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James Addison Baker III [note 1] (born April 28, 1930) [1] is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush.
He then went to the University of Texas School of Law. Upon receiving his Juris Doctor in 1979, [6] he practiced law until 1981 when he left to work in the office of then-Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. In 1983, Kirk returned to Texas to lobby the state legislature in Austin, first as an attorney with the city of Dallas, and later with a law firm.
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.
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]
William Henry Seward (/ ˈ s uː ər d /; [1] May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
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]
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).
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution.The comptroller is popularly elected every four years, and is primarily tasked with collecting all state tax revenue and estimating the amount of revenue that the Texas Legislature can spend each biennium.