Joseph Clark Grew (1880–1965)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Austria)
Began Service: April 7, 1913
Ended Service: Austria-Hungary severed relations with the United States on April 9, 1917
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Denmark)
Appointed: April 7, 1920
Presentation of Credentials: June 9, 1920
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 14, 1921
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Switzerland)
Appointed: September 24, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: November 1, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 22, 1924
Under Secretary of State
Appointed: March 7, 1924
Entry on Duty: April 16, 1924
Termination of Appointment: June 30, 1927
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: May 19, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: October 12, 1927
Termination of Mission: Left Turkey March 13, 1932
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on April 13, 1928, after confirmation.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Japan)
Appointed: February 19, 1932
Presentation of Credentials: June 14, 1932
Termination of Mission: Japan declared war on the United States on (local time) December 8, 1941
- Grew, having been interned, left Japan on June 25, 1942.
Under Secretary of State
Appointed: December 20, 1944
Entry on Duty: December 20, 1944
Termination of Appointment: August 15, 1945
Secretary of State ad interim
Appointed: June 28, 1945
Termination of Appointment: July 3, 1945
- Under Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State