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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1867
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- Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1861–1868)
- Alexander Asboth (1811–1868)
- Minister Resident, Argentina (1866–1868)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1867–1868)
- George Bancroft (1800–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1846–1849)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1867–1871)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1871–1874)
- Joseph Jackson Bartlett (1834–1893)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1867–1869)
- Anson Burlingame (1820–1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1861–1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1861)
- James Hepburn Campbell (1820–1895)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1864–1867)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1866)
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1861)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1861–1862)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1863–1869)
- William Turner Coggeshall (1824–1867)
- Minister Resident, Ecuador (1866–1867)
- Andrew B. Dickinson (1801–1873)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1861–1863)
- Minister Resident and Extraordinary, Nicaragua (1863–1869)
- John Adams Dix (1798–1879)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1866)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1866–1869)
- Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1866–1870)
- Horace Greeley (1811–1872)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1867)
- Charles Hale (1831–1882)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1864–1870)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1872–1873)
- John Parker Hale (1806–1873)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1865–1869)
- Allen A. Hall (?–1867)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Venezuela (1841–1844)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1863–1867)
- George Harrington (1815–1892)
- Minister Resident, Switzerland (1865–1869)
- James E. Harvey (1820–)
- Minister Resident, Portugal (1861–1869)
- Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1865–1870)
- William Hunter (1805–1886)
- Chief Clerk (1852–1855)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1853)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1855)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1860)
- Second Assistant Secretary of State (1866–1886)
- Judson Kilpatrick (1836–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1865–1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1881)
- Rufus King (1814–1876)
- Minister Resident, Holy See (1861)
- Minister Resident, Holy See (1863–1867)
- Albert Gallatin Lawrence (1836–1887)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1866–1868)
- George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1849–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1861–1882)
- Edward Moody McCook (1833–1909)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1866–1868)
- Edward Joy Morris (1815–1881)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1850–1853)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1861–1870)
- John Lothrop Motley (1814–1877)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1861–1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1869–1870)
- John Netherland (1808–1887)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1867)
- Marcus Otterbourg (1827–1893)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mexico (1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1867)
- Henry Everard Peck (1821–1867)
- Commissioner and Consul General, Haiti (1865–1866)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1866–1867)
- Charles N. Riotte (1814–1887)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1861–1867)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1869–1873)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.)
- Richard Hilaire Rousseau (1815–1872)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1866–1869)
- Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–1891)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (1861–1869)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (Nomination of December 17, 1866, rejected by the Senate.)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (Nomination of March 8, 1867, rejected by the Senate.)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.)
- Minister Resident, Spain (Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.)
- Frederick William Seward (1830–1915)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1861–1869)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1877–1879)
- William Henry Seward (1801–1872)
- Secretary of State (1861–1869)
- John Seys (1799–1872)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1866–1870)
- Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830–1874)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1867–1868)
- Peter John Sullivan (1821–1883)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1867–1869)
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh (1821–1888)
- Minister Resident, Japan (1866–1869)
- Fitz Henry Warren (1816–1878)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1865–1869)
- Charles Ames Washburn (1822–1889)
- Commissioner, Paraguay (1861–1863)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1863–1868)
- James Watson Webb (1802–1884)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Austria (1849–1850)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1861–1869)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1861)
- Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810–1878)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1866–1869)
- James Wilson (1825–1867)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1866–1867)
- Joseph Albert Wright (1810–1867)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1857–1861)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1865–1867)
- George Helm Yeaman (1829–1908)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1865–1870)