Office of the Historian

List of Principal Persons

  • Adee, Alvey A., Second Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
  • Ador, G., Chief of the Swiss Political Department.
  • Alexander, King of the Hellenes from June 12.
  • Alphonso XIII, King of Spain.
  • Anderson, Frank E., in Europe as Special Agent of the Department of State of the United States.
  • Andrews, William W., United States Secretary of Legation in Rumania; Chargé d’Affaires, February 1 to September 22.
  • Angelescu, Dr. Constantin, Rumanian Minister at Washington from January 15, 1918.
  • Apponyi, Count Albert, Hungarian Minister of Education.
  • Arnold, Frank D., United States Secretary of Legation in Siam; Chargé d’Affaires to November 24.
  • Auchincloss, Gordon, Assistant to the Counselor for the Department of State of the United States from June 11; Secretary, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Baker, Newton D., Secretary of War of the United States.
  • Bakhmeteff, Boris A., Russian Ambassador at Washington from July 5.
  • Bakhméteff, George, Russian Ambassador at Washington to’ April 20.
  • Balfour, Arthur J., British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Head of the British Special Mission to the United States.
  • Barclay, Colville, British Counselor of Embassy at Washington.
  • Belden, Perry, United States Secretary of Legation in Colombia; Chargé d’Affaires.
  • Benedict XV, The Pope.
  • Benson, Rear Admiral William S., Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. N.; Navy Department representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald Theodore Friedrich Alfred von, Chancellor of the German Empire to July 15.
  • Bliss, Gen. Tasker H., Chief of Staff, U. S. A., from September 22; War Department representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3; Member of the Supreme War Council.
  • Block, Sir Adam, Controller of the Finance Section of the British Ministry of Blockade.
  • Boret, Victor, French Minister of Agriculture and Supplies.
  • Bratiano, J. J. C., Rumanian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Briand, Aristide, Premier of France to March 20.
  • Brun, Constantin, Danish Minister at Washington.
  • Brusilov, Gen. A. A., Commander in Chief of the Russian Army, June to July.
  • Bryn, H. H., Norwegian Minister at Washington.
  • Bülow, Bernhard, Prince von, former Chancellor of the German Empire.
  • Cadorna, Gen. Luigi, Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army.
  • Calonder, Dr. Felix L., Vice President of the Swiss Federal Council.
  • Cambon, Jules, Secretary General of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • Capelle, Admiral Eduard von, German Secretary of State for the Navy.
  • Capps, Rear Admiral W. L., General Manager of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation, July to December.
  • Cecil, Lord Robert, British Minister of Blockade and Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Charles I, Emperor of Austria; as Charles IV, King of Hungary.
  • Cheidze, N. S., Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies; Chairman of the first All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies.
  • Christian X, King of Denmark.
  • Churchill, Winston S., British Minister of Munitions.
  • Clemenceau, Georges, Premier of France from November 16.
  • Cochin, Denys, French Under Secretary of State for Blockade.
  • Coffin, Howard E., Member of the Advisory Commission of the United States Council of National Defense; Chairman of the United States Aircraft Board.
  • Colby, Bainbridge, Shipping Board representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Constantine, King of the Hellenes to June 12.
  • Cravath, Paul D., Treasury representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Crawford, Sir Richard, Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy at Washington.
  • Crosby, Oscar T., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; Treasury representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3; President of the Inter-Allied Council on War Purchases and Finance.
  • Curzon, George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Member of the British War Cabinet; Lord President of the Council.
  • Czernin, Count Ottokar, President of the Austro-Hungarian Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Danglis, Gen. Nicholas, Member of Triumvirate at head of Greek Provisional Government.
  • Daniels, Josephus, Secretary of the Navy of the United States.
  • Dawes, Lt. Col. Charles G., Chairman of the General Purchasing Board and General Purchasing Agent for the American Expeditionary Forces from September.
  • De Alhucemas, Marqués, President of the Spanish Council of Ministers from April 19; also Minister of State from November 3.
