Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896–1943)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Hampshire

Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada)
  Appointed: June 4, 1940
  Presentation of Credentials: June 13, 1940
  Termination of Mission: Died at post on January 24, 1943
  - Also accredited to Luxembourg; resident at Ottawa.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Luxembourg)
  Appointed: February 11, 1941
  Presentation of Credentials: March 10, 1941
  Termination of Mission: Died at Ottawa January 24, 1943
  - Also accredited to Canada; resident at Ottawa.