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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1844
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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)
- William Boulware (1811–1870)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1841–1845)
- William Brent Jr. (1783–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Argentina (1844–1846)
- John Alexander Bryan (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1844–1845)
- John Caldwell Calhoun (1782–1850)
- Secretary of State (1844–1845)
- Dabney Smith Carr (1802–1854)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1843–1849)
- Thomas Green Clemson (1807–1888)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Belgium (1844–1851)
- Richard K. Cralle (1800–1864)
- Chief Clerk (1844–1845)
- William Wood Crump (1819–1897)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Chile (1844–1847)
- Caleb Cushing (1800–1879)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1843–1844)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1874–1877)
- William S. Derrick (?–1852)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1843)
- Chief Clerk (1843–1844)
- Chief Clerk (1845)
- Chief Clerk (1847–1848)
- Chief Clerk (1848–1852)
- Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Texas (1844–1845)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1846–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1848–1849)
- Vespasian Ellis (1799–1859)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Venezuela (1844–1845)
- 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)
- Tilghman Ashurst Howard (1797–1844)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Texas (1844)
- 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.)
- Washington Irving (1783–1859)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1842–1846)
- William Wallace Irwin (1803–1856)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1843–1847)
- Daniel Jenifer (1791–1855)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1841–1845)
- William Rufus de Vane King (1786–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1844–1846)
- George Washington Lay (1798–1860)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1842–1845)
- William Sumter Murphy (1796–1844)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Texas (1843–1844)
- John Nelson (1794–1860)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1831–1832)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1844)
- 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)
- George H. Proffit (1807–1847)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1843–1844)
- Abraham Rencher (1798–1883)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1843–1847)
- Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1844–1845)
- 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)
- Abel Parker Upshur (1791–1844)
- Secretary of State (1843–1844)
- Secretary of State ad interim (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)
- Robert Wickliffe Jr. (?–1850)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Italy (1843)
- Henry Alexander Wise (1806–1876)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1844–1847)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.)