Joshua Butler Wright (1877-1939)

Foreign Service officer
State of Residence: Wyoming

1. 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.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hungary)
   Appointed: February 26, 1927
   Presentation of Credentials: June 18, 1927
   Termination of Mission: Presented recall October 24, 1930
3. 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.
4. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
   Appointed: March 9, 1934
   Presentation of Credentials: October 25, 1934
   Termination of Mission: Left post June 1, 1937
5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cuba)
   Appointed: July 13, 1937
   Presentation of Credentials: August 23, 1937
   Termination of Mission: Died at post December 4, 1939
6. 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.