The following list contains the names of the different Secretaries, the Presidents by whom appointed, and the dates of their respective commissions: Secretaries of State. Presidents. Commissioned. September 26, 1789. ....do December 10, 1795. May 13, 1800. March 5, 1801 do March 5, 1817. May 29, 1833. March 3, 1841. March 5, 1841. May 9, 1843. June 21, 1843. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.. George Washington (John Adams. John Marshall, of Virginia...... .....do Levi Lincoln, of Massachusetts (Attorney-Gen- .....do eral), ad interim. James Madison, of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson Robert Smith, of Maryland James Madison.. James Monroe, of Virginia. .do ..... Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania (Attorney-Gen. James Monroe. eral), ad interim. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts.. Henry Clay, of Kentucky. John Quincy Adams James A. Hamilton, of New York, ad interim .do.. Martin Van Buren, of New York. Andrew Jackson.. Edward Livingston, of Louisiana .do Lonis McLane, of Delaware... .do John Forsyth, of Georgia.....' "....do Martin Van Buren J. L. Martin, of North Carolina (chief clerk), .....do ad interim. William H. Harrison Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts John Tyler General), ad interim. clerk), ad interim. Navy). ..do .do James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania.. James K. Polk.. (Zachary Taylor. John M. Clayton, of Delaware .... Millard Fillmore Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts. .do Charles M. Conrad, of Louisiana (Secretary of .do War), ad interim. do William Hunter, of Rhode Island (chief clerk), .....do ad interim. William L. Marcy, of New York Franklin Pierce. Lewis Cass, of Michigan..... James Buchanan William Hunter, of Rhode Island (chief clerk), ad interim. Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania do William H. Seward, of New York fAbraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois. Ulysses S. Grant. Hamilton Fish, of New York.. .....do... William M. Evarts, of New York. Rutherford B. Hayes. James G. Blaine, of Maine (James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. .do June 24, 1843. February 29, 1844. March 6, 1844. March 7, 1849. July 22, 1850. November 6, 1852. March 7, 1853. .....do December 17, 1860. March 5, 1861. March 5, 1869. March 5, 1881. December 12, 1881. Secretaries of State. Presidents. Commissioned. March 6, 1885. June 29, 1892. Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine, of Maine ... Benjamin Harrison William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant ....do.. Secretary), ad interim. John W. Foster, of Indiana do William F. Wbarton, of Massachusetts (Assistant do Secretary), ad interim. Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois. Grover Cleveland Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan (Assistant Secretary), do ad interim, Richard Olney, of Massachusetts.. do John Sherman, of Ohio.... William McKinley (William McKinley John Hay, of the District of Columbia Theodore Roosevelt March 6, 1893. .do June 8, 1895. September 20, 1898. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES, CONVEN TIONS, ETC. Country Subject. Signed. Proclaimed. France February 6, 1778.... May 4, 1778, a February 6, 1778 May 4, 1778. a February 6, 1778.... May 4, 1778.a Contract for the Repayment of Loans July 16, 1782 January 22, 1788. a made by the King of France. Netherlands.. Peace and Commerce October 8, 1782.. January 22, 1783. Netherlands. Recaptured vessels... October 8, 1782. January 23, 1783. Great Britain Provisional Peace November 30, 1782 .. April 11, 1783. Great Britain Armistice, cessation of hostilities January 20, 1783. France Contract for a New Loan and the February 25, 1783 ... October 31, 1783. a Repayment of the Old Loans made by the King of France. Sweden.... Amity and Commerce... April 3, 1783 September 25, 1783. Great Britain. Definitive Peace... September 3, 1783... January 14, 1784. Prussia ... Amity and Commerce. September 10, 1785.. October, 1786.b