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Alphonso Taft (1810–1891)
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State of Residence: Ohio
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Austria)
Appointed: April 26, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: June 30, 1882
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 25, 1884- Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: July 4, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: September 3, 1884
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on July 31, 1885