Joseph Edward Davies (1876–1958)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: District of Columbia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: November 16, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: January 25, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 11, 1938
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 23, 1937, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Luxembourg)
  Appointed: May 14, 1938
  Presentation of Credentials: July 26, 1938
  Termination of Mission: Left Brussels November 30, 1939
  - Also accredited to Belgium; resident at Brussels.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Belgium)
  Appointed: May 14, 1938
  Presentation of Credentials: July 20, 1938
  Termination of Mission: Left post on November 30, 1939
  - Also accredited to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.