List of Secretaries of State in the United States of America By jorguerra Jun 28, 1945 Joseph Grew Jul 3, 1945 James F. Byrnes Jan 21, 1947 George Marshall Jan 21, 1949 Dean Acheson Jan 21, 1953 John Foster Dulles Jan 20, 1961 Livingston T. Merchant Jan 21, 1961 Dean Rusk Apr 22, 1961 Christian Herter Jan 20, 1969 Charles E. Bohlen Jan 22, 1969 William P. Rogers Sep 3, 1973 Kenneth Rush Sep 22, 1973 Henry Kissinger Jan 20, 1977 Philip Habib Jan 23, 1977 Cyrus Vance Apr 28, 1980 Warren Christopher May 8, 1980 Edmund Muskie Jan 22, 1981 Alexander Haig Jul 5, 1982 Walter J. Stoessel Jul 16, 1982 George P. Shultz Jan 20, 1989 Michael Armacost Jan 25, 1989 James Baker Dec 8, 1992 Lawrence Eagleburger Jan 20, 1993 Frank G. Wisner Jan 20, 1993 Warren Christopher Jan 23, 1997 Madeleine Albright
