1845 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1845
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- Benjamin A. Bidlack (1804–1849)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Colombia (1845–1849)
- 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)
- James Buchanan (1791–1868)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1832–1833)
- Secretary of State (1845–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1853–1856)
- 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)
- Auguste Genevieve Valentin Davezac (D’Avezac) (1780–1851)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1831–1839)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1845–1850)
- William S. Derrick (?–1852)
- Chief Clerk (1843–1844)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1843)
- 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)
- Henry William Ellsworth (1814–1864)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden (1845–1861)
- Alexander Hill Everett (1790–1847)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Netherlands (1818–1824)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1825–1829)
- Commissioner, China (1845–1847)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (Nomination of February 25, 1845, not confirmed by the Senate.)
- Edward Everett (1794–1865)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1841–1845)
- Commissioner, China (1843)
- Secretary of State (1852–1853)
- 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)
- Albert Gallatin Jewett (1802–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1845–1846)
- 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)
- Louis McLane (1786–1857)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1829–1831)
- Secretary of State (1833–1834)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1845–1849)
- James Chamberlayne Pickett (1793–1872)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Peru (1838–1845)
- William Hawkins Polk (1815–1862)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1845–1847)
- Abraham Rencher (1798–1883)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1843–1847)
- Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1844–1845)
- Benjamin Glover Shields (1808–1850)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Venezuela (1845–1850)
- John Slidell (1793–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1845)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1853)
- William Henry Stiles (1808–1865)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Austria (1845–1849)
- Charles Stewart Todd (1791–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1841–1846)
- Nicholas Philip Trist (1800–1874)
- Chief Clerk (1845–1847)
- Henry Wheaton (1785–1848)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1827–1835)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Germany (1835–1837)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837–1846)
- 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.)