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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1909
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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)
- 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)
- Philip Marshall Brown (1875–1966)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1908–1910)
- 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)
- William James Calhoun (1848–1916)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1909–1912)
- John Ridgely Carter (1862–1944)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1910–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1910–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1911)
- 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)
- Charles Richard Crane (1858–1939)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1920–1921)
- 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)
- Spencer Fayette Eddy (1874–1939)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1908–1909)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1909)
- Maurice Francis Egan (1852–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1907–1917)
- *Henry Prather Fletcher (1873–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1909–1914)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1914–1916)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1916–1919)
- Under Secretary of State (1921–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1922–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1923–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1924–1929)
- 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)
- Henry Tifft Gage (1852–1938)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1909–1910)
- Charles Hinman Graves (1839–1928)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1905–1906)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1905–1913)
- John Hanaford Gregory (1875–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Nicaragua (1909)
- 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)
- Chandler Hale (1873–1951)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1909–1913)
- William Heimke (1847–1931)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1908–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1909–1914)
- 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)
- Robert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt (1876–1938)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1910–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1910)
- Lewis Morris Iddings (1850–1921)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1905–1910)
- Henry Clay Ide (1844–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1909–1913)
- 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)
- Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1909–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1920–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1921–1925)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1925–1926)
- Richard C. Kerens (1841–1916)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1909–1913)
- 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)
- Philander Chase Knox (1853–1921)
- Secretary of State (1909–1913)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- George Higgins Moses (1869–1944)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1909–1912)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1909–1912)
- Elliott Northcott (1869–1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1909–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1911–1913)
- 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)
- John Callan O’Laughlin (1873–1949)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1909)
- 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)
- Hoffman Philip (1872–1951)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Ethiopia (1908–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1917–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1922–1925)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1925–1928)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1930–1935)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1935–1937)
- *William Phillips (1878–1968)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1909)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1914–1917)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1917–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1920–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1920–1922)
- Under Secretary of State (1922–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1924–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1924–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1927–1929)
- Under Secretary of State (1933–1936)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1936–1941)
- 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)
- Charles Wells Russell (1856–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1909–1914)
- 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 Franklin Sands (1874–1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1909–1910)
- Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (1867–1936)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1909–1910)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1932–1933)
- Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1902–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1906–1909)
- Oscar Solomon Straus (1850–1926)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1887–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1898–1899)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1909–1910)
- James Flynn Stutesman (1860–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1908–1910)
- 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)
- 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)
- Henry White (1850–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1905–1907)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1906–1909)
- Francis Mairs Huntington Wilson (1875–1946)
- Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1908)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1908)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1909–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (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)