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Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
Appointed: December 16, 1929
Presentation of Credentials: March 21, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 23, 1933 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: July 15, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: December 6, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 8, 1934- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation.