On August 19, 1791, Benjamin Banneker wrote a lengthy letter to Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, in which "having taken up my pen in order to direct to you as a present, a copy of an ...

Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State None kicker James Parton None February 1st, 1873 May 24th, 2022 PRESIDENT WASHINGTON’S chief difficulties, after the public debt had been provided for, arose ...

The secretary of state is one of the most important U.S ... perceives the U.S. Secretaries of state who left their mark Thomas Jefferson, who served as the first U.S. secretary of state from ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character ... In 1789, President George Washington asked Jefferson to be his Secretary of State. Within weeks, the French revolution erupted, dividing ...

Aside from being the United States' first secretary of state (under George Washington) and our third president, Thomas Jefferson is perhaps best known for his deep love of food, gardening ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Below is the confirmation hearing for Secretary of State: If confirmed ... starting with the first one, Thomas Jefferson, who served in the top Cabinet position under President George Washington.

Marco Rubio is our new secretary of state ... At the beginning of American history, secretaries of state were titans, among them Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, and John Quincy ...