Josiah Horton Beeman (1935–2006)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: District of Columbia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
  Appointed: March 28, 1994
  Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1994
  Termination of Mission: Left post on December 9, 1999
  - Also accredited to Samoa; resident at Wellington.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Samoa)
  Appointed: March 28, 1994
  Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1994
  Termination of Mission: Left Wellington December 9, 1999
  - Also accredited to New Zealand; resident at Wellington.