Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by year: 1937

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)
• *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)
• Albright, Edward (1873-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland (1933-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1937)
• *Armour, Norman (1887-1982)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1932-1933)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1933-1935)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1935-1938)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1938-1939)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1939-1944)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1944-1945)
  • Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1947-1948)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1950-1951)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1954-1955)
• *Atherton, Ray (1883-1960)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1937-1939)
  • Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Greece (no date on record)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1943-1948)
• *Bell, John Oscar (1912-)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1916-1965)
  • Legal Adviser (2005)
• Biddle, Anthony Joseph Drexel (1897-1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1935-1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1937-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1941-1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Greece (1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1941)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1942-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Norway (1942-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Greece (1942-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1942-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1961)
• Bingham, Robert Worth (1871-1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, United Kingdom (1933-1937)
• *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.; )
• Bowers, Claude Gernade (1878-1958)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1933-1939)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chile (1939-1953)
• Bullitt, William Christian (1891-1967)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1933-1936)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, France (1936-1940)
• *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)
• Caldwell, Robert Granville (1882-?)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1933-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1937-1939)
• 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)
• Cudahy, John Clarence (1887-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1933-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1937-1940)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1940)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1940)
• Daniels, Josephus (1862-1948)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1933-1941)
• Davies, Joseph Edward (1876-1958)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1936-1938)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1938-1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1938-1939)
• *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)
• Corrigan, Francis Patrick (1881-1968)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1934-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1937-1939)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1939-1947)
• Dodd, William Edward (1869-1940)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Germany (1933-1937)
• *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)
• Des Portes, Fay Allen (1890-1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1933-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1936-1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1943-1944)
• *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)
• Emmet, Grenville Temple (1877-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1933)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1934-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1937)
• Erwin, John Draper (1883-?)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1943-1947)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1951-1954)
• Fish, Bert (1875-1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Egypt (1933-1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Saudi Arabia (1939-1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1941-1943)
• *Frazer, Robert (1878-1947)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1937-1942)
• *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)
• Hackworth, Green Haywood (1883-1973)
  • Legal Adviser (1931-1946)
• Harriman, Florence Jaffray (Hurst) (1870-1967)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Norway (1937)
• *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)
• *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)
• Gonzalez, Antonio Cornelius (1888-1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Panama (1933-1935)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1934-1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1938-1939)
• *Gordon, George Anderson (1885-1959)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1935-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1937)
• Grant, Hugh Gladney (1888-1972)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania (1935-1939)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1940-1941)
• *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)
• Hull, Cordell (1871-1955)
  • Secretary of State (1933-1944)
• Hornibrook, William Harrison (1884-1946)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1915-1916)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Iran (1933-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Afghanistan (1935-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1937-1941)
• Howard, Findley Burtch (1885-?)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1935-1941)
• *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)
• *Knabenshue, Paul (1883-1942)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Iraq (1932-1933)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, Iraq (1933-1942)
• *Lane, Arthur Bliss (1894-1956)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1933-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1936-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1936-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1936-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Yugoslavia (1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1941-1942)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Colombia (1942-1944)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Poland (1944-1947)
• *Keena, Leo John (1878-1967)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras (1935-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1937-1942)
• *MacMurray, John Van Antwerp (1881-1960)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1924-1925)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, China (1925-1929)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Estonia (1933-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Latvia (1933-1936)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1933)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1936-1941)
• *Mayer, Ferdinand Lathrop (1887-?)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Haiti (1937-1940)
• *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)
• Long, Boaz Walton (1876-1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, El Salvador (1914-1917)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1919-1921)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1936-1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1938)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ecuador (1942-1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Guatemala (1943-1945)
• Montgomery, John Flournoy (1878-1954)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1933-1941)
• *Messersmith, George Strausser (1883-1960)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Uruguay (1934)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Austria (1934-1937)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1937-1940)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1940-1942)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mexico (1941-1946)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1946-1947)
• Moore, Robert Walton (1859-1941)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1933-1937)
  • Counselor (1937-1941)
• Morris, Dave Hennen (1872-1944)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1933-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1933-1937)
• *Neville, Edwin Lowe (1884-1944)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Thailand (1937-1940)
• Nicholson, Meredith (1866-1947)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Paraguay (1933-1935)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Venezuela (1935-1938)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Nicaragua (1938-1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.)
• Norem, Owen Joseph Christoffer (1902-)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Lithuania (1937-1940)
• *Norweb, Raymond Henry (1894-1983)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bolivia (1936-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1940-1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1943)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1944-1945)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Panama (1945)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1945-1948)
• Owsley, Alvin Mansfield (1888-1967)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Ireland (1935-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Denmark (1937-1939)
• Pell, Herbert Claiborne (1884-1961)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Portugal (1937-1941)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1941)
• *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)
• *Phillips, William (1878-1968)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1920-1922)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands (1920-1922)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Belgium (1924-1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Luxembourg (1924-1927)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Canada (1927-1929)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Italy (1936-1941)
  • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1909)
  • Third Assistant Secretary of State (1914-1917)
  • Under Secretary of State (1922-1924)
  • Under Secretary of State (1933-1936)
• Sack, Leo R. (1889-1956)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1933-1937)
• Sayre, Francis Bowes (1885-1972)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1933-1939)
• *Schoenfeld, Hans Frederick Arthur (1889-1952)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bulgaria (1928)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Costa Rica (1929)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Dominican Republic (1931-1937)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Finland (1937-1942)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Hungary (1945-1947)
• Steinhardt, Laurence Adolph (1892-1950)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden (1933-1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru (1937-1939)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Russia (1939-1941)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Turkey (1942-1945)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Czechoslovakia (1944-1948)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Canada (1948-1950)
• *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)
• *Totten, Ralph James (1877-1949)
  • Minister Resident/Consul General, South Africa (1929-1930)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, South Africa (1930-1937)
• Walton, Lester Aglar (1882-1965)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Liberia (1935-1946)
• *Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne (1876-1948)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Argentina (1933-1938)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Spain (1939-1942)
• *Welles, Benjamin Sumner (1892-1961)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1933)
  • Assistant Secretary of State (1933-1937)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Cuba (1933)
  • Under Secretary of State (1937-1943)