Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of state under George Washington.
The first Secretary of Foreign Affairs (the original title of the Secretary of State), Robert R. Livingston, was appointed in October 1781. The first Acting Secretary of State under the U.S. Constitution, John Jay, was appointed in September 1789. That was the same month in which the name was changed from Sec. of Foreign Affairs. The first Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, was appointed in March 1790. The current (2014) Secretary of State, John Kerry, was appointed in February 2013.
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Under-Secretary of State for War was created in 1794.
Under-Secretary of State for War ended in 1801.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was created in 1768.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies ended in 1966.
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9 presidents were once cabinet secretaries.Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State under WashingtonJames Madison - Secretary of State under JeffersonJames Monroe- Secretary of State and War under MadisonJohn Quincy Adams - Secretary of State under MonroeMartin Van Buren - Secretary of State under JacksonJames Buchanan - Secretary of State under PolkUlysses S. Grant- Secretary of War ad interum under JohnsonWilliam Howard Taft - Secretary of War under T. RooseveltHerbert Hoover - Secretary of Commerce under Harding and CoolidgeIn addition, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt both served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Thomas Jefferson was the first Secretary of State.
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was created in 1947.
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ended in 1966.