| Years Served | Secretary of State | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1790-1793 | Thomas Jefferson | 83%
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| 2009-2013 | Hillary Clinton | 78%
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| 1817-1825 | John Quincy Adams | 64%
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| 2005-2009 | Condoleezza Rice | 60%
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| 1801-1809 | James Madison | 58%
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| 2013-2017 | John Kerry | 54%
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| 1811-1817 | James Monroe | 51%
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| 1973-1977 | Henry Kissinger | 47%
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| 2001-2005 | Colin Powell | 46%
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| 1947-1949 | George Marshall | 32%
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| 1825-1829 | Henry Clay | 29%
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| 1800-1801 | John Marshall | 29%
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| 1845-1849 | James Buchanan | 28%
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| 1789-1790 | John Jay | 24%
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| 1829-1831 | Martin Van Buren | 22%
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| 1953-1959 | John Foster Dulles | 21%
|
| 2018-Present | Mike Pompeo | 20%
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| 1913-1915 | William Jennings Bryan | 20%
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| 2017-2018 | Rex Tillerson | 19%
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| 1861-1869 | William Seward | 16%
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| 1841-1843 | 1850-1852 | Daniel Webster | 15%
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| 1989-1992 | James Baker | 15%
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| 1809-1811 | Robert Smith | 15%
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| 1997-2001 | Madeleine Albright | 13%
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| 1981-1982 | Alexander Haig | 12%
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| 1980 | 1993-1997 | Warren Christopher | 12%
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| 1961-1969 | Dean Rusk | 11%
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| 1881 | 1889-1892 | James Blaine | 10%
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| 1980-1981 | Edmund Muskie | 9%
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| 1949-1953 | Dean Acheson | 8%
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| 1982-1989 | George Schultz | 8%
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| 1844-1845 | John Calhoun | 8%
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| 1933-1944 | Cordell Hull | 6%
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| 1869-1877 | Hamilton Fish | 6%
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| 1857-1860 | Lewis Cass | 6%
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| 1977-1980 | Cy Vance | 5%
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| 1794-1795 | Edmund Randolph | 5%
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| 1898-1905 | John Hay | 5%
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| 1897-1898 | John Sherman | 5%
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| 1895-1897 | Richard Olney | 5%
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| 1969-1973 | William Rogers | 5%
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| 1959-1961 | Christian Herter | 4%
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| 1945-1947 | James Byrnes | 4%
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| 1992-1993 | Lawrence Eagleburger | 4%
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| 1909-1913 | Philander Knox | 4%
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| 1795-1800 | Timothy Pickering | 4%
|
| 1843-1844 | Abel Upshur | 3%
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| 1831-1833 | Edward Livingston | 3%
|
| 1944-1945 | Edward Stettinius | 3%
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| 1905-1909 | Elihu Root | 3%
|
| 1925-1929 | Frank Kellogg | 3%
|
| 1860-1861 | Jeremiah Black | 3%
|
| 1834-1841 | John Forsyth | 3%
|
| 1892-1893 | John Foster | 3%
|
| 1915-1920 | Robert Lansing | 3%
|
| 1885-1889 | Thomas Bayard | 3%
|
| 1893-1895 | Walter Gresham | 3%
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| 1853-1857 | William Marcy | 3%
|
| 1920-1921 | Bainbridge Colby | 2%
|
| 1852-1853 | Edward Everett | 2%
|
| 1869 | Elihu Washburne | 2%
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| 1881-1885 | Frederick Frelinghuysen | 2%
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| 1849-1850 | John Clayton | 2%
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| 1833-1834 | Louis McLane | 2%
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| 1909 | Robert Bacon | 2%
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| 1898 | William Day | 2%
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| 1877-1881 | William Evarts | 2%
|
| 1898 | Alvey Adee | 1%
|
| 1852 | Charles Conrad | 1%
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| 1800 | Charles Lee | 1%
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| 1825 | Daniel Brent | 1%
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| 1895 | Edwin Uhl | 1%
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| 1905 | Francis Loomis | 1%
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| 1920 | Frank Polk | 1%
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| 1843 | Hugh Legaré | 1%
|
| 1841 | Jacob Martin | 1%
|
| 1829 | James Hamilton | 1%
|
| 1817 | John Graham | 1%
|
| 1844 | John Nelson | 1%
|
| 2018 | John Sullivan | 1%
|
| 1801 | Levi Lincoln | 1%
|
| 1817 | Richard Rush | 1%
|
| 2017 | Tom Shannon | 1%
|
| 1843 | William Derrick | 1%
|
| 1853 | 1860 | William Hunter | 1%
|
| 2009 | William Joseph Burns | 1%
|
| 1892 | 1893 | William Wharton | 1%
|
| 1993 | Arnold Kanter | 0%
|
| 1969 | Charles Bohlen | 0%
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| 1921-1925 | Charles Evan Hughes | 0%
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| 1980 | David Newsom | 0%
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| 1993 | Frank Wisner | 0%
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| 1953 | Harrison Matthews | 0%
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| 1929-1933 | Jenry Stimson | 0%
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| 1945 | Joseph Grew | 0%
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| 1973 | Kenneth Rush | 0%
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| 1961 | Livingston Merchant | 0%
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| 1989 | Michael Armacost | 0%
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| 1977 | Philip Habib | 0%
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| 1982 | Walter Stoessel | 0%
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