Non-career appointee State of Residence: Tennessee
Chargé d'Affaires (Texas) Appointed: September 16, 1844 Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1844 Termination of Mission: Left Texas on or soon after August 9, 1845
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on
Jan 13, 1845.
The dates in brackets relate to Donelson's service as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Federal Government of Germany at Frankfurt.