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James Cord Byrd (born April 19, 1971) is an American attorney and Republican politician serving as the secretary of state of Florida. [1] Previously, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing Nassau County and part of Duval County from 2016 until his appointment as secretary of state.
The modern-day Department of State and the position of Secretary of State dates to 1845, when Florida achieved statehood. The secretary of state of Florida was elected by the people of the state in a general election. In 1998, [3] constitutional changes removed the secretary of state from the elected Cabinet of the executive branch. [4]
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Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as secretary of state for more than eight years. Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine are the only secretaries of state to have ever served non-consecutive terms. Warren Christopher served very briefly as acting secretary of state non-consecutively with his later tenure as full-fledged secretary of ...
James Francis Byrnes (US: / ˈ b ɜːr n z / BURNZ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina.A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman.
Former Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was confirmed to be Secretary of State in a unanimous vote Monday and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Secretary of Defense 51-50 Friday night ...
Following lawmakers' approval Saturday, officials tapped two-term South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, 53, earned the needed number of votes from ...
In North Dakota, the secretary of state is a member of, and ex officio secretary to, the Emergency Commission. [38] In Ohio, the secretary of state is a member of the Apportionment Board, which meets every decade following the decennial census to redraw boundaries for each of the 99 Ohio House and 33 Ohio Senate districts. Other members of the ...