Edson Oliver Sessions - People - Department History
Edson Oliver Sessions (1902–1987)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Finland)
Appointed: October 20, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: November 28, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 20, 1960- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 21, 1960, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ecuador)
Appointed: August 1, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: September 26, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 15, 1970