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William Walter Phelps (1839–1894)
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State of Residence: New Jersey
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Austria)
Appointed: May 5, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: June 20, 1881
Termination of Mission: Superseded on June 30, 1882- Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Germany)
Appointed: June 20, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: September 26, 1889
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on June 4, 1893- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 16, 1889, after confirmation. Commissioned to Germany.