The Confederate States Secretary of State is the head of the Confederate States State Department, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence.
Secretaries of State[]
Denotes acting Secretary of State
# | Picture | Name | Home State | Began Service | Ended Service | President(s) served under |
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1 | Robert Toombs | Georgia | February 25, 1861 | July 25, 1861 | Jefferson Davis | |
2 | Robert M.T. Hunter | Virginia | July 25, 1861 | February 22, 1862 | Jefferson Davis | |
Vacant | February 22, 1862 | March 7, 1862 | Jefferson Davis | |||
William M. Browne | Georgia | March 7, 1862 | March 18, 1862 | Jefferson Davis | ||
3 | Judah P. Benjamin | Louisiana | March 18, 1862 | February 21, 1874 | Jefferson Davis John C. Breckinridge | |
4 | James Reily | Texas | February 22, 1874 | February 21, 1880 | John H. Reagan | |
5 | Lucius Q.C. Lamar | Mississippi | February 22, 1880 | February 21, 1886 | Jabez Curry | |
6 | Zebulon B. Vance | North Carolina | February 22, 1886 | February 21, 1892 | James Longstreet | |
7 | William H. Trescot | South Carolina | February 22, 1892 | February 21, 1898 | Fitzhugh Lee | |
8 | Joseph C.S. Blackburn | Kentucky | February 22, 1898 | February 21, 1904 | Clifton R. Breckinridge | |
9 | Augustus O. Bacon | Georgia | February 22, 1904 | February 21, 1910 | Furnifold Simmons | |
10 | Josephus Daniels | North Carolina | February 22, 1910 | February 21, 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | |
11 | William J. Stone | Missouri | February 22, 1916 | April 14, 1918D | Champ Clark | |
12 | Jacob M. Dickinson | Tennessee | April 14, 1918 | December 10, 1919 | Champ Clark Carter Glass | |
December 10, 1919 | February 22, 1922 | |||||
13 | Lee S. Overman | North Carolina | February 22, 1922 | February 21, 1928 | Carter Glass | |
14 | Norman H. Davis | Tennessee | February 22, 1928 | February 21, 1934 | Joseph T. Robinson | |
15 | Thomas T. Connally | Texas | February 21, 1934 | February 22, 1940 | John N. Garner | |
16 | Cordell Hull | Tennessee | February 21, 1940 | February 22, 1946 | James F. Byrnes | |
17 | Edward Stettinius, Jr. | Virginia | February 22, 1946 | October 31, 1949 D | Harry S. Truman | |
Jefferson Caffery | Louisiana | October 31, 1949 | April 10, 1950 | Harry S. Truman | ||
18 | George C. Marshall, Jr. | Virginia | April 10, 1950 | February 21, 1952 | Harry S. Truman | |
19 | James P. Richards | South Carolina | February 21, 1952 | February 22, 1958 | Strom Thurmond | |
20 | Dean Rusk | Georgia | February 21, 1958 | February 22, 1970 | Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson | |
21 | William Westmoreland | South Carolina | February 21, 1970 | February 22, 1976 | George C. Wallace | |
22 | Andrew J. Young | Georgia | February 21, 1976 | February 22, 1982 | Jimmy Carter | |
23 | Jeane Kirkpatrick | Oklahoma | February 21, 1982 | February 22, 1988 | John B. Connally | |
24 | John Tower | Texas | February 21, 1988 | February 22, 1994 | Howard H. Baker, Jr. | |
25 | Bill Richardson | New Mexico | February 21, 1994 | February 22, 2000 | Bill Clinton | |
26 | Condoleeza Rice | Alabama | February 21, 2000 | February 22, 2006 | John McCain | |
27 | Hillary Clinton | Virginia | February 22, 2006 | February 21, 2012 | John Edwards | |
28 | Jim Demint | South Carolina | February 22, 2012 | Incumbent | Rick Perry |
Notes[]
- D Died in office of natural causes.