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Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)

Non-career appointee
States of Residence: District of Columbia, West Virginia
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Dominican Republic)
    Appointed: May 20, 1957
    Presentation of Credentials: August 7, 1957
    Termination of Mission: Left post on May 28, 1960
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
    Appointed: June 24, 1960
    Presentation of Credentials: August 29, 1960
    Termination of Mission: Left post on August 31, 1963
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Pakistan)
    Appointed: September 19, 1969
    Presentation of Credentials: November 15, 1969
    Termination of Mission: Left post on April 30, 1972
  4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
    Appointed: May 1, 1972
    Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1972
    Termination of Mission: Left post on March 10, 1973
  5. Concurrent Appointments
    1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Fiji)
      • Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
    2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
      • Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
    3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Samoa)
      • Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
    4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tonga)
      • Not commissioned; nomination on October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, and Samoa; resident at Wellington.