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John Adams names John Marshall Secretary of State

President John Adams appointed John Marshall to serve as Secretary of State, installing him in the cabinet on January 27, 1800.

John Adams names John Marshall Secretary of State

Marshall's appointment placed a leading Federalist and future Chief Justice in a key diplomatic and administrative role, affecting the administration's foreign-policy and legal continuity and setting the stage for his later, epochal influence on the Supreme Court.

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