As of December 2020, there are nine living former Secretaries of State. Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as Secretary of State for more than eight years. Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine are the only Secretaries to have ever served non-consecutive terms.
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On January 10, 1780, the Confederation Congress created the Department of Foreign Affairs. As of December 2020, there are nine living former Secretaries of State, the oldest being George Shultz. Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as Secretary of State for more than eight years. Daniel Webster and James G.
Blaine are the only Secretaries to have ever served non-consecutive terms. The most recently serving Secretary of state to die was Warren Christopher on March 18, 2011. This is a list of U.S. Secretary of State by time in office. If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
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