There are different residency requirements for public office in Texas. Secretary of State has residency requirements and those must be met in order to be elected. A candidate must be a resident of Texas for at least 2 years.
Residency is maintained in Texas while working in another state. Residency is not dependent on employment. The state of employment is just a factor when filing income taxes.
Esperanza Andrade is the current Secretary of State of Texas. She was named to that position by Governor Rick Perry in July of 2008 after the previous Secretary of State of Texas resigned.
There are no specific or legal requirements to become the United States Secretary of State. The position was created in 1789.
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Sam Houston appointed five Secretaries of State during his service to Texas. The first Secretary of State for Texas and appointed by Sam Houston was Stephen F. Austin. J. Pinckney Henderson was appointed the second and Robert A. Inion was Houston's third Secretary of State during his first term as the President of the Republic of Texas. Anson Jones was the Secretary of State during Houston's second term in office and went on to become the last President of the Republic. James Pinckney Henderson went on to become the first Governor of the US State of Texas and died while serving as a US Senator for Texas in 1858. E. W. Cave was appointed to the office of Secretary of State of the State of Texas by Sam Houston when he served as the 7th Governor of the State of Texas.