Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857–1925)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Illinois

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Japan)
Appointed: September 23, 1924
Presentation of Credentials: November 19, 1924
Termination of Mission: Died at Karuizawa July 27, 1925
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 21, 1925, after confirmation.