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List of secretaries of state of the United States

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This is a list of people who served as the United States secretary of state.

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List of secretaries of state

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N° Secretary Party Vote[a] Term of office State President(s)
Portrait Name Took office Left office Term
–   John Jay

(1745–1829)

Federalist – September 15, 1789 March 22, 1790 188 days New York George Washington
1   Thomas Jefferson

(1743–1826) [2]

Democratic-

Republican

– March 22, 1790 December 31, 1793 3 years, 284 days Virginia
2   Edmund Randolph

(1753–1813) [3]

Federalist – January 2, 1794 August 20, 1795 1 year, 232 days Virginia
3   Timothy Pickering

(1745–1829) [4]

Federalist – August 20, 1795 December 10, 1795[b] 4 years, 265 days Pennsylvania
December 10, 1795 May 12, 1800
John Adams
–   Charles Lee

(1758–1815) [c][5]

Federalist – May 13, 1800 June 5, 1800 23 days Virginia
4   John Marshall

(1755–1835) [6]

Federalist – June 13, 1800 February 4, 1801 264 days Virginia
February 4, 1801 March 4, 1801[d]
–   Levi Lincoln Sr.

(1749–1820) [c][7]

Democratic-

Republican

– March 5, 1801 May 1, 1801 57 days Massachusetts Thomas Jefferson
5   James Madison

(1751–1836) [8]

Democratic-

Republican

– May 2, 1801 March 3, 1809 7 years, 305 days Virginia
6   Robert Smith

(1757–1842) [9]

Democratic-

Republican

– March 6, 1809 April 1, 1811 2 years, 26 days Maryland James Madison
7   James Monroe

(1758–1831) [10]

Democratic-

Republican

30–0 April 2, 1811 September 30, 1814 5 years, 335 days Virginia
October 1, 1814 February 28, 1815[b]
February 28, 1815 March 3, 1817
– John Graham

(1774–1820) [e][11]

Democratic-

Republican

– March 4, 1817 March 9, 1817 5 days Kentucky James Monroe
–   Richard Rush

(1780–1859) [c][12]

Federalist – March 10, 1817 September 22, 1817 196 days Pennsylvania
8   John Quincy Adams

(1767–1848) [13]

Democratic-

Republican

29–1 September 22, 1817 March 3, 1825 7 years, 162 days Massachusetts
– Daniel Brent

(1770–1841) [e][14]

Democratic-

Republican

– March 4, 1825 March 7, 1825 3 days Virginia John Quincy

Adams

9   Henry Clay

(1777–1852) [15]

Democratic-

Republican

27–14 March 7, 1825 March 3, 1829 3 years, 361 days Kentucky
National

Republican

–   James Alexander

Hamilton (1788–1878) [16]

Democratic – March 4, 1829 March 27, 1829 23 days New York Andrew Jackson
10   Martin Van Buren

(1782–1862) [17]

Democratic 25–7 March 28, 1829 May 23, 1831 2 years, 56 days New York
11   Edward Livingston

(1764–1836) [18]

Democratic – May 24, 1831 May 29, 1833 2 years, 5 days Louisiana
12   Louis McLane

(1786–1857) [19]

Democratic [f] May 29, 1833 June 30, 1834 1 year, 32 days Delaware
13   John Forsyth

(1780–1841) [20]

Democratic – July 1, 1834 March 3, 1841 6 years, 245 days Georgia
Martin Van Buren
– Jacob L. Martin

(?–1848) [e][21]

– – March 4, 1841 March 5, 1841 1 day District of

Columbia

William Henry

Harrison

14   Daniel Webster

(1782–1852) [22]

Whig – March 6, 1841 May 8, 1843 2 years, 63 days Massachusetts
John Tyler
–   Hugh S. Legaré

(1797–1843) [c][23]

Democratic – May 9, 1843 June 20, 1843 42 days South Carolina
– William S. Derrick

(1802–1852) [e][24]

– – June 21, 1843 June 23, 1843 2 days Pennsylvania
15   Abel P. Upshur

(1791–1844) [25]

Whig – June 24, 1843 July 23, 1843[g] 220 days Virginia
July 24, 1843 February 28, 1844
–   John Nelson

(1791–1860) [c][26]

Whig – February 29, 1844 March 31, 1844 31 days Maryland
16   John C. Calhoun

(1782–1850) [27]

Democratic – April 1, 1844 March 10, 1845[h] 343 days South Carolina
17   James Buchanan

(1791–1868) [28]

Democratic – March 10, 1845 March 7, 1849[h] 3 years, 362 days Pennsylvania James K. Polk
18   John M. Clayton

(1796–1856) [29]

Whig – March 8, 1849 July 22, 1850 1 year, 136 days Delaware Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
19   Daniel Webster

(1782–1852) [22]

Whig – July 23, 1850 October 24, 1852 2 years, 93 days Massachusetts
–   Charles Magill Conrad

(1804–1878) [b][30]

Whig – October 25, 1852 November 5, 1852 11 days Louisiana
20   Edward Everett

(1794–1865) [31]

Whig – November 6, 1852 March 3, 1853 117 days Massachusetts
–   William Hunter

(1805–1886) [e][32]

– – March 4, 1853 March 7, 1853 3 days Rhode Island Franklin Pierce
21   William L. Marcy

(1786–1857) [33]

Democratic – March 7, 1853 March 6, 1857[h] 3 years, 364 days New York
22   Lewis Cass

(1782–1866) [34]

Democratic – March 6, 1857 December 14, 1860 3 years, 283 days Michigan James Buchanan
–   William Hunter

(1805–1886) [e][32]

– – December 15, 1860 December 16, 1860 1 day Rhode Island
23   Jeremiah S. Black

(1810–1883) [35]

Democratic – December 17, 1860 March 5, 1861[h] 78 days New York
24   William H. Seward

(1801–1872) [36]

Republican – March 5, 1861 March 4, 1869 7 years, 364 days New York Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
25   Elihu B. Washburne

(1816–1887) [37]

Republican – March 5, 1869 March 16, 1869 11 days Illinois Ulysses S. Grant
26   Hamilton Fish

(1808–1893) [38]

Republican – March 17, 1869 March 12, 1877[h] 7 years, 360 days New York
27   William M. Evarts

(1818–1901) [39]

Republican 44–2 March 12, 1877 March 7, 1881[h] 3 years, 360 days New York Rutherford B.

Hayes

28   James G. Blaine

(1830–1893) [40]

Republican – March 7, 1881 December 19, 1881 287 days Maine James A.

Garfield

Chester A.

Arthur

29   Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen

(1817–1885) [41]

Republican – December 19, 1881 March 6, 1885[h] 3 years, 77 days New Jersey
30   Thomas F. Bayard

(1828–1898) [42]

Democratic – March 7, 1885 March 6, 1889[h] 3 years, 364 days Delaware Grover Cleveland
31   James G. Blaine

(1830–1893) [40]

Republican – March 7, 1889 June 4, 1892 3 years, 89 days Maine Benjamin Harrison
–   William F. Wharton

(1847–1919) [i][43]

Republican – June 4, 1892 June 29, 1892 25 days Massachusetts
32   John W. Foster

(1836–1917) [44]

Republican – June 29, 1892 February 23, 1893 239 days Indiana
–   William F. Wharton

(1847–1919) [i][43]

Republican – February 24, 1893 March 6, 1893 10 days Massachusetts
Grover Cleveland
33   Walter Q. Gresham

(1832–1895) [45]

Democratic – March 7, 1893 May 28, 1895 2 years, 82 days Illinois
–   Edwin F. Uhl

(1841–1901) [i][46]

Democratic – May 28, 1895 June 9, 1895 12 days Michigan
34   Richard Olney

(1835–1917) [47]

Democratic – June 10, 1895 March 5, 1897[h] 1 year, 268 days Massachusetts
35   John Sherman

(1823–1900) [48]

Republican – March 6, 1897 April 27, 1898 1 year, 52 days Ohio William McKinley
36   William R. Day

(1849–1923) [49]

Republican – April 28, 1898 September 16, 1898 141 days Ohio
–   Alvey A. Adee

(1842–1924) [j][50]

Independent – September 17, 1898 September 29, 1898 12 days New York
37   John Hay

(1838–1905) [51]

Republican – September 30, 1898 July 1, 1905 6 years, 274 days District of

Columbia

Theodore Roosevelt
–   Francis B. Loomis

(1861–1948) [i][52]

Republican – July 1, 1905 July 18, 1905 17 days Ohio
38   Elihu Root

(1845–1937) [53]

