1833 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1833
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- Daniel Carroll Brent (1770–1841)
- Chief Clerk (1817–1833)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1825)
- Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent (1784–1847)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1825–1834)
- Ethan Allen Brown (1776–1852)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1830–1834)
- James Buchanan (1791–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1832–1833)
- Secretary of State (1845–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1853–1856)
- Anthony Butler (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Mexico (1829–1835)
- Auguste Genevieve Valentin Davezac (D’Avezac) (1780–1851)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1831–1839)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1845–1850)
- Charles Gerrit De Witt (1789–1839)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Guatemala (1833–1839)
- Asbury Dickins (1773–1861)
- Chief Clerk (1833–1836)
- John Hamm (1777–1861)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1830–1833)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Guatemala (Commissioned to the Republic of Central America. Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Levett Harris (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, France (1833)
- Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1819–1825)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1825–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1830–1841)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1842–1845)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (Nomination of December 11, 1828, tabled by the Senate.)
- Samuel Larned (1788–1846)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1828–1837)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1828–1829)
- Hugh Swinton Legare (1797–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belgium (1832–1836)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1843)
- Edward Livingston (1764–1836)
- Secretary of State (1831–1833)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1833–1835)
- Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1833–1837)
- Louis McLane (1786–1857)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1829–1831)
- Secretary of State (1833–1834)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1845–1849)
- Thomas Patrick Moore (1797–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1829–1833)
- David Porter (1780–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Turkey (1831–1840)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1839–1843)
- Aaron Vail (1796–1878)
- Chargé d’Affaires, United Kingdom (1832–1836)
- Chief Clerk (1838–1840)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Spain (1840–1842)
- Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782–1852)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1829–1836)
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1827–1835)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Germany (1835–1837)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837–1846)