Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1841

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

• Woodside, Jonathan F. (1799-1845)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark (1835-1841)
• Baber, Ambrose (?-?)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Italy (1841-1844)
• Barrow, Washington (1817-1866)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Portugal (1841-1844)
• Bleecker, Harmanus (1779-1849)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Netherlands (1839-1842)
• Boulware, William (?-?)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Two Sicilies (1841-1845)
• Cambreleng, Churchill Caldom (1786-1862)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1840-1841)
• Cass, Lewis (1782-1866)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1836-1842)
  • Secretary of State (1857-1860)
• Ellis, Powhatan (1790-1863)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Mexico (1836)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1839-1842)
• Eve, Joseph (?-1843)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Texas (1841-1843)
• Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1841-1845)
  • Commissioner, China (1843)
  • Secretary of State (1852-1853)
• Flood, George H. (?-?)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Texas (1840-1841)
• Forsyth, John (1780-1841)
  • Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1819-1823)
  • Secretary of State (1834-1841)
• Hughes, Christopher (1786-1849)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, no se (1819-1825)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Netherlands (1825-1830)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Sweden (1830-1841)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Netherlands (1842-1845)
• Jenifer, Daniel (1791-1855)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1841-1842)
• Hunter, William (1774-1849)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Brazil (1834-1835)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1841-1843)
• Jackson, Isaac Rand (?-1842)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark (1841-1842)
• Kavanagh, Edward (1795-1844)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Portugal (1835-1841)
• Martin, Jacob L. (?-1848)
  • Chief Clerk (1840-1841)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1841)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Holy See (1848)
• Maxcy, Virgil (1785-1844)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Belgium (1837-1842)
• Pendleton, John Strother (1802-1868)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Chile (1841-1844)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Argentina (1851-1854)
• Pickett, James Chamberlayne (1793-1872)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Peru (1838-1845)
• Porter, David (1780-1843)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Turkey (1831)
  • Minister Resident, Turkey (1839-1843)
• Rogers, Hezekiah Gold (1811-1882)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Italy (1840-1841)
• Semple, James (1798-1866)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Colombia (1837-1842)
• Stevenson, Andrew (1784-1857)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1836-1841)
• Todd, Charles Stewart (1791-1871)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1841-1846)
• Vail, Aaron (1796-1878)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, United Kingdom (1832-1836)
  • Chief Clerk (1838-1840)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Spain (1840-1842)
• Throop, Enos Thompson (1784-1874)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Two Sicilies (1838-1841)
• Webster, Daniel Fletcher (1813-1862)
  • Chief Clerk (1841-1843)
• Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
  • Secretary of State (1841-1843)
  • Secretary of State (1850-1852)
• Wheaton, Henry (1785-1848)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark (1827-1835)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Germany (1835)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1837-1846)