Office of the Historian

Leland Harrison (1883–1951)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Illinois
  1. Assistant Secretary of State
    Appointed: March 31, 1922
    Entry on Duty: April 4, 1922
    Termination of Appointment: June 30, 1924
    • Service as the Assistant Secretary of State ceased on this date; Harrison continued to serve as one of four Assistant Secretaries of State until Apr 1, 1927.
  2. Assistant Secretary of State
    Entry on Duty: July 1, 1924
    Termination of Appointment: April 1, 1927
    • Not recommissioned; continued to serve under his commission as Assistant Secretary of State dated Mar 31, 1922.
  3. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Sweden)
    Appointed: February 26, 1927
    Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1927
    Termination of Mission: Left post on November 11, 1929
  4. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
    Appointed: October 16, 1929
    Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1930
    Termination of Mission: Left post on October 9, 1930
  5. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
    Appointed: May 15, 1935
    Presentation of Credentials: July 24, 1935
    Termination of Mission: Left post on September 3, 1937
  6. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Switzerland)
    Appointed: July 13, 1937
    Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1937
    Termination of Mission: Left post on October 14, 1947