Secretaries of the State of the USA
SECRETARY OF STATE PRESIDENT STATE APPT.
Thomas Jefferson Washington
Va
1789
Edmund Randolph Washington
Va
1794
Timothy Pickering Washington
Adams, J.
Pa
1795
1797
John Marshall Adams, J.
Va
1800
James Madison Jefferson
Va
1801
Robert Smith Madison
Md
1809
James Monroe Madison
Va
1811
John Quincy Adams Monroe
Mass
1817
Henry Clay Adams, J.Q.
Ky
1825
Martin Van Buren Jackson
N.Y.
1829
Edward Livingston Jackson
La
1831
Louis McLane Jackson
Del
1833
John Forsyth Jackson
Van Buren
Ga
1834
1837
Daniel Webster Harrison, W.H.
Tyler
Mass
1841
1841
Abel P Upshur Tyler
VA
1843
John C. Calhoun Tyler
Polk
S.C.
1844
1845
James Buchanan Polk
Taylor
Pa
1849
1849
John M. Clayton Taylor
Fillmore
Del
1849
1850
Daniel Webster Fillmore
Mass
1850
Edward Everett Fillmore
Mass
1852
William L. Marcy Pierce
Buchanan
N.Y.
1853
1857
Lewis Cass Buchanan
Mich
1857
Jeremiah S. Black Buchanan
Lincoln
Pa
1860
1861
William H. Seward Lincoln
Johnson, A.
N.Y.
1861
1865
Elihu B. Washburne Grant
Ill
1869
Hamilton Fish Grant
Hayes
N.Y.
1869
1877
William M. Evarts Hayes
Garfield
N.Y.
1877
1881
James G. Blaine Garfield
Arthur
Me
1881
1881
F.T. Frelinghuysen Arthur
Cleveland
N.J.
1881
1885
Thomas F. Bayard Cleveland
Harrison, B.
Del
1885
1889
James G. Blaine Harrison
Me
1889
John W. Foster Harrison
Ind
1882
Walter Q. Gresham Cleveland
Ind
1893
Richard Olney Cleveland
McKinley
Mass
1895
1897
John Sherman McKinley
Oh
1897
William R. Day McKinley
Oh
1898
John Hay McKinley
Roosevelt, T.
Wash D.C.
1898
1901
Elihu Root Roosevelt, T.
N.Y.
1905
Robert Bacon Roosevelt, T.
Taft
N.Y.
1909
1909
Philander C. Knox Taft
Wilson
Pa
1909
1913
William J. Bryan Wilson
Neb
1913
Robert Lansing Wilson
N.Y.
1915
Bainbridge Colby Wilson
N.Y.
1920
Charles E. Hughes Harding
Coolidge
N.Y.
1921
1923
Frank B. Kellogg Coolidge
Hoover
Minn
1925
1929
Henry L. Stimson Hoover
N.Y.
1929
Cordell Hull Roosevelt, F.
Tenn
1933
E. R. Stettinius, Jr. Roosevelt, F.
Truman
N.Y.
1944
1945
James F. Byrnes Truman
S.C.
1945
George C. Marshall Truman
Pa
1947
Dean G. Acheson Truman
Conn
1949
John Foster Dulles Eisenhower
N.Y.
1953
Christian A. Herter Eisenhower
Mass
1959
Dean Rusk Kennedy
Johnson, L.
N.Y.
1961
1963
William P. Rogers Nixon
N.Y.
1969
Henry A. Kissinger Nixon
Ford
Wash D.C.
1973
1974
Cyrus R. Vance Carter
N.Y.
1977
Edmund S. Muskie Carter
Me
1980
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Reagan
Conn
1981
George P. Schultz Reagan
Ca
1982
James A. Baker 3rd Bush
Tex
1989
Lawrence S. Eagleburger Bush
Mich
1992
Warren M. Christopher Clinton
Cal
1993
Madeleine Albright Clinton
N.Y.
1997