Permanent historical factsheet

Secretary of State

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records

1905–2005Date range

6Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1905

Elihu Root1905

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

1945

James Francis Byrnes1945

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

1947

George Catlett Marshall1947

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

1972

Henry Alfred Kissinger22 August 1972

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

1984

George Schultz1984

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State

2004

Condoleezza Rice16 November 2004

Government / Republican Party Government

Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice2004

Government / Republican Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State, replaces outgoing secretary Colin Powell

2005

Condoleezza Rice26 January 2005

Government / Republican Party Government

Senate confirms her nomination by 85-13, the negative votes, the most cast against any for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who wanted to hold Rice and Bush accountable for failures in Iraq and terrorism. Confirmed by Senate by 85-13 as the 1st African-American woman Secretary of State

Names involved

Condoleezza RiceElihu RootGeorge Catlett MarshallGeorge SchultzHenry Alfred KissingerJames Francis Byrnes

Provenance

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