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Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826–1885)
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State of Residence: Kansas
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Chile)
Appointed: September 15, 1870
Presentation of Credentials: December 2, 1870
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on June 27, 1873- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 18, 1871, after confirmation.
- Minister Resident (Netherlands)
- Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.