachusetts	March 6, 1841 – May 8, 1843	William Harrison John Tyler
–		Hugh S. Legaré (acting)	South Carolina	May 9, 1843 – June 20, 1843	John Tyler
–		William S. Derrick (acting)		June 21 – 23, 1843	John Tyler
15		Abel P. Upshur	Virginia	June 24 – July 23, 1843 (acting[D])	John Tyler
				July 24, 1843 – February 28, 1844
–		John Nelson (acting[C])	Maryland	February 29 – March 31, 1844	John Tyler
16		John C. Calhoun	South Carolina	April 1, 1844 – March 10, 1845	John Tyler[E]
17		James Buchanan[M]	Pennsylvania	March 10, 1845 – March 7, 1849	James K. Polk[E]
18		John M. Clayton	Delaware	March 8, 1849 – July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore
19		Daniel Webster	Massachusetts	July 23, 1850 – October 24, 1852	Millard Fillmore
–		Charles Magill Conrad (acting[B])	Louisiana	October 25 – November 5, 1852	Millard Fillmore
20		Edward Everett	Massachusetts	November 6, 1852 – March 3, 1853	Millard Fillmore
–		William Hunter (acting[F])	Rhode Island	March 4 – 7, 1853	Franklin Pierce
21		William L. Marcy	New York	March 7, 1853 – March 6, 1857	Franklin Pierce[E]
22		Lewis Cass	Michigan	March 6, 1857 – December 14, 1860	James Buchanan
–		William Hunter (acting)	Rhode Island	December 15 – 16, 1860	James Buchanan
23		Jeremiah S. Black	Pennsylvania	December 17, 1860 – March 5, 1861	James Buchanan[E]
24		William H. Seward	New York	March 5, 1861 – March 4, 1869	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
25		Elihu B. Washburne	Illinois	March 5 – 16, 1869	Ulysses S. Grant
26		Hamilton Fish	New York	March 17, 1869 – March 12, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant[E]
27		William M. Evarts	New York	March 12, 1877 – March 7, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes[E]
28		James G. Blaine	Maine	March 7 – December 19, 1881	James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur
29		Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen	New Jersey	December 19, 1881 – March 6, 1885	Chester Arthur[E]
30		Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr.	Delaware	March 7, 1885 – March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland[E]
31		James G. Blaine	Maine	March 7, 1889 – June 4, 1892	Benjamin Harrison
–		William F. Wharton (acting[G])	Massachusetts	June 4 – 29, 1892	Benjamin Harrison
32		John W. Foster	Indiana	June 29, 1892 – February 23, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
–		William F. Wharton (acting[G])	Massachusetts	February 24 – March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
33		Walter Q. Gresham	Illinois	March 7, 1893 – May 28, 1895	Grover Cleveland
–		Edwin F. Uhl (acting[G])	Michigan	May 28 – June 9, 1895	Grover Cleveland
34		Richard Olney	Massachusetts	June 10, 1895 – March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland[E]
35		John Sherman	Ohio	March 6, 1897 – April 27, 1898	William McKinley
–		Alvey A. Adee (acting[H])	New York	September 17 – September 29, 1898	William McKinley
36		William R. Day	Ohio	April 28 – September 16, 1898	William McKinley
37		John Hay	District of Columbia	September 30, 1898 – July 1, 1905	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
–		Francis B. Loomis (acting[G])	Ohio	July 1 – July 18, 1905	Theodore Roosevelt
38		Elihu Root	New York	July 19, 1905 – January 27, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
39		Robert Bacon	New York	January 27 – March 5, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt[E]
40		Philander C. Knox	Pennsylvania	March 6, 1909 – March 5, 1913	William Howard Taft[E]
41		William Jennings Bryan	Nebraska	March 5, 1913 – June 9, 1915	Woodrow Wilson
42		Robert Lansing	New York	June 9 – 23, 1915 (acting)	Woodrow Wilson
				June 24, 1915 – February 13, 1920
–		Frank Polk (acting[I])	New York	February 14 – March 12, 1920	Woodrow Wilson
43		Bainbridge Colby	New York	March 23, 1920 – March 4, 1921	Woodrow Wilson
44		Charles Evans Hughes	New York	March 5, 1921 – March 4, 1925	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
45		Frank B. Kellogg	Minnesota	March 5, 1925 – March 28, 1929	Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
46		Henry L. Stimson	New York	March 28, 1929 – March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
47		Cordell Hull	Tennessee	March 4, 1933 – November 30, 1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt
48		Edward Stettinius, Jr.	Virginia	December 1, 1944 – June 27, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
–		Joseph Grew (acting[I])	New Hampshire	June 28 – July 3, 1945	Harry S. Truman
49		James F. Byrnes	South Carolina	July 3, 1945 – January 21, 1947	Harry S. Truman
50		George Catlett Marshall, Jr.	Pennsylvania	January 21, 1947 – January 20, 1949	Harry S. Truman
51		Dean Acheson	Maryland	January 21, 1949 – January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
–		Harrison Freeman Matthews (acting[J])	Maryland	January 20 – 21, 1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
52		John Foster Dulles	New York	January 21, 1953 – April 22, 1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
53		Christian Archibald Herter	Massachusetts	April 22, 1959 – January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
–		Livingston T. Merchant (acting)	District of Columbia	January 20 – 21, 1961	John F. Kennedy
54		David Dean Rusk	New York	January 21, 1961 – January 20, 1969	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
–		Charles E. Bohlen (acting)		January 20 – 22, 1969	Richard Nixon
55		William P. Rogers	Maryland	January 22, 1969 – September 3, 1973	Richard Nixon
–		Kenneth Rush (acting)		September 3 – 22, 1973	Richard Nixon
56		Henry Kissinger	District of Columbia	September 22, 1973 – January 20, 1977	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
–		Philip Habib (acting)	California	January 20 – 23, 1977	Jimmy Carter
57		Cyrus Vance	New York	January 23, 1977 – April 28, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Warren Minor Christopher (acting[K])	California	April 28 – May 2, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		David Newsom (acting[L])		May 2 – 3, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Richard N. Cooper (acting)		May 3, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		David Newsom (acting[L])		May 3 – 4, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Warren Minor Christopher (acting[K])	California	May 4 – 8, 1980	Jimmy Carter
58		Edmund Muskie	Maine	May 8, 1980 – January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
59		Alexander Haig	Connecticut	January 22, 1981 – July 5, 1982	Ronald Reagan
–		Walter John Stoessel, Jr. (acting[K])	California	July 5 – 16, 1982	Ronald Reagan
60		George P. Shultz	California	July 16, 1982 – January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
–		Michael Armacost (acting[L])	Maryland	January 20 – 25, 1989	George H. W. Bush
61		James Baker	Texas	January 25, 1989 – August 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
62		Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger	Florida	August 23 – December 8, 1992 (acting[K])	George H. W. Bush
				December 8, 1992 – January 20, 1993
–		Arnold Kanter (acting[L])	Virginia	January 20, 1993	Bill Clinton
–		Frank G. Wisner (acting)[1]		January 20, 1993	Bill Clinton
63		Warren Christopher	California	January 20, 1993 – January 17, 1997	Bill Clinton
64		Madeleine Albright	District of Columbia	January 23, 1997 – January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
65		Colin Powell	Virginia	January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005	George W. Bush
66		Condoleezza Rice	California	January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
–		William Joseph Burns (acting[L])	Virginia	January 20, 2009 – January 21, 2009	Barack Obama
67		Hillary Rodham Clinton	New York	January 21, 2009 – present	Barack Obama

