History / Offices

Secretary of State

109 people have held this office since Sep 15, 1789. Now: Marco Rubio R.

Holders
109
36 R · 27 D · 23 U · 9 W · 7 DR · 5 F · 1 NRP · 1 KN
Longest tenure
12 years
Cordell Hull
Current
21 months
Marco Rubio, since Jan 20, 2025
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Jay · 1789-09-15 – 1790-03-22 · FederalistThomas Jefferson · 1790-03-22 – 1793-12-31 · Democratic-RepublicanEdmund Randolph · 1794-01-02 – 1795-08-20 · FederalistTimothy Pickering · 1795-08-20 – 1800-05-12 · FederalistCharles Lee · 1800-05-13 – 1800-06-05 · FederalistJohn Marshall · 1800-06-13 – 1801-02-04 · FederalistLevi Lincoln Sr. · 1801-03-05 – 1801-05-01 · Democratic-RepublicanJames Madison · 1801-05-02 – 1809-03-03 · Democratic-RepublicanRobert Smith · 1809-03-06 – 1811-04-01 · Democratic-RepublicanJames Monroe · 1811-04-02 – 1817-03-03 · Democratic-RepublicanJohn Graham · 1817-03-04 – 1817-03-09Richard Rush · 1817-03-10 – 1817-09-22John Quincy Adams · 1817-09-22 – 1825-03-04 · WhigDaniel Brent · 1825-03-04 – 1825-03-07Henry Clay · 1825-03-07 – 1829-03-04 · National Republican PartyJames Alexander Hamilton · 1829-03-04 – 1829-03-27 · DemocratMartin Van Buren · 1829-03-28 – 1831-05-23 · Democratic-RepublicanEdward Livingston · 1831-05-24 – 1833-05-29 · DemocratLouis McLane · 1833-05-29 – 1834-06-30 · DemocratJohn Forsyth · 1834-07-01 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJacob L. Martin · 1841-03-04 – 1841-03-05Daniel Webster · 1841-03-06 – 1843-05-08 · WhigHugh S. Legaré · 1843-05-09 – 1843-06-20 · DemocratWilliam S. Derrick · 1843-06-21 – 1843-06-23Abel P. Upshur · 1843-06-24 – 1844-02-28 · WhigJohn Nelson · 1844-02-29 – 1844-03-31 · WhigJohn C. Calhoun · 1844-04-01 – 1845-03-10 · Democratic-RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1845-03-10 – 1849-03-07 · DemocratJohn M. Clayton · 1849-03-08 – 1850-07-22 · WhigDaniel Webster · 1850-07-23 – 1852-10-24 · WhigCharles Magill Conrad · 1852-10-25 – 1852-11-05 · WhigEdward Everett · 1852-11-06 – 1853-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Hunter · 1853-03-04 – 1853-03-07William L. Marcy · 1853-03-07 – 1857-03-06 · DemocratLewis Cass · 1857-03-06 – 1860-12-14 · DemocratWilliam Hunter · 1860-12-15 – 1860-12-16Jeremiah S. Black · 1860-12-17 – 1861-03-05 · DemocratWilliam H. Seward · 1861-03-05 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanElihu B. Washburne · 1869-03-05 – 1869-03-16 · WhigHamilton Fish · 1869-03-17 – 1877-03-12 · RepublicanWilliam M. Evarts · 1877-03-12 – 1881-03-07 · WhigJames G. Blaine · 1881-03-07 – 1881-12-19 · RepublicanFrederick T. Frelinghuysen · 1881-12-19 – 1885-03-06 · RepublicanThomas F. Bayard · 1885-03-07 – 1889-03-06 · DemocratJames G. Blaine · 1889-03-07 – 1892-06-04 · RepublicanWilliam F. Wharton · 1892-06-04 – 1892-06-29 · RepublicanJohn Watson Foster · 1892-06-29 – 1893-02-23 · RepublicanWilliam F. Wharton · 1893-02-24 – 1893-03-06 · RepublicanWalter Quintin Gresham · 1893-03-07 – 1895-05-28 · Know NothingEdwin F. Uhl · 1895-05-28 – 1895-06-09Richard Olney · 1895-06-10 – 1897-03-05 · DemocratJohn