William Phillips - People - Department History
William Phillips (1878–1968)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
- Third Assistant Secretary of State
Appointed: January 11, 1909
Entry on Duty: January 11, 1909
Termination of Appointment: October 13, 1909 - Third Assistant Secretary of State
Appointed: March 13, 1914
Entry on Duty: March 17, 1914
Termination of Appointment: January 24, 1917 - Assistant Secretary of State
Appointed: January 24, 1917
Entry on Duty: January 25, 1917
Termination of Appointment: March 25, 1920 - Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Netherlands)
Appointed: March 3, 1920
Presentation of Credentials: April 23, 1920
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 11, 1922- Also accredited to Luxembourg; resident at The Hague.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Luxembourg)
Appointed: March 3, 1920
Presentation of Credentials: May 18, 1920
Termination of Mission: Left The Hague April 11, 1922- Also accredited to Netherlands; resident at The Hague.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Netherlands)
- Under Secretary of State
Appointed: March 31, 1922
Entry on Duty: April 26, 1922
Termination of Appointment: April 11, 1924 - Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Belgium)
Appointed: February 29, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: June 5, 1924
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 1, 1927- Also accredited to Luxembourg; resident at Brussels.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Luxembourg)
Appointed: February 29, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: July 12, 1924
Termination of Mission: Left Brussels March 1, 1927- Also accredited to Belgium; resident at Brussels.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Belgium)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada)
Appointed: February 17, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: June 1, 1927
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 14, 1929 - Under Secretary of State
Appointed: March 6, 1933
Entry on Duty: March 6, 1933
Termination of Appointment: August 23, 1936 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Italy)
Appointed: August 4, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: November 4, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 6, 1941- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 23, 1937, after confirmation.