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Edward Joseph Hale (1839–1922)

Non-career appointee
State of Residence: North Carolina
  1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
    Appointed: June 21, 1913
    Presentation of Credentials: August 29, 1913
    Termination of Mission: Normal relations interrupted on January 27, 1917
    • The new government of Costa Rica was still unrecognized by the United States when Hale left Costa Rica on April 19, 1917.