Name |
Term of Office |
President(s) served under |
Thomas Jefferson |
March 22, 1790 - December 31, 1793 |
George Washington |
Edmund Randolph[?] |
January 2, 1794 - August 20, 1795 |
George Washington |
Timothy Pickering[?] |
December 10, 1795 - May 12, 1800 |
George Washington, John Adams |
John Marshall |
June 6, 1800 - February 4, 1801 |
John Adams |
James Madison |
May 2, 1801 - March 3, 1809 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Robert Smith |
March 6, 1809 - April 1, 1811 |
James Madison |
James Monroe |
April 6, 1811 - September 30, 1814
February 28, 1815 - March 3, 1817 |
James Madison |
John Quincy Adams |
September 22, 1817 - March 3, 1825 |
James Monroe |
Henry Clay |
March 7, 1825 - March 3, 1829 |
John Quincy Adams |
Martin Van Buren |
March 28, 1829 - March 23, 1831 |
Andrew Jackson |
Edward Livingston |
May 24, 1831 - May 29, 1833 |
Andrew Jackson |
Louis McLane[?] |
May 29, 1833 - June 30, 1834 |
Andrew Jackson |
John Forsyth[?] |
July 1, 1834 - March 3, 1841 |
Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |
Daniel Webster |
March 6, 1841 - May 8, 1843 |
William Henry Harrison, John Tyler |
Abel P. Upshur[?] |
July 24, 1843 - February 28, 1844 |
John Tyler |
John C. Calhoun |
April 1, 1844 - March 10, 1845 |
John Tyler, James K. Polk |
James Buchanan |
March 10, 1845 - March 7, 1849 |
James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor |
John Clayton[?] |
March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850 |
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore |
Daniel Webster |
July 23, 1850 - October 24, 1852 |
Millard Fillmore |
Edward Everett[?] |
November 6, 1852 - March 3, 1853 |
Millard Fillmore |
William L. Marcy[?] |
March 8, 1853 - March 6, 1857 |
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan |
Lewis Cass |
March 6, 1857 - December 14, 1860 |
James Buchanan |
Jeremiah S. Black[?] |
December 17, 1860 - March 5, 1861 |
James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln |
William H. Seward |
March 6, 1861 - March 4, 1869 |
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |
Elihu P. Washburne[?] |
March 5, 1869 - March 16, 1869 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
Hamilton Fish[?] |
March 17, 1869 - March 12, 1877 |
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes |
William M. Evarts[?] |
March 12, 1877 - March 7, 1881 |
Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield |
James G. Blaine |
March 7, 1881 - December 19, 1881 |
James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur |
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen |
December 19, 1881 - March 6, 1885 |
Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland |
Thomas F. Bayard |
March 7, 1885 - March 6, 1889 |
Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison |
James G. Blaine |
March 7, 1889 - June 4, 1892 |
Benjamin Harrison |
John W. Foster[?] |
June 29, 1892 - February 23, 1893 |
Benjamin Harrison |
Walter Q. Gresham[?] |
March 7, 1893 - May 28, 1895 |
Grover Cleveland |
Richard Olney[?] |
June 10, 1895 - March 5, 1897 |
Grover Cleveland, William McKinley |
John Sherman |
March 6, 1897 - April 27, 1898 |
William McKinley |
William R. Day[?] |
April 28, 1898 - September 16, 1898 |
William McKinley |
John Hay |
September 30, 1898 - July 1, 1905 |
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt |
Elihu Root[?] |
July 19, 1905 - January 27, 1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Robert Bacon[?] |
January 27, 1909 - March 5, 1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft |
Philander C. Knox[?] |
March 6, 1909 - March 5, 1913 |
William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson |
William Jennings Bryan |
March 5, 1913 - June 9, 1915 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Robert Lansing |
June 24, 1915 - February 13, 1920 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Bainbridge Colby[?] |
March 23, 1920 - March 4, 1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
Charles Evans Hughes |
March 5, 1921 - March 4, 1925 |
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge |
Frank B. Kellogg |
March 5, 1925 - March 28, 1929 |
Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover |
Henry L. Stimson |
March 28, 1929 - March 4, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
Cordell Hull[?] |
March 4, 1933 - November 30, 1944 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
E. R. Stettinius[?], Jr.[?] |
December 1, 1944 - June 27, 1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman |
James F. Byrnes[?] |
July 3, 1945 - January 21, 1947 |
Harry S. Truman |
George C. Marshall |
January 21, 1947 - January 20, 1949 |
Harry S. Truman |
Dean Acheson |
January 21, 1949 - January 20, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
John Foster Dulles |
January 21, 1953 - April 22, 1959 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Christian Herter |
April 22, 1959 - January 20, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Dean Rusk |
January 21, 1961 - January 20, 1969 |
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
William P. Rogers[?] |
January 22, 1969 - September 3, 1973 |
Richard M. Nixon |
Henry A. Kissinger |
September 22, 1973 - January 20, 1977 |
Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford |
Cyrus Vance |
January 23, 1977 - April 28, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter |
Edmund S. Muskie[?] |
May 8, 1980 - January 18, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
Alexander M. Haig[?], Jr.[?] |
January 22, 1981 - July 5, 1982 |
Ronald Reagan |
George P. Shultz |
July 16, 1982 - January 20, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
James Baker |
January 25, 1989 - August 23, 1992 |
George H. W. Bush |
Lawrence Eagleburger[?] |
December 8, 1992 - January 19, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
Warren Christopher[?] |
January 20, 1993 - January 17, 1997 |
Bill Clinton |
Madeleine Albright |
January 23, 1997 - January 19, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
Colin Powell |
January 20, 2001 - present |
George W. Bush |