1869 - Principals and Chiefs Chronological
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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1869
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- Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829–1922)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1869)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1869–1877)
- 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)
- Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833–1908)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1869–1877)
- Henry Baxter (1821–1873)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1869–1873)
- Jacob Beeson Blair (1821–1901)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1868–1873)
- Henry Taylor Blow (1817–1875)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1861)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1869–1870)
- John Ross Browne (1817–1875)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1868–1869)
- John Watson Caldwell (1809–1896)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1868–1869)
- 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)
- Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1869–1872)
- John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822–1907)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1869–1871)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1873–1874)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1874–1877)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1881–1882)
- Charles E. De Long (1832–1876)
- Minister Resident, Japan (1869–1872)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1870–1873)
- 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)
- Francis E. Dumas (?–)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1869)
- Hugh Boyle Ewing (1826–1905)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1866–1870)
- Hamilton Fish (1808–1893)
- Secretary of State (1869–1877)
- 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)
- George Harrington (1815–1892)
- Minister Resident, Switzerland (1865–1869)
- James E. Harvey (1820–)
- Minister Resident, Portugal (1861–1869)
- Gideon Hiram Hollister (1817–1881)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1868–1869)
- Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1865–1870)
- Silas A. Hudson (1815–1896)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1869–1872)
- 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)
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815–1882)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1869–1872)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1881)
- John Jay II (1817–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1869–1875)
- Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1868–1869)
- Joseph Russell Jones (1823–1909)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (1869–1875)
- Judson Kilpatrick (1836–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1865–1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1881)
- Robert Crothers Kirk (1821–1898)
- Minister Resident, Argentina (1862–1866)
- Minister Resident, Argentina (1869–1871)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1869–1870)
- Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1869–1873)
- Leopold Markbreit (1842–1909)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1869–1873)
- George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1849–1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1861–1882)
- Martin Thomas McMahon (1838–1906)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1868–1869)
- 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)
- Thomas Henry Nelson (1824–1896)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1861–1866)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1869–1873)
- David Alexander Nunn (1833–1918)
- Minister Resident, Ecuador (1869)
- James Rudolph Partridge (1823–1884)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1862)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1863–1866)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1869–1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1871–1877)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1882)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Henry Augustus Peirce (1808–1885)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1869–1877)
- 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.)
- William Starke Rosecrans (1819–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1868–1869)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (Not commissioned; nomination tabled by the Senate.)
- Richard Hilaire Rousseau (1815–1872)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1866–1869)
- Horace Rublee (1829–1896)
- Minister Resident, Switzerland (1869–1876)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Switzerland (1876)
- 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)
- Samuel Shellabarger (1817–1896)
- Minister Resident, Portugal (1869–1870)
- Daniel Edgar Sickles (1825–1914)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1866)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1869–1874)
- Peter John Sullivan (1821–1883)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1867–1869)
- Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833–1880)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1869–1871)
- Charles Keating Tuckerman (1827–1896)
- Minister Resident, Greece (1868–1871)
- Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh (1821–1888)
- Minister Resident, Japan (1866–1869)
- Fitz Henry Warren (1816–1878)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1865–1869)
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1869–1877)
- Secretary of State (1869)
- Henry Miller Watts (1805–1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1868–1869)
- 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)
- Edward Rumsey Wing (1845–1874)
- Minister Resident, Ecuador (1869–1874)
- Henry Gaither Worthington (1828–1909)
- Minister Resident, Argentina (1868–1869)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1868–1869)
- George Helm Yeaman (1829–1908)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1865–1870)