Statistics for U.S. Secretaries of State

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  • The average score is 21 of 70

Answer Stats

Years in OfficeSecretary of StatePresident% Correct
1790-1793Thomas JeffersonGeorge Washington
100%
1817-1825John Quincy AdamsJames Monroe
83%
2005-2009Condoleezza RiceGeorge W. Bush
79%
2009-2013Hillary ClintonBarack Obama
79%
2013-2017John KerryBarack Obama
71%
1997-2001Madeleine AlbrightBill Clinton
71%
2018-Mike PompeoDonald Trump
71%
2017-2018Rex TillersonDonald Trump
71%
2001-2005Colin PowellGeorge W. Bush
67%
1973-1977Henry KissingerRichard Nixon, Gerald Ford
67%
1811-1817James MonroeJames Madison
67%
1947-1949George C. MarshallHarry S. Truman
63%
1801-1809James MadisonThomas Jefferson
63%
1800-1801John MarshallJohn Adams
63%
1829-1831Martin Van BurenAndrew Jackson
50%
1981-1982Alexander HaigRonald Reagan
46%
1953-1959John Foster DullesDwight D. Eisenhower
46%
1861-1869William H. SewardAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
46%
1989-1992James BakerGeorge H. W. Bush
42%
1898-1905John HayWilliam McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
42%
1809-1811Robert SmithJames Madison
42%
1913-1915William Jennings BryanWoodrow Wilson
42%
1977-1980Cyrus VanceJimmy Carter
38%
1961-1969Dean RuskJohn F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
38%
1982-1989George P. ShultzRonald Reagan
38%
1845-1849James BuchananJames K. Polk
33%
1933-1944Cordell HullFranklin D. Roosevelt
29%
1949-1953Dean AchesonHarry S. Truman
29%
1980-1981Edmund MuskieJimmy Carter
29%
1825-1829Henry ClayJohn Quincy Adams
29%
1992-1993Lawrence EagleburgerGeorge H. W. Bush
29%
1993-1997Warren ChristopherBill Clinton
29%
1841-1843Daniel WebsterWilliam Henry Harrison, John Tyler
25%
1850-1852Daniel WebsterMillard Fillmore
25%
1905-1909Elihu RootTheodore Roosevelt
25%
1945-1947James F. ByrnesHarry S. Truman
25%
1959-1961Christian HerterDwight D. Eisenhower
21%
1793-1795Edmund J. RandolphGeorge Washington
21%
1844-1845John C. CalhounJohn Tyler
21%
1857-1860Lewis CassJames Buchanan
21%
1969-1973William P. RogersRichard Nixon
21%
1869-1877Hamilton FishUlysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
17%
1889-1892James G. BlaineBenjamin Harrison
17%
1881James G. BlaineJames A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
17%
1860-1861Jeremiah S. BlackJames Buchanan
17%
1897-1898John ShermanWilliam McKinley
17%
1921-1925Charles Evans HughesWarren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge
13%
1944-1945Edward Stettinius Jr.Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
13%
1881-1885Frederick T. FrelinghuysenChester A. Arthur
13%
1909-1913Philander C. KnoxWilliam H. Taft
13%
1843-1844Abel P. UpshurJohn Tyler
8%
1869Elihu B. WashburneUlysses S. Grant
8%
1925-1929Frank B. KelloggCalvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
8%
1795-1800Timothy PickeringGeorge Washington, John Adams
8%
1853-1857William L. MacyFranklin Pierce
8%
1895-1897Richard OlneyGrover Cleveland
4%
1885-1889Thomas F. BayardGrover Cleveland
4%
1893-1895Walter Q. GreshamGrover Cleveland
4%
1920-1921Bainbridge ColbyWoodrow Wilson
0%
1852-1853Edward EverettMillard Fillmore
0%
1831-1833Edward LivingstonAndrew Jackson
0%
1929-1933Henry L. StimsonHerbert Hoover
0%
1834-1841John ForsythAndrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
0%
1849-1850John M. ClaytonZachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
0%
1892-1893John W. FosterBenjamin Harrison
0%
1833-1834Louis McLaneAndrew Jackson
0%
1909Robert BaconTheodore Roosevelt
0%
1915-1920Robert LansingWoodrow Wilson
0%
1877-1881William M. EvartsRutherford B. Hayes
0%
1898William R. DayWilliam McKinley
0%

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