State of Residency: Illinois
Title: Commissioner
Appointment: Jul 6, 1853
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 20, 1853
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 21, 1858
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 9, 1954. Commissioned to the Kingdom of Hawaii. Gregg's predecessors, who served as Commissioners to the Sandwich Islands, did not refer to the Mission at Honolulu as a Legation; this term was used by Gregg, however, in his first despatch, dated Dec 27, 1853.
Name: James W. Borden
State of Residency: Indiana
Title: Commissioner
Appointment: Jan 11, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1858
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 8, 1861
Note: Commissioned to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Name: Thomas J. Dryer
State of Residency: Oregon
Title: Commissioner
Appointment: Mar 26, 1861
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 8, 1861
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 18, 1863
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: James McBride
State of Residency: Oregon
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 9, 1863
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1863
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jul 26, 1866
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: Edward M. McCook
State of Residency: Colorado
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Mar 21, 1866
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 26, 1866
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, Dec 5, 1868
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: H.A. Millen
State of Residency: Arkansas
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
Name: John H. Hutchenson
State of Residency: Arkansas
Title: Minister Resident
Note: Not commissioned; nomination not confirmed by the Senate.
Name: Henry A. Peirce
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: May 10, 1869
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 19, 1869
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 25, 1877
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 21, 1869. Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: James M. Comly
State of Residency: Ohio
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 1, 1877
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 25, 1877
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Aug 21, 1882
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Oct 30, 1877. Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: Rollin M. Daggett
State of Residency: Nevada
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jul 1, 1882
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 21, 1882
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Jun 12, 1885
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: George W. Merrill
State of Residency: Nevada
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Apr 2, 1885
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 12, 1885
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Sep 23, 1889
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: John L. Stevens
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Minister Resident
Appointment: Jun 20, 1889
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 23, 1889
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1889. Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: John L. Stevens
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 30, 1890
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 8, 1890
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge, May 18, 1893
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: James H. Blount
State of Residency: Georgia
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 9, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: May 23, 1893
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 8, 1893
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
Name: Albert S. Willis
State of Residency: Kentucky
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 13, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1893
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jan 6, 1897
Note: Commissioned to (or at) the Hawaiian Islands.
Name: Harold M. Sewall
State of Residency: Maine
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 22, 1897
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 7, 1897
Termination of Mission: Hawaii was annexed to U.S., Aug 12, 1898
Note: Commissioned to Hawaii. Legation Honolulu ceased to exist on Aug 12, 1898; Sewall thereafter used the title Special Agent.
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