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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1885
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- Alvey Augustus Adee (1842–1924)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1882–1886)
- Second Assistant Secretary of State (1886–1924)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1898)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1924)
- Rasmus Bjorn Anderson (1846–1936)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1885–1889)
- William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1882–1885)
- John Edmund Bacon (1830–1897)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Paraguay (1885–1888)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Uruguay (1885–1888)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1888)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1888)
- Jehu Baker (1822–1903)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1878–1881)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1884)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Venezuela (1884–1885)
- Thomas Francis Bayard (1828–1898)
- Secretary of State (1885–1889)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1893–1897)
- Isaac Bell Jr. (1846–1889)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1885–1888)
- Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1837–1914)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1883–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires and Consul General, Iran (1883)
- John Armour Bingham (1815–1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1873–1885)
- William Dunnington Bloxham (1835–1911)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1885)
- Charles William Buck (1849–1930)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1885–1889)
- John Cardwell (1837–1893)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1885–1889)
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1885–1886)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.)
- Michael John Cramer (1835–1898)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1870–1876)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Denmark (1876–1881)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Switzerland (1881–1882)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Switzerland (1882–1885)
- Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825–1903)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1885–1888)
- Rollin Mallory Daggett (1831–1901)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1882–1885)
- John Davis (1851–1902)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1882–1885)
- William Lewis Dayton Jr. (1839–1897)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1882–1885)
- Charles Denby (1830–1904)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1885–1898)
- John Walker Fearn (1832–1899)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1885–1889)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Serbia (1885–1889)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1885–1899)
- Nicholas Fish (1846–1902)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Switzerland (1877–1881)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (1882–1885)
- Lucius Harwood Foote (1826–1913)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1883–1885)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1884)
- John Watson Foster (1836–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1873–1880)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1880–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1883–1885)
- Secretary of State (1892–1893)
- John Morgan Francis (1823–1897)
- Minister Resident, Greece (1871–1873)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1882–1884)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Portugal (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1884–1885)
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1870)
- Secretary of State (1881–1885)
- Richard Gibbs (1819–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1875–1879)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1883–1885)
- John Acoming Halderman Jr. (1838–1908)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1882–1885)
- Henry Cook Hall (1820–1901)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1882–1883)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1882–1889)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1882–1889)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1882–1889)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1882–1889)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1882–1889)
- Bayless W. Hanna (1830–1891)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Argentina (1885–1887)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1887–1889)
- Wickham Hoffman (1821–1900)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1883–1885)
- Moses Aaron Hopkins (1846–1886)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1885–1886)
- Richard Bennet Hubbard (1832–1901)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1885–1889)
- 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)
- Henry Rootes Jackson (1820–1898)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Austria (1853–1854)
- Minister Resident, Austria (1854–1858)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1885–1886)
- Charles Donald Jacob (1838–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1885–1886)
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis (1836–1915)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1885–1888)
- John Adam Kasson (1822–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1877–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1884–1885)
- Anthony Michael Keiley (1835–1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1885)
- John Mercer Langston (1829–1897)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1877–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1883–1885)
- Edward Parke Custis Lewis (1837–1892)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1885–1889)
- Cornelius Ambrose Logan (1832–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1873–1876)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1879–1882)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1879–1882)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1879–1882)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1879–1882)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1879–1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1882–1885)
- George Van Ness Lothrop (1817–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1885–1888)
- James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1877–1880)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1880–1885)
- Rufus Magee (1845–1929)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1885–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1888–1889)
- Robert Milligan McLane (1815–1898)
- Commissioner, China (1853–1854)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1859–1860)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1885–1889)
- George W. Merrill (1837–1914)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1885–1889)
- Philip Hicky Morgan (1825–1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1880–1885)
- Levi Parsons Morton (1824–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1881–1885)
- Thomas Andrew Osborn (1836–1898)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1877–1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1881–1885)
- Thomas Ogden Osborn (1832–1904)
- Minister Resident, Argentina (1874–1884)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Argentina (1884–1885)
- George Hunt Pendleton (1825–1889)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1885–1889)
- Edward John Phelps (1822–1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1885–1889)
- Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1883–1885)
- James Davis Porter (1828–1912)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1885–1887)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1893–1894)
- Lewis Richmond (1824–1894)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1884–1885)
- William Randall Roberts (1830–1897)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1885–1889)
- Charles Lewis Scott (1827–1899)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Venezuela (1885–1888)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1888–1889)
- William Lindsay Scruggs (1836–1912)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1873–1876)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1882–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1884–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1889–1892)
- William A. Seay (1831–1888)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1885–1887)
- John Henry Smyth (1844–1908)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1878–1881)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1882–1885)
- John Bernhard Stallo (1823–1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1885–1889)
- Alphonso Taft (1810–1891)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1882–1884)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1884–1885)
- William Widgery Thomas Jr. (1839–1927)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1883–1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1889–1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1897–1905)
- John Edgar West Thompson (1860–1918)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Dominican Republic (1885–1889)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1885–1889)
- Lambert Tree (1832–1910)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (1885–1888)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1888)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1888–1889)
- Lewis Wallace (1827–1905)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1881–1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1882–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Paraguay (Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Uruguay (Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- George Washington Williams (1849–1891)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1885)
- William Williams (1821–1896)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Paraguay (1882–1885)
- Chargé d’Affaires, Uruguay (1882–1885)
- Boyd Winchester (1836–1923)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Switzerland (1885–1889)
- Frederick Hampden Winston (1830–1904)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1885–1886)
- John Russell Young (1840–1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1882–1885)