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.Description of the Secretary's role
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 Name Term Norton P. Chipman 1871 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 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
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