Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1889

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

• Winchester, Boyd (1836-1923)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Switzerland (1885-1889)
• Abbott, John True (1850-1914)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1889-1893)
• Adams, Robert (1846-1906)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1889-1890)
• Adee, Alvey Augustus (1842-1924)
  • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1882-1886)
  • Second Assistant Secretary of State (1886-1924)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1898)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1924)
• Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn (1846-1936)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1885-1889)
• Anderson, Thomas Henry (1848-1916)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1890-1892)
• Bayard, Thomas Francis (1828-1898)
  • Secretary of State (1885-1889)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1893-1897)
• Belmont, Perry (1851-1947)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1888-1889)
• Blaine, James Gillespie (1830-1893)
  • Secretary of State (1881)
  • Secretary of State (1889-1892)
• Child, Jacob T. (?-?)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Thailand (1886-1891)
• Bradley, William O'Connell (1847-1914)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1889)
• Bragg, Edward Stuyvesant (1827-1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1888-1889)
• Buck, Charles William (1849-1930)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1885-1889)
• Cardwell, John (?-?)
  • Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1885-1889)
• Carlisle, Samuel S. (?-?)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1887-1889)
• Carr, Clark Ezra (1836-1919)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1890-1893)
• Denby, Charles (1830-1904)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1885-1898)
• *Dillery, Carl Edward (1930-)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Kiribati (1884-1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Fiji (1984-1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tonga (1984-1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Tuvalu (1984-1987)
• Dinsmore, Hugh Anderson (1850-1930)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Korea (1887-1890)
• Egan, Patrick (1841-1919)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1889-1893)
• Enander, John Alfred (1842-1910)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Denmark (1889)
• Douglass, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1817-1895)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1889)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Dominican Republic (1889-1890)
• Fearn, John Walker (1832-1899)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Yugoslavia (1885-1889)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1885-1889)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1885-1899)
• Hall, Henry Cook (1820-1901)
  • Minister Resident, Costa Rica (1882)
  • Minister Resident, El Salvador (1882)
  • Minister Resident, Guatemala (1882)
  • Minister Resident, Honduras (1882)
  • Minister Resident, Nicaragua (1882)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1882-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1882-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1882-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1882-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1882-1889)
• Hanna, Bayless W. (1830-1891)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1885)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Argentina (1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1887-1889)
• Hicks, John (1847-1917)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Peru (1889-1893)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1905-1909)
• Grant, Frederick Dent (1850-1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1889-1893)
• Hirsch, Solomon (1839-1902)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1889-1892)
• Hubbard, Richard Bennet (1832-1901)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1885-1889)
• Loring, George Bailey (1817-1891)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1889-1890)
• Magee, Rufus (1845-1929)
  • Minister Resident, Sweden (1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1888-1889)
• Maney, George Earl (1826-1901)
  • Minister Resident, Colombia (1881-1882)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Bolivia (1882-1883)
  • Minister Resident, Paraguay (1889-1890)
  • Minister Resident, Ecuador (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
  • Minister Resident, Uruguay (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1890-1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1890-1894)
• Maury, Dabney Herndon (1822-1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1886-1889)
• McLane, Robert Milligan (1815-1898)
  • Commissioner, China (1853-1854)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1859-1860)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1885-1889)
• Lawton, Alexander Robert (1818-1896)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1887-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
• Lewis, Edward Parke Custis (1837-1892)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Portugal (1885-1889)
• Lincoln, Robert Todd (1843-1926)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1889-1893)
• Mizner, Lansing Bond (1825-1893)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1889-1890)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1889-1890)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1889-1890)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1889-1890)
• Merrill, George W. (1837-?)
  • Minister Resident, Hawaii (1885-1889)
• Moore, John Bassett (1860-1947)
  • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1886-1891)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1898)
  • Counselor (1913-1914)
• Palmer, Thomas Witherell (1830-1913)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1889-1890)
• Parkhurst, John Gibson (1824-1906)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1888-1889)
• Pendleton, George Hunt (1825-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1885-1889)
• Phelps, Edward John (1822-1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1885-1889)
• Phelps, William Walter (1839-1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1881-1882)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Germany (1889-1893)
• Pitkin, John Robert Graham (1841-1901)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1889-1893)
• Porter, Albert Gallatin (1824-1897)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1889-1892)
• Pratt, E. Spencer (?-?)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Iran (1886-1891)
• Reid, Whitelaw (1837-1912)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, France (1889-1892)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1905-1912)
• Rice, Charles Allen Thorndike (1851-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1889)
• Rives, George Lockhart (1849-1917)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1887-1889)
• Roberts, William Randall (1830-1897)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Chile (1885-1889)
• Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell (1829-1906)
  • Minister Resident, Netherlands (1888)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1888-1889)
• Ryan, Thomas (1837-1914)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1889-1893)
• Schuyler, Eugene (1840-1890)
  • Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Romania (1880)
  • Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General, Romania (1880-1881)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Greece (1882-1884)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1882-1884)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Yugoslavia (1882)
  • Agent/Consul General, Egypt (1889-1890)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
• Scott, Charles Lewis (1827-1899)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Venezuela (1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1888-1889)
• 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)
• Smith, Ezekiel Ezra (1852-1933)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1888-1890)
• Stevens, John Leavitt (1820-1895)
  • Minister Resident, Paraguay (1870-1873)
  • Minister Resident, Uruguay (1870-1873)
  • Minister Resident, Sweden (1877-1883)
  • Minister Resident, Hawaii (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hawaii (1890-1893)
• Straus, Oscar Solomon (1850-1926)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1887-1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1898-1899)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1909-1910)
• Snowden, Archibald Loudon (1837-1912)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Romania (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1891-1892)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Spain (1892-1893)
• Stallo, John Bernhard (1823-1900)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Italy (1885-1889)
• Swift, John Franklin (1829-1891)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Japan (1889-1891)
• Tree, Lambert (1832-1910)
  • Minister Resident, Belgium (1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1888)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Russia (1888-1889)
• Washburn, John Davis (1833-1903)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Switzerland (1889)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1890-1892)
• Terrell, Edwin Holland (1848-1910)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1889-1893)
• Thayer, Samuel Richard (1837-1909)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1889-1893)
• Thomas, William Widgery (1839-1927)
  • Minister Resident, Sweden (1883-1885)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1889-1894)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1898-1905)
• Thompson, John E. W. (1855-?)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Dominican Republic (1885)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1885-1889)
• *Thompson, W. Kenneth (1939-)
  • Chargé d'Affaires, Dominican Republic (1885)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Haiti (1885-1889)
• Wharton, William Fisher (1847-1919)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1889-1893)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1892)
  • Secretary of State ad interim (1893)