1905 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1905
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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)
- Robert Bacon (1860–1919)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1905–1909)
- Secretary of State (1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1909–1912)
- John Barrett (1866–1938)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1894–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1903–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1904–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1905–1906)
- Arthur Matthias Beaupre (1853–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1904–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1908–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1908–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1911–1913)
- 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)
- 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)
- Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1899–1905)
- Brutus Junius Clay (1847–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1905–1910)
- Powell Clayton (1833–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1897–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1898–1905)
- William Miller Collier (1867–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1905–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1921–1928)
- Leslie Combs (1852–1940)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1902–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1902–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1906–1911)
- 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 Cleland Dawson (1865–1912)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic (1904–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1910)
- 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)
- Henry Watson Furniss (1868–1955)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1905–1913)
- Charles Hinman Graves (1839–1928)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1905–1906)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1905–1913)
- Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1901–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1902–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1906–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1906–1909)
- Samuel Rene Gummere (1849–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1905–1909)
- 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)
- John Milton Hay (1838–1905)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1879–1881)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1897–1898)
- Secretary of State (1898–1905)
- John Hicks (1847–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1889–1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1905–1909)
- 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)
- Lewis Morris Iddings (1850–1921)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1905–1910)
- John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1902–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1902–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1902)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1903–1905)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1905–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1905–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1905–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1911–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1911–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1911–1913)
- Hamilton King (1852–1912)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1898–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1903–1912)
- Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee (1870–1949)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1905–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1907)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ernest Lyon (1860–1938)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1903–1910)
- Charles Edward Magoon (1861–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1905–1906)
- Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1901–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1902–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1905–1907)
- 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)
- Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1905–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1911–1912)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1912–1933)
- 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)
- Edward Charles O’Brien (1860–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1905–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1905–1909)
- Thomas James O’Brien (1842–1933)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1905–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1907–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1911–1913)
- Richmond Pearson (1852–1923)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1902–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1907–1909)
- Herbert Henry Davis Peirce (1849–1916)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1901–1906)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1906–1911)
- 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)
- Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1889–1892)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1905–1912)
- John Wallace Riddle (1864–1941)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1903–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1905–1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1905–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1906–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1921–1925)
- William Woodville Rockhill (1854–1914)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1894–1896)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1896–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Greece (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Romania (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Serbia (1897–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1898–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1905–1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1909–1911)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1911–1913)
- Elihu Root (1845–1937)
- Secretary of State (1905–1909)
- William Worthington Russell (1859–1944)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1904–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1905–1910)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic (1910–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1911–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1915–1925)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1925–1927)
- Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1897–1905)
- William Brooks Sorsby (1858–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1902–1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1908)
- Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1902–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1906–1909)
- 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)
- David Eugene Thompson (1854–1942)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1902–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1906–1909)
- 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)
- Henry White (1850–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1905–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1906–1909)
- 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)