Tennessee Secretary of State
Secretary of State of Tennessee | |
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Department of State | |
Type | Secretary of State |
Appointer | Tennessee General Assembly |
Term length | Four years |
Constituting instrument | Tennessee State Constitution |
Formation | 1792 |
First holder | Daniel Smith |
Website | Tennessee Secretary of State website |
The Tennessee Secretary of State is an office created by the
Selection process
According to the Tennessee Constitution of 1870, the Secretary of State is to be elected to a four-year term by the
Tennessee's method of selection stands in contrast to that of nearly all other
Secretary of State is one of only three state "constitutional officers" other than governor under the Tennessee Constitution; most other states have more. In contrast to this office, the other two, the State Treasurer and the Comptroller of the Treasury, are elected by the joint convention to two-year terms. There are no constitutional limits on the number of terms to which a person can be elected to any of these offices. The agency headed by the secretary of state is officially styled the "Tennessee Department of State".
Duties
As the secretary of state is elected by the legislature, the secretary of state's office is considered to be part of the legislative branch, not the executive branch, of government in Tennessee.[1] Duties of the secretary of state's office include the chartering of corporations, the registration of trademarks and service marks, and the administration of elections. The secretary of state also publishes the biennial Tennessee Blue Book, the official guide to all three branches of Tennessee State Government, and other state publications including the publication of all public and private acts enacted by the General Assembly. The secretary of state is further charged with the regulation of charitable solicitations, the operations of the state library and archives, and the administration of the state Economic Commission on Women. To discharge the above duties, the Tennessee Department of State employs several administrative law judges.
The secretary of state collects an annual salary of $222,252, making them the highest-remunerated secretary of state in the country.[2]
In history
According to some historians, during the
In the 1970s and 1980s the secretary of state's office was given the responsibility for issuing and administering
The current secretary of state,
List of past secretaries of state
The following have held the office of Secretary of State in Tennessee:[4][5]
Image | Name | Term |
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Daniel Smith (Territorial Secretary of Territory South of the River Ohio) |
1792–1796 | |
William Maclin | 1796–1807 | |
Robert Houston | 1807–1811 | |
William Grainger Blount | 1811–1815 | |
William Alexander | 1815–1818 | |
Daniel Graham | 1818–1830 | |
Thomas H. Fletcher | 1830–1832 | |
Samuel G. Smith | 1832–1835 | |
Luke Lea
|
1835–1839 | |
John S. Young | 1839–1847 | |
W .B. A. Ramsey | 1847–1855 | |
F. N. W. Burton | 1855–1859 | |
J. E. R. Ray | 1859–1862 | |
Edward H. East (appointed by Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee) |
1862–1865 | |
A. J. Fletcher | 1865–1870 | |
T. H. Butler | 1870–1873 | |
Charles N. Gibbs | 1873–1881 | |
David A. Nunn | 1881–1885 | |
John Allison | 1885–1889 | |
Charles A. Miller | 1889–1893 | |
William S. Morgan | 1893–1901 | |
John W. Morton | 1901–1909 | |
Hallum W. Goodloe | 1909–1913 | |
R. R. Sneed | 1913–1917 | |
Ike B. Stevens | 1917–1921 | |
Ernest N. Hasten | 1921–1937 | |
Ambrose B. Broadbent | 1937–1941 | |
Joe C. Carr | 1941–1944 | |
Mary Hart Carr (Mrs. Joe C. Carr) | 1944–1945 | |
Joe C. Carr | 1945–1949 | |
James H. Cummings | 1949–1953 | |
George Edward Friar | 1953–1957 | |
Joe C. Carr | 1957–1977 | |
Gentry Crowell | 1977–1989 | |
Milton P. Rice | 1989–1990 | |
Bryant Millsaps | 1990–1993 | |
Riley Darnell | 1993–2009 | |
Tre Hargett | 2009–present |
See also
References
- ^ Hargett, Tre. 2021-2022 Tennessee Blue Book (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ Willis, Caroline; Halpyrn, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "State Executive Salaries: Regional and State-level Comparisons". Council of State Governments. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ Joe C. Carr, Secretary of State, Tennessee Blue Book 1975-1978, page 33
- ^ " Tennessee Blue Book 1975-1978, by Tennessee Dept. of State, page 35
- ^ Secretaries of State, Tennessee Blue Book 2007-2008, page 507