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William Dawson Jr. (1885–1972)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Minnesota
  1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Ecuador)
    Appointed: May 9, 1930
    Presentation of Credentials: August 9, 1930
    Termination of Mission: Left post on February 27, 1935
  2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
    Appointed: December 15, 1934
    Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1935
    Termination of Mission: Left post on November 16, 1937
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 22, 1935, after confirmation.
  3. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
    Appointed: August 31, 1937
    • Did not serve under this appointment.
  4. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
    Appointed: December 1, 1937
    Presentation of Credentials: February 10, 1938
    Termination of Mission: Left post on June 6, 1939
  5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
    Appointed: March 23, 1939
    Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1939
    Termination of Mission: Left Panama April 21, 1941
  6. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
    Appointed: February 11, 1941
    Presentation of Credentials: July 12, 1941
    Termination of Mission: Left post on August 6, 1946
  7. Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington)
    Termination of Mission: July 20, 1948
    • Not commissioned; had served since August 11, 1947, as U.S. Representative on the Governing Board of the Pan American Union and assumed duties on the Council of the OAS at its first meeting, on May 18, 1948.