Thomas Jefferson from Virginia served as the first Secretary of State.
He served as secretary of state from 2025 to 2027.
No ex-president has later become a Secretary of State- six have moved up from Secretary of State to president, however.
Condoleezza Rice was the first black woman. She served 8 years with president George W Bush. The first 4 years as the National Security Advisor, and the last 4 yrs, 2005-2009 as the Secretary of State.
Washington's first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson. His first Secretary of Treasury was Alexander Hamilton. His first Secretary of War was Henry Knox.
John Craven was the very first Secretary of State
James Monroe served as Secretary of State and as Secretary of War under Madison. For some of the time, he held both positions at once.
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.)
He served as secretary of state from 2025 to 2027.
Retired army general, Alexander Haig was the 59th Secretary of state and Ronald Reagan's first. He served from January 22, 1981 to July 5, 1982.
Jefferson Davis appointed Robert Toombs as his first Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America. Toombs served in this role from February 1861 until June 1861, after which he resigned. Following his resignation, Davis appointed Judah P. Benjamin, who then served as Secretary of State for the remainder of the Confederacy.
It was Abraham Lincoln
The Secretary of State in Virginia is Levar Stoney. He has previously served as the Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
George Washington's first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson, who served from 1790 to 1793. His first Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton, who held the position from 1789 to 1795. Both played crucial roles in shaping the early United States government and its financial system.
No ex-president has later become a Secretary of State- six have moved up from Secretary of State to president, however.
Thomas Jefferson was the nation's first Secretary of State. Edmund Randolph and Timothy Pickering also served under Washington as Secretary of State. Prior to Jefferson's return to the U. S. from France, John Jay served as United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs from September 26, 1789 until March 22, 1790.
Thomas Jefferson served as the first United States Secretary of State from 1789 to 1793 and was also the second vice president from 1797 to 1801.