List of Secretaries of State of the United States

United States Secretary of State
Official Seal United States Department of State
Incumbent Hillary Rodham Clinton since January 21, 2009
Appointer	President of United States
Inaugural holder	Thomas Jefferson[1]
Formation	July 27, 1789[2]
Succession	Fourth
Website	www.state.gov

List of Secretaries of State

Parties

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Status

#	Portrait	Name	State of Residence	Term Began	Term Ended	President(s) served under
–		John Jay[A]	New York	September 26, 1789	March 22, 1790	George Washington
1		Thomas Jefferson[M]	Virginia	March 22, 1790	December 31, 1793	George Washington
2		Edmund Randolph	Virginia	January 2, 1794	August 20, 1795	George Washington
3		Timothy Pickering	Pennsylvania	August 20, 1795	December 10, 1795[B]	George Washington John Adams
				December 10, 1795	May 12, 1800
–		Charles Lee[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.[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[B]
				February 28, 1815	March 3, 1817
–		John Graham	Kentucky	March 4, 1817	March 9, 1817	James Monroe
–		Richard Rush[C]	Pennsylvania	March 10, 1817	September 22, 1817	James Monroe
8		John Quincy Adams[M]	Massachusetts	March 5, 1817	March 3, 1825	James Monroe
–		Daniel Brent		March 4, 1825	March 7, 1825	John Quincy Adams
9		Henry Clay	Kentucky	March 7, 1825	March 3, 1829	John Quincy Adams
–		James Alexander Hamilton	New York	March 4, 1829	March 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		March 4, 1841	March 5, 1841	William Henry Harrison
14		Daniel Webster	Massachusetts	March 6, 1841	May 8, 1843	William Harrison John Tyler
–		Hugh S. Legaré	South Carolina	May 9, 1843	June 20, 1843	John Tyler
–		William S. Derrick		June 21, 1843	June 23, 1843	John Tyler
15		Abel P. Upshur	Virginia	June 24, 1843	July 23, 1843[D]	John Tyler
				July 24, 1843	February 28, 1844
–		John Nelson[C]	Maryland	February 29, 1844	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 M. Conrad[B]	Louisiana	October 25, 1852	November 5, 1852	Millard Fillmore
20		Edward Everett	Massachusetts	November 6, 1852	March 3, 1853	Millard Fillmore
–		William Hunter[F]	Rhode Island	March 4, 1853	March 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	Rhode Island	December 15, 1860	December 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, 1869	March 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, 1881	December 19, 1881	James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur
29		Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	New Jersey	December 19, 1881	March 6, 1885	Chester Arthur[E]
30		Thomas F. 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[G]	Massachusetts	June 4, 1892	June 29, 1892	Benjamin Harrison
32		John W. Foster	Indiana	June 29, 1892	February 23, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
–		William F. Wharton[G]	Massachusetts	February 24, 1893	March 6, 1893	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
33		Walter Q. Gresham	Illinois	March 7, 1893	May 28, 1895	Grover Cleveland
–		Edwin F. Uhl[G]	Michigan	May 28, 1895	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[H]	New York	September 17, 1898	September 29, 1898	William McKinley
36		William R. Day	Ohio	April 28, 1898	September 16, 1898	William McKinley
37		John Hay	Illinois	September 30, 1898	July 1, 1905	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
–		Francis B. Loomis[G]	Ohio	July 1, 1905	July 18, 1905	Theodore Roosevelt
38		Elihu Root	New York	July 19, 1905	January 27, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
39		Robert Bacon	Massachusetts	January 27, 1909	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, 1915	June 23, 1915	Woodrow Wilson
				June 24, 1915	February 13, 1920
–		Frank Polk[I]	New York	February 14, 1920	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[I]	New Hampshire	June 28, 1945	July 3, 1945	Harry S. Truman
49		James F. Byrnes	South Carolina	July 3, 1945	January 21, 1947	Harry S. Truman
50		George Marshall	Virginia	January 21, 1947	January 20, 1949	Harry S. Truman
51		Dean Acheson	Connecticut	January 21, 1949	January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
–		Harrison F. Matthews[J]	Maryland	January 20, 1953	January 21, 1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
52		John Foster Dulles	New York	January 21, 1953	April 22, 1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
53		Christian Herter	Massachusetts	April 22, 1959	January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
–		Livingston T. Merchant	District of Columbia	January 20, 1961	January 21, 1961	John F. Kennedy
54		Dean Rusk	Georgia	January 21, 1961	January 20, 1969	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
–		Charles E. Bohlen	Washington, DC	January 20, 1969	January 22, 1969	Richard Nixon
55		William P. Rogers	New York	January 22, 1969	September 3, 1973	Richard Nixon
–		Kenneth Rush	Florida	September 3, 1973	September 22, 1973	Richard Nixon
56		Henry Kissinger	New York	September 22, 1973	January 20, 1977	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
–		Philip Habib	California	January 20, 1977	January 23, 1977	Jimmy Carter
57		Cyrus Vance	New York	January 23, 1977	April 28, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Warren Christopher[K][3]	California	April 28, 1980	May 2, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		David D. Newsom[L][3]		May 2, 1980	May 3, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Richard N. Cooper[N][3]		May 3, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		David D. Newsom[L][3]		May 3, 1980	May 4, 1980	Jimmy Carter
–		Warren Christopher[K][3]	California	May 4, 1980	May 8, 1980	Jimmy Carter
58		Edmund Muskie	Maine	May 8, 1980	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
59		Alexander Haig	Pennsylvania	January 22, 1981	July 5, 1982	Ronald Reagan
–		Walter J. Stoessel[K]	California	July 5, 1982	July 16, 1982	Ronald Reagan
60		George P. Shultz	Illinois	July 16, 1982	January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
–		Michael Armacost[L]	Maryland	January 20, 1989	January 25, 1989	George H. W. Bush
61		James Baker	Texas	January 25, 1989	August 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
62		Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger	Wisconsin	August 23, 1992	December 8, 1992[K]	George H. W. Bush
				December 8, 1992	January 20, 1993
–		Arnold Kanter[L][4]	Virginia	January 20, 1993	Bill Clinton
–		Frank G. Wisner[O][4]		January 20, 1993	Bill Clinton
63		Warren Christopher	California	January 20, 1993	January 17, 1997	Bill Clinton
64		Madeleine Albright	Virginia	January 23, 1997	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
65		Colin Powell	New York	January 20, 2001	January 26, 2005	George W. Bush
66		Condoleezza Rice	Alabama	January 26, 2005	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
–		William Joseph Burns	District of Columbia	January 20, 2009	January 21, 2009	Barack Obama
67		Hillary Rodham Clinton	New York	January 21, 2009	Present	Barack Obama

Living former Secretaries of State

As of June 2011^[update], there are six living former Secretaries of State. The most recent Secretary of State to die was Lawrence Eagleburger (1992-1993), on June 4, 2011.

See also

• List of United States Secretaries of State by time in office
• Living former cabinet members

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.
• ^N As Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
• ^O As Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs.

References

v t e State Secretaries of the United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1781–1789 R. Livingston Jay Secretary of State 1789–present Jefferson Randolph Pickering J. Marshall Madison Smith Monroe Adams Clay Van Buren E. 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