Secretary of State of the District of Columbia | |
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Type | Secretary |
Formation | 1871 |
First holder | Norton P. Chipman |
Website | Official homepage of the District of Columbia Secretary of State |
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The Secretary of the District of Columbia is one of the officers of the Government of the District of Columbia. The position of Secretary of the District is equivalent to the office of Secretary of State in other U.S. states. [1]
The current Secretary of State of the District of Columbia is Kimberly A. Bassett.
The Secretary of State of the District of Columbia's Office is composed of six divisions:
Name | Term |
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Norton P. Chipman | 1871 [2] |
Edwin L. Stanton | 1871–1873 |
Richard Harrington | 1873–1874 |
William Tindall | 1874–1915 |
Daniel J. Donovan | 1915–1918 |
C. Willard Camalier | 1918–1919 |
Daniel E. Garges | 1919–1934 |
Ronald M. Brennan | 1934–1937 |
G.M. Thornett | 1937–1964 |
F.E. Ropshaw | 1964–1969 |
Martin Schaller | 1969–1978 |
Dwight S. Cropp | 1979–1984 |
Clifton B. Smith | 1984–1987 [3] |
David Rivers | 1987 |
Teri Y. Doke | 1989–1990 |
Mildred W. Goodman | 1991–1993 |
Stephanie Greene | 1993–1994 |
Marianne Coleman Niles | 1995–1996 |
Kathleen E. Arnold | 1996–1998 |
Beverly D. Rivers | 1999–2003 |
Sherryl Hobbs Newman | 2003–2005 |
Patricia Elwood | 2005–2007 |
Stephanie Scott | 2007–2010 |
Naomi Shelton | 2010–2011 |
Cynthia Brock-Smith | 2011–2014 |
Sharon Anderson | 2014–2015 (interim) |
Lauren Vaughan | 2015–2018 |
Kimberly Bassett | 2018–present |