Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1876
Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.
- Andrews, Christopher Columbus (1829-1922)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1869)
- Minister Resident, Sweden (1869-1877)
- Bassett, Ebenezer Don Carlos (1833-1908)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1869-1877)
- Beale, Edward Fitzgerald (1822-1893)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1876-1877)
- Beardsley, Richard (1838-1876)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1872-1876)
- Bingham, John Armour (1815-1900)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1873-1885)
- Birney, James (1817-1888)
- Minister Resident, Netherlands (1876-1882)
- Boker, George Henry (1823-1890)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1871-1875)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1875-1878)
- Cadwalader, John Lambert (1836-1914)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1874-1877)
- Caldwell, John Curtis (1833-1912)
- Minister Resident, Paraguay (1874)
- Minister Resident, Uruguay (1874)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Paraguay (1876-1882)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Uruguay (1876-1882)
- Davis, John Chandler Bancroft (1822-1907)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1869-1871)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1873-1874)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1874-1877)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1881-1882)
- Cramer, Michael John (1835-1898)
- Minister Resident, Denmark (1870-1876)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Denmark (1876-1881)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Switzerland (1881)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Switzerland (1882-1885)
- Farman, Elbert Eli (1831-1911)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1876-1881)
- Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893)
- Secretary of State (1869-1877)
- Foster, John Watson (1836-1917)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1873-1880)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1880-1881)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1883-1885)
- Secretary of State (1892-1893)
- Gibbs, Richard (1819-1894)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1875-1879)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1883-1885)
- Hunter, William (1805-1886)
- Chief Clerk (1852-1855)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1853)
- Assistant Secretary of State (1855)
- Secretary of State ad interim (1860)
- Second Assistant Secretary of State (1866-1886)
- Marsh, George Perkins (1801-1882)
- Minister Resident, Turkey (1849-1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1861-1882)
- Logan, Cornelius Ambrose (1832-1899)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1873-1876)
- Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1879-1882)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1879-1882)
- Minister Resident, Guatemala (1879-1882)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1879)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1879)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1882-1885)
- Merrill, Ayres Phillips (?-1882)
- Minister Resident, Belgium (1876)
- Moran, Benjamin (1820-1886)
- Minister Resident, Portugal (1874-1876)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Portugal (1876-1882)
- Third Assistant Secretary of State (Not commissioned, although his nomination of Jun 22, 1874, had been confirmed by
the Senate.)
- Morley, Frederick (1821-1889)
- Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1876)
- Orth, Godlove Stein (1817-1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1875-1876)
- Partridge, James Rudolph (1823-1884)
- Minister Resident, Honduras (1862)
- Minister Resident, Nicaragua (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
- Minister Resident, El Salvador (1863)
- Minister Resident, Venezuela (1869-1870)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1871-1877)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1882)
- Peirce, Henry Augustus (1808-1885)
- Minister Resident, Hawaii (1869-1877)
- Pierrepont, Edwards (1817-1892)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1876-1877)
- Read, John Meredith (1837-1896)
- Minister Resident, Greece (1873-1877)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Greece (1876-1877)
- Reynolds, Robert McConnell (1826-1885)
- Minister Resident, Bolivia (1874-1876)
- Rublee, Horace (1829-1896)
- Minister Resident, Switzerland (1869-1876)
- Chargé d'Affaires, Switzerland (1876)
- Schenck, Robert Cumming (1809-1890)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1851-1853)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1870-1876)
- Scruggs, William Lindsay (1836-1912)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1873-1876)
- Minister Resident, Colombia (1882)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1884-1885)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1889-1892)
- Seward, George Frederick (1840-1910)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1876-1880)
- Turner, James Milton (1840-1915)
- Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1871-1878)
- Wullweber, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Jurgen (1833-1877)
- Minister Resident, Ecuador (1875-1876)