President Barack Obama named Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for Secretary of State on December 1, 2008 .

She was named for Secretary of the Navy Nathan Goff, Jr.

She was the first ship named for Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer.

She was the only ship named for Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy.

Camp Long, named for Secretary of the Navy John Long, was erected nearby during the Spanish-American War.

The note was delivered on November 26, 1941; it is named for Secretary of State Cordell Hull.

The western fork was named for President Thomas Jefferson and the central fork for Secretary of State James Madison.

She was the only ship named for Secretary of the Navy Smith Thompson.

The city was named for Henry Dearborn, Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War, and was incorporated in 1882.

The town and county are both named for U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Henry Clay(1777-1852).