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Loy Wesley Henderson (1892–1986)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Colorado
  1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
    Appointed: July 8, 1943
    Presentation of Credentials: November 20, 1943
    Termination of Mission: Left post on April 7, 1945
    • James S. Moose, Jr., was serving as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim when Legation Baghdad was raised to Embassy status on December 28, 1946.
  2. Concurrent Appointments
    1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
      Appointed: July 14, 1948
      Presentation of Credentials: November 19, 1948
      Termination of Mission: Left post on September 21, 1951
      • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 2, 1949, after confirmation. Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials on February 24, 1950. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
    2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nepal)
      Appointed: July 14, 1948
      Presentation of Credentials: December 3, 1948
      Termination of Mission: Left New Delhi September 21, 1951
      • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 2, 1949, after confirmation. Also accredited to India; resident at New Delhi.
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
    Appointed: September 19, 1951
    Presentation of Credentials: September 29, 1951
    Termination of Mission: Left post on December 30, 1954
  4. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
    Appointed: January 24, 1955
    Entry on Duty: January 26, 1955
    Termination of Appointment: August 9, 1955
    • Commissioned as Assistant Secretary of State and designated Deputy Under Secretary for Administration.
  5. Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
    Entry on Duty: January 26, 1955
    Termination of Appointment: August 9, 1955
    • Commissioned as an Assistant Secretary of State and designated to serve as Deputy Under Secretary.
  6. Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
    Appointed: August 10, 1955
    Entry on Duty: August 10, 1955
    Termination of Appointment: January 31, 1961
  7. Career Ambassador
    Appointed: March 7, 1956