Secretary of the District of Columbia

Officer of the Government of the District of Columbia

Secretary of State of the District of Columbia

Incumbent
Kimberly A. Bassett

since 2018

Type| Secretary
Formation| 1871
First holder| Norton P. Chipman
Website| Official homepage of the District of Columbia Secretary of State

Politics of District of Columbia

The District of Columbia is a unique federal district of the U.S.

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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:

* The Ceremonial Services Unit processes requests for various ceremonial items such as proclamations.
* The Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances prepares and publishes the official government documents of the District, including the District of Columbia Register and the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations
* The Office of Notary Commissions and Authentications commissions District of Columbia notaries public and authenticates documents for domestic and foreign use.
* The Office of Protocol and International Affairs is the District government’s primary liaison with the diplomatic and international community for both substantive and ceremonial matters.
* The Office of Public Records and Archives is the records management office of the District and is responsible for the archiving of government documents.
* The Office of the Secretary, which is the main office of the Secretary of the District. The Office of the Secretary is the custodian of the Seal of the District of Columbia.

## List of secretaries of the District of Columbia

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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

## References

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1. ^ Description of the Secretary's role
2. ^ National Association of Secretaries of State Handbook. National Association of Secretaries of State. 1987. p. 28. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
3. ^ Gardner, Bill, ed. (2004). "The States". Pillars of Public Service: One Hundred Years of the National Association of Secretaries of State 1904–2004 (PDF). Washington D.C.: National Association of Secretaries of State. p. 56. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

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Secretaries of state in the United States

▌Wes Allen (R)

▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R)

▌Adrian Fontes (D)

▌Cole Jester (R)

▌Shirley Weber (D)

▌Jena Griswold (D)

▌Stephanie Thomas (D)

▌Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez (D)

▌Cord Byrd (R)

▌Brad Raffensperger (R)

▌Sylvia Luke (D)

▌Phil McGrane (R)

▌Alexi Giannoulias (D)

▌Diego Morales (R)

▌Paul Pate (R)

▌Scott Schwab (R)

▌Michael Adams (R)

▌Nancy Landry (R)

▌Shenna Bellows (D)

▌Susan C. Lee (D)

▌William F. Galvin (D)

▌Jocelyn Benson (D)

▌Steve Simon (DFL)

▌Michael Watson (R)

▌Denny Hoskins (R)

▌Christi Jacobsen (R)

▌Bob Evnen (R)

▌Cisco Aguilar (D)

▌David Scanlan (R)

▌Tahesha Way (D)

▌Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)

▌Walter T. Mosley (D)

▌Elaine Marshall (D)

▌Michael Howe (R)

▌Frank LaRose (R)

▌Josh Cockroft (R)

▌Tobias Read (D)

▌Al Schmidt (R)

▌Gregg Amore (D)

▌Mark Hammond (R)

▌Monae Johnson (R)

▌Tre Hargett (R)

▌Jane Nelson (R)

▌Deidre Henderson (R)

▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D)

▌Kelly Gee (R)

▌Steve Hobbs (D)

▌Kris Warner (R)

▌Sarah Godlewski (D)

▌Chuck Gray (R)

Federal districts:

▌Kimberly A. Bassett (D)

Territories:

▌Pulu Ae Ae Jr. (R)

▌Josh Tenorio (D)

▌David M. Apatang (I)

▌Rosachely Rivera (PNP/D)*

▌Tregenza Roach (D)

Political party affiliations
28 ▌Republican (28 states)
26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district)
1 ▌Independent (1 territory)
1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory)
Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.

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