Republican – July 19, 1905 January 27, 1909 3 years, 192 days New York
39   Robert Bacon

(1860–1919) [54]

Republican – January 27, 1909 March 5, 1909[h] 37 days New York
40   Philander C. Knox

(1853–1921) [55]

Republican – March 6, 1909 March 5, 1913[h] 3 years, 364 days Pennsylvania William Howard Taft
41   William

Jennings Bryan (1860–1925) [56]

Democratic – March 5, 1913 June 9, 1915 2 years, 96 days Nebraska Woodrow Wilson
42   Robert Lansing

(1864–1928) [57]

Democratic – June 9, 1915 June 24, 1915[k] 4 years, 249 days New York
June 24, 1915 February 13, 1920
–   Frank Polk

(1871–1943) [l][58]

Democratic – February 14, 1920 March 14, 1920 29 days New York
43   Bainbridge Colby

(1869–1950) [59]

Democratic – March 23, 1920 March 4, 1921 346 days New York
44   Charles Evans

Hughes (1862–1948) [60]

Republican – March 5, 1921 March 4, 1925 3 years, 364 days New York Warren G.

Harding

Calvin Coolidge
45   Frank B. Kellogg

(1856–1937) [61]

Republican – March 5, 1925 March 28, 1929 4 years, 23 days Minnesota
Herbert Hoover
46   Henry L. Stimson

(1867–1950) [62]

Republican – March 28, 1929 March 4, 1933 3 years, 341 days New York
47   Cordell Hull

(1871–1955) [63]

Democratic – March 4, 1933 November 30, 1944 11 years, 271 days Tennessee Franklin D.

Roosevelt

48   Edward Stettinius Jr.

(1900–1949) [64]

Democratic 68–1 December 1, 1944 June 27, 1945 208 days Virginia
Harry S. Truman
–   Joseph Grew

(1880–1965) [l][65]

Independent – June 28, 1945 July 3, 1945 5 days New Hampshire
49   James F. Byrnes

(1882–1972) [66]

Democratic – July 3, 1945 January 21, 1947 1 year, 202 days South Carolina
50   George C. Marshall

(1880–1959) [67]

Independent – January 21, 1947 January 20, 1949 1 year, 365 days Pennsylvania
51   Dean Acheson

(1893–1971) [68]

Democratic 83–6 January 21, 1949 January 20, 1953 3 years, 365 days Maryland
–   H. Freeman

Matthews (1899–1986) [l][69]

Independent – January 20, 1953 January 21, 1953 1 day Maryland Dwight D.

Eisenhower

52   John Foster Dulles

(1888–1959) [70]

Republican – January 21, 1953 April 22, 1959 6 years, 91 days New York
53   Christian Herter

(1895–1966) [71]

Republican 93–0 April 22, 1959 January 20, 1961 1 year, 273 days Massachusetts
–   Livingston T.

Merchant (1903–1976) [m][72]

Independent – January 20, 1961 January 21, 1961 1 day District of

Columbia

John F.

Kennedy

54   Dean Rusk

(1909–1994) [73]

Democratic – January 21, 1961 January 20, 1969 7 years, 365 days New York
Lyndon B.

Johnson

–   Charles E. Bohlen

(1904–1974) [n][74]

Independent – January 20, 1969 January 22, 1969 2 days District of

Columbia

Richard Nixon
55   William P. Rogers

(1913–2001) [75]

Republican – January 22, 1969 September 3, 1973 4 years, 224 days Maryland
–   Kenneth Rush

(1910–1994) [o][76]

Republican – September 3, 1973 September 22, 1973 19 days Florida
56   Henry Kissinger

(1923–2023) [77]

Republican 78–7 September 22, 1973 January 20, 1977 3 years, 120 days District of

Columbia

Gerald Ford
–   Philip Habib

(1920–1992) [m][78]

Independent – January 20, 1977 January 23, 1977 3 days California Jimmy Carter
57   Cyrus Vance

(1917–2002) [79]

Democratic Voice January 23, 1977 April 28, 1980 3 years, 96 days New York
–   Warren Christopher

(1925–2011) [o][80]

Democratic – April 28, 1980 May 2, 1980 4 days California
–   David D. Newsom

(1918–2008) [m][81]

Independent – May 2, 1980 May 3, 1980 1 day California
– Richard N. Cooper

(1934–2020) [p][82]

