List of Secretaries of State of the United States

Table columns:
No.
Portrait
Name
State of Residence
Took office
Left office
President(s)
President(s).1

Table rows:
cells: –
John Jay[A] Acting
New York
September 26, 1789
March 22, 1790
George Washington
cells: 1
Thomas Jefferson[M]
Virginia
March 22, 1790
December 31, 1793
cells: 2
Edmund J. Randolph
Virginia
January 2, 1794
August 20, 1795
cells: 3
Timothy Pickering
Massachusetts
August 20, 1795
December 10, 1795[B]
cells: 3
December 10, 1795
March 4, 1797
cells: 3
March 4, 1797
May 12, 1800
John Adams
cells: –
Charles Lee[C] Acting
Virginia
May 13, 1800
June 5, 1800
cells: 4
John Marshall
Virginia
June 13, 1800
March 4, 1801
cells: –
Levi Lincoln Sr.[C] Acting
Massachusetts
March 5, 1801
May 1, 1801
Thomas Jefferson
cells: 5
James Madison[M]
Virginia
May 2, 1801
March 3, 1809
cells: 6
Robert Smith
Maryland
March 6, 1809
April 1, 1811
James Madison
cells: 7
James Monroe[M]
Virginia
April 2, 1811
March 3, 1817
cells: –
John Graham Acting
Kentucky
March 4, 1817
March 9, 1817
James Monroe
cells: –
Richard Rush[C] Acting
Pennsylvania
March 10, 1817
September 22, 1817
cells: 8
John Quincy Adams[M]
Massachusetts
September 22, 1817
March 3, 1825
cells: –
Daniel Brent Acting
Virginia
March 4, 1825
March 7, 1825
John Quincy Adams
cells: 9
Henry Clay
Kentucky
March 7, 1825
March 3, 1829
cells: –
James A. Hamilton Acting
New York
March 4, 1829
March 27, 1829
Andrew Jackson
cells: 10
Martin Van Buren[M]
New York
March 28, 1829
May 23, 1831
cells: 11
Edward Livingston
Louisiana
May 24, 1831
May 29, 1833
cells: 12
Louis McLane
Delaware
May 29, 1833
June 30, 1834
cells: 13
John Forsyth
Georgia
July 1, 1834
March 4, 1837
cells: 13
March 4, 1837
March 3, 1841
Martin Van Buren
cells: –
Jacob L. Martin Acting
District of Columbia
March 4, 1841
March 5, 1841
William Harrison
cells: 14
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
March 6, 1841
April 4, 1841
cells: 14
April 4, 1841
May 8, 1843
John Tyler
cells: –
Hugh S. Legaré Acting
South Carolina
May 9, 1843
June 20, 1843
cells: –
William S. Derrick Acting
Pennsylvania
June 21, 1843
June 23, 1843
cells: 15
Abel P. Upshur
Virginia
June 24, 1843
July 23, 1843[D]
cells: 15
July 24, 1843
February 28, 1844
cells: –
John Nelson[C] Acting
Maryland
February 29, 1844
March 31, 1844
cells: 16
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
April 1, 1844
March 10, 1845[E]
cells: 17
James Buchanan[M]
Pennsylvania
March 10, 1845
March 7, 1849[E]
James K. Polk[E]
cells: 18
John M. Clayton
Delaware
March 8, 1849
July 9, 1850
Zachary Taylor
cells: 18
July 9, 1850
July 22, 1850
Millard Fillmore
cells: 19
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
July 23, 1850
October 24, 1852
cells: –
Charles M. Conrad[B] Acting
Louisiana
October 25, 1852
November 5, 1852
cells: 20
Edward Everett
Massachusetts
November 6, 1852
March 3, 1853
cells: –
William Hunter[F] Acting
Rhode Island
March 4, 1853
March 7, 1853
Franklin Pierce
cells: 21
William L. Marcy
New York
March 7, 1853
March 6, 1857[E]
cells: 22
Lewis Cass
Michigan
