List of US Secretary of State

This list contains information about politicians who have ever held the position of US Secretary of State , presented in the order of their appointment to this position. The US Secretary of State is the head of the US Department of State - US Department of Foreign Policy (since 1789 ). Since April 26, 2018, Mike Pompeo holds the position of Secretary of State.

Acting US Secretary of State US Secretary of State, officially inaugurated

#	Picture	Name	Years of life	State	Period		President , during which time he held the position
#	Picture	Name	Years of life	State	Start	the end	President , during which time he held the position
-		John jay	1745 - 1829	New York	September 26, 1789	March 22, 1790	George Washington
one		Thomas jefferson	1743 - 1826	Virginia	March 22, 1790	December 31, 1793
2		Edmund Randolph	1753 - 1813	Virginia	January 2, 1794	August 20, 1795
3		Timothy Pickering	1745 - 1829	Massachusetts	August 20, 1795	December 10, 1795	George Washington , John Adams
3		Timothy Pickering	1745 - 1829	Massachusetts	December 10, 1795	May 12, 1800	George Washington , John Adams
-		Charles li	1758 - 1815	Virginia	May 13, 1800	June 5, 1800	John adams
four		John marshall	1755 - 1835	Virginia	June 13, 1800	February 4, 1801
-		Levi Lincoln	1745 - 1829	Massachusetts	March 5, 1801	May 1, 1801
five		James madison	1751 - 1836	Virginia	May 2, 1801	March 3, 1809	Thomas jefferson
6		Robert Smith	1757 - 1842	Maryland	March 6, 1809	April 1, 1811	James madison
7		James monroe	1758 - 1831	Virginia	April 2, 1811	September 30, 1814	James madison
					September 30, 1814	February 28, 1815
					February 28, 1815	March 3, 1817
-		John Graham	1774 - 1820	Kentucky	March 4, 1817	March 9, 1817	James monroe
-		Richard Rush	1780 - 1859	Pennsylvania	March 10, 1817	September 22, 1817	James monroe
eight		John Quincy Adams	1767 - 1848	Massachusetts	March 5, 1817	March 3, 1825	James monroe
9		Henry Clay	1777 - 1852	Kentucky	March 7, 1825	March 3, 1829	John Quincy Adams
ten		Martin Van Buren	1782 - 1862	New York	March 28, 1829	May 23, 1831	Andrew Jackson
eleven		Edward Livingston	1764 - 1836	Louisiana	May 24, 1831	May 29, 1833	Andrew Jackson
12		Louis Maclaine	1786 - 1857	Delaware	May 29, 1833	June 30, 1834	Andrew Jackson
13		John Forsyth	1780 - 1841	Georgia	July 1, 1834	March 3, 1841	Andrew Jackson , Martin Van Buren
14		Daniel webster	1782 - 1852	Massachusetts	March 6, 1841	May 8, 1843	William Harrison , John Tyler
15		Abel P. Upsher	1790 - 1844	Virginia	July 24, 1843	February 28, 1844	John tyler
sixteen		John C. Calhoun	1782 - 1850	South Carolina	April 1, 1844	March 10, 1845	John tyler
17		James buchanan	1791 - 1868	Pennsylvania	March 10, 1845	March 7, 1849	James polk
18		John M. Clayton	1796 - 1856	Delaware	March 8, 1849	July 22, 1850	Zachary Taylor , Millard Fillmore
nineteen		Daniel webster	1782 - 1852	Massachusetts	July 23, 1850	October 24, 1852	Millard fillmore
20		Edward Everett	1794 - 1865	Massachusetts	November 6, 1852	March 3, 1853	Millard fillmore
21		William L. Marcy	1786 - 1857	New York	March 7, 1853	March 6, 1857	Franklin pierce
22		Lewis Cass	1782 - 1866	Michigan	March 6, 1857	December 14, 1860	James buchanan
23		Jeremiah S. Black	1810 - 1883	Pennsylvania	December 17, 1860	March 5, 1861	James buchanan
24		William G. Seward	1801 - 1872	New York	March 5, 1861	March 4, 1869	Abraham Lincoln , Andrew Johnson
25		Eliyahu B. Washburn	1816 - 1887	Illinois	March 5, 1869	March 16, 1869	Ulysses Grant
26		Hamilton Fish	1808 - 1893	New York	March 17, 1869	March 12, 1877	Ulysses Grant
27		William M. Evarts	1818 - 1901	New York	March 12, 1877	March 7, 1881	Rutherford Haze
28		James blaine	1830 - 1893	Maine	March 7, 1881	December 19, 1881	James Garfield , Chester Arthur
29		Frederic Frelinguisen	1817 - 1885	New Jersey	December 19, 1881	March 6, 1885	Chester Arthur
thirty		Thomas Bayard	1828 - 1898	Delaware	March 7, 1885	March 6, 1889	Grover Cleveland
