Lewis Wallace - People - Department History
Lewis Wallace (1827–1905)
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State of Residence: Indiana
- Minister Resident (Turkey)
Appointed: May 19, 1881
Presentation of Credentials: September 6, 1881
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary September 4, 1882 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: July 13, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: September 4, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on May 15, 1885 - Chargé d’Affaires (Uruguay)
- Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
- Chargé d’Affaires (Paraguay)
- Not commissioned; nomination to be Chargé d’Affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.