Under Secretary of State
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The '''Under Secretary of State''', from [[1919]] to [[1972]], was the second-ranking official at the [[United States Department of State]], serving as the Secretary's principal deputy, chief assistant, and Acting Secretary in the event of the Secretary's absence. Prior second-ranking positions had been the [[Chief Clerk]], the [[United States Assistant Secretary of State|Assistant Secretary of State]], and the [[Counselor of the United States Department of State|Counselor]]. Prior to [[1944]], a number of offices in the Department reported directly to the Under Secretary. In July [[1972]], the position of [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary]] superseded that of Under Secretary of State.
In modern times, the Under Secretary of State is a position ranking above Assistant Secretary of State and below Deputy Secretary of State. The Counselor of the United States Department of State, who advises the Secretary of State, holds a rank equivalent to Under Secretary.
==Under Secretaries of State, 1919–1972==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Home State
!Term of Office
![[President of the United States|President(s)]] served under
|-
|[[Frank Polk | Frank Lyon Polk]]
|[[New York]]
|[[July 1]], [[1919]]–[[June 15]], [[1920]]
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|-
|[[Norman H. Davis]]
|[[New York]]
|[[June 15]], [[1920]]–[[March 7]], [[1921]]
|Woodrow Wilson and [[Warren G. Harding]]
|-
|[[Henry P. Fletcher]]
|[[Pennsylvania]]
|[[March 8]], [[1921]]–[[March 6]], [[1922]]
|Warren G. Harding
|-
|[[William Phillips]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|[[April 26]], [[1922]]–[[April 11]], [[1924]]
|Warren G. Harding, [[Calvin Coolidge]]
|-
|[[Joseph C. Grew]]
|[[New Hampshire]]
|[[April 16]], [[1924]]–[[June 30]], [[1927]]
|Calvin Coolidge
|-
|[[Robert E. Olds]]
|[[Minnesota]]
|[[July 1]], [[1927]]–[[June 30]], [[1928]]
|Calvin Coolidge
|-
|[[J. Reuben Clark, Jr.]]
|[[Utah]]
|[[August 31]], [[1928]]–[[June 19]], [[1929]]
|Calvin Coolidge, [[Herbert Hoover]]
|-
|[[Joseph P. Cotton]]
|[[New York]]
|[[June 20]], [[1929]]–[[March 10]], [[1931]]
|Herbert Hoover
|-
|[[William R. Castle, Jr.]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|[[April 2]], [[1931]]–[[March 5]], [[1933]]
|Herbert Hoover, [[Franklin Roosevelt]]
|-
|[[William Phillips (diplomat) | William Phillips]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|[[March 6]], [[1933]]–[[August 23]], [[1936]]
|Franklin Roosevelt
|-
|[[Sumner Welles]]
|[[Maryland]]
|[[May 21]], [[1937]]–[[September 30]], [[1943]]
|Franklin Roosevelt
|-
|[[Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.]]
|[[Virginia]]
|[[October 4]], [[1943]]–[[November 30]], [[1944]]
|Franklin Roosevelt
|-
|[[Joseph C. Grew]]
|[[New York]]
|[[December 20]], [[1944]]–[[August 15]], [[1945]]
|Franklin Roosevelt, [[Harry Truman]]
|-
|[[Dean G. Acheson]]
|[[Maryland]]
|[[August 16]], [[1945]]–[[June 30]], [[1947]]
|Harry Truman
|-
|[[Robert A. Lovett]]
|[[New York]]
|[[July 1]], [[1947]]–[[January 20]], [[1949]]
|Harry Truman
|-
|[[James E. Webb]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|[[January 28]], [[1949]]–[[February 29]], [[1952]]
|Harry Truman
|-
|[[David K. E. Bruce]]
|[[Virginia]]
|[[April 1]], [[1952]]–[[January 20]], [[1953]]
|Harry Truman
|-
|[[Walter B. Smith]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|[[February 9]], [[1953]]–[[October 1]], [[1954]]
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
|-
|[[Herbert Hoover, Jr.]]
|[[California]]
|[[October 4]], [[1954]]–[[February 5]], [[1957]]
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
|-
|[[Christian Herter | Christian A. Herter]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|[[February 21]], [[1957]]–[[April 22]], [[1959]]
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
|-
|[[C. Douglas Dillon]]
|[[New Jersey]]
|[[June 12]], [[1959]]–[[January 4]], [[1961]]
|Dwight D. Eisenhower
|-
|[[Chester Bowles]]
|[[Connecticut]]
|[[January 25]]–[[December 3]], [[1961]]
|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|-
|[[George W. Ball]]
|[[District of Columbia]]
|[[December 4]], [[1961]]–[[September 30]], [[1966]]
|John F. Kennedy, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|-
|[[Nicholas deB. Katzenbach]]
|
|[[October 3]], [[1966]]–[[January 20]], [[1969]]
|Lyndon B. Johnson
|-
|[[Elliot L. Richardson]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|[[January 23]], [[1969]]–[[June 23]], [[1970]]
|[[Richard Nixon]]
|-
|[[John N. Irwin II]]
|[[New York]]
|[[September 21]], [[1970]]–[[July 12]], [[1972]]
|Richard Nixon
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/20987.htm The Department of State's list of Under Secretaries in the period that it was the second-ranking position].
*[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/c1791.htm The Department of State's list of former and current positions].
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