31		James blaine	1830 - 1893	Maine	March 7, 1889	June 4, 1892	Benjamin harrison
32		John foster	1836 - 1917	Indiana	June 29, 1892	February 23, 1893	Benjamin harrison
33		Walter Grisham	1832 - 1895	Illinois	March 7, 1893	May 28, 1895	Grover Cleveland
34		Richard Olney	1835 - 1917	Massachusetts	June 10, 1895	March 5, 1897	Grover Cleveland
35		John sherman	1823 - 1900	Ohio	March 6, 1897	April 27, 1898	William McKinley
36		William R. Day	1849 - 1923	Ohio	April 28, 1898	September 16, 1898	William McKinley
37		John Milton Hay	1838 - 1905	Washington	September 30, 1898	July 1, 1905	William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt
38		Elihu Ruth	1845 - 1937	New York	July 19, 1905	January 27, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
39		Robert Bacon	1860 - 1919	New York	January 27, 1909	March 5, 1909	Theodore Roosevelt
40		Philander C. Knox	1853 - 1921	Pennsylvania	March 6, 1909	March 5, 1913	William Taft
41		William Jennings Bryan	1860 - 1925	Nebraska	March 5, 1913	June 9, 1915	Woodrow wilson
42		Robert Lansing	1864 - 1928	New York	June 24, 1915	February 13, 1920	Woodrow wilson
43		Bainbridge Colby	1869 - 1950	New York	March 23, 1920	March 4, 1921	Woodrow wilson
44		Charles Evans Hughes	1862 - 1948	New York	March 5, 1921	March 4, 1925	Warren Harding , Calvin Coolidge
45		Frank B. Kellog	1856 - 1937	Minnesota	March 5, 1925	March 28, 1929	Calvin Coolidge , Herbert Hoover
46		Henry L. Stimson	1867 - 1950	New York	March 28, 1929	March 4, 1933	Herbert Hoover
47		Cordell Hull	1871 - 1955	Tennessee	March 4, 1933	November 30, 1944	Franklin Roosevelt
48		Edward Stettinius Jr.	1900 - 1949	Virginia	December 1, 1944	June 27, 1945	Franklin Roosevelt , Harry Truman
49		James F. Byrnes	1882 - 1972	South Carolina	July 3, 1945	January 21, 1947	Harry truman
50		George Marshall	1880 - 1959	Pennsylvania	January 21, 1947	January 20, 1949	Harry truman
51		Dean Acheson	1893 - 1971	Maryland	January 21, 1949	January 20, 1953	Harry truman
52		John Foster Dulles	1888 - 1959	New York	January 21, 1953	April 22, 1959	Dwight Eisenhower
53		Christian herter	1895 - 1966	Massachusetts	April 22, 1959	January 20, 1961	Dwight Eisenhower
54		Dean rusk	1909 - 1994	Georgia	January 21, 1961	January 20, 1969	John kennedy , lyndon johnson
55		William P. Rogers	1913 - 2001	Maryland	January 22, 1969	September 3, 1973	Richard Nixon
56		Henry Kissinger	kind of 1923	Washington	September 22, 1973	January 20, 1977	Richard Nixon , Gerald Ford
57		Cyrus vance	1917 - 2002	New York	January 23, 1977	April 28, 1980	Jimmy Carter
58		Edmund Muskie	1914 - 1996	Maine	May 8, 1980	January 18, 1981	Jimmy Carter
59		Alexander Haig	1924 - 2010	Connecticut	January 22, 1981	July 5, 1982	Ronald reagan
60		George Schulz	kind of 1920	California	July 16, 1982	January 20, 1989	Ronald reagan
61		James baker	kind of 1930	Texas	January 25, 1989	August 23, 1992	George Bush Sr.
62		Lawrence Eagleberger	1930 - 2011	Florida	December 8, 1992	January 19, 1993	George Bush Sr.
63		Warren christopher	1925 - 2011	California	January 20, 1993	January 17, 1997	Bill clinton
64		Madeleine Albright	kind of 1937	Washington	January 23, 1997	January 19, 2001	Bill clinton
65		Colin powell	kind of 1937	Virginia	January 20, 2001	January 26, 2005	George W. Bush
66		Condoleezza Rice	kind of 1954	California	January 26, 2005	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
-		William Burns	kind of 1956	North Carolina	January 20, 2009	January 21, 2009 ^[1]	Barack Obama
67		Hillary Clinton	kind of 1947	Illinois	January 21, 2009	February 1, 2013	Barack Obama
68		John Kerry	kind of 1943	Colorado	February 1, 2013	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
-		Tom shannon	kind of 1958	Minnesota	January 20, 2017 ^[2]	February 1, 2017	Donald trump
69		Rex Tillerson	kind of 1952	Texas	February 1, 2017 ^[3]	March 31, 2018	Donald trump
-		John sullivan	kind of 1959	Massachusetts	April 1, 2018	April 26, 2018	Donald trump
70		Mike Pompeo	kind of 1963	Kansas	April 26, 2018	Acting	Donald trump