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Elihu Root ( / ˈɛlɪhjuː ˈruːt /; February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary of State under Roosevelt. In both positions as well as a ...
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
The secretary of state of Florida is an executive officer of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida, established since the original 1838 state constitution. [1] Like the corresponding officials in other states, the original charge of the secretary of state—to be the "Keeper of the Great Seal "—has expanded greatly since the ...
Counsel General for Wales. Attorney General for Northern Ireland. R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [1] is a United Kingdom constitutional law case decided by the United Kingdom Supreme Court on 24 January 2017, which ruled that the British Government (the executive) might not initiate withdrawal from the European ...
World War I. John Foster Dulles ( / ˈdʌlɪs / DUL-iss; February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, Dulles served as United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959 (due to his colon cancer diagnosis) and ...
Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2021. ↑ "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2021. ↑ 43.0 43.1 "William Fisher Wharton (1847–1919)".
The second deputy secretary of state, the deputy secretary of state for management and resources, serves as the "first assistant" for the purposes of the Vacancies Reform Act, but both deputy secretaries have full delegated authority to act for the secretary, if not otherwise prohibited by law. Certain deputy secretaries of state went on to ...
