US Under Secretary of State

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US Under Secretary of State

US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Second-in-command to the US Secretary of State. This position was superceded by US Deputy Secretary of State in 1972.

01-Jul-1919 15-Jun-1920 Frank Lyon Polk

15-Jun-1920 07-Mar-1921 Norman H. Davis

08-Mar-1921 06-Mar-1922 Henry P. Fletcher

26-Apr-1922 11-Apr-1924 William Phillips

16-Apr-1924 30-Jun-1927 Joseph Grew

01-Jul-1927 30-Jun-1928 Robert E. Olds

31-Aug-1928 19-Jun-1929 J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

20-Jun-1929 10-Mar-1931 Joseph P. Cotton

02-Apr-1931 05-Mar-1933 William R. Castle, Jr.

06-Mar-1933 23-Aug-1936 William Phillips

21-May-1937 30-Sep-1943 Sumner Welles

04-Oct-1943 30-Nov-1944 Edward Stettinius, Jr.

20-Dec-1944 15-Aug-1945 Joseph Grew

16-Aug-1945 30-Jun-1947 Dean Acheson

01-Jul-1947 20-Jan-1949 Robert A. Lovett

28-Jan-1949 29-Feb-1952 James E. Webb

01-Apr-1952 20-Jan-1953 David K. E. Bruce

09-Feb-1953 01-Oct-1954 Walter Bedell Smith

04-Oct-1954 05-Feb-1957 Herbert Hoover, Jr.

21-Feb-1957 22-Apr-1959 Christian Herter

12-Jun-1959 04-Jan-1961 C. Douglas Dillon

25-Jan-1961 03-Dec-1961 Chester Bowles

04-Dec-1961 30-Sep-1966 George W. Ball

03-Oct-1966 20-Jan-1969 Nicholas Katzenbach

23-Jan-1969 23-Jun-1970 Elliot Richardson

21-Sep-1970 12-Jul-1972 John N. Irwin II Continued as US Deputy Secretary of State

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