Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Massachusetts

Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Greece)
  Appointed: August 5, 1914
  Presentation of Credentials: October 9, 1914
  Termination of Mission: Left post on April 16, 1920
  - Also accredited to Montenegro; resident at Athens.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Montenegro)
  Appointed: August 5, 1914
  Termination of Mission: Montenegro was absorbed into the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes on December 4, 1918
  - Droppers was instructed on November 20, 1914, to proceed to Montenegro at his convenience to present credentials. He presumably did so, but the date was not reported. Also accredited to Greece; resident at Athens.