Sherman · 1897-03-06 – 1898-04-27 · RepublicanWilliam R. Day · 1898-04-28 – 1898-09-16 · RepublicanAlvey A. Adee · 1898-09-17 – 1898-09-29John Hay · 1898-09-30 – 1905-07-01 · RepublicanFrancis Butler Loomis · 1905-07-01 – 1905-07-18 · RepublicanElihu Root · 1905-07-19 – 1909-01-27 · RepublicanRobert Bacon · 1909-01-27 – 1909-03-05 · RepublicanPhilander C. Knox · 1909-03-06 – 1913-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Jennings Bryan · 1913-03-05 – 1915-06-09 · DemocratRobert Lansing · 1915-06-09 – 1920-02-13 · DemocratFrank Polk · 1920-02-14 – 1920-03-14 · DemocratBainbridge Colby · 1920-03-23 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Evans Hughes · 1921-03-05 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanFrank B. Kellogg · 1925-03-05 – 1929-03-28 · RepublicanHenry L. Stimson · 1929-03-28 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCordell Hull · 1933-03-04 – 1944-11-30 · DemocratEdward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. · 1944-12-01 – 1945-06-27 · DemocratJoseph Grew · 1945-06-28 – 1945-07-03James F. Byrnes · 1945-07-03 – 1947-01-21 · RepublicanGeorge Marshall · 1947-01-21 – 1949-01-20Dean Acheson · 1949-01-21 – 1953-01-20 · DemocratH. Freeman Matthews · 1953-01-20 – 1953-01-21John Foster Dulles · 1953-01-21 – 1959-04-22 · RepublicanChristian Herter · 1959-04-22 – 1961-01-20 · RepublicanLivingston T. Merchant · 1961-01-20 – 1961-01-21Dean Rusk · 1961-01-21 – 1969-01-20 · DemocratCharles E. Bohlen · 1969-01-20 – 1969-01-22William P. Rogers · 1969-01-22 – 1973-09-03 · RepublicanKenneth Rush · 1973-09-03 – 1973-09-22 · RepublicanHenry Kissinger · 1973-09-22 – 1977-01-20 · RepublicanPhilip Habib · 1977-01-20 – 1977-01-23Cyrus Vance · 1977-01-23 – 1980-04-28 · DemocratWarren Christopher · 1980-04-28 – 1980-05-02 · DemocratDavid D. Newsom · 1980-05-02 – 1980-05-03Richard N. Cooper · 1980-05-03 – 1980-05-03Edmund Muskie · 1980-05-08 – 1981-01-18 · DemocratDavid D. Newsom · 1981-01-18 – 1981-01-22Alexander Haig · 1981-01-22 – 1982-07-05 · RepublicanWalter John Stoessel · 1982-07-05 – 1982-07-16George Shultz · 1982-07-16 – 1989-01-20 · RepublicanMichael Armacost · 1989-01-20 – 1989-01-25James Baker · 1989-01-25 – 1992-08-23 · RepublicanLawrence Eagleburger · 1992-08-23 – 1993-01-20 · RepublicanWarren Christopher · 1993-01-20 – 1997-01-17 · DemocratMadeleine Albright · 1997-01-23 – 2001-01-20 · DemocratColin Powell · 2001-01-20 – 2005-01-26 · RepublicanCondoleezza Rice · 2005-01-26 – 2009-01-20 · RepublicanWilliam J. Burns · 2009-01-20 – 2009-01-21Hillary Clinton · 2009-01-21 – 2013-02-01 · DemocratJohn Kerry · 2013-02-01 – 2017-01-20 · DemocratThomas A. Shannon, Jr. · 2017-01-20 – 2017-02-01 · DemocratRex Tillerson · 2017-02-01 – 2018-03-31 · RepublicanJohn J. Sullivan · 2018-04-01 – 2018-04-26 · RepublicanMike Pompeo · 2018-04-26 – 2021-01-20 · RepublicanDan Smith · 2021-01-20 – 2021-01-26Antony Blinken · 2021-01-26 – 2025-01-20 · DemocratMarco Rubio · 2025-01-20 – present · RepublicanFrank G. Wisner · 1993-01-20 – 1993-01-20
Marco Rubio R
Jan 20, 2025 – present · 21 months · appointed by Donald Trump
