United States Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is the head of the department concerned with foreign affairs. He is a member of the President's Cabinet.

Secretaries of State:

Name	Year appointed	President(s) served under
John Jay	1789	George Washington
Thomas Jefferson	1789	George Washington
Edmund Randolph	1794	George Washington
Timothy Pickering	1795	George Washington, John Adams
John Marshall	1800	John Adams
James Madison	1801	Thomas Jefferson
Robert Smith	1809	James Madison
James Monroe	1811	James Madison
John Quincy Adams	1817	James Monroe
Henry Clay	1825	John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren	1829	Andrew Jackson
Edward Livingston	1831	Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane	1833	Andrew Jackson
John Forsyth	1834	Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
Daniel Webster	1841	William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Abel P. Upshur	1843	John Tyler
John C. Calhoun	1844	John Tyler, James K. Polk
James Buchanan	1845	James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor
John Clayton	1849	Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
Daniel Webster	1850	Millard Fillmore
Edward Everett	1852	Millard Fillmore
William L. Marcy	1853	Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan
Lewis Cass	1857	James Buchanan
Jeremiah S. Black	1860	James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln
William H. Seward	1861	Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
Elihu P. Washburne	1869	Ulysses S. Grant
Hamilton Fish	1869	Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
William M. Evarts	1877	Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield
James G. Blaine	1881	James Garfield,Chester A. Arthur
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen	1881	Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland
Thomas F. Bayard	1885	Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison
James G. Blaine	1889	Benjamin Harrison
John W. Foster	1892	Benjamin Harrison
Walter Q. Gresham	1893	Grover Cleveland
Richard Olney	1895	Grover Cleveland, William McKinley
John Sherman	1897	William McKinley
William R. Day	1898	William McKinley
John Hay	1898	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root	1905	Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Bacon	1909	Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
Philander C. Knox	1909	William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
William J. Bryan	1913	Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing	1915	Woodrow Wilson
Bainbridge Colby	1920	Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes	1921	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
Frank B. Kellogg	1925	Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
Henry L. Stimson	1929	Herbert Hoover
Cordell Hull	1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt
E. R. Stettinius, Jr.	1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman
James F. Byrnes	1945	Harry S Truman
George C. Marshall	1947	Harry S Truman
Dean Acheson	1949	Harry S Truman
John Foster Dulles	1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter	1959	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dean Rusk	1961	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
William P. Rogers	1969	Richard M. Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger	1973	Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford
Cyrus R. Vance	1977	Jimmy Carter
Edmund J. Muskie	1980	Jimmy Carter
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.	1981	Ronald Reagan
George P. Shultz	1982	Ronald Reagan