William Lawrence Merry -
People - Department History
William Lawrence Merry (1835–1911)
State of Residence: California
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: July 17, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: January 15, 1898
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to a different combination of countries on December 12, 1907- Also accredited to El Salvador and Nicaragua; resident at San Jose.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (El Salvador)
Appointed: July 17, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: April 3, 1899
Termination of Mission: Superseded December 31, 1907- Also accredited to Costa Rica and Nicaragua; resident at San Jose.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nicaragua)
Appointed: July 17, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: March 1, 1899
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to a different combination of countries on December 12, 1907- Also accredited to Costa Rica and El Salvador; resident at San Jose.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: December 12, 1907
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned to Costa Rica only July 1, 1908- Also accredited to Nicaragua; resident at San Jose.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Nicaragua)
Appointed: December 12, 1907
Termination of Mission: Superseded August 24, 1908- Also accredited to Costa Rica; resident at San Jose.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: July 1, 1908
Termination of Mission: Left Costa Rica March 4, 1911- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 10, 1908, after confirmation.