1786 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1786
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.
- John Adams (1735–1826)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1781–1788)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1785–1788)
- John Jay (1745–1829)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1779)
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs Under the Continental Congress (1784–1789)
- Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
- Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1785–1789)
- Secretary of State (1789–1793)