Who was the greatest Secretary of State in US history?

[Galileo Galilei]

Who was the greatest Secretary of State in US history?

I vote for James Madison, Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809.

Accomplishments:

1) Louisiana Purchase
2) Lewis & Clark Expedition
3) Zubulon Pike Expedition discovered Pike's Peak
4) Winner of the case Marbury vs. Madison
5) Delayed start of the War of 1812, while US population & economy grew larger
6) Served two full terms
7) Used term of office as launching pad for landslide presidential election of 1808

Honorable mention

John Quincy, who help James Monroe co-author the Monroe Doctrine.

Worst

Hillary Clinton, whose biggest "accomplishments" were Benghazi and running SoS office off a private server.

Reference

List of Secretaries of State of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States

[oyarde]

It will only let me vote for one .

[oyarde]

Clinton was also in the Libyan debacle .

[Galileo Galilei]

Clinton was also in the Libyan debacle .

Yep. Another "accomplishment".

[Galileo Galilei]

It will only let me vote for one .

That's how the poll is set up. Tough choice, eh?

[mrsat_98]

Hillary, she's for the children.

[KEEF]

Colon Powell was the best ever

[Gumba of Liberty]

Thomas Jefferson: By opposing the Federalist Vampire Squid and their magic money printing machine.

[cindy25]

Seward because he bought Alaska, with no help from Johnson

[cindy25]

George Marshall should at least be on the list, if Truman had listened to him there would be no Israel, no ISIS, no Iraq wars, and hundreds of billions in aid saved. plus the cost of the wars

[Galileo Galilei]

Thomas Jefferson: By opposing the Federalist Vampire Squid and their magic money printing machine.

He opposed it, but the bill still passed anyway.

[Galileo Galilei]

Seward because he bought Alaska, with no help from Johnson

Good point.

[Galileo Galilei]

George Marshall should at least be on the list, if Truman had listened to him there would be no Israel, no ISIS, no Iraq wars, and hundreds of billions in aid saved. plus the cost of the wars

Same guy who wrote the Marshall Plan, right?

[Galileo Galilei]

Hillary, she's for the children.

OK, who is the idiot that voted for Clinton??? :-)

[Galileo Galilei]

Colon Powell was the best ever

He blew it when he lied to the UN.

[Jan2017]

Clinton was also in the Libyan debacle .

in it ?

Yeah, heck . . . she caused it - encouraged it -
thought it would give her some foreign policy experience "credibility" as a mastermind of regime change.
And that is why she needed the private non-.gov server for official State Dept. business - which she could have then deleted against a subpoena from Congress.

She did not want her communications as part of the National Archives or known to historians.
I just read another editorial Friday - in UColorado student paper - again with the "She didn't do anything wrong" theme *barf*

LOL . . . it reminds me of a picture of Nicaraguan kids years back with Nike t-shirts of the team that lost the world series -
I guess they put the stuff to some good use for charity.

[Jan2017]

List of Secretaries of State of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States

From John Jay to Condi Rice . . . what a list - many with positive name recognition at least.

I'll need some more learnin' before I cast my one vote in the poll tho.

[Galileo Galilei]

From John Jay to Condi Rice . . . what a list - many with positive name recognition at least.

I'll need some more learnin' before I cast my one vote in the poll tho.

Time to put on your thinking cap!

:-)

[AngryCanadian]

Hillary Clinton ? zippy was that you?

[mrsat_98]

OK, who is the idiot that voted for Clinton??? :-)

Sorry, It changed my vote.

[Galileo Galilei]

Sorry, It changed my vote.

You can't change it back?