Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the Foreign policy of Barack Obama. She was preceded in office by Condoleezza Rice, and succeeded by John Kerry. She is also the only former First Lady of the United States to become a member of the United States Cabinet. Within a week after the November 4, 2008, presidential election, President-elect Obama and Clinton discussed over telephone the possibility of her serving as U.S. Secretary of State in his
Secretary of State of Alabama follows: The Alabama Secretary of State's website also contains a public organizational chart that features a more in-depth depiction of each division and the titles of each staff member therein. The current Secretary of State is Republican John Merrill of Tuscaloosa County. Mr. Merrill was elected Secretary of State in November, 2014 after previously serving one term in the Alabama House of Representatives (2010-2014). Mr. Merrill took office on January 19, 2015 succeeding Jim Bennett who was appointed in 2013 following the resignation of his predecessor Beth Chapman, who held the post from 2007 to 2013. From 1944-1979 the office