Office of the Historian

Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1912

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)
  • Chandler Parsons Anderson (1866–1936)
    • Counselor (1912–1913)
  • Larz Anderson (1866–1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1911–1912)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1912–1913)
  • Robert Bacon (1860–1919)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1905–1909)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1909–1912)
    • Secretary of State (1909)
  • 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, Netherlands (1908–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1908–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1911–1913)
  • Henry Sherman Boutell (1856–1926)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1911)
  • 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)
  • Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1850–1917)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1911–1913)
  • William James Calhoun (1848–1916)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1909–1912)
  • Fred Warner Carpenter (1873–1957)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1910–1912)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1912–1913)
  • William Demos Crum (1859–1912)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1910–1912)
  • 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)
  • James Taylor DuBois (1851–1920)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1911–1913)
  • 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)
  • Henry Watson Furniss (1868–1955)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1905–1913)
  • John Work Garrett (1872–1942)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1910–1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1917–1919)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1917–1919)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1929–1933)
  • Charles Hinman Graves (1839–1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1905–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1905–1906)
  • Nicolay Andrew Grevstad (1851–1940)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1911–1914)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1911–1914)
  • Curtis Guild (1860–1915)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1911–1913)
  • 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)
  • Myron Timothy Herrick (1854–1929)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1912–1914)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1921–1929)
  • 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)
  • Henry Clay Howard (1860–1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1911–1913)
  • 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, Serbia (1902)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1902–1903)
    • Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1903–1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1903–1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1903–1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (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, Serbia (1911–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (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, Serbia (1907–1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1907)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1907)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1907–1909)
    • 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)
  • Theodore Marburg (1862–1946)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1912–1914)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1889–1892)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1905–1912)
  • 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, Serbia (1897–1898)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary/Consul General, Romania (1897–1898)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1898–1899)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1898–1899)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1898–1899)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1905–1909)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1909–1911)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1911–1913)
  • 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)
  • Jacob Gould Schurman (1854–1942)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1912–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1912–1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1921–1925)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1925–1930)
  • 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)
  • George Thomas Weitzel (1873–1936)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1911–1913)
  • Charles Dunning White (1868–1954)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1911–1913)
  • Francis Mairs Huntington Wilson (1875–1946)
    • Diplomatic Agent, Bulgaria (1908)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1908)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1908)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1909)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1909–1913)
  • 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, Serbia (1902)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1902)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1905–1909)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1909–1913)
  • Cyrus E. Woods (1861–1938)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1912–1913)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1921–1923)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1923–1924)
  • Evan Erastus Young (1878–1946)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1911–1912)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1925–1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1929)