1827 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1827
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- Heman Allen (1779–1852)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1823–1827)
- John James Appleton (1792–1864)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Portugal (1821)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1826–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires at Rio de Janeiro rejected by the Senate.)
- Daniel Carroll Brent (1770–1841)
- Chief Clerk (1817–1833)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1825)
- Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent (1784–1847)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1825–1834)
- James Brown (1766–1835)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1823–1829)
- Henry Clay (1777–1852)
- Secretary of State (1825–1829)
- James Cooley (1791–1828)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1826–1828)
- Alexander Hill Everett (1790–1847)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1818–1824)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1825–1829)
- Commissioner, China (1845–1847)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (Nomination of February 25, 1845, not confirmed by the Senate.)
- John Murray Forbes (1771–1831)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Argentina (1825–1831)
- Albert Gallatin (1761–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1815–1823)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1826–1827)
- Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1819–1825)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1825–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1830–1841)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1842–1845)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (Nomination of December 11, 1828, tabled by the Senate.)
- Henry Middleton (1770–1846)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1820–1830)
- Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1825–1829)
- Condy Raguet (1784–1842)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1825–1827)
- William Beatty Rochester (1789–1838)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Guatemala (1827)
- William Tudor (1779–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1827–1830)
- Beaufort T. Watts (1798–1869)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1827)
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1827–1835)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Germany (1835–1837)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837–1846)