<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_26#cite_note-2" id="mwUw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVA">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFGeorge_Washington1837">George Washington (1837). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vOip62Ta_WgC&amp;pg=PA432" id="mwB0Y" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB0c">The Writings of George Washington: Part fifth: comprising speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses</i></a>. American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell. p.<span id="mwB0g" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>432.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwB0k" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Writings+of+George+Washington%3A+Part+fifth%3A+comprising+speeches+and+messages+to+Congress%2C+proclamations%2C+and+addresses&amp;rft.pages=432&amp;rft.pub=American+Stationers%27+Company%2C+John+B.+Russell&amp;rft.date=1837&amp;rft.au=George+Washington&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvOip62Ta_WgC%26pg%3DPA432&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+26"></span></span>