Joseph Clark Grew (1880–1965)

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Under Secretary of State
   Appointed: March 7, 1924
   Entry on Duty: April 16, 1924
   Termination of Appointment: June 30, 1927
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Under Secretary of State
   Appointed: December 20, 1944
   Entry on Duty: December 20, 1944
   Termination of Appointment: August 15, 1945
8. Secretary of State ad interim
   Appointed: June 28, 1945
   Termination of Appointment: July 3, 1945
   • Under Secretary of State; Acting Secretary of State