1921, Oct. 5. Appointment of General Leonard Wood as Govof the Philippines.

ernor

May 19.

Bill is passed restricting immigration.

Aug. 24. Peace Treaty with Austria.

Aug. 25.

Peace Treaty with Germany.

1921, Nov. 12-1922, Feb. 6. The Washington Conference. 1921, Dec. 13. Four-Power Pacific Treaty.

1922, Feb. 1. Five-Power Naval Treaty.

Feb. 4. Treaty on Chinese Integrity.

Feb. 11. Yap Treaty.

March 29. Five-Power Naval Treaty ratified by Senate. May 25. Conference at Washington to settle Tacna-Arica dispute.

Nov. 20. United States sends an "observer" to the Conference at Lausanne.

1923, Feb. 28. British Debt Funding Act ratified. 1923, March 26-May 11.

Santiago, Chile.

Fifth Pan-American Conference, at

Aug. 2. Death of President Harding after arduous speaking tour on behalf of United States entry into the World Court.

1923, Aug. 31. Official recognition of President Obregon of Mexico by the United States.

1924. Withdrawal of marines, in Nicaragua since 1912.
1924, Feb. 3. Death of Woodrow Wilson.

March 6. President Coolidge opposes independence for the
Philippines.

May 26. Immigration bill is signed, with its total exclusion
of Japanese.

May 22. Treaty with Great Britain to permit pursuit of rum-runners beyond the three-mile limit.

May 27. Rogers Bill signed, consolidating diplomatic and
consular services.

July 10. Announcement of early withdrawal from Santo
Domingo.

July 28-Aug. 15. Informal visit of Secretary of State,
Charles Evans Hughes, to London, Paris, and Berlin.
Nov. 9. Death of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

1925, Jan. Resignation of Secretary Hughes.

March 4. Secretary Kellogg takes office.

March 9. President Coolidge announces his decision in the Tacna-Arica dispute: Plebiscite was ordered, with results chiefly favorable to Chile.

DATES OF OFFICE

Mar. 22, 1790-Dec. 31, 1793
Jan. 2, 1794-Aug. 19, 1795
Aug. 20, 1795-Dec. 9, 1795
Dec. 10, 1795-May 12, 1800
May 13, 1800-June 5, 1800
June 6, 1800-Feb.
4, 1801
Feb. 4, 1801-Mar. 4, 1801
Mar. 4, 1801-May 1, 1801
May
2, 1801-Mar. 3, 1809
Mar. 6, 1809-Apr. 1, 1811
Apr. 6, 1811-Sept. 30, 1814
Oct.
1, 1814-Feb. 28, 1815
Mar. 1, 1815-Mar. 3, 1817
Mar. 4, 1817-Mar. 9, 1817
Mar. 10, 1817-Sept. 22, 1817
Sept. 22, 1817-Mar. 3, 1825
Mar. 4, 1825-Mar. 8, 1825
Mar. 9, 1825-Mar. 3, 1829
Mar. 4, 1829-Mar. 27, 1829
Mar. 28, 1829-May 23, 1831
May 24, 1831-May 29, 1833
May 29, 1833-June 30, 1834
July 1, 1834-Mar. 3, 1841
Mar. 4, 1841-Mar. 5, 1841
Mar. 6, 1841-May 8, 1843
May 9, 1843-June 20, 1843
June 21, 1843-June 23, 1843
June 24, 1843-July 23, 1843
July 24, 1843-Feb. 28, 1844
Feb. 29, 1844-Mar. 31, 1844
Apr. 1, 1844-Mar. 10, 1845
Mar. 10, 1845-Mar. 7, 1849
Mar. 8, 1849-July 22, 1850
July 23, 1850-Oct. 24, 1852
Oct. 25, 1852-Nov. 5, 1852

SECRETARIES OF STATE

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Thomas Jefferson
Edmund Randolph

Timothy Pickering (Ad interim)
Timothy Pickering

Charles Lee (Ad interim)
John Marshall

John Marshall (Ad interim)
Levi Lincoln (Ad interim)
James Madison
Robert Smith
James Monroe

James Monroe (Ad interim)
James Monroe

John Graham (Ad interim)
Richard Rush (Ad interim)
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Brent (Ad interim)
Henry Clay

James A. Hamilton (Ad interim)
Martin Van Buren
Edward Livingston
Louis McLane
John Forