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The Secretary of State is the head of the department concerned with foreign affairs.
Secretaries of State:
| Name |
Year appointed |
President(s) served under |
|---|
| John Jay |
1789 |
George Washington |
| Thomas Jefferson |
1789 |
George Washington |
| Edmund Randolph |
1794 |
George Washington |
| Timothy Pickering |
1795 |
George Washington, John Adams |
| John Marshall |
1800 |
John Adams |
| James Madison |
1801 |
Thomas Jefferson |
| Robert Smith |
1809 |
James Madison |
| James Monroe |
1811 |
James Madison |
| John Quincy Adams |
1817 |
James Monroe |
| Henry Clay |
1825 |
John Quincy Adams |
| Martin Van Buren |
1829 |
Andrew Jackson |
| Edward Livingston |
1831 |
Andrew Jackson |
| Louis McLane |
1833 |
Andrew Jackson |
| John Forsyth |
1834 |
Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren |
| Daniel Webster |
1841 |
William Henry Harrison, John Tyler |
| Abel P. Upshur |
1843 |
John Tyler |
| John C. Calhoun |
1844 |
John Tyler, James K. Polk |
| James Buchanan |
1845 |
James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor |
| John Clayton |
1849 |
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore |
| Daniel Webster |
1850 |
Millard Fillmore |
| Edward Everett |
1852 |
Millard Fillmore |
| William L. Marcy |
1853 |
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan |
| Lewis Cass |
1857 |
James Buchanan |
| Jeremiah S. Black |
1860 |
James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln |
| William H. Seward |
1861 |
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson |
| Elihu P. Washburne |
1869 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
| Hamilton Fish |
1869 |
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes |
