Secretaries of State

	Brown, James June 5, 1792 - October 12, 1796		Toulmin, Harry October 13, 1796 - September 5, 1804		Rowan, John September 7, 1804 - March 1, 1807
	Grayson, Alfred William March 1, 1807 - February 22, 1808		Greenup, William C. February 23, 1808 - September 1, 1808		Bledsoe, Jesse September 1, 1808 - July 26, 1812
	Winlock, Fielding July 27, 1812 - September 1, 1812		Hardin, Martin D. September 1, 1812 - December 15, 1812; March 13, 1813 - September 4, 1816		Greenup, Christopher February 3, 1813 - March 13, 1813
	Todd, Charles S. September 5, 1816 - October 20, 1816		Pope, John October 21, 1816 - August 2, 1819		Waggener, Oliver G. August 2, 1819 - September 1, 1820
	Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell September 2, 1820 - September 1, 1823		Monroe, Thomas Bell, Sr. September 2, 1823 - September 1, 1824		Barry, William Taylor September 2, 1824 - February 3, 1825
	Pickett, James Chamberlayne February 4, 1825 - September 2, 1828		Robertson, George September 6, 1828 - December 1828		Crittenden, Thomas T. December 1828 - March 1832
	McCurdy, John F. March 1832 - September 4, 1832		Sanders, Lewis, Jr. September 4, 1832 - April 1834		Crittenden, John Jordan April 1834 - February 1835
	Owsley, William March 1835 - February 1836		Cox, Austin P. February 1836 - August 31, 1836		Bullock, James M. September 1, 1836 - September 2, 1840
	Harlan, James, Jr. September 3, 1840 - September 3, 1844		Hardin, Benjamin, Jr. September 4, 1844 - September 1, 1846		Kinkead, George B. September 1, 1846 - April 7, 1847
	Reed, William Decatur April 9, 1847 - September 6, 1848		Brown, Orlando September 7, 1848 - June 30, 1849		Bell, Joshua Fry July 2, 1849 - March 16, 1850
	Finnell, John William March 16, 1850 - August 31, 1851		Meriwether, David September 3, 1851 - July 5, 1852		Metcalfe, James P. July 5, 1852 - May 2, 1854
	Green, Grant May 3, 1854 - September 2, 1855		Brown, Mason September 3, 1855 - August 29, 1859		Monroe, Thomas B., Jr. August 30, 1859 - October 1, 1861
	Gaither, Nathaniel, Jr. October 2, 1861 - August 18, 1862		Wickliffe, Daniel Carmichael August 19, 1862 - September 1, 1863		Van Winkle, Ephraim September 1, 1863 - May 23, 1866
	Van Winkle, John S. May 24, 1866 - September 2, 1867		Churchill, Samuel B. September 3, 1867 - September 4, 1871; September 1, 1879 - April 1880		James, Andrew Jackson September 5, 1871 - June 10, 1872
	Craddock, George Washington June 10, 1872 - August 1, 1875		Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, Sr. August 1, 1875 - August 31, 1875; September 1, 1875 - September 2, 1879		Blackburn, James W. May 6, 1880 - September 4, 1883
	McKenzie, James Andrew September 5, 1883 - August 30, 1887		Adams, George Madison "Matt" September 3, 1887 - August 25, 1891		Ringo, Willis August 25, 1891 - August 31, 1891
	Headley, John W. September 1, 1891 - December 10, 1895; December 11, 1895 - January 1, 1896		Finley, Charles January 1, 1896 - December 10, 1899; December 12, 1899 - December 29, 1899		Powers, Caleb January 1, 1900 - May 21, 1900
	Hill, Caleb Breckinridge "C. Breck" February 26, 1900 - January 3, 1904		McChesney, Harry Vernon January 4, 1904 - January 1, 1908		Bruner, Ben L. January 1, 1908 - January 1, 1912
	Crecelius, Carl F. January 1, 1912 - January 1, 1916		Lewis, James P. January 1, 1916 - January 1, 1920		Vaughn, Fred A. January 1, 1920 - January 1, 1924
	Cromwell, Emma Guy January 1, 1924 - January 1, 1928		Lewis, Ella January 1, 1928 - January 1, 1932		Mahan, Sara W. January 1, 1932 - January 1, 1936
	Arnett, Charles D. January 1, 1936 - January 1, 1940		Hatcher, George Glenn January 1, 1940 - January 1, 1944; January 1, 1948 - January 1, 1952		O'Connell, Charles K. January 1, 1944 - January 1, 1948; January 1, 1952 - January 1, 1956
	Stovall, Thelma Loyace Hawkins January 1956 - January, 1960; January 1964 - January 1968; January 1972 - January 1976		Carter, Henry Howes January 1, 1960 - January 1, 1964		Begley, Elmer January 1, 1968 - September 18, 1970
	Begley, Leila Feltner September 21, 1970 - February 2, 1971		Harper, Kenneth F. February 2, 1971 - January 1, 1972		Davis, Drexell R. January 1, 1976 - January 1, 1980; January 1, 1984 - January 1, 1988
	Mills, Frances Jones January 1, 1980 - January 1,1984		Ehrler, Bremer January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1992		Babbage, Robert "Bob" January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1996
	Brown III, John Young January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2000; January 1, 2000 - January 4, 2004		Grayson III, Charles Merwin "Trey" January 5, 2004 - January 6, 2008; January 7, 2008 - January 29, 2011 (11:59 a.m.)		Walker, Elaine Nogay January 29, 2011 (12:00 p.m.) - January 1, 2012
	Alison Lundergan Grimes January 2, 2012 - Current