Antony Blinken D
Jan 26, 2021 – Jan 20, 2025 · 4 years · appointed by Joe Biden
Dan Smith (acting)
Jan 20, 2021 – Jan 26, 2021 · 6 days
Mike Pompeo R
Apr 26, 2018 – Jan 20, 2021 · 2.7 years · appointed by Donald Trump
John J. Sullivan R (acting)
Apr 1, 2018 – Apr 26, 2018 · 25 days
Rex Tillerson R
Feb 1, 2017 – Mar 31, 2018 · 14 months · appointed by Donald Trump
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. D (acting)
Jan 20, 2017 – Feb 1, 2017 · 12 days
John Kerry D
Feb 1, 2013 – Jan 20, 2017 · 4 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton D
Jan 21, 2009 – Feb 1, 2013 · 4 years · appointed by Barack Obama
William J. Burns (acting)
Jan 20, 2009 – Jan 21, 2009 · 1 day
Condoleezza Rice R
Jan 26, 2005 – Jan 20, 2009 · 4 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Colin Powell R
Jan 20, 2001 – Jan 26, 2005 · 4 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Madeleine Albright D
Jan 23, 1997 – Jan 20, 2001 · 4 years · appointed by Bill Clinton
Warren Christopher D
Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 17, 1997 · 4 years · appointed by Bill Clinton
Frank G. Wisner (acting)
Jan 20, 1993 – Jan 20, 1993 · the same day
Lawrence Eagleburger R
Aug 23, 1992 – Jan 20, 1993 · 5 months · appointed by George H. W. Bush
James Baker R
Jan 25, 1989 – Aug 23, 1992 · 3.6 years · appointed by George H. W. Bush
Michael Armacost (acting)
Jan 20, 1989 – Jan 25, 1989 · 5 days
George Shultz R
Jul 16, 1982 – Jan 20, 1989 · 6.5 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Walter John Stoessel (acting)
Jul 5, 1982 – Jul 16, 1982 · 11 days
Alexander Haig R
Jan 22, 1981 – Jul 5, 1982 · 17 months · appointed by Ronald Reagan
David D. Newsom (acting)
Jan 18, 1981 – Jan 22, 1981 · 4 days
Edmund Muskie D
May 8, 1980 – Jan 18, 1981 · 8 months · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Richard N. Cooper (acting)
May 3, 1980 – May 3, 1980 · the same day
David D. Newsom (acting)
May 2, 1980 – May 3, 1980 · 1 day
Warren Christopher D (acting)
Apr 28, 1980 – May 2, 1980 · 4 days
Cyrus Vance D
Jan 23, 1977 – Apr 28, 1980 · 3.3 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Philip Habib (acting)
Jan 20, 1977 – Jan 23, 1977 · 3 days
Henry Kissinger R
Sep 22, 1973 – Jan 20, 1977 · 3.3 years · appointed by Richard Nixon
Kenneth Rush R (acting)
Sep 3, 1973 – Sep 22, 1973 · 19 days
William P. Rogers R
Jan 22, 1969 – Sep 3, 1973 · 4.6 years · appointed by Richard Nixon
Charles E. Bohlen (acting)
Jan 20, 1969 – Jan 22, 1969 · 2 days
Dean Rusk D
Jan 21, 1961 – Jan 20, 1969 · 8 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Livingston T. Merchant (acting)
Jan 20, 1961 – Jan 21, 1961 · 1 day
Christian Herter R
Apr 22, 1959 – Jan 20, 1961 · 21 months · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles R
Jan 21, 1953 – Apr 22, 1959 · 6.2 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. Freeman Matthews (acting)
Jan 20, 1953 – Jan 21, 1953 · 1 day
Dean Acheson D
Jan 21, 1949 – Jan 20, 1953 · 4 years · appointed by Harry S. Truman
George Marshall
