John Van Antwerp MacMurray - People - Department History
John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1881–1960)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: New Jersey, Maryland
States of Residence: New Jersey, Maryland
- Assistant Secretary of State
Appointed: November 18, 1924
Entry on Duty: November 19, 1924
Termination of Appointment: May 19, 1925- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 3, 1925.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (China)
Appointed: April 9, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: July 15, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 22, 1929- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 17, 1925, after confirmation. Commissioned to China.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Lithuania)
Appointed: August 28, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 20, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left Kaunas on February 13, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. MacMurray had departed from Riga on February 12, 1936. Also accredited to Latvia and Estonia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Latvia)
Appointed: August 28, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 13, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 12, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Also accredited to Lithuania and Estonia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
Appointed: August 28, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: January 4, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left Riga February 12, 1936- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Also accredited to Lithuania and Latvia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Lithuania)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: January 24, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: March 16, 1936
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 28, 1941