His first Secretary of State was Robert Smith,lawyer from Maryland. Madison appointed him as a favor to two senators and never had much confidence in him. After 2 years, he replaced him with James Monroe who served the next 6 years.
Secretary of War
William Eustis (1809 - 1812) • John Armstrong (1813 - 1814) • James Monroe (1814 - 1815) • Alexander J. Dallas (1815 - 1815) • William H. Crawford (1815 - 1816) • George Graham (1816 - 1817)
U.S. Secretaries of War Appointed by George Washington:
Robert Smith served as Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811, when he was fired and replaced by
James Monroe , the next president, who served the next 6 years.
Madison had four Secretaries of War who were
Doug La Follette, Secretary of State
There were 3 Secretaries of War serving at separate time periods during Washington's term as President. They were Henry Knox, Timothy Picking and James McHenry.
james monroe
Doug La Follette, Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson appointed his good friend James Madison as secretary of state
Thomas Jefferson was the first Secretary of State.
James Madison was the President for whom Monroe served as Secretary of State. (He also served as Madison's Secretary of War for a year or so.)
James Madison was the President for whom Monroe served as Secretary of State. (He also served as Madison's Secretary of War for a year or so.)
James Madison held the post of Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State. Holding the position between March 2 1801 and March 3 1809 James Madison was the 5th United States Secretary of State.
Thomas Jefferson appointed Madison to this position .
James Madison was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson. Madison served in that capacity from 1801-1809, then succeed Jefferson as President from 1809-1817.
James Monroe held both of these two positions for a year or so under President James Madison. He served as Secretary of State for all of Madison's administration.
It was named by Lewis and Clark for the Secretary of the State at the time, James Madison.
Madison
James Madison was the fourth president of the United States. He was also a Secretary of State and a representative for the state of Virginia.