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*Chronological List, showing the Names and Dates of Appointment of the various Principal Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs in Great Britain, and British Ministers at Washington, and of the various Presidents and Secretaries of State of the United States, and United States Ministers at London, from 1818 to 1872.16[xxiii]

[1872]

GREAT BRITAIN.

northwest water boundary arbitration.

British Foreign Secretaries of State. Period of Office. British Ministers at Washington. Dates of Appointment.
Viscount Castlereagh
March 4,1812, to September 16, 1822 {
Hon. C. Bagot July 31, 1815
Sir S. Canning July 18, 1820
Mr. Canning
September 16, 1822 to April 30, 1827 {
Sir S. Canning
C. R. Vaughn May 21, 1825
Viscount Dudley and Ward April 30, 1827, to June 2, 1828 C. R. Vaughn
Earl of Aberdeen June 2, 1828, to November 22, 1830 C. R. Vaughn
Viscount Palmerston November 22, 1830, to November 15, 1834 C. R. Vaughn
Duke of Wellington November 15, 1834, to April 18, 1835 C. R. Vaughn
Viscount Palmerston April 18, 1835, to September 2, 1841 H. S. Fox Oct. 2, 1835
Earl of Aberdeen
September 2, 1841, to July 6, 1846 {
H. S. Fox
Lord Ashburton, (special mission) Jan. 18, 1842
R. Pakenham Dec. 14, 1843
Viscount Palmerston
July 6, 1846 to December 27, 1852 {
R. Pakenham
Sir H. Bulwer Apr. 27, 1849
Earl Granville
December 27, 1852, to February 28, 1852 {
Sir H. Bulwer
J. F. Crampton Jan. 19, 1852
Earl of Malmesbury February 28 to December 28, 1852 J. F. Crampton
Lord John Russell December 28, 1852, to February 21, 1853 J. F. Crampton
Earl of Clarendon
February 21, 1803, to February 26, 1858 {
J. F. Crampton
Earl of Elgin, (special mission) May — 1854
Vacant May 28, 1856
Lord Napier Jan. 20, 1857
Earl of Malmesbury February 26, 1858, to June 18, 1859 Lord Lyons Dec. 13, 1858
Lord John Russell
June 18, 1859 to November 3, 1865 {
Lord Lyons
Sir F. Bruce Mar. 1, 1865
Earl of Clarendon November 3, 1865, to July 6, 1866 Sir F. Bruce
Lord Stanley
July 6, 1866 to December 9, 1868 {
Sir F. Bruce
Sir E. Thornton Dec. 6, 1867
Earl of Clarendon December 9, 1868, to July 6, 1870 Sir E. Thornton
Earl Granville July 6, 1870, to — Sir E. Thornton
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United states.

Presidents of the United States. Period of office. United States Secretaries of State. Period of office. United States Ministers in London. Period of appointment.
James Monroe March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1825 John Q. Adams
March 3, 1817, to March 8, 1825 {
J. Q. Adams
} December 22, 1817, to April, 1825.
R. Rush
John Q. Adams March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829 Henry Clay
March 8, 1825, to March 6, 1829 {
R. Rush

August, 1825, to June, 1826.

August, 1826, to October, 1827.

December, 1827.

July, 1828, to September, 1829.
R. King.
A. Gallatin
W. B. Lawrence17
J. Barbour
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1837 {
M. Yan Buren
March 6, 1829, to 1831 {
1831 to March 7, 1833.
March 7, 1833, to June 27, 1834
June 27, 1834, to March 5, 1841
J. Barbour }
L. MacLane
M. Van Buren
A. Vail
A. Stevenson

Sept. 21, 1829, to June 9, 1831.

September, 1831, to March, 1832.

March, 1832, to April, 1836.

April, 1836, to October, 1841.
E. Livingston
Louis MacLane
John Forsyth
Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841 John Forsyth A. Stevenson
W. H. Harrison March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841 Daniel Webster March 5, 1841, to May 9, 1843 A. Stevenson
J. Tyler
April 4, 1841 to March 4, 1845 {
Daniel Webster
May 9 to June 24, 1843 }
June 24, 1843, to Feb. 29, 1844
February 29 to March 6, 1844
March 6, 1844, to March 5, 1845
E. Everett November, 1841, to August 4, 1845.
Hugh S. Legare
Abel P. Upshur
John Nelson, (acting).
John C. Calhoun
J. K. Polk March 4, 1845, to March 4, 1849 James Buchanan
March 5, 1845, to March 7, 1849 {
L. MacLane August 5, 1845, to Aug. 15, 1846.
G. Bancroft November 2, 1846, to Aug. 31, 1849.
Z. Taylor March 4, 1849, to July 9, 1850 John M. Clayton
March 7, 1849, to July 20, 1850. {
G. Bancroft October 10, 1849, to Sept. 25, 1852.
A. Lawrence
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850, to March 4, 1853 {
Daniel Webster July 20 1850 to 1852 A. Lawrence October 4, 1852, to Aug. 20, 1853.
Edward Everett 1852 to March 5, 1853 J. R. Ingersoll
F. Pierce March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857 W. L. Marcy
March 5, 1853, to March 4, 1857 {
J. R. Ingersoll
J. Buchanan August 22, 1853, to March 14, 1856.
J. Buchanan
March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861 {
Lewis Cass March 4, 1857, to Dec. 18, 1860. G. M. Dallas March 17, 1856, to May 13, 1861. 28
J S. Black Dec’ber 18, 1860, to Mar. 4, 1861 G. M. Dallas
A. Lincoln March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865 W. H. Seward March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1869 C. F. Adams May 14, 1861, to May 9, 1868.
Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869 W. H. Seward
{
C. F. Adams
R. Johnson August 18, 1868, to May 12, 1869.
General Grant March 4, 1869, to — H. Fish
March 4, 1869 {
R. Johnson
J. L. Motley May 13, 1869, to June, 1871.
R. C. Schenck June 22, 1871.
  1. Referred to in the Statement, page 2, note *.↩
  2. Charge d’Affaires.↩
  3. With vacancy from May, 1856, to January, 1857.↩