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U.S. Department of State


United States, Govt Org    (1789 to present)
• Department responsible for U.S. Foreign Affairs and Embassies (See: State Dept history)
• Biographies of State Department officers (See: State biographies)
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1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
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DullesAWOfficer
 
FrancisDROfficer
 
ElkusAIOfficer
 
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RootEOfficer
 
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Kennedy, Joseph P.   (Officer of, 1937 to 1940) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
Hiss, Alger   (Officer of, 1936 to 1947) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Various positions
Hull, Cordell   (Officer of, 1933-03 to 1944-11) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Roosevelt admin) (See: State bio)
Dodd, William E.   (Officer of, 1933 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Germany during the Nazi period prior to WW2
• 1937 : "A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany. I have had plenty of opportunity in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. . .They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there." -- as quoted in "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham, p.167
Achilles, Theodore C.   (Officer of, 1932 to 1962) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Mellon, Andrew W.   (Officer of, 1932 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Great Britain
Guggenheim, Harry F.   (Officer of, 1929 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Cuba
Stimson, Henry L.   (Officer of, 1929 to 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Hoover admin)
Stimson, Henry L.   (Officer of, 1927) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Governor General of the Phillipines
Kennan, George F.   (Officer of, 1926 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1933 : Moscow embassy staff (1933-46)
• 1947 : Director, Policy Planning Staff
• 1952 : Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. (Truman admin)
Bruce, David K. E.   (Officer of, 1926 to 1928) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Vice Consul in the Foreign Service (Rome, Italy)
Davis, John W.   (Officer of, 1919 to 1921) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to the U.K. (Wilson admin)
Dulles, Allen W.   (Officer of, 1916 to 1926) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1922 : Head, Near East Affairs division (1922-26)
Francis, David R.   (Officer of, 1916 to 1918) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Russia during the period of the Bolshevik Revolution (See: D.R. Francis papers) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Elkus, Abram I.   (Officer of, 1916 to 1917) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Turkey
Bryan, William Jennings   (Officer of, 1913-03 to 1915-06) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Wilson admin) (See: State bio)
Morgenthau, Henry   (Officer of, 1913 to 1916) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
• 1915-07 : Reported that "a campaign of race extermination is in progress" against the Armenians (See: ANI profile)
Root, Elihu   (Officer of, 1905 to 1909) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of State (Roosevelt admin)
Straus, Oscar S.   (Officer of, 1887 to 1910) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (3 times)
White, Andrew D.   (Officer of, 1879 to 1899) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1879 : Minister to Germany (1879-81)
• 1892 : Minister to Russia (1892-94)
• 1897 : Ambassador to Germany (1897-1902)
• 1899 : Chairman U.S. delegation, Hague Conference