Archibald Loudon Snowden (1837–1912)

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State of Residence: Pennsylvania

Concurrent Appointments
1. Minister Resident/Consul General (Greece)
  Appointed: July 1, 1889
  Presentation of Credentials: October 24, 1889
  Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 20, 1891
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 19, 1889, after confirmation. Also accredited to Serbia and Romania; resident at Athens.
2. Minister Resident/Consul General (Serbia)
  Appointed: July 1, 1889
  Presentation of Credentials: Officially received on November 28, 1889
  Termination of Mission: Left Sinaia, Romania, between August 25 and August 28, 1892
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 19, 1889, after confirmation. Also accredited to Greece and Romania; resident at Athens.
3. Minister Resident/Consul General (Romania)
  Appointed: July 1, 1889
  Presentation of Credentials: November 25, 1889
  Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary August 15, 1892
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 19, 1889, after confirmation. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Greece)
  Appointed: July 1, 1891
  Presentation of Credentials: November 20, 1891
  Termination of Mission: Left post between June 2 and June 17, 1892
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 23, 1891, after confirmation. Also accredited to Serbia and Romania; resident at Athens.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Serbia)
  Appointed: July 1, 1891
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 23, 1891, after confirmation. No record has been found indicating that Snowden presented credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Serbia. Also accredited to Greece and Romania; resident at Athens.
3. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
  Appointed: July 1, 1891
  Presentation of Credentials: August 15, 1892
  Termination of Mission: Left Sinaia between August 25 and August 28, 1892
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 23, 1891, after confirmation. Also accredited to Greece and Serbia; resident at Athens.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: July 22, 1892
Presentation of Credentials: October 6, 1892
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on June 3, 1893