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John Adam Kasson (1822–1910)
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State of Residence: Iowa
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Austria)
Appointed: June 11, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: August 30, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on March 25, 1881- Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on October 30, 1877, after confirmation.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Germany)
Appointed: July 4, 1884
Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1884
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on June 21, 1885- Commissioned to Germany.