March 6, 1857
December 14, 1860
James Buchanan
cells: –
William Hunter Acting
Rhode Island
December 15, 1860
December 16, 1860
cells: 23
Jeremiah S. Black
Pennsylvania
December 17, 1860
March 5, 1861[E]
cells: 24
William H. Seward
New York
March 5, 1861
April 15, 1865
Abraham Lincoln
cells: 24
April 15, 1865
March 4, 1869
Andrew Johnson
cells: 25
Elihu B. Washburne
Illinois
March 5, 1869
March 16, 1869
Ulysses S. Grant
cells: 26
Hamilton Fish
New York
March 17, 1869
March 4, 1877
cells: 26
March 4, 1877
March 12, 1877[E]
Rutherford B. Hayes[E]
cells: 27
William M. Evarts
New York
March 12, 1877
March 7, 1881
cells: 28
James G. Blaine
Maine
March 7, 1881
September 19, 1881
James A. Garfield
cells: 28
September 19, 1881
December 19, 1881
Chester A. Arthur
cells: 29
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
December 19, 1881
March 6, 1885[E]
cells: 30
Thomas F. Bayard
Delaware
March 7, 1885
March 6, 1889
Grover Cleveland[E]
cells: 31
James G. Blaine
Maine
March 7, 1889
June 4, 1892
Benjamin Harrison
cells: –
William F. Wharton[G] Acting
Massachusetts
June 4, 1892
June 29, 1892
cells: 32
John W. Foster
Indiana
June 29, 1892
February 23, 1893
cells: -
William F. Wharton[G] Acting
Massachusetts
February 24, 1893
March 6, 1893
cells: -
Grover Cleveland
cells: 33
Walter Q. Gresham
Indiana
March 7, 1893
May 28, 1895
cells: –
Edwin F. Uhl[G] Acting
Michigan
May 28, 1895
June 9, 1895
cells: 34
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
June 10, 1895
March 5, 1897[E]
cells: 35
John Sherman
Ohio
March 6, 1897
April 27, 1898
William McKinley
cells: 36
William R. Day
Ohio
April 28, 1898
September 16, 1898
cells: –
Alvey A. Adee[H] Acting
New York
September 17, 1898
September 29, 1898
cells: 37
John Hay
District of Columbia
September 30, 1898
September 14, 1901
cells: 37
September 14, 1901
July 1, 1905
Theodore Roosevelt
cells: –
Francis B. Loomis[G] Acting
Ohio
July 1, 1905
July 18, 1905
cells: 38
Elihu Root
New York
July 19, 1905
January 27, 1909
cells: 39
Robert Bacon
New York
January 27, 1909
March 5, 1909[E]
cells: 40
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
March 6, 1909
March 5, 1913
William Howard Taft[E]
cells: 41
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
March 5, 1913
June 9, 1915
Woodrow Wilson
cells: 42
Robert Lansing
New York
June 9, 1915
June 23, 1915
cells: 42
June 24, 1915
February 13, 1920
cells: –
Frank Polk[I] Acting
New York
February 14, 1920
March 12, 1920
cells: 43
Bainbridge Colby
New York
March 23, 1920
March 4, 1921
cells: 44
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
March 5, 1921
August 2, 1923
Warren G. Harding
cells: 44
August 2, 1923
March 4, 1925
Calvin Coolidge
cells: 45
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
March 5, 1925
March 4, 1929
cells: 45
March 4, 1929
March 28, 1929
Herbert Hoover
cells: 46
Henry L. Stimson
New York
March 28, 1929
March 4, 1933
cells: 47
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
March 4, 1933
November 30, 1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt
cells: 48
Edward Stettinius Jr.