  • De Broqueville, Comte Charles, Belgian Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • De Cartter de Marchienne, E., Belgian Minister at Washington from April 23.
  • De Céspedes, Dr. Carlos Manuel, Cuban Minister at Washington.
  • De Lema, Marqués, Spanish Minister of State, June 11 to October 28.
  • Denman, William, Chairman of the United States Shipping Board and President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to July 25.
  • Djavid Bey, Turkish Minister of Finance from February 4.
  • Dmowski, Roman, President of the Polish National Committee at Paris.
  • Dodge, H. Percival, Special Agent to Serbia (at Corfu) of the Department of State of the United States from June 28.
  • Droppers, Garrett, United States Minister to Greece and Montenegro.
  • Egan, Maurice Francis, United States Minister to Denmark.
  • Ekengren, W. A. F., Swedish Minister at Washington.
  • Elkus, Abram I., United States Ambassador to Turkey.
  • Enver Pasha, Turkish Minister of War.
  • Erzberger, Matthias, Member of German Reichstag.
  • Foch, Gen. Ferdinand, Chief of the General Staff of the French Army.
  • Francis, David R., United States Ambassador to Russia.
  • Frost, Wesley, United States Consul at Cork.
  • Garay, Don Narciso, Panaman Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
  • Garrett, John W., United States Minister to the Netherlands from August 23.
  • Geddes, Sir Eric, First Lord of the British Admiralty.
  • Gerard, James W., United States Ambassador to Germany.
  • Goethals, Gen. George Washington, General Manager of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation, April to July.
  • Gompers, Samuel, President of the American Federation of Labor.
  • Gottschalk, Alfred L. M., United States Consul General at Rio de Janeiro.
  • Grant-Smith, Ulysses, United States Counselor of Legation in Denmark from July 18; Chargé d’Affaires from December 17.
  • Gregory, Thomas W., Attorney General of the United States.
  • Gustap V, King of Sweden.
  • Haakon VII, King of Norway.
  • Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders.
  • Harding, Lt. Col. Chester, Governor of the Panama Canal.
  • Harding, W. P. G., Governor of the United States Federal Reserve Board.
  • Harrison, Leland, attached to the Office of the Counselor for the Department of State of the United States.
  • Hartman, Charles S., United States Minister to Ecuador.
  • Hellner, Justice, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs from October 19.
  • Henderson, Arthur, Member of the British War Cabinet (Minister without portfolio).
  • Hertling, Count Georg von, Chancellor of the German Empire from November 3.
  • Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von Beneckendorff und von, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army.
  • Hoover, Herbert C., Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium; United States Food Administrator.
  • House, Edward M., Special Representative of the United States at the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3; United States representative on the Supreme War Council at Versailles, December 1.
  • Hovelaque, Emile, French Inspector General of Public Instruction; Counselor of the French Special Mission to the United States.
  • Hurley, Edward N., Chairman of the United States Shipping Board and President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation from July 27.
  • Ihlen, Nils Claus, Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Ingersoll, George Pratt, United States Minister to Siam from August 8.
  • Ishii, Viscount Kikujiro, former Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Head of the Japanese Special Mission to the United States.
  • Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John Rushworth, Chief of the British Naval Staff; in command of the Grand Fleet.
  • Joffre, Joseph J., Marshal of France.
  • Jones, Thomas D., Member of the United States War Trade Board; Vice Chairman from November 2.
  • Jonnart, C. C., former French Minister for Foreign Affairs; High Commissioner of the Protecting Powers of Greece.
  • Jusserand, J. J., French Ambassador at Washington.
  • Kaledin, Gen. Alexis M., Ataman of the Don Cossacks.
  • Károlyi, Count Michael, Hungarian statesman.
  • Kerensky, Alexander F., Russian Minister of Justice, March to May; Minister of War and Navy, May to September; Prime Minister, July to November.
  • Klotz, Louis L., French Minister of Finance.