Independent – May 3, 1980 0 days Connecticut
–   David D. Newsom

(1918–2008) [m][81]

Independent – May 3, 1980 May 4, 1980 1 day California
–   Warren Christopher

(1925–2011) [o][80]

Democratic – May 4, 1980 May 8, 1980 4 days California
58 Edmund Muskie

(1914–1996) [83]

Democratic 94–2 May 8, 1980 January 18, 1981 255 days Maine
–   David D. Newsom

(1918–2008) [m][81]

Independent – January 18, 1981 January 22, 1981 4 days California
59   Alexander Haig

(1924–2010) [84]

Republican 93–6 January 22, 1981 July 5, 1982 1 year, 164 days Connecticut Ronald Reagan
–   Walter J. Stoessel Jr.

(1920–1986) [o][85]

Independent – July 5, 1982 July 16, 1982 11 days California
60   George Shultz

(1920–2021) [86]

Republican 97–0 July 16, 1982 January 20, 1989 6 years, 188 days California
–   Michael Armacost

(b. 1937) [m][87]

Independent – January 20, 1989 January 25, 1989 5 days Maryland George H. W. Bush
61   James Baker

(b. 1930) [88]

Republican 99–0 January 25, 1989 August 23, 1992 3 years, 211 days Texas
62   Lawrence Eagleburger

(1930–2011) [89]

Republican – August 23, 1992 December 8, 1992[o] 150 days Florida
Recess December 8, 1992 January 20, 1993
– Arnold Kanter

(1945–2010) [p][90]

Independent – January 20, 1993 0 days District of

Columbia

–   Frank G. Wisner

(b. 1938) [p][91]

Independent – January 20, 1993 0 days District of

Columbia

Bill Clinton
63   Warren Christopher

(1925–2011) [80]

Democratic Voice January 20, 1993 January 17, 1997 3 years, 363 days California
64   Madeleine Albright

(1937–2022) [92]

Democratic 99–0 January 23, 1997 January 20, 2001 3 years, 363 days District of

Columbia

65   Colin Powell

(1937–2021) [93]

Republican Voice January 20, 2001 January 26, 2005 4 years, 6 days Virginia George W. Bush
66   Condoleezza Rice

(b. 1954) [94]

Republican 85–13 January 26, 2005 January 20, 2009 3 years, 360 days California
–   William J. Burns

(b. 1956) [m]

Independent – January 20, 2009 January 21, 2009 1 day District of

Columbia

Barack Obama
67   Hillary Clinton

(b. 1947) [95]

Democratic 94–2 January 21, 2009 February 1, 2013 4 years, 11 days New York
68   John Kerry

(b. 1943) [96]

Democratic 94–3 February 1, 2013 January 20, 2017 3 years, 354 days Massachusetts
–   Thomas A.

Shannon Jr. (b. 1958 ) [m][97]

Republican – January 20, 2017 February 1, 2017 12 days Minnesota Donald Trump
69   Rex Tillerson

(b. 1952) [98]

Republican 55–43 February 1, 2017 March 31, 2018 1 year, 58 days Texas
–   John J. Sullivan

(b. 1959) [o]

Republican – April 1, 2018 April 26, 2018 25 days Massachusetts
70   Mike Pompeo

(b. 1963) [99]

Republican 57–42 April 26, 2018 January 20, 2021 2 years, 269 days Kansas
–   Daniel Bennett Smith

(b. 1956) [q][100]

Independent – January 20, 2021 January 26, 2021 6 days Virginia Joe Biden
71   Antony Blinken

(b. 1962) [101]

Democratic 78–22 January 26, 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 294 days New York

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  1. ↑ Where no vote is listed, confirmation was by voice vote or otherwise unrecorded.[1]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 As Secretary of War.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 As Attorney General.
  4. ↑ As Chief Justice of the United States.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 As Chief Clerk of the State Department.
  6. ↑ This appears to have been a recess appointment that was never submitted to the Senate.[1]
  7. ↑ As Secretary of the Navy.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 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.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 As Assistant Secretary of State.
  10. ↑ As Second Assistant Secretary of State.
  11. ↑ As Counselor for the Department of State.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 As Under Secretary of State.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 As Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
  14. ↑ As Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 As Deputy Secretary of State.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 As Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
  17. ↑ As Director of the Foreign Service Institute.
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