Secretaries of State

Brown, James

June 5, 1792 - October 12, 1796

Toulmin, Harry

October 13, 1796 - September 5, 1804

Rowan, John

September 7, 1804 - March 1, 1807

Grayson, Alfred William

March 1, 1807 - February 22, 1808

Greenup, William C.

February 23, 1808 - September 1, 1808

Bledsoe, Jesse

September 1, 1808 - July 26, 1812

Winlock, Fielding

July 27, 1812 - September 1, 1812

Hardin, Martin D.

September 1, 1812 - December 15, 1812; March 13, 1813 - September 4, 1816

Greenup, Christopher

February 3, 1813 - March 13, 1813

Todd, Charles S.

September 5, 1816 - October 20, 1816

Pope, John

October 21, 1816 - August 2, 1819

Waggener, Oliver G.

August 2, 1819 - September 1, 1820

Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell

September 2, 1820 - September 1, 1823

Monroe, Thomas Bell, Sr.

September 2, 1823 - September 1, 1824

Barry, William Taylor

September 2, 1824 - February 3, 1825

Pickett, James Chamberlayne

February 4, 1825 - September 2, 1828

Robertson, George

September 6, 1828 - December 1828

Crittenden, Thomas T.

December 1828 - March 1832

McCurdy, John F.

March 1832 - September 4, 1832

Sanders, Lewis, Jr.

September 4, 1832 - April 1834

Crittenden, John Jordan

April 1834 - February 1835

Owsley, William

March 1835 - February 1836

Cox, Austin P.

February 1836 - August 31, 1836

Bullock, James M.

September 1, 1836 - September 2, 1840

Harlan, James, Jr.

September 3, 1840 - September 3, 1844

Hardin, Benjamin, Jr.

September 4, 1844 - September 1, 1846

Kinkead, George B.

September 1, 1846 - April 7, 1847

Reed, William Decatur

April 9, 1847 - September 6, 1848

Brown, Orlando

September 7, 1848 - June 30, 1849

Bell, Joshua Fry

July 2, 1849 - March 16, 1850

Finnell, John William

March 16, 1850 - August 31, 1851

Meriwether, David

September 3, 1851 - July 5, 1852

Metcalfe, James P.

July 5, 1852 - May 2, 1854

Green, Grant

May 3, 1854 - September 2, 1855

Brown, Mason

September 3, 1855 - August 29, 1859

Monroe, Thomas B., Jr.

August 30, 1859 - October 1, 1861

Gaither, Nathaniel, Jr.

October 2, 1861 - August 18, 1862

Wickliffe, Daniel Carmichael

August 19, 1862 - September 1, 1863

Van Winkle, Ephraim

September 1, 1863 - May 23, 1866

Van Winkle, John S.

May 24, 1866 - September 2, 1867

Churchill, Samuel B.

September 3, 1867 - September 4, 1871; September 1, 1879 - April 1880

James, Andrew Jackson

September 5, 1871 - June 10, 1872

Craddock, George Washington

June 10, 1872 - August 1, 1875

Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, Sr.

August 1, 1875 - August 31, 1875; September 1, 1875 - September 2, 1879

Blackburn, James W.

May 6, 1880 - September 4, 1883

McKenzie, James Andrew

September 5, 1883 - August 30, 1887

Adams, George Madison "Matt"

September 3, 1887 - August 25, 1891

Ringo, Willis Lunsford

August 25, 1891 - August 31, 1891

Headley, John W.

September 1, 1891 - December 10, 1895; December 11, 1895 - January 1, 1896

Finley, Charles

January 1, 1896 - December 10, 1899; December 12, 1899 - December 29, 1899

Powers, Caleb

January 1, 1900 - May 21, 1900

Hill, Caleb Breckinridge "C. Breck"

February 26, 1900 - January 3, 1904

McChesney, Harry Vernon

January 4, 1904 - January 1, 1908

Bruner, Ben L.

January 1, 1908 - January 1, 1912

Crecelius, Carl F.

January 1, 1912 - January 1, 1916

Lewis, James P.

January 1, 1916 - January 1, 1920

Vaughn, Fred A.

January 1, 1920 - January 1, 1924

Cromwell, Emma Guy

January 1, 1924 - January 1, 1928

Lewis, Ella

January 1, 1928 - January 1, 1932

Mahan, Sara W.

January 1, 1932 - January 1, 1936

Arnett, Charles D.

January 1, 1936 - January 1, 1940

Hatcher, George Glenn

January 1, 1940 - January 1, 1944; January 1, 1948 - January 1, 1952

O'Connell, Charles K.

January 1, 1944 - January 1, 1948; January 1, 1952 - January 1, 1956

Stovall, Thelma Loyace Hawkins

January 1956 - January, 1960; January 1964 - January 1968; January 1972 - January 1976

Carter, Henry Howes

January 1, 1960 - January 1, 1964

Begley, Elmer

January 1, 1968 - September 18, 1970

Begley, Leila Feltner

September 21, 1970 - February 2, 1971

Harper, Kenneth F.

February 2, 1971 - January 1, 1972

Davis, Drexell R.

January 1, 1976 - January 1, 1980; January 1, 1984 - January 1, 1988

Mills, Frances Jones

January 1, 1980 - January 1,1984

Ehrler, Bremer

January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1992

Babbage, Robert "Bob"

January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1996

Brown III, John Young

January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2000; January 1, 2000 - January 4, 2004

Grayson III, Charles Merwin "Trey"

January 5, 2004 - January 6, 2008; January 7, 2008 - January 29, 2011 (11:59 a.m.)

Walker, Elaine Nogay

January 29, 2011 (12:00 p.m.) - January 1, 2012

Alison Lundergan Grimes

January 2, 2012 - January 5, 2020

Michael G Adams

January 6, 2020 - Current