  • Knudsen, Gunnar, President of the Norwegian Council of State and Minister of State.
  • Kondouriotis, Admiral Paul, Member of Triumvirate at head of Greek Provisional Government; Minister of Marine from June 27.
  • Kornilov, Gen. L. G., Commander in Chief of the Russian Army, July 31 to September 11.
  • Kühlmann, Richard von, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from August 5.
  • Langhorne, Marshall, United States Secretary of Legation in the Netherlands; Chargé d’Affaires, January 15 to October 3.
  • Lansing, Robert, Secretary of State of the United States.
  • Law, Andrew Bonar, Member of the British War Cabinet; Chancellor of the Exchequer.
  • Lindman, Admiral Arvid A., Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, March 30 to October 19.
  • Lloyd George, David, British Prime Minister.
  • Long, Breckinridge, Third Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
  • Loudon, Jonkheer J., Netherland Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Ludendorff, Gen. Erich F. W. von, Chief of the German General Staff on the eastern front.
  • Lvov, Prince George E., Russian Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers), March to July.
  • Macchi di Cellere, Count V., Italian Ambassador at Washington.
  • Maclay, Sir Joseph P., British Shipping Controller.
  • McAdoo, William Gibbs, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
  • McCormick, Vance C., Chairman of the United States War Trade Board; War Trade Board representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • McGoodwin, Preston, United States Minister to Venezuela.
  • McMillin, Benton, United States Minister to Peru.
  • McNally, James C., United States Vice Consul at Zurich.
  • Michaelis, Dr. Georg, German State Commissioner for National Food Supply, February to July; Chancellor of the German Empire, July 14 to November 3.
  • Michailovitoh, Lioubomir, Serbian Minister at Washington.
  • Milner, Viscount Alfred, Member of the British War Cabinet (Minister without portfolio).
  • Morgenthau, Henry, former United States Ambassador to Turkey; in Europe on special mission.
  • Morris, Ira Nelson, United States Minister to Sweden.
  • Morris, Roland S., United States Ambassador to Japan from August 1.
  • Motono, Viscount Ichiro, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Munson, Frank C., Shipping Board representative on the United States War Trade Board.
  • Murphy, Dominic I., United States Consul General at Sofia.
  • Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof, Head of the Norwegian Special Mission to the United States.
  • Northcliffe, Viscount Alfred, in the United States on British commercial mission.
  • Nubar, Boghos, President of the Armenian National Delegation.
  • Onou, C., Russian Counselor of Embassy at Washington; Chargé d’Affaires, April 20 to July 4.
  • Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele, President of the Italian Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior.
  • Paderewski, Ignace Jan, representative in the United States of the Polish National Committee at Paris.
  • Page, Thomas Nelson, United States Ambassador to Italy.
  • Page, Walter Hines, United States Ambassador to Great Britain.
  • Painlevé, Paul, Premier of France, September 12 to November 14.
  • Pashitoh, Nikola P., President of the Serbian Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Penfield, Frederic Courtland, United States Ambassador to Austria-Hungary.
  • Percy, Lord Eustace, Secretary of the British Embassy at Washington.
  • Perkins, Thomas N., War Industries Board representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Pershing, Gen. John J., Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
  • Pétain, Gen. Henri Philippe, Commander in Chief of the French Armies in the Field.
  • Philip, Hoffman, United States Minister to Colombia from August 8.
  • Phillips, William, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.
  • Pichon, Stephen, French Minister for Foreign Affairs from November 16.
  • Poincaré, Raymond, President of France.
  • Poland, W. B., Director for Europe of the Commission for Relief in Belgium.
  • Politis, N., Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 27.
  • Polk, Frank Lyon, Counselor for the Department of State of the United States.
  • Pratt, Dr. Edward E., Chief of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
  • Price, William J., United States Minister to Panama.
  • Rappard, Chevalier W. L. F. C. van, Netherland Minister at Washington.
  • Reading, Viscount Rufus, Lord Chief Justice of England; in the United States on special mission.
