Administrative assistant is another title for secretary.
An alternate term for "secretary" could be "administrative assistant" or "clerk."
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United States Assistant Secretary of State ended in 1924.
United States Assistant Secretary of State was created in 1867.
Administrative Assistant or Executive Assistant
Secretariat, Administrative Assistant, Personal Assistant.
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John Hay was Lincoln's assistant secretary. In other words, John Hay was employed as the secretary to John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary.
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An undersecretary is directly subordinate to a member of the cabinet. An assistant secretary is a person who is a junior minister assigned to a specific cabinet member.
John Hay was Lincoln's secretary and personal assistant.