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Ralph James Totten (1877–1949)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Tennessee
State of Residence: Tennessee
- Minister Resident/Consul General (South Africa)
Appointed: December 19, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: February 18, 1930
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 8, 1930- Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
Appointed: June 20, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: September 8, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 12, 1937- Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.