Office of the Historian

Jefferson Caffery (1886–1974)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Louisiana
  1. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Greece)
    Began Service: February 1922
    Ended Service: May 1923
  2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (El Salvador)
    Appointed: January 7, 1926
    Presentation of Credentials: July 20, 1926
    Termination of Mission: Left post on July 22, 1928
  3. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
    Appointed: June 27, 1928
    Presentation of Credentials: November 28, 1928
    Termination of Mission: Left post on May 20, 1933
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 23, 1929, after confirmation.
  4. Assistant Secretary of State
    Appointed: July 11, 1933
    Entry on Duty: July 12, 1933
    Termination of Appointment: December 4, 1933
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
  5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cuba)
    Appointed: February 23, 1934
    Presentation of Credentials: February 28, 1934
    Termination of Mission: Left post on March 9, 1937
  6. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Brazil)
    Appointed: July 13, 1937
    Presentation of Credentials: August 17, 1937
    Termination of Mission: Left post on September 17, 1944
  7. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (France)
    Appointed: November 25, 1944
    Presentation of Credentials: December 30, 1944
    Termination of Mission: Left post on May 13, 1949
    • The Embassy in Paris had been opened to the public December 1, 1944, with Caffery in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.
  8. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
    Appointed: July 9, 1949
    Presentation of Credentials: September 29, 1949
    Termination of Mission: Left Egypt January 11, 1955