Nathaniel Penistone Davis - People - Department History
Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895–1973)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Jersey
State of Residence: New Jersey
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: September 30, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: January 31, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 8, 1949- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 9, 1947, after confirmation.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hungary)
Appointed: September 1, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: October 21, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 18, 1951