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U.S. Secretaries of State

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U.S. Secretaries of State, with number, name, tenure start, tenure end, and president.

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ID Number Name TenureStart TenureEnd President
1 1 Thomas Jefferson 1790 1793 George Washington
2 2 Edmund Randolph 1794 1795 George Washington
3 3 Timothy Pickering 1795 1800 George Washington and John Adams
4 4 John Marshall 1800 1801 John Adams
5 5 James Madison 1801 1809 Thomas Jefferson
6 6 Robert Smith 1809 1811 James Madison
7 7 James Monroe 1811 1817 James Madison
8 8 John Quincy Adams 1817 1825 James Monroe
9 9 Henry Clay 1825 1829 John Quincy Adams
10 10 Martin Van Buren 1829 1831 Andrew Jackson
11 11 Edward Livingston 1831 1833 Andrew Jackson
12 12 Louis McLane 1833 1834 Andrew Jackson
13 13 John Forsyth 1834 1841 Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
14 14 Daniel Webster 1841 1843 William Henry Harrison and John Tyler
15 15 Abel P. Upshur 1843 1844 John Tyler
16 16 John C. Calhoun 1844 1845 John Tyler
17 17 James Buchanan 1845 1849 James K. Polk
18 18 John M. Clayton 1849 1850 Zachary Taylor
19 19 Daniel Webster 1850 1852 Millard Fillmore
20 20 Edward Everett 1852 1853 Millard Fillmore
21 21 William L. Marcy 1853 1857 Franklin Pierce
22 22 Lewis Cass 1857 1860 James Buchanan
23 23 Jeremiah S. Black 1860 1861 James Buchanan
24 24 William H. Seward 1861 1869 Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
25 25 Elihu B. Washburne 1869 1869 Ulysses S. Grant

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