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After Texas won independence from Mexico in 1836, the newly elected President of the Texas Republic, Sam Houston, appointed Austin Secretary of State. Austin served as Secretary of State for only three months.

The only constitutional executive branch official appointed by the governor and administers elections and maintains important state records. What are the two major responsibilities of the Texas Secretary of state? Overseeing voter registration and keeping records of all debt and Uniform Commercial Code filings.

The stated duties of the secretary of state are to supervise the United States foreign service and immigration policy and administer the Department of State.

The Secretary publishes government rules and regulations and commissions notaries public. The Secretary also serves as keeper of the state seal and attestor to the Governor’s signature on official documents.

On September 15, 1789, Congress passed An Act to provide for the safe keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes. This law changed the name of the Department of Foreign Affairs to the Department of State because certain domestic duties were assigned to the agency.

Currently, in 35 states, the secretary of state is elected, usually for a four-year term.

Members of Parliament and Peers appointed by the Prime Minister to the Government are known as Ministers of the Crown. Secretaries of State are empowered by Acts of Parliament. They are always members of the Cabinet and they tend to be privy counsellors as well.

The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President’s foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service of the United States.

Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II.

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Agency Details

1. Acronym: DOS.
2. Website: Department of State (DOS)
3. Contact: Contact the Department of State.
4. Local Offices: Foreign Embassies in the United States.
5. Main Address: 2201 C St., NW.
6. Phone Number: 1-
7. TTY: 1-(Federal Relay Service)
8. Forms: U.S. Department of State Form Finder.

The vacancy procedure for the office of secretary of state is determined by the state Constitution. When a vacancy occurs, the governor nominates a replacement to serve the remainder of the term under the next election. The appointee must be confirmed by a majority of both house of the California legislature.

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d. Use the salutation synonymous with the title for Department of State and other top-ranking government officials, such as Dear Mr. President; Dear Mr. Secretary; or Dear Madam Ambassador, etc.

In most republican nation states, the head of state is formally addressed as His or Her Excellency. If a republic has a separate head of government, that official is almost always addressed as Excellency as well. If the nation is a monarchy, however, the customs may vary.

Address the president as “Mr President” or “Madam President.” Should you have the opportunity to speak directly with the president, do not call them by their first or last name. The title of “Mr.” or “Madam” will show your respect for the office while you carry on a conversation with the president.

acting secretary, secretary ad-interim, and secretary designates (and corresponding attorneys general, too) … are addressed as ‘the Honorable (Full Name)’.

Assistant Secretaries are generally the lowest level “Secretarial” positions appointed directly by the President. Assistant Secretaries are generally Level IV positions within the Executive Schedule, ranking below the position of Under Secretary.

(a) All Presidential appointees and Federal- and State-elected officials are addressed as The Honorable.

—-In conversation, former secretaries are no longer addressed as Mr./Madam Secretary or Secretary (Surname) as they were when they were in office. Formally they go back to the form of address to which they were entitled before becoming a Secretary.

1. For example, your letter should say something like: “The Honorable Maria Culley, Governor of California.”
2. If you are addressing your letter to a former governor or a governor’s spouse, you can just use “Mr./Mrs. (Surname).”

The title “Honourable” (for Ministers or former Ministers only) is used with the person’s full name, only e.g. “The Honourable A.B. Lastname,” or “The Honourable Firstname Lastname,” or the “Honourable Mr./Ms. Lastname.” Avoid using “Honourable Jones” in writing or conversation.

Who can be identified as a ‘Career Ambassador, Retired’? Certain retired diplomats are identified as a ‘Career Ambassador’. They have been accorded the ‘Personal Rank of Career Ambassador’ by the President. If you do a web search for ‘career-ambassador U.S. Department of State’ you find the list.

Yes, U.S. ambassadors have security arrangements for their protection. local security personnel, from the government, police or military, or personnel formerly employed by, or retired from, the government or police or military.

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Socially, one can refer to a spouse by his/her first name or as “my husband” or “my wife” rather than as “Mr. /Mrs. In some French-speaking countries, the wife of the ambassador may be referred to as Madam Ambassador.

1 : a woman who is an ambassador. 2 : the wife of an ambassador.