William Christian Bullitt - People - Department History
William Christian Bullitt (1891–1967)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: November 21, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 13, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left Russia May 16, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (France)
Appointed: August 25, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left La Bourboule July 11, 1940- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 23, 1937, after confirmation.