Harold Marsh Sewall - People - Department History
Harold Marsh Sewall (1860–1924)
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State of Residence: Maine
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hawaii)
Appointed: April 22, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: June 7, 1897
Termination of Mission: Hawaii was annexed to U.S. August 12, 1898- Commissioned to Hawaii. Legation Honolulu ceased to exist on August 12, 1898; Sewall thereafter used the title Special Agent.