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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818–1896)

State of Residence: Georgia
  1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Austria)
    Appointed: April 15, 1887
    Presentation of Credentials: August 25, 1887
    Termination of Mission: Presented recall on May 15, 1889
    • Commissioned to Austria-Hungary. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 15, 1887, after confirmation.
  2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Russia)
    • Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.