United States Secretaries of State

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The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.

Chronological List of Secretaries of State

Secretary of State	Term(s) of Office	President(s) served under
Condoleezza Rice	January 26, 2005—Present	George W. Bush
Colin Powell	January 20, 2001—January 26, 2005*	George W. Bush
Madeleine Albright	January 23, 1997—January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
Warren Christopher	January 20, 1993—January 17, 1997	Bill Clinton
Lawrence S. Eagleburger	December 8, 1992—January 19, 1993	George H. W. Bush
James Addison Baker III	January 25, 1989—August 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush
George P. Shultz	July 16, 1982—January 20, 1989	Ronald Reagan
Alexander M. Haig	January 22, 1981—July 5, 1982	Ronald Reagan
Edmund S. Muskie	May 8, 1980—January 18, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance	January 23, 1977—April 28, 1980	Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger	September 22, 1973—January 20, 1977	Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford
William P. Rogers	January 22, 1969—September 3, 1973	Richard M. Nixon
Dean Rusk	January 21, 1961—January 20, 1969	John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
Christian Herter	April 22, 1959—January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles	January 21, 1953—April 22, 1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dean Acheson	January 21, 1949—January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall	January 21, 1947—January 20, 1949	Harry S. Truman
James F. Byrnes	July 3, 1945—January 21, 1947	Harry S. Truman
Edward Stettinius Jr.	December 1, 1944—June 27, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Cordell Hull	March 4, 1933—November 30, 1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson	March 28, 1929—March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Kellogg	March 5, 1925—March 28, 1929	Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
Charles Evans Hughes	March 5, 1921—March 4, 1925	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Bainbridge Colby	March 23, 1920—March 4, 1921	Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing	June 24, 1915—February 13, 1920	Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan	March 5, 1913—June 9, 1915	Woodrow Wilson
Philander C. Knox	March 6, 1909—March 5, 1913	William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
Robert Bacon	January 27, 1909—March 5, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Elihu Root	July 19, 1905—January 27, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
John Hay	September 30, 1898—July 1, 1905	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
William R. Day	April 28, 1898—September 16, 1898	William McKinley
John Sherman	March 6, 1897—April 27, 1898	William McKinley
Richard Olney	June 10, 1895—March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland William McKinley
Walter Q. Gresham	March 7, 1893—May 28, 1895	Grover Cleveland
John W. Foster	June 29, 1892—February 23, 1893	Benjamin Harrison
James G. Blaine	March 7, 1889—June 4, 1892	Benjamin Harrison
Thomas F. Bayard	March 7, 1885—March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	December 19, 1881—March 6, 1885	Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine	March 7, 1881—December 19, 1881	James Garfield Chester A. Arthur
William M. Evarts	March 12, 1877—March 7, 1881	Rutherford B. Hayes James Garfield
Hamilton Fish	March 17, 1869—March 12, 1877	Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes
Elihu B. Washburne	March 5, 1869—March 16, 1869	Ulysses S. Grant
William H. Seward	March 6, 1861—March 4, 1869	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
Jeremiah S. Black	December 17, 1860— March 5, 1861	James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Cass	March 6, 1857—December 14, 1860	James Buchanan
William L. Marcy	March 8, 1853—March 6, 1857	Franklin Pierce James Buchanan
Edward Everett	November 6, 1852—March 3, 1853	Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster	July 23, 1850—October 24, 1852	Millard Fillmore
John Clayton	March 8, 1849—July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan	March 10, 1845— March 7, 1849	James K. Polk Zachary Taylor
John C. Calhoun	April 1, 1844— March 10, 1845	John Tyler James K. Polk
Abel P. Upshur	July 24, 1843—February 28, 1844	John Tyler
Daniel Webster	March 6, 1841— May 8, 1843	William Henry Harrison John Tyler
John Forsyth	July 1, 1834— March 3, 1841	Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren
Louis McLane	May 29, 1833—June 30, 1834	Andrew Jackson
Edward Livingston	May 24, 1831—May 29, 1833	Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren	March 28, 1829—March 23, 1831	Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay	March 7, 1825—March 3, 1829	John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams	September 22, 1817—March 3, 1825	James Monroe
James Monroe	April 6, 1811—September 30, 1814 February 28, 1815—March 3, 1817	James Madison
Robert Smith	March 6, 1809 - April 1, 1811	James Madison
James Madison	May 2, 1801— March 3, 1809	Thomas Jefferson
John Marshall	June 6, 1800—February 4, 1801	John Adams
Timothy Pickering	December 10, 1795—May 12, 1800	George Washington, John Adams
Edmund Randolph	January 2, 1794—August 20, 1795	George Washington
Thomas Jefferson	March 22, 1790—December 31, 1793	George Washington

* - On November 12, 2004, Secretary Powell submitted his resignation to the President, "effective at your pleasure." Historically such resignations are effective upon the Senate's confirmation of a successor.

If the Secretary resigns, he is replaced by the United States Deputy Secretary of State who then becomes acting Secretary of State until the President and Congress approve a formal replacement.

**Acting Secretaries of State**
Name	Year	Acted during
John Jay	1790	March 4–22
Timothy Pickering	1795	August 20 to December 9
Charles Lee	1800	May 13 to June 5
John Marshall	1801	February 4 to March 4
Levi Lincoln	1801	March 5 to May 1
John Graham	1817	March 4–9
Richard Rush	1817	March 10 to September 22
Daniel Brent	1825	March 4–7
James A. Hamilton	1829	March 4–27
Jacob L. Martin	1841	March 4–5
Hugh S. Legaré	1843	May 9 to June 20
William S. Derrick	1843	June 21–23
Abel P. Upshur	1843	June 24 to July 23
John Nelson	1844	February 29 to March 31,
Charles M. Conrad	1852	October 25 to November 5
William Hunter	1853, 1860	March 4–7, December 15–16
William F. Wharton	1892, 1893	June 4–29, February 24 to March 6
Edwin F. Uhl	1895	May 28 to June 9
Alvey A. Adee	1898	September 17–29
Francis B. Loomis	1905	July 1–18
Robert Lansing	1915	June 9–23
Frank L. Polk	1920	February 14 to March 12
Joseph C. Crew	1945	June 28 to July 3
H. Freeman Matthews	1953	January 20–21
Livingston T. Merchant	1961	January 20–21
Charles E. Bohlen	1969	January 20–22
Kenneth Rush	1973	September 3–22
Philip C. Habib	1977	January 20–23
Warren Christopher	1980, 1980	April 28 to May 2, May 4–8
David Newsom	1980	May 2–3, May 3–4
Richard N. Cooper	1980	May 3
Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.	1982	July 5–16
Michael H. Armacost	1989	January 20–25
Lawrence Eagleburger	1992	August 23, to December 8
Arnold Lee Kantor	1993	January 20
Frank G. Wisner	1993	January 20

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