List of USA Secretaries of State (57)

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Name	Birth	In Office	Birthplace
John Jay	12 DEC 1745	1789-1790	NY, New York Co, New York City
President Thomas Jefferson	04/13/1743	1790-1793	VA, Albemarle Co, Shadwell
Edmund Jennings Randolph	10 AUG 1753	1794-1795	VA, Williamsburg, Tazewell Hall
Timothy Pickering	18 JUL 1745	1795-1800	MA, Essex Co, Salem
Charles Lee	1758	1800-1800	VA, Alexandria
Chief Justice John Marshall	24 SEP 1755	1800-1801	VA, Fauquier Co, Oak Hill
Levi Lincoln	15 MAY 1749	1801-1801	MA, Plymouth Co, Hingham
President James Madison Jr.	3/16/1749	1801-1809	VA, King George Co, Port Conway
Robert Smith	3 NOV 1757	1809-1811	PA, Lancaster Co, Lancaster
President James Monroe	28 APR 1758	1811-1814	VA, Westmoreland Co
Richard Rush	29 AUG 1780	1817-1817	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
President John Quincy Adams	07/11/1767	1817-1825	MA, Norfolk Co, Quincy
Senator Henry Clay	12 APR 1777	1825-1829	VA, Richmond City
James Alexander Hamilton	14 APR 1788	1829-1829	NY, New York Co, New York City
Martin Van Buren	5 DEC 1782	1829-1831	NY, Columbia Co, Kinderhook
Edward Livingston	28 MAY 1764	1831-1833	NY, Columbia Co, Clermont
Louis McLane	28 MAY 1786	1833-1834	DE, Kent Co, Smyrna
John Forsyth	22 OCT 1780	1834-1841	VA, Fredericksburg
Sec. of State Daniel "The Orator" Webster	01/18/1782	1841-1843	NH, Merrimack Co, Salisbury
Hugh Swinton Legare	2 JAN 1797	1843-1843	SC, Charleston Co
Abel Parker Upshur	17 JUN 1790	1843-1844	VA, Northampton Co
John Caldwell Calhoun	19 MAR 1782	1844-1845	SC, Abbeville Co
President James Buchanan	23 APR 1791	1845-1849	PA, Franklin Co, Mercersburg
Sec. of State Daniel "The Orator" Webster	01/18/1782	1850-1852	NH, Merrimack Co, Salisbury
Charles Magill Conrad	24 DEC 1804	1852-1852	VA, Winchester
Gov. Edward Everett	11 APR 1794	1852-1853	MA, Suffolk Co, Dorchester
William Learned Marcy	12 DEC 1786	1853-1857	MA, Worcester Co, Southbridge
Lewis Cass	9 OCT 1782	1857-1860	NH, Rockingham Co, Exeter
Jeremiah Sullivan Black	10 JAN 1810	1860-1861	PA, Somerset Co, Stonycreek Twp
William H. Seward	16 MAY 1801	1861-1869	NY, Montgomery Co, Florida
Elihu Benjamin Washburne	23 SEP 1816	1869-1869	ME, Androscoggin Co, Livermore
Hamilton Fish I	3 AUG 1808	1869-1877	NY, New York Co, New York City
William Maxwell Evarts	6 FEB 1818	1877-1881	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
James Gillespie Blaine	31 JAN 1830	1881-1881	PA, Washington Co, West Brownsville
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen	4 AUG 1817	1881-1885	NJ, Somerset Co, Millstone
Thomas Francis Bayard	29 OCT 1828	1885-1889	DE, New Castle Co, Wilmington
James Gillespie Blaine	31 JAN 1830	1889-1892	PA, Washington Co, West Brownsville
John Watson Foster	2 MAR 1836	1892-1893	IN, Pike Co
John Sherman	10 MAY 1823	1897-1898	OH, Fairfield Co, Lancaster
William Rufus Day	17 APR 1849	1898-1898	OH, Portage Co, Ravenna
John Milton Hay	8 OCT 1838	1898-1905	IN, Washington Co, Salem
Elihu Root	15 FEB 1845	1905-1909	NY, Oneida Co, Clinton
Robert Bacon	5 JUL 1850	1909-1909	MA, Suffolk Co, Jamaica Plain
Philander Chase Knox	6 MAY 1853	1909-1913	PA, Fayette Co, Brownsville
William Jennings Bryan	19 MAR 1860	1913-1915	IL, Marion Co, Salem
Robert Lansing	17 OCT 1864	1915-1920	NY, Jefferson Co, Watertown
Bainbridge Colby	22 DEC 1869	1920-1921	MO, St Louis City
Charles Evans Hughes	11 APR 1862	1921-1925	NY, Warren Co, Glens Falls
Frank Billings Kellogg	22 DEC 1856	1925-1929	NY, St Lawrence Co, Potsdam
Henry Lewis Stimson	21 SEP 1867	1929-1933	NY, New York Co, New York City
George Catlett Marshall	31 DEC 1880	1947-1949	PA, Fayette Co, Uniontown
Dean Acheson	11 APR 1893	1949-1953	CT, Middlesex Co, Middletown
John Foster Dulles	25 FEB 1888	1953-1959	DC, Washington
Christian Archibald Herter	28 MAR 1895	1959-1961	France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Cyrus Roberts Vance	27 MAR 1917	1977-1980	WV, Harrison Co, Clarksburg
Hillary Diane Rodham	26 OCT 1947	2009-2013	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
John Forbes Kerry	11 DEC 1943	2013-2017	CO, Arapahoe Co, Aurora