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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1900
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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)
- Horace Newton Allen (1858–1932)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1897–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1901–1905)
- Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856–1927)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1899–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1901–1905)
- George H. Bridgman (1853–1925)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1897–1902)
- Charles Page Bryan (1856–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1898–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1903–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1909–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1911–1912)
- Alfred Eliab Buck (1832–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1897–1902)
- Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1899–1905)
- Powell Clayton (1833–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1897–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1898–1905)
- Edwin Hurd Conger (1843–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1890–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1898–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1905)
- Thomas Wilbur Cridler (1850–1914)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1897–1901)
- William Franklin Draper (1842–1910)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1897–1900)
- Irving Bedell Dudley (1861–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1897–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1906–1911)
- William Rufus Finch (1847–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1897–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1897–1905)
- Charles Spencer Francis (1853–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1900–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1900–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1900–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1906–1910)
- Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1897–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1899–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1899–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1899–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1900–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1902–1905)
- Addison Clay Harris (1840–1916)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1899–1901)
- Charles Burdett Hart (1851–1930)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1897–1903)
- John Milton Hay (1838–1905)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1879–1881)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1897–1898)
- Secretary of State (1898–1905)
- David Jayne Hill (1850–1932)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1898–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1905–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1905–1908)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1908–1911)
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (1841–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1897–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1897–1903)
- John Nichol Irwin (1845–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1899–1900)
- Hamilton King (1852–1912)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1898–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1903–1912)
- John G.A. Leishman (1857–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1897–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1900–1906)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1906–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1909–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1911–1913)
- John G. Long (1846–1903)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1899–1903)
- Francis Butler Loomis (1861–1948)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1897–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1901–1902)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1903–1905)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1905)
- William Paine Lord (1838–1911)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1899–1903)
- William Lawrence Merry (1835–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1897–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1897–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1897–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1907–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1907–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1908–1911)
- George von Lengerke Meyer (1858–1918)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1900–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1905–1907)
- Stanford Newel (1839–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1897–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1903–1905)
- Horace Porter (1837–1921)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1897–1905)
- William Frank Powell (1848–1920)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1897–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1897–1905)
- Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1897–1905)
- Owen Lun West Smith (1851–1926)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1898–1902)
- Bellamy Storer (1847–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1897–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1899–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1902–1906)
- Laurits Selmer Swenson (1865–1947)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1897–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1911–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1921–1930)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1931–1934)
- William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1883–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1889–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1897–1905)
- Charlemagne Tower (1848–1923)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1897–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1899–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1902–1908)
- Lawrence Townsend (1860–1954)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1897–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1899–1905)
- Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1879–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1892–1894)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1897–1902)
- Henry Lane Wilson (1856–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1897–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1905–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1909–1913)
- Roger Wolcott (1847–1900)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1900)