Morocco. Peace and Friendship. January, 1787. July 18, 1787, a France Consular November 14, 1788.. Great Britain Amity, Commerce, and Navigation ... November 19, 1794.. February 29, 1796. Algiers Peace and Amity... September 5, 1795... March 2, 1796. c Spain.... Friendship, Boundaries, Commerce, October 27, 1795..... August 2, 1796. and Navigation. May 9, 1796. November 4, 1796 ... June 10, 1797. Tunis..... Amity, Commerce, and Navigation .. August, 1797 December 24, 1799.0 Great Britain Explanatory to Article V, Treaty of March 15, 1798 June 5, 1798.c 1794. Prussia Amity and Commerce... July 11,1799 November 4, 1800. France Peace, Commerce, and Navigation... September 30, 1800.. December 21, 1801. Great Britain Payment of Indemnities and Settle- January 8, 1802 April 27, 1802. ment of Debts. Spair.. Claims...... August 11, 1802.... December 22, 1818. France Cession of Louisiana... April 30, 1803. October 21, 1803. France Payment for the Purchase of Louisi- April 30, 1803.. October 21, 1803. ana. France Claims..... April 30, 1803. October 21, 1803. Tripoli.. Peace and Amity June 4, 1805. April 12, 1806.0 Great Britain Peace and Amity December 24, 1814... February 18, 1815. Algiers Amity and Peace.... June 30, 1815.. December 26, 1815. Great Britain. Commerce and Navigation.. July 3, 1815 December 22, 1815. Sweden and Nor- | Amity and Commerce September 4, 1816... December 31, 1818. way. Algiers Peace and Amity.... December 22, 23, 1816 February 11, 1822. Great Britain Naval Forces on the Great Lakes..... April, 1817 .... April 28, 1818. Great Britain Respecting Fisheries, Boundary, and October 20, 1818.. January 30, 1819. the Restoration of Slaves.. Spain... Friendship, Cession of the Floridus, February 22, 1819.. February 22, 1821. and Boundaries. France Navigation and Commerce. June 24, 1822 February 12, 1823. Great Britain Claims..... July 12, 1822 .! January 11, 1823. a Ratified by Congress. b Ratifications exchanged. c Ratification advised by the Senate. Country. Subject. Signed. Proclaimed. Limits ......... Tunis. Amending Treaty of August, 1797.... February 24, 1824... January 21, 1825. Russia Pacific Ocean and Northwest Coast April 17, 1824 January 12, 1825. of America. Colombia .... Amity, Commerce, and Navigation.. October 3, 1824 May 31, 1825. Central America... Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navi- December 5, 1825 October 28, 1826. gation Denmark Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga- April 26, 1826 October 14, 1826. tion. Great Britain.. Relative to the Indemnity for Slaves. November 13, 1826.. March 19, 1827. Sweden and Nor- Commerce and Navigation....... July 4, 1827 January 19, 1828. way Great Britain. Continuing in Force Article III, August 6, 1827 May 15, 1828. Treaty of 1818. Great Britain. Commercial August 6, 1827 May 15, 1828. Great Britain.. Relative to the Northeastern Bound- September 29, 1827.. May 15, 1828. ary. Hanseatic Repub- Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga- December 20, 1827 .. June 2, 1828. lics. tion. Mexico Limits.. January 12, 1828 April 5, 1832. May 1, 1828 March 14, 1829. Hanseatic Repub- | Additional Article to Convention of June 4, 1828. July 29, 1829. lics. 1827. Brazil Amity, Commerce, and Navigation .. December 12, 1828 .. March 18, 1829. Austria-Hungary Commerce and Navigation... August 27, 1829 February 10, 1831. Denmark.. Claims.... March 28, 1830 June 5, 1830. Ottoman Empire Commerce and Navigation.. May 7, 1830 February 4, 1832. Mexico April 5, 1831 April 5, 1832. April 5, 1832. july 13, 1832. April 29, 1834. October 14, 1832 August 27,1833. December 18, 1832... May 11, 1833. March 20, 1833.. June 24, 1837. Chile Additional to the General Treaty of September 1, 1833 ... April 29, 1834. 1832. Muscat Amity and Commerce. September 21, 1833 .. June 24, 1837. Spain Claims... February 17, 1834 ... November 1, 1834. Mexico Limits April 3, 1835. April 21, 1836. Venezuela Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navi- January 20, 1836 June 30, 1836. gation Morocco, Peace and Friendship.. September 16, 1836.. January 30, 1837. Peru-Bolivia.. Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and November 30, 1836 .. October 3, 1838. Navigation. December 10, 1837... August 30, 1838. April 11, 1838. July 6, 1838. April 25, 1838. October 13, 1838. November 26, 1838 March 18, 1839. Netherlands Commerce and Navigation. January 19, 1839 May 24, 1839. April 11, 1839. April 8, 1840. Peace, Friendship, Navigation, and June 13, 1839 September 23, 1842. Commerce. May 20, 1840 January 2, 1841. Portugal. Commerce and Navigation. August 26, 1840. April 24, 1841. Peru.... Claims... March 17, 1841 January 8,1847. Great Britain Boundaries, Suppression of Slave August 9, 1842. November 10, 1842. Trade, and Extradition. January 30, 1843 March 30, 1843. November 9, 1843 April 14, 1844. Hesse.. Abolishing Droit d'Aubaine and March 26, 1844 May 8, 1845. Taxes on Emigration. Country, Subject. Signed. Proclaimed. Wurttemberg Abolishing Droit d'Aubaine and April 10, 1844 ...... December 16, 1844. Taxes on Emigration, China Peace, Amity, and Commerce........ July 3, 1844. April 18, 1846. Bavaria Abolishing Droit d’Aubaine and January 21, 1845. August 15, 1846. Taxes on Emigration. France Extradition, additional article...... February 24, 1845... July 24, 1845. Belgium Commerce and Navigation.... November 10, 1845.. March 31, 1846. Saxony Abolishing Droit d'Aubaine and May 14, 1845 ... September 9, 1846. Emigration Taxes. Nassau Abolishing Droit d'Aubaine and May 27, 1845. January 26, 1847. Emigration Taxes. Hanover. Commerce and Navigation..... June 10, 1846. April 24, 1847. Great Britain. Establishing Boundary West of the June 15, 1846.. August 5, 1816. Rocky Mountains. Two Sicilies Commerce and Navigation..... December 1, 1845 ... July 24, 1846. Colombia (New | Peace, Amity, Navigation, and December 12, 1846 .. June 12, 1848. Granada). Commerce. Switzerland Property Rights.... May 18, 1817 May 4, 1848. Mecklenburg - Commerce and Navigation.... December 9, 1847 ... August 2, 1818. Schwerin. Mexico Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Set- February 2, 1848.... July 4, 1848. tlement. Austria-Hungary.. Relative to the Disposal of Prop- May 8, 1848 February 25, 1850, erty and Consular Jurisdiction. Brazil Satisfaction of Claims of Citizens of January 27, 1849 January 19, 1850. the United States on Brazil. Guatemala Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and March 3, 1849 July 28, 1852. Navigation, Hawaiian Islands.. Friendship, Commerce and Naviga- December 20, 1849 ... November 9, 1850. tion, and Extradition. Salvador. Amity, Navigation and Commerce January 2, 1850 April 18, 1853. Great Britain ..... Ship-Canal Connecting Atlantic and April 19, 1850. July 5, 1850. Pacific Oceans. Colombia (New Consular May 4, 1850 December 5, 1851. Granada). Borneo Amity, Commerce, and Navigation .. June 23, 1850..... July 12, 1854. Switzerland Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga- November 25, 1850.. November 9, 1855. tion. December 9, 1850 ... February 26, 1851.. September 1, 1851. Costa Rica Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga- June 10, 1851. May 26, 1852. tion. Peru... Friendship, Commerce, and Naviga- July 26, 1851 July 19, 1852. tion. Hanseatic Repub- Consular.. April 30, 1852 June 6, 1853. June 16, 1852. June 1, 1853. August 26, 1852 February 26, 1853. Great Britain. Claims. February 8, 1853. August 20, 1853. France Consular February 23, 1853.. August 12, 1853. Argentine Repub- Free Navigation of the Rivers July 10, 1853 April 9, 1855. lic. Parana and Uruguay. April 9, 1855. lic. tion. Bavaria Extradition September 12, 1853.. November 18, 1854. Mexico Boundary, Cession of Territory, December 30, 1853 .. June 30, 1854. etc. Japan Peace, Amity, and Commerce.... March 31, 1854 June 22, 1855. Great Britain.. Reciprocity as to Fisheries, Duties, June 5, 1854.. September 11, 1854. and Navigation, British North American Colonies. July 11, 1854 March 9, 1855. Great Britain Claims...... July 17, 1854 September 11, 1864. Russia Rights of Neutrals at Sen. 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