Office of the Historian

Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1920

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • 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)
  • *Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855–1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1914–1921)
  • Thomas Howard Birch (1875–1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1913–1922)
  • *Maxwell Blake (1877–1959)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Morocco (1917)
    • Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1917–1922)
    • Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1925–1940)
  • John Lawrence Caldwell (1875–1922)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1914–1921)
  • Edward Capps (1866–1950)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1920)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1920)
  • Bainbridge Colby (1869–1950)
    • Secretary of State (1920–1921)
  • Charles Richard Crane (1858–1939)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1920–1921)
  • Richard Crane (1882–1938)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1919–1921)
  • John William Davis (1873–1955)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1918–1921)
  • Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878–1944)
    • Under Secretary of State (1920–1921)
  • Henry Percival Dodge (1870–1936)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1907–1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1907–1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1908)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1909–1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1919–1926)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1926–1930)
  • Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1914–1920)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1914–1918)
  • Hampson Gary (1873–1952)
    • Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1917–1919)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1920–1921)
  • *Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Poland (1919–1924)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1924–1927)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1927–1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1927–1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1933–1936)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1937–1938)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1937–1938)
  • William Elliott Gonzales (1866–1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1913–1919)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1919–1921)
  • *Joseph Clark Grew (1880–1965)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Austria (1917)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1920–1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1921–1924)
    • Under Secretary of State (1924–1927)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1927–1932)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1932–1941)
    • Under Secretary of State (1944–1945)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1945)
  • Charles Sampson Hartman (1861–1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1913–1922)
  • George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859–1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1920–1921)
  • Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933)
    • Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1909–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1920–1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1921–1925)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1925–1926)
  • Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871–1950)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1913–1921)
  • Robert Emmett Jeffery (1875–1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1915–1921)
  • Joseph Lowery Johnson (1874–1945)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1918–1922)
  • Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1920–1921)
  • Robert Lansing (1864–1928)
    • Counselor (1914–1915)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1915)
    • Secretary of State (1915–1920)
  • Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1914–1917)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1919–1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1936–1938)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1938–1942)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1942–1943)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1943–1945)
  • Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881–1958)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1917–1920)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1933–1936)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1940–1944)
  • Samuel Abbot Maginnis (1885–1941)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1919–1921)
  • *Alexander Richardson Magruder (1883–1973)
    • Chargé d’Affaires pro tempore, Finland (1922)
  • John Funk Martin Jr. (1889–1971)
    • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Costa Rica ()
  • Preston Buford McGoodwin (1880–1945)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1913–1921)
  • Benton McMillin (1845–1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1913–1919)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1919–1921)
  • Van Santvoord Merle-Smith (1889–1943)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1920–1921)
  • Daniel Francis Mooney (1865–1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1914–1921)
  • Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1905–1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1909–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1909–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1911–1912)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1912–1933)
  • Ira Nelson Morris (1875–1942)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1914–1923)
  • Roland Sletor Morris (1874–1945)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1917–1920)
  • Hoffman Philip (1872–1951)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Ethiopia (1908–1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1917–1922)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1922–1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1925–1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1930–1935)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1935–1937)
  • *William Phillips (1878–1968)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1909)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1914–1917)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1917–1920)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1920–1922)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1920–1922)
    • Under Secretary of State (1922–1924)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1924–1927)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1924–1927)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1927–1929)
    • Under Secretary of State (1933–1936)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1936–1941)
  • Frank Lyon Polk (1871–1943)
    • Counselor (1915–1919)
    • Under Secretary of State (1919–1920)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1920)
  • William Jennings Price (1873–1952)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1913–1921)
  • William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1904–1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1905–1910)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic (1910–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1915–1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1925–1927)
  • Albert George Schmedemann (1864–1946)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1913–1921)
  • Joseph Hooker Shea (1863–1928)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1916–1921)
  • Carroll Sprigg (1880–1944)
    • Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1920–1921)
  • Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1914–1921)
  • Charles Joseph Vopicka (1857–1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1913–1918)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1913–1920)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1913–1918)
  • Hugh Campbell Wallace (1863–1931)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1919–1921)
  • Brand Whitlock (1869–1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1913–1919)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1919–1921)
  • Joseph Edward Willard (1865–1924)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1913–1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1913)