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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt
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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (1892-1950)
Non-career appointee
State of Residence: New York
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Sweden)
Appointed: May 11, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: August 28, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post June 26, 1937
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Peru)
Appointed: April 22, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: September 13, 1937
Termination of Mission: Left Peru April 10, 1939
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: March 23, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: August 11, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left post November 12, 1941
Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: January 12, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: March 10, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post April 2, 1945
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
Appointed: December 20, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: July 20, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post September 19, 1948
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Canada)
Appointed: August 12, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: November 1, 1948
Termination of Mission: Died near Ramsayville March 28, 1950
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.