Jan 21, 1947 – Jan 20, 1949 · 2 years · appointed by Harry S. Truman
James F. Byrnes R
Jul 3, 1945 – Jan 21, 1947 · 19 months · appointed by Harry S. Truman
Joseph Grew (acting)
Jun 28, 1945 – Jul 3, 1945 · 5 days
Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. D
Dec 1, 1944 – Jun 27, 1945 · 7 months · appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cordell Hull D
Mar 4, 1933 – Nov 30, 1944 · 12 years · appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson R
Mar 28, 1929 – Mar 4, 1933 · 3.9 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Kellogg R
Mar 5, 1925 – Mar 28, 1929 · 4.1 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes R
Mar 5, 1921 – Mar 4, 1925 · 4 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Bainbridge Colby R
Mar 23, 1920 – Mar 4, 1921 · 11 months · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Frank Polk D (acting)
Feb 14, 1920 – Mar 14, 1920 · 29 days
Robert Lansing D
Jun 9, 1915 – Feb 13, 1920 · 4.7 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan D
Mar 5, 1913 – Jun 9, 1915 · 2.3 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Philander C. Knox R
Mar 6, 1909 – Mar 5, 1913 · 4 years · appointed by William Howard Taft
Robert Bacon R
Jan 27, 1909 – Mar 5, 1909 · 37 days · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root R
Jul 19, 1905 – Jan 27, 1909 · 3.5 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Francis Butler Loomis R (acting)
Jul 1, 1905 – Jul 18, 1905 · 17 days
John Hay R
Sep 30, 1898 – Jul 1, 1905 · 6.7 years · appointed by William McKinley
Alvey A. Adee (acting)
Sep 17, 1898 – Sep 29, 1898 · 12 days
William R. Day R
Apr 28, 1898 – Sep 16, 1898 · 5 months · appointed by William McKinley
John Sherman R
Mar 6, 1897 – Apr 27, 1898 · 14 months · appointed by William McKinley
Richard Olney D
Jun 10, 1895 – Mar 5, 1897 · 21 months · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Edwin F. Uhl (acting)
May 28, 1895 – Jun 9, 1895 · 12 days
Walter Quintin Gresham KN
Mar 7, 1893 – May 28, 1895 · 2.2 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
William F. Wharton R (acting)
Feb 24, 1893 – Mar 6, 1893 · 10 days
John Watson Foster R
Jun 29, 1892 – Feb 23, 1893 · 8 months · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
William F. Wharton R (acting)
Jun 4, 1892 – Jun 29, 1892 · 25 days
James G. Blaine R
Mar 7, 1889 – Jun 4, 1892 · 3.2 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Thomas F. Bayard D
Mar 7, 1885 – Mar 6, 1889 · 4 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen R
Dec 19, 1881 – Mar 6, 1885 · 3.2 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
James G. Blaine R
Mar 7, 1881 – Dec 19, 1881 · 9 months · appointed by James A. Garfield
William M. Evarts W
Mar 12, 1877 – Mar 7, 1881 · 4 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Hamilton Fish R
Mar 17, 1869 – Mar 12, 1877 · 8 years · appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
Elihu B. Washburne W
Mar 5, 1869 – Mar 16, 1869 · 11 days · appointed by Ulysses S. Grant
William H. Seward R
Mar 5, 1861 – Mar 4, 1869 · 8 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Jeremiah S. Black D
