Matthew Elting Hanna - People - Department History
Matthew Elting Hanna (1873–1936)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nicaragua)
Appointed: December 16, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left Nicaragua September 6, 1933 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
Appointed: July 17, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: October 28, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 9, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation.