1834 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1834
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- Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent (1784–1847)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1825–1834)
- Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1830–1834)
- Anthony Butler (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Mexico (1829–1835)
- Auguste Genevieve Valentin Davezac (D’Avezac) (1780–1851)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1831–1839)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1845–1850)
- Charles Gerrit De Witt (1789–1839)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Guatemala (1833–1839)
- Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1834)
- Asbury Dickins (1773–1861)
- Chief Clerk (1833–1836)
- John Forsyth (1780–1841)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1819–1823)
- Secretary of State (1834–1841)
- 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.)
- William Hunter Jr. (1774–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1834–1842)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1841–1843)
- Samuel Larned (1788–1846)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1828–1829)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1828–1837)
- Hugh Swinton Legare (1797–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belgium (1832–1836)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1843)
- Edward Livingston (1764–1836)
- Secretary of State (1831–1833)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1833–1835)
- Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1833–1837)
- Louis McLane (1786–1857)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1829–1831)
- Secretary of State (1833–1834)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1845–1849)
- Richard Pollard (1790–1851)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1834–1842)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Argentina (Not commissioned; nomination (which had been submitted in error) withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- David Porter (1780–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Turkey (1831–1840)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1839–1843)
- Aaron Vail (1796–1878)
- Chargé d’Affaires, United Kingdom (1832–1836)
- Chief Clerk (1838–1840)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Spain (1840–1842)
- Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782–1852)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1829–1836)
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1827–1835)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Germany (1835–1837)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837–1846)
- William Wilkins (1779–1865)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1834–1835)