1842 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1842
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- Ambrose Baber (1792–1846)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Italy (1841–1844)
- Washington Barrow (1817–1866)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1841–1844)
- William Matthews Blackford (1801–1864)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1842–1844)
- Harmanus Bleecker (1779–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1839–1842)
- William Boulware (1811–1870)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1841–1845)
- Lewis Cass (1782–1866)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1836–1842)
- Secretary of State (1857–1860)
- Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Mexico (1836)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1839–1842)
- Joseph Eve (1784–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Texas (1841–1843)
- Edward Everett (1794–1865)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1841–1845)
- Commissioner, China (1843)
- Secretary of State (1852–1853)
- Allen A. Hall (?–1867)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Venezuela (1841–1844)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1863–1867)
- Henry Washington Hilliard (1808–1892)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belgium (1842–1844)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1877–1881)
- Christopher Hughes Jr. (1786–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1819–1825)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1825–1830)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1830–1841)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1842–1845)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (Nomination of December 11, 1828, tabled by the Senate.)
- William Hunter Jr. (1774–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Brazil (1834–1842)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1841–1843)
- Washington Irving (1783–1859)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1842–1846)
- Isaac Rand Jackson (?–1842)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1841–1842)
- Daniel Jenifer (1791–1855)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1841–1845)
- George Washington Lay (1798–1860)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1842–1845)
- Virgil Maxcy (1785–1844)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belgium (1837–1842)
- John Strother Pendleton (1802–1868)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1841–1844)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Argentina (1851–1854)
- James Chamberlayne Pickett (1793–1872)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1838–1845)
- Richard Pollard (1790–1851)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1834–1842)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Argentina (Not commissioned; nomination (which had been submitted in error) withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- David Porter (1780–1843)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Turkey (1831–1840)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1839–1843)
- James Semple (1798–1866)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1837–1842)
- Waddy Thompson Jr. (1798–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1842–1844)
- Charles Stewart Todd (1791–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1841–1846)
- Aaron Vail (1796–1878)
- Chargé d’Affaires, United Kingdom (1832–1836)
- Chief Clerk (1838–1840)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Spain (1840–1842)
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
- Secretary of State (1841–1843)
- Secretary of State (1850–1852)
- Daniel Fletcher Webster (1813–1862)
- Chief Clerk (1841–1843)
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1827–1835)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Germany (1835–1837)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837–1846)