[edit] Living Former Secretaries of State

• Henry Kissinger - served under President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford
• Alexander Haig - served under President Ronald Reagan
• George P. Shultz - served under President Ronald Reagan
• James Baker - served under President George H.W. Bush
• Lawrence Eagleburger - served under President George H.W. Bush
• Warren Christopher - served under President Bill Clinton
• Madeleine Albright - served under President Bill Clinton
• Colin Powell - served under President George W. Bush
• Condoleezza Rice - served under President George W. Bush

[edit] Notes

• ^A As United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs, pending the return of Thomas Jefferson from France.
• ^B As Secretary of War.
• ^C As Attorney General.
• ^D As Secretary of the Navy.
• ^E In addition to the President listed, this Secretary of State served for a brief period of time (eight days or less) under that President's successor until a replacement could be named and confirmed.
• ^F As Chief Clerk of the State Department.
• ^G As Assistant Secretary of State.
• ^H As Second Assistant Secretary of State.
• ^I As Under Secretary of State.
• ^J As Deputy Under Secretary of State.
• ^K As Deputy Secretary of State.
• ^L As Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
• ^M Became President of the United States.

[edit] See also

• Living former cabinet members

[edit] References

v • d • e United States Secretaries of State Jefferson • Randolph • Pickering • J Marshall • Madison • Smith • Monroe • Adams • Clay • Van Buren • Livingston • McLane • Forsyth • Webster • Upshur • Calhoun • Buchanan • Clayton • Webster • Everett • Marcy • Cass • Black • Seward • Washburne • Fish • Evarts • Blaine • Frelinghuysen • Bayard • Blaine • Foster • Gresham • Olney • Sherman • Day • Hay • Root • Bacon • Knox • Bryan • Lansing • Colby • Hughes • Kellogg • Stimson • Hull • Stettinius • Byrnes • G Marshall • Acheson • Dulles • Herter • Rusk • Rogers • Kissinger • Vance • Muskie • Haig • Shultz • Baker • Eagleburger • Christopher • Albright • Powell • Rice • Clinton