President

Secretary of State

Date of commission

Grover Cleveland.......... Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware..

Entered upon duties Mar. 7, 1885. Retired Mar. 6, 1889.

Benjamin Harrison.. James G. Blaine, of Maine..........

Entered upon duties Mar. 7, 1889. Retired June 4, 1892.
William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant Secretary).
Ad interim June 4, 1892, to June 29, 1892.
John W. Foster, of Indiana___
Entered upon duties June 29, 1892.
1893.

Mar. 6, 1885

Mar. 5, 1889

June 29, 1892

Retired Feb. 23,

Woodrow Wilson... Robert Lansing, of New York (Counselor for the Depart

ment of State).

Ad interim June 9, 1915, to June 23, 1915.

Robert Lansing, of New York.....

Entered upon duties June 24, 1915. Retired Feb. 13, 1920.

Frank Lyon Polk, of New York (Undersecretary).
Acting Feb. 14, 1920, to Mar. 13, 1920.

Date of commission

June 23, 1915

Bainbridge Colby, of New York...

Mar. 22, 1920

Entered upon duties Mar. 23, 1920. Retired Mar. 4, 1921.

Mar. 4, 1921

Warren G. Harding. Charles Evans Hughes, of New York........

Calvin Coolidge.

Entered upon duties Mar. 5, 1921.
Continued from last administration. Retired Mar. 4, 1925.
Frank Billings Kellogg, of Minnesota_
Entered upon duties Mar. 5, 1925.

II. COUNSELORS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE (1909-1919)
(Title changed to Undersecretary of State July 1, 1919)

Feb. 16, 1925