James Day Hodgson (1915–2012)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: California

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Japan)
Appointed: June 20, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 5, 1977