1895 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1895
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- 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)
- John Barrett (1866–1938)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1894–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1903–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1904–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1905–1906)
- Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)
- Secretary of State (1885–1889)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1893–1897)
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1894–1897)
- James Overton Broadhead (1819–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1893–1895)
- William Insco Buchanan (1853–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1894–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1903–1904)
- George William Caruth (1842–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1893–1897)
- Charles Denby (1830–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1885–1898)
- Edwin Dun (1848–1931)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1893–1897)
- 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)
- Thomas Barker Ferguson (1841–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1894–1898)
- Walter Quintin Gresham (1832–1895)
- Secretary of State (1893–1895)
- Seneca Haselton (1848–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1894–1895)
- William Henry Heard (1850–1937)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1895–1898)
- Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833–1917)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1870–1871)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1893–1897)
- 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)
- Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1894–1898)
- Richard Olney (1835–1917)
- Secretary of State (1895–1897)
- John Lee Peak (1839–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1895–1897)
- Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1893–1897)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1913–1917)
- William Emory Quinby (1835–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1893–1897)
- Matthew Whitaker Ransom (1826–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1895–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1895)
- John Ewing Risley (1840–)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1893–1897)
- William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1894–1896)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1896–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Greece (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Romania (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Serbia (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1905–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1909–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1911–1913)
- Theodore Runyon (1822–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1893)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1893–1896)
- John Mahelm Berry Sill (1831–1901)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1894–1897)
- Henry Maxwell Smythe (1844–1932)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1893–1897)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1893–1897)
- 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)
- Granville Stuart (1834–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1894–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1894–1898)
- 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)
- Allen Thomas (1830–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1895–1897)
- Thomas Larkin Thompson (1838–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1893–1897)
- James Davidson Tillman (1841–1916)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1895–1897)
- 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)
- 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)