Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1930

Note: Career Foreign Service appointees are asterisked.

  • *Wright, Joshua Butler (1877-1939)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1923-1924)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1924-1927)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1927-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1930-1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1934-1937)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1937-1939)
  • *Whitehouse, Sheldon (1883-1965)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1929-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1933-1934)
  • Willys, John North (1873-1935)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1930-1932)
  • *Wilson, Charles Stetson (1873-1947)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1921-1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1928-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1933-1937)
  • *Wilson, Hugh Robert (1885-1946)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1927-1937)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1937-1938)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1938)
  • *Bell, John Oscar (1912-)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1916-1965)
    • Legal Adviser (2005)
  • Bernstein, Herman (1876-1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania (1930-1933)
  • *Blake, Maxwell (1877-1959)
    • Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1917-1922)
    • Diplomatic Agent/Consul General, Morocco (1925-1940)
    • Chargé d'Affaires ad interim (served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Sep. 1912-Jul 1917.; )
  • *Bliss, Robert Woods (1875-1962)
    • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1921-1923)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1923-1927)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1927-1933)
  • Booth, Ralph Harman (1873-1931)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1930-1931)
  • Clark, Joshua Reuben (1871-1961)
    • Under Secretary of State (1928-1929)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1930-1933)
  • Brodie, Edward Everett (1876-1939)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1921-1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland (1930-1933)
  • *Caffery, Jefferson (1886-1974)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1926-1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1928-1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1934-1937)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1937-1944)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1944-1949)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1949-1955)
    • Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Greece (no date on record)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1933)
  • Carr, Wilbur John (1870-1942)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1924-1933)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1933-1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1937-1939)
  • Castle, William Richards (1878-1963)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1927-1929)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1929-1930)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1930-1931)
    • Under Secretary of State (1931-1933)
  • Culbertson, William Smith (1884-1966)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1925-1928)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1928-1933)
  • *Curtis, Charles Boyd (1878-1962)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1929-1931)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1931)
  • Davis, Roy Tasco (1889-1975)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1922-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1929-1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1953-1957)
  • Dawes, Charles Gates (1865-1951)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1929-1931)
  • *Dawson, William (1885-1972)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1930-1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1934-1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1937-1939)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1939-1941)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1941-1946)
    • Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States (Washington) (1948)
  • Coleman, Frederick William Backus (1874-1947)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1922-1931)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1922-1931)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1922-1931)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1931-1933)
  • Cotton, Joseph Potter (1875-1931)
    • Under Secretary of State (1929-1931)
  • *Dodge, Henry Percival (1870-1936)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1907-1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1907-1909)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Morocco (1909-1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1911-1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1919-1926)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1926-1930)
  • *Dearing, Fred Morris (1879-1963)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1921-1922)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1922-1930)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1930-1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1937-1938)
  • Diekema, Gerrit John (1859-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1929-1930)
  • *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)
  • *Eberhardt, Charles Christopher (1871-1965)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1925-1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1930-1933)
  • Edge, Walter Evans (1873-1956)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1929-1933)
  • Einstein, Lewis David (1877-1967)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1921-1930)
  • *Dunn, James Clement (1890-1979)
    • Chief of Protocol (1928-1930)
    • Chief of Protocol (1933-1935)
    • Assistant Secretary of State for European, Far Eastern, Near Eastern, and African Affairs (1944-1946)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1946-1952)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1952-1953)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1953-1955)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1955-1956)
    • Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Haiti (no date on record)
    • Career Ambassador (1956)
  • Geissler, Arthur H. (1877-1945)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1922-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1929)
  • Feely, Edward Francis (1880-1964)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1930-1933)
  • Forbes, William Cameron (1870-1959)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1930-1932)
  • *Garrett, John Work (1872-1942)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1910-1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1911-1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1917-1919)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1917-1919)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1929-1933)
  • *Gunther, Franklin Mott (1885-1941)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1928-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1937)
  • *Hanna, Matthew Elting (1873-1936)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1929-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1933-1936)
