John Ridgely Carter - People - Department History
John Ridgely Carter (1862–1944)
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State of Residence: Maryland
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Serbia)
Appointed: September 25, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: May 3, 1910
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned with a new title in Bulgaria June 24, 1910- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 13, 1909, after confirmation. Also accredited to Romania and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: September 25, 1909
Presentation of Credentials: November 14, 1909
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned with a new title in Bulgaria June 4, 1910- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 13, 1909, after confirmation. Also accredited to Serbia and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
- Diplomatic Agent (Bulgaria)
Appointed: September 25, 1909- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 13, 1909, after confirmation. Did not present credentials in Bulgaria. Also accredited to Serbia and Romania; resident at Bucharest.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Serbia)
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Serbia)
Appointed: June 24, 1910
Termination of Mission: Had farewell audience October 27, 1911- Also accredited to Romania and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: June 24, 1910
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 24, 1911- Also accredited to Serbia and Bulgaria; resident at Bucharest.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Bulgaria)
Appointed: June 24, 1910- Did not present credentials in Bulgaria. Also accredited to Serbia and Romania; resident at Bucharest.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Serbia)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Argentina)
Appointed: August 12, 1911- Commissioned to the Argentine Republic. Did not serve under this appointment.