John Leavitt Stevens - People - Department History
John Leavitt Stevens (1820–1895)
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State of Residence: Maine
- Concurrent Appointments
- Minister Resident (Paraguay)
Appointed: March 25, 1870
Presentation of Credentials: July 6, 1870
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 19, 1873- Also accredited to Uruguay; resident at Montevideo.
- Minister Resident (Uruguay)
Appointed: April 28, 1870
Presentation of Credentials: August 26, 1870
Termination of Mission: Left Montevideo May 19, 1873- Also accredited to Paraguay; resident at Montevideo.
- Minister Resident (Paraguay)
- Minister Resident (Sweden)
Appointed: August 28, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: November 5, 1877
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge June 3, 1883- Served at the court of Sweden and Norway; resident at Stockholm. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on November 12, 1877, after confirmation.
- Minister Resident (Hawaii)
Appointed: June 20, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: September 23, 1889
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 8, 1890- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 16, 1889, after confirmation. Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hawaii)
Appointed: July 30, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: September 8, 1890
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge May 18, 1893- Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.