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The title secretary of state or state's secretary [note 1] is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple secretaries of state in the country's system of governing the country.
Bird Holland (March 23, 1815 [1] - April 9, 1864) was a soldier, legislator, and civil servant in Texas. [1] He served as Texas Secretary of State from March 16, 1861 to November 1861. [2] He immigrated to the Republic of Texas in 1837, and by 1840 was living in Travis County. [3] [4]
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas (1963–1969) and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972).
Kris William Kobach (/ ˈ k oʊ b ɑː k / KOH-bahk; born March 26, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the attorney general of Kansas since 2023. He previously served as the 31st secretary of state of Kansas from 2011 to 2019.
Annexation of Texas: President Polk was a strong advocate for the annexation of Texas, which had been independent from Mexico in 1836. He successfully pushed for the admission of Texas as a state in 1845, expanding the territory of the United States and fulfilling a main goal of manifest destiny. Victory against Mexico.
The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology is a secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. [3] [4] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. [5] The first holder of the office is Michelle Donelan. [6]
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Jane Yelvington McCallum (December 30, 1877 – August 14, 1957) was an American politician and author, a women's suffrage and Prohibition activist, and the longest-serving Secretary of State of Texas. [1] She attended schools in Wilson County, Texas, for the most part, and studied at the University of Texas at Austin for several years. As a ...