Edward Capps (1866–1950)

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Non-career appointee
States of Residence: New Jersey, Massachusetts

Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Greece)
  Appointed: June 18, 1920
  Presentation of Credentials: October 11, 1920
  Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted on December 6, 1920
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. The new Government of Greece was still unrecognized by the United States when Capps's recess appointment expired on March 4, 1921. Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Montenegro)
  Appointed: June 18, 1920
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Did not present credentials in Greece. Also accredited to Greece; resident at Athens.