1893 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1893
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- John True Abbott (1850–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1889–1893)
- Alvey Augustus Adee (1842–1924)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1882–1886)
- Second Assistant Secretary of State (1886–1924)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1898)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1924)
- Eben Alexander (1851–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Greece (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Romania (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Serbia (1893–1897)
- Lewis Baker (1832–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1893–1897)
- Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)
- Secretary of State (1885–1889)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1893–1897)
- Truxtun Beale (1856–1936)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1891–1892)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1892–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1892)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1892)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Serbia (1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Greece (1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Romania (1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Serbia (1893)
- James Henderson Blount (1837–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hawaii (1893)
- James Overton Broadhead (1819–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1893–1895)
- Clark Ezra Carr (1836–1919)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1889–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1890–1893)
- George William Caruth (1842–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1893–1897)
- Person Colby Cheney (1828–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1892–1893)
- Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1890–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1898–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1905)
- Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (1831–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1892–1893)
- Frank Leslie Coombs (1853–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1892–1893)
- Charles Denby (1830–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1885–1898)
- Edwin Dun (1848–1931)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1893–1897)
- John Stephens Durham (1861–1919)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1891–1893)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1891–1893)
- Patrick Egan (1841–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1889–1893)
- James Biddle Eustis (1834–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1893)
- James Stevenson Ewing (1835–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1893–1897)
- John Walker Fearn (1832–1899)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1885–1889)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1885–1899)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Serbia (1885–1889)
- John Watson Foster (1836–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1873–1880)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1880–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1883–1885)
- Secretary of State (1892–1893)
- Frederic James Grant (1862–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1892–1893)
- Frederick Dent Grant (1850–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1889–1893)
- Isaac Pusey Gray (1828–1895)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1893–1894)
- Walter Quintin Gresham (1832–1895)
- Secretary of State (1893–1895)
- William Morton Grinnell (1857–1906)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1892–1893)
- Augustine Heard (1827–1905)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1890–1893)
- John Hicks (1847–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1889–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1905–1909)
- Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1889–1893)
- Edward Campbell Little (1858–1924)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1892–1893)
- Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833–1917)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1870–1871)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1893–1897)
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864–1937)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1892–1893)
- George Earl Maney (1826–1901)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1881–1882)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1882–1883)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1889–1891)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1889–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1890–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1890–1894)
- Minister Resident, Ecuador (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- William D. McCoy (1853–1893)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1892–1893)
- Alexander McDonald (1827–1897)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1893–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1893)
- James Andrew McKenzie (1840–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1893–1897)
- Luther Franklin McKinney (1841–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1893–1896)
- Romualdo Pacheco (1831–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1890–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1890–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1890–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1891–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1891–1893)
- Frank Charles Partridge (1861–1943)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1893–1894)
- Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1893–1897)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1913–1917)
- William Walter Phelps (1839–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1881–1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1889–1893)
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1841–1901)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1893)
- John Robert Graham Pitkin (1841–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1889–1893)
- James Davis Porter (1828–1912)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1885–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1893–1894)
- William Potter (1852–1926)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1892–1894)
- William Emory Quinby (1835–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1893–1897)
- Josiah Quincy (1859–1919)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1893)
- John Ewing Risley (1840–)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1893–1897)
- Theodore Runyon (1822–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1893)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1893–1896)
- Thomas Ryan (1837–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1889–1893)
- Richard Cutts Shannon (1839–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1891–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1891–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1891–1893)
- Henry Maxwell Smythe (1844–1932)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1893–1897)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1893–1897)
- Archibald Loudon Snowden (1837–1912)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1889–1891)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1889–1892)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Serbia (1889–1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1891–1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1891–1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1892–1893)
- Watson Robertson Sperry (1842–1926)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1892–1893)
- John Leavitt Stevens (1820–1895)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1870–1873)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1870–1873)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1877–1883)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1889–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hawaii (1890–1893)
- Edward Henry Strobel (1855–1908)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1893–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1894–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1894)
- Hannis Taylor (1851–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1893–1897)
- Alexander Watkins Terrell (1827–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1893–1897)
- Edwin Holland Terrell (1848–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1889–1893)
- Samuel Richard Thayer (1837–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1889–1893)
- William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1883–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1889–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1897–1905)
- David Preston Thompson (1834–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1892–1893)
- Thomas Larkin Thompson (1838–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1893–1897)
- Bartlett Tripp (1842–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1893–1897)
- Edwin Fuller Uhl (1841–1901)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1893–1896)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1895)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1896–1897)
- James J. Van Alen (1846–1923)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1893)
- William Fisher Wharton (1847–1919)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1889–1893)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1892)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1893)
- Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1879–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1892–1894)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1897–1902)
- Albert Shelby Willis (1843–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hawaii (1893–1897)
- Pierce Manning Butler Young (1836–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1893–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1893–1896)