Secretary of State

The Secretary of State was the technical first Cabinet position created, the Secretaries of State are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the Senate.
As of current there has been 6 Secretaries of State; 2 Democratic Union, 1 Democratic, 1 Federalist, 1 Constitutional Democratic, 1 Democratic-Republican, and 1 Independent. 
The most time served as Secretary of State is by Thomas Jeferson, who served for a total of 1,780 days in office.
==Secretary of State Firsts==
#First Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson.
#The longest-serving Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson at 1,756 days.
#The shortest-serving Secretary of State was John Tremble at 218 days.
#First Secretary of State to become Vice President was James Madison.
==List of Secretaries of State==
United States Secretaries of State
Presidency	Presidency	Secretary of State	Secretary of State	Prior office 	Party	Party 	Year(s)	President
1 	April 19, 1790
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October 31, 1794	 	
===Thomas Jefferson===	President Pro Tempore 	 	Democratic-Republican 	4 1/2 	George Washington
2 	November 1, 1794
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March 4, 1797	 	
===Edmund Randolph===	Attorney General 	 	Federalist 	2 1/2 	George Washington
3 	March 4, 1797
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June 16, 1800	 	
===James Madison===	Representative from Virginia 	 	Democratic 	3 	John Adams
3 	March 4, 1797
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June 16, 1800	 	
===James Madison===	Representative from Virginia 	 	Democratic Union 	3 	John Adams
4 	July 30, 1800
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March 4, 1801	 	
===John Tremble===	Representative from New York 	 	Democratic Union 	1 	John Adams
5 	March 4, 1801
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February 28, 1802	 	
===Scott Benckendorf===	Vice President 	 	Independent 	1 	George Benckendorf
6 	March 3, 1802
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March 4, 1809	 	
===Andrew Kerry===	Lawyer 	 	Constitutional Democratic	7 	George Benckendorf
7 	March 4, 1809
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June 13, 1812	 	
===John Berkman===	Speaker of the House 	 	Independent 	3 	Amo Gus
8 	March 4, 1813 
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March 4, 1817	 	
===John Quincy Adams===	Secretary of Education and Literacy	 	Yankee 	4 	Rudolph Hartmann
9 	March 4, 1817
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March 4, 1821	 	
===John G. Benckendorf===	Representative from Pennsylvania 	 	Republican 	4 	John Quincy Adams
10 	March 4, 1821
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Present	 	
===Henry Clay=== 	Speaker of the House 	 	Republican 	... 	James Monroe
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