Travels Abroad of the Secretary of State

This resource presents basic historical information on all foreign trips by Secretaries of State. Up-to-date information on the Secretary’s travel is at Travels With the Secretary. Updates are published annually for the prior year. We invite questions and comments about this resource at [email protected].

Last updated, February 2025.

By Secretary

William Henry Seward (1861–1869)
John Milton Hay (1898–1905)
Elihu Root (1905–1909)
Philander Chase Knox (1909–1913)
Robert Lansing (1915–1920)
Bainbridge Colby (1920–1921)
Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1925)
Frank Billings Kellogg (1925–1929)
Henry Lewis Stimson (1929–1933)
Cordell Hull (1933–1944)
Edward Reilly Stettinius (1944–1945)
James Francis Byrnes (1945–1947)
George Catlett Marshall (1947–1949)
Dean Gooderham Acheson (1949–1953)
John Foster Dulles (1953–1959)
Christian Archibald Herter (1959–1961)
David Dean Rusk (1961–1969)
William Pierce Rogers (1969–1973)
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1973–1977)
Cyrus Roberts Vance (1977–1980)
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1980–1981)
Alexander Meigs Haig (1981–1982)
George Pratt Shultz (1982–1989)
James Addison Baker (1989–1992)
Warren Minor Christopher (1993–1997)
Madeleine Korbel Albright (1997–2001)
Colin Luther Powell (2001–2005)
Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009–2013)
John Forbes Kerry (2013–2017)
Rex W. Tillerson (2017–2018)
Michael R. Pompeo (2018–2021)
Antony John Blinken (2021–2025)
Marco Rubio (2025–)

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