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Joshua Butler Wright
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Joshua Butler Wright (1877-1939)
Foreign Service officer
State of Residence: Wyoming
Third Assistant Secretary of State
Appointed: January 30, 1923
Entry on Duty: June 11, 1923
Termination of Appointment: June 30, 1924
Title changed to Assistant Secretary of State effective July 1, 1924.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hungary)
Appointed: February 26, 1927
Presentation of Credentials: June 18, 1927
Termination of Mission: Presented recall October 24, 1930
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: September 29, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: February 9, 1931
Termination of Mission: Left post July 10, 1934
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1930.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
Appointed: March 9, 1934
Presentation of Credentials: October 25, 1934
Termination of Mission: Left post June 1, 1937
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cuba)
Appointed: July 13, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: August 23, 1937
Termination of Mission: Died at post December 4, 1939
Assistant Secretary of State
Entry on Duty: July 1, 1924
Termination of Appointment: April 17, 1927
Not recommissioned; continued to serve under his commission as Third Assistant Secretary of State dated Jan 30, 1923.