Famous U.S. Secretary of State

• Adams, John Quincy

  President of the United States, 1825-1829

• Albright, Madeleine

  U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001

• Blinken, Antony

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2021-present

• Bryan, William Jennings

  The populist politician who defended the Bible in the Scopes trial

• Calhoun, John C.

  The Senate leader who was vice president for both J.C. Adams and Andrew Jackson

• Clinton, Hillary Rodham

  The former First Lady who became the Democratic nominee for president in 2016

• Haig, Alexander

  Four-star general and U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82

• Kerry, John

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2013-2017

• Kissinger, Henry

  U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford

• Marshall, George C.

  World War II-era U.S. General and Secretary of State

• Muskie, Edmund

  U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80

• Powell, Colin

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2004

• Rice, Condoleezza

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2005-09

• Shultz, George

  United States Secretary of State, 1982-89

• Tillerson, Rex

  The former Exxon CEO who became Secretary of State for a year

• Vance, Cyrus

  U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-80

See: Index by Occupation