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Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Year: 1914
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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)
- Olney Arnold (1861–1916)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1913–1916)
- *Arthur Bailly-Blanchard (1855–1925)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1914–1921)
- Thomas Howard Birch (1875–1929)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1913–1922)
- William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925)
- Secretary of State (1913–1915)
- George Washington Buckner (1855–1943)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1913–1915)
- John Lawrence Caldwell (1875–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1914–1921)
- John Longer de Saulles (1879–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1914)
- Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1914–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1914–1918)
- Maurice Francis Egan (1852–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1907–1917)
- John Ewing (1857–1923)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1913–1918)
- *Henry Prather Fletcher (1873–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1909–1914)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1914–1916)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1916–1919)
- Under Secretary of State (1921–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1922–1924)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1923–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1924–1929)
- James Watson Gerard III (1867–1951)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1913–1917)
- William Elliott Gonzales (1866–1937)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1913–1919)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1919–1921)
- Nicolay Andrew Grevstad (1851–1940)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1911–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1911–1914)
- *Joseph Clark Grew (1880–1965)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Austria (1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1920–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1921–1924)
- Under Secretary of State (1924–1927)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1927–1932)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1932–1941)
- Under Secretary of State (1944–1945)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1945)
- George Wilkins Guthrie (1848–1917)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1913–1917)
- Edward Joseph Hale (1839–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1913–1917)
- Charles Sampson Hartman (1861–1929)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1913–1922)
- William Heimke (1847–1931)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1908–1909)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1909–1914)
- Myron Timothy Herrick (1854–1929)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1912–1914)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1921–1929)
- Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871–1950)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1913–1921)
- Robert Lansing (1864–1928)
- Counselor (1914–1915)
- Secretary of State (1915–1920)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1915)
- William Hayne Leavell (1850–1930)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1913–1918)
- Boaz Walton Long (1876–1962)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1914–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1919–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1936–1938)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1938–1942)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1942–1943)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1943–1945)
- Theodore Marburg (1862–1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1912–1914)
- George T. Marye (1857–1933)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1914–1916)
- Preston Buford McGoodwin (1880–1945)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1913–1921)
- Benton McMillin (1845–1933)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1913–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1919–1921)
- Daniel Francis Mooney (1865–1930)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1914–1921)
- John Bassett Moore (1860–1947)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1886–1891)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1898)
- Counselor (1913–1914)
- Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1905–1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1905)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1909–1911)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1911–1912)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1912–1933)
- Henry Morgenthau (1856–1946)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1913–1916)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.)
- Ira Nelson Morris (1875–1942)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1914–1923)
- John Davis O’Rear (1868–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1913–1918)
- John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1913–1916)
- Nelson O’Shaughnessy (1876–1932)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Mexico (1914)
- Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1913–1919)
- Walter Hines Page (1855–1918)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1913–1918)
- Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1893–1897)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Austria (1913–1917)
- *William Phillips (1878–1968)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1909)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (1914–1917)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1917–1920)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1920–1922)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1920–1922)
- Under Secretary of State (1922–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1924–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1924–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1927–1929)
- Under Secretary of State (1933–1936)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1936–1941)
- Henry Means Pindell (1860–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1914)
- William Jennings Price (1873–1952)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1913–1921)
- Paul Samuel Reinsch (1869–1923)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1913–1919)
- Charles Wells Russell (1856–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1909–1914)
- Albert George Schmedemann (1864–1946)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1913–1921)
- William Graves Sharp (1859–1922)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1914–1919)
- Madison Roswell Smith (1850–1919)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1913–1914)
- Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1914–1921)
- Pleasant Alexander Stovall (1857–1935)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1913–1919)
- James Mark Sullivan (1873–1935)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1913–1915)
- Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853–1927)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1913–1916)
- Henry van Dyke (1852–1933)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1913–1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1913–1917)
- Charles Joseph Vopicka (1857–1935)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1913–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Serbia (1913–1918)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1913–1920)
- Brand Whitlock (1869–1934)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1913–1919)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1919–1921)
- Joseph Edward Willard (1865–1924)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1913–1921)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1913)
- George Fred Williams (1852–1932)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1913–1914)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1913–1914)