Joseph Simpson Farland (1914–2007)

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Non-career appointee
States of Residence: West Virginia, District of Columbia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Dominican Republic)
Appointed: May 20, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: August 7, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 28, 1960
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: June 24, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: August 29, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 31, 1963
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Pakistan)
Appointed: September 19, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: November 15, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 30, 1972
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: May 1, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 10, 1973
Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Fiji)
  - Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
  - Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Samoa)
  - Not commissioned; nomination of October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, and Tonga; resident at Wellington.
4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tonga)
  - Not commissioned; nomination on October 11, 1973, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Also accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, and Samoa; resident at Wellington.