Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1907

NOTE TO READERS

Updates to the Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission database are currently suspended. For information about the Department’s current and recent leadership, we recommend visiting the Department of State homepage’s Biographies of Senior Officials and List of U.S. Ambassadors.

Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last updated March 14, 2024.

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

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)
Robert Bacon (1860–1919)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1905–1909)
- Secretary of State (1909)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1909–1912)
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)
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)
Brutus Junius Clay (1847–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1905–1910)
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)
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)
Henry Percival Dodge (1870–1936)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1911–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1919–1926)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1926–1930)
Irving Bedell Dudley (1861–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1897–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1906–1911)
Maurice Francis Egan (1852–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1907–1917)
Williams Carlton Fox (1855–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1907–1911)
Charles Spencer Francis (1853–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1900–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1900–1902)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1900–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1906–1910)
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)
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)
Horace Greeley Knowles (1863–1913)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1907)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1907)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1910–1913)
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)
Ernest Lyon (1860–1938)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1903–1910)
Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1901–1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1902)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1902–1905)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1905–1907)
Fenton Reuben McCreery (1866–1940)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Dominican Republic (1907–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1909–1911)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Luke Edward Wright (1846–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1906–1907)