  • *Harrison, Leland (1883-1951)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1922-1924)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1924-1927)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1927-1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1929-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Romania (1935-1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1937-1947)
  • Hart, Charles Calmer (1878-1956)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania (1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1929-1933)
  • *Gibson, Hugh Simons (1883-1954)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Poland (1919-1924)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1924-1927)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1927-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1927-1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1933-1936)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1937-1938)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1937-1938)
  • *Grew, Joseph Clark (1880-1965)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1920-1921)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1921-1924)
    • Under Secretary of State (1924-1927)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1927-1932)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Japan (1932-1941)
    • Under Secretary of State (1944-1945)
    • Secretary of State ad interim (1945)
  • Guggenheim, Harry Frank (1890-1971)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1929-1933)
  • *Johnson, Nelson Trusler (1887-1954)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1927-1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1929-1930)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China (1935-1941)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Australia (1941-1945)
  • Jardine, William Marion (1874-1955)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1930-1933)
  • Kreeck, George Lewis (1882-1945)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1925-1930)
  • Kaufman, David E. (1883-1962)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1928-1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1930-1933)
  • MacKenzie, Harold Orville (1886-?)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1927-1930)
  • MacNider, Hanford (1889-1968)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1930-1932)
  • *Laughlin, Irwin Boyle (1871-1941)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1924-1926)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1929-1933)
  • *Lay, Julius Gareche (1872-1939)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1929-1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1935-1937)
  • Mitchell, Charles Edward (1870-?)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Liberia (1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1931)
  • Moore, Alexander Pollock (1867-1930)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1923-1925)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1928-1929)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1930)
  • Morehead, John Motley (1870-1965)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1930-1933)
  • *Morgan, Edwin Vernon (1865-1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Korea (1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1905-1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1909-1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1909-1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1911-1912)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Brazil (1912-1933)
  • Morrow, Dwight Whitney (1873-1931)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1927-1930)
  • *Munro, Dana Gardner (1892-1990)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1930-1932)
  • Pearson, Alfred John (1869-1939)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Poland (1924-1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland (1925-1930)
  • *Philip, Hoffman (1872-1951)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Ethiopia (1908-1910)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1917-1922)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1922-1925)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1925-1928)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1930-1935)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1935-1937)
  • Prince, John Dyneley (1868-1945)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1921-1926)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1926-1932)
  • Ratshesky (Radzkey), Abraham C. (1864-1943)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1930-1932)
  • *Robbins, Warren Delano (1885-1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1928-1931)
    • Chief of Protocol (1931-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1933-1935)
  • Roosevelt, Nicholas (1893-1982)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1930-1933)
  • Sackett, Frederic Mosley (1868-1941)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1930-1933)
  • Schurman, Jacob Gould (1854-1942)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1912-1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Montenegro (1912-1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1921-1925)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1925-1930)
  • Shoemaker, Henry Wharton (1882-1958)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1930-1933)
  • *Skinner, Robert Peet (1866-1960)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1926-1932)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1931-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1931-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1931-1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1933-1936)
  • Stimson, Henry Lewis (1867-1950)
    • Secretary of State (1929-1933)
  • Stockton, Gilchrist Baker (1890-?)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1930-1933)
  • South, John Glover (1873-1940)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1921-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1929-1933)
  • *Southard, Addison E. (1884-1970)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, Ethiopia (1927-1934)
  • *Sterling, Frederick Augustine (1876-1957)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1927-1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1933-1936)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1937)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1938-1941)
  • *Summerlin, George Thomas (1872-1947)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1925-1929)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1929-1935)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1934)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1935-1937)
    • Chief of Protocol (1937-1938)
  • Swenson, Laurits Selmer (1865-1947)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1897-1905)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Switzerland (1909-1911)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1911-1913)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1921-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1931-1934)
  • *Totten, Ralph James (1877-1949)
    • Minister Resident/Consul General, South Africa (1929-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1930-1937)
  • Washburn, Albert Henry (1866-1930)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1922-1930)
  • *Wheeler, George Post (1869-1956)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1929-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania (1933-1934)
  • *White, Francis (1892-1961)
    • Assistant Secretary of State (1927-1933)
    • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1933)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1953-1957)
    • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1957-1958)