George Thomas Summerlin - People - Department History
George Thomas Summerlin (1872–1947)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Louisiana
State of Residence: Louisiana
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Mexico)
Began Service: January 1919
Ended Service: March 1924 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Honduras)
Appointed: March 12, 1925
Presentation of Credentials: November 21, 1925
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 17, 1929 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Venezuela)
Appointed: September 11, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: February 21, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 15, 1935 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: December 10, 1934- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: January 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: March 8, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 7, 1937 - Chief of Protocol
Appointed: July 29, 1937
Entry on Duty: July 29, 1938