  • Redfield, William C., Secretary of Commerce of the United States.
  • Reinsch, Paul S., United States Minister to China.
  • Rhondda, Lord David, British Food Controller.
  • Riaño y Gayangos, Don Juan, Spanish Ambassador at Washington.
  • Ribot, Alexandre F., Premier of France, March 20 to September 8.
  • Ritter, Dr. Paul, Swiss Minister at Washington to July 23.
  • Robertson, Gen. Sir William, Chief of the General Staff of the British Army.
  • Roussos, Georges, Greek Minister at Washington from September 21.
  • Sammons, Thomas, United States Consul General at Shanghai.
  • Sarrall, Gen. Maurice P., Commander in Chief of the Allied forces on the eastern front.
  • Sato, Aimaro, Japanese Ambassador at Washington.
  • Scavenius, Erik, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Scheidemann, Philipp, Member of German Reichstag.
  • Schmedeman, Albert G., United States Minister to Norway.
  • Seidler, Dr. Ernst Ritter von, Premier of Austria from August 30.
  • Sharp, William G., United States Ambassador to France.
  • Shcherbachev, Gen. D. G., Commander of the Russian Army on the Rumanian front.
  • Shea, Joseph H., United States Ambassador to Chile.
  • Sheldon, L. P., United States Food Administration representative at London.
  • Sims, Vice Admiral William S., Commanding United States Naval Operations in European Waters.
  • Skinner, Robert P., United States Consul General at London.
  • Smuts, Lt. Gen. J. C., Minister of Defense in the South African Ministry and Member of the British War Cabinet.
  • Sonnino, Baron Sidney, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Spring Rice, Sir Cecil Arthur, British Ambassador at Washington.
  • Stimson, Frederic Jesup, United States Ambassador to Argentina.
  • Stovall, Pleasant A., United States Minister to Switzerland.
  • Stresemann, Gustav, Member of German Reichstag; leader of the National Liberal Party.
  • Sulzer, Dr. Hans, Swiss Minister at Washington from August 27.
  • Sussdorff, Louis A., jr., United States Secretary of Legation in Paraguay; Chargé d’Affaires from September 30.
  • Talaat Pasha, Turkish Grand Vizier and Minister of the Interior.
  • Tardieu, André, French High Commissioner in the United States.
  • Taylor, Alonzo Englebert, Food Administration representative, American Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris, November 29–December 3.
  • Tereshchenko, Michael I., Russian Minister of Finance, March to May; Minister for Foreign Affairs, May to November.
  • Tisza, Count Stephen, President of the Hungarian Council of Ministers to June.
  • Tuan Chi-jui, Premier of China.
  • Venizelos, Eleutherios K., Member of Triumvirate at head of Greek Provisional Government; Premier of Greece from June 27.
  • Viviani, René, Vice President of the French Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice to March 21; Head of the French Special Mission to the United States.
  • Vopicka, Charles J., United States Minister to Rumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
  • Vouros, A., Greek Chargé d’Affaires at Washington to September 21.
  • Wang Ta-hsieh, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  • Washington, Horace Lee, United States Consul at Liverpool.
  • Wekerle, Alexander, President of the Hungarian Council of Ministers from August.
  • Wheeler, Post, United States Counselor of Embassy in Japan; Chargé d’Affaires, March 8 to October 31.
  • Whitlock, Brand, United States Minister to Belgium.
  • Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia.
  • Willard, Joseph E., United States Ambassador to Spain.
  • Wilson, Hugh R., United States Secretary of Legation in Switzerland; Chargé d’Affaires to March 5.
  • Wilson, Woodrow, President of the United States.
  • Woolsey, Lester H., Law Adviser for the Department of State of the United States to June 27; Solicitor for the Department of State from June 27.
  • Zaimis, Alexander, Premier of Greece, May 3 to June 27.
  • Zaldivar, Dr. Don Rafael, Salvadoran Minister at Washington.
  • Zimmermann, Dr. Artur, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to August 5.