Daniel Edgar Sickles -
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Daniel Edgar Sickles (1825–1914)
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State of Residence: New York
- Minister Resident (Netherlands)
Appointed: May 11, 1866
- Declined appointment.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: May 15, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: July 29, 1869
Termination of Mission: Transmitted recall by note on January 31, 1874- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 16, 1870, after confirmation. Presented new credentials on February 2, 1871, after a change of government.