Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth - People - Department History
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (1891–1960)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Massachusetts
State of Residence: Massachusetts
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Canada)
Appointed: October 29, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: December 15, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 19, 1960- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1959, after confirmation.