Virginia
December 1, 1944
April 12, 1945
cells: 48
April 12, 1945
June 27, 1945
Harry S. Truman
cells: –
Joseph Grew[I] Acting
New Hampshire
June 28, 1945
July 3, 1945
cells: 49
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
July 3, 1945
January 21, 1947
cells: 50
George C. Marshall
Pennsylvania
January 21, 1947
January 20, 1949
cells: 51
Dean Acheson
Connecticut
January 21, 1949
January 20, 1953
cells: –
Harrison F. Matthews[I] Acting
Maryland
January 20, 1953
January 21, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
cells: 52
John Foster Dulles
New York
January 21, 1953
April 22, 1959
cells: 53
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
April 22, 1959
January 20, 1961
cells: –
Livingston T. Merchant Acting
District of Columbia
January 20, 1961
January 21, 1961
John F. Kennedy
cells: 54
Dean Rusk
Georgia
January 21, 1961
November 22, 1963
cells: 54
November 22, 1963
January 20, 1969
Lyndon B. Johnson
cells: –
Charles E. Bohlen Acting
District of Columbia
January 20, 1969
January 22, 1969
Richard Nixon
cells: 55
William P. Rogers
Maryland
January 22, 1969
September 3, 1973
cells: –
Kenneth Rush Acting
Florida
September 3, 1973
September 22, 1973
cells: 56
Henry Kissinger
District of Columbia
September 22, 1973
August 9, 1974
cells: 56
August 9, 1974
January 20, 1977[1]
Gerald Ford
cells: –
Philip Habib Acting
California
January 20, 1977
January 23, 1977
Jimmy Carter
cells: 57
Cyrus Vance
West Virginia
January 23, 1977
April 28, 1980[2]
cells: –
Warren Christopher[K][3] Acting
California
April 28, 1980
May 2, 1980
cells: –
David D. Newsom[L][3] Acting
May 2, 1980
May 3, 1980
cells: –
Richard N. Cooper[N][3] Acting
May 3, 1980
May 3, 1980
cells: –
David D. Newsom[L][3] Acting
May 3, 1980
May 4, 1980
cells: –
Warren Christopher[K][3] Acting
California
May 4, 1980
May 8, 1980
cells: 58
Edmund Muskie
Maine
May 8, 1980
January 20, 1981[4]
cells: 59
Alexander Haig
Connecticut
January 22, 1981
July 5, 1982[5]
Ronald Reagan
cells: –
Walter J. Stoessel Jr.[K] Acting
California
July 5, 1982
July 16, 1982
cells: 60
George P. Shultz
California
July 16, 1982
January 20, 1989[6]
cells: –
Michael Armacost[L] Acting
Maryland
January 20, 1989
January 25, 1989
George H. W. Bush
cells: 61
James Baker
Texas
January 25, 1989
August 23, 1992[7]
cells: 62
Lawrence Eagleburger
Wisconsin
August 23, 1992
December 8, 1992[K][8]
cells: 62
December 8, 1992
January 19, 1993[9]
cells: –
Arnold Kanter[L][10] Acting
Virginia
January 20, 1993
January 20, 1993
Bill Clinton
cells: –
Frank G. Wisner[O][10] Acting
District of Columbia
January 20, 1993
January 20, 1993
cells: 63
Warren Christopher
California
January 20, 1993
January 17, 1997[11]
cells: 64
Madeleine Albright
District of Columbia
January 23, 1997
January 20, 2001[12]
cells: 65
Colin Powell
Virginia
January 20, 2001
January 26, 2005[13]
George W. Bush
cells: 66
Condoleezza Rice
California
January 26, 2005
January 20, 2009[14]
cells: –
William Joseph Burns[L] Acting
District of Columbia
January 20, 2009
January 21, 2009[15]
Barack Obama
cells: 67
Hillary Clinton
New York
January 21, 2009
February 1, 2013[16]
cells: 68
John Kerry
Massachusetts
February 1, 2013
January 20, 2017[17]
cells: –
Tom Shannon[L] Acting
Minnesota
January 20, 2017
February 1, 2017[18][19][20]
Donald Trump
cells: 69
Rex Tillerson
Texas
February 1, 2017
March 31, 2018
cells: –
John J. Sullivan[K] Acting
Massachusetts
April 1, 2018
Incumbent

Questions about this table:
originalText: former us secretary of state from 2013 to 2017
answer: answerTexts: John Kerry