Secretary of the District of Columbia

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]

Secretary of State of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Kimberly A. Bassett
since 2018
TypeSecretary
Formation1871
First holderNorton P. Chipman
WebsiteOfficial 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.
Governance
Representation
Elections

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
NameTerm
Norton P. Chipman1871[2]
Edwin L. Stanton1871–1873
Richard Harrington1873–1874
William Tindall1874–1915
Daniel J. Donovan1915–1918
C. Willard Camalier1918–1919
Daniel E. Garges1919–1934
Ronald M. Brennan1934–1937
G.M. Thornett1937–1964
F.E. Ropshaw1964–1969
Martin Schaller1969–1978
Dwight S. Cropp1979–1984
Clifton B. Smith1984–1987[3]
David Rivers1987
Teri Y. Doke1989–1990
Mildred W. Goodman1991–1993
Stephanie Greene1993–1994
Marianne Coleman Niles1995–1996
Kathleen E. Arnold1996–1998
Beverly D. Rivers1999–2003
Sherryl Hobbs Newman2003–2005
Patricia Elwood2005–2007
Stephanie Scott2007–2010
Naomi Shelton2010–2011
Cynthia Brock-Smith2011–2014
Sharon Anderson2014–2015 (interim)
Lauren Vaughan2015–2018
Kimberly Bassett2018–present

References
  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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