Dec 17, 1860 – Mar 5, 1861 · 3 months · appointed by James Buchanan
William Hunter (acting)
Dec 15, 1860 – Dec 16, 1860 · 1 day
Lewis Cass D
Mar 6, 1857 – Dec 14, 1860 · 3.8 years · appointed by James Buchanan
William L. Marcy D
Mar 7, 1853 – Mar 6, 1857 · 4 years · appointed by Franklin Pierce
William Hunter (acting)
Mar 4, 1853 – Mar 7, 1853 · 3 days
Edward Everett R
Nov 6, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853 · 4 months · appointed by Millard Fillmore
Charles Magill Conrad W (acting)
Oct 25, 1852 – Nov 5, 1852 · 11 days
Daniel Webster W
Jul 23, 1850 – Oct 24, 1852 · 2.3 years · appointed by Millard Fillmore
John M. Clayton W
Mar 8, 1849 – Jul 22, 1850 · 16 months · appointed by Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan D
Mar 10, 1845 – Mar 7, 1849 · 4 years · appointed by James K. Polk
John C. Calhoun DR
Apr 1, 1844 – Mar 10, 1845 · 11 months · appointed by John Tyler
John Nelson W (acting)
Feb 29, 1844 – Mar 31, 1844 · 31 days
Abel P. Upshur W
Jun 24, 1843 – Feb 28, 1844 · 8 months · appointed by John Tyler
William S. Derrick (acting)
Jun 21, 1843 – Jun 23, 1843 · 2 days
Hugh S. Legaré D (acting)
May 9, 1843 – Jun 20, 1843 · 42 days
Daniel Webster W
Mar 6, 1841 – May 8, 1843 · 2.2 years · appointed by William Henry Harrison
Jacob L. Martin (acting)
Mar 4, 1841 – Mar 5, 1841 · 1 day
John Forsyth D
Jul 1, 1834 – Mar 4, 1841 · 6.7 years · appointed by Andrew Jackson
Louis McLane D
May 29, 1833 – Jun 30, 1834 · 13 months · appointed by Andrew Jackson
Edward Livingston D
May 24, 1831 – May 29, 1833 · 2 years · appointed by Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren DR
Mar 28, 1829 – May 23, 1831 · 2.2 years · appointed by Andrew Jackson
James Alexander Hamilton D (acting)
Mar 4, 1829 – Mar 27, 1829 · 23 days
Henry Clay NRP
Mar 7, 1825 – Mar 4, 1829 · 4 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
Daniel Brent (acting)
Mar 4, 1825 – Mar 7, 1825 · 3 days
John Quincy Adams W
Sep 22, 1817 – Mar 4, 1825 · 7.4 years · appointed by James Monroe
Richard Rush (acting)
Mar 10, 1817 – Sep 22, 1817 · 6 months
John Graham (acting)
Mar 4, 1817 – Mar 9, 1817 · 5 days
James Monroe DR
Apr 2, 1811 – Mar 3, 1817 · 5.9 years · appointed by James Madison
Robert Smith DR
Mar 6, 1809 – Apr 1, 1811 · 2.1 years · appointed by James Madison
James Madison DR
May 2, 1801 – Mar 3, 1809 · 7.8 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Levi Lincoln Sr. DR (acting)
Mar 5, 1801 – May 1, 1801 · 2 months
John Marshall F
Jun 13, 1800 – Feb 4, 1801 · 8 months · appointed by John Adams
Charles Lee F (acting)
May 13, 1800 – Jun 5, 1800 · 23 days
Timothy Pickering F
Aug 20, 1795 – May 12, 1800 · 4.7 years · appointed by George Washington
Edmund Randolph F
Jan 2, 1794 – Aug 20, 1795 · 20 months · appointed by George Washington
Thomas Jefferson DR
Mar 22, 1790 – Dec 31, 1793 · 3.8 years · appointed by George Washington
John Jay F (acting)
Sep 15, 1789 – Mar 22, 1790 · 6 months

Dates are from Wikidata, which has gaps for some historical offices. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.