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William Harrison Hornibrook (1884–1946)
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Non-career appointee
States of Residence: Oregon, Utah
States of Residence: Oregon, Utah
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Thailand)
Appointed: February 12, 1915
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1915
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on October 24, 1916- Commissioned to Siam.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: December 12, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: March 19, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 16, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Also accredited to Afghanistan; resident at Tehran.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Afghanistan)
Appointed: January 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left Tehran on March 16, 1936- Also accredited to Iran; resident at Tehran.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iran)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: July 2, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: September 2, 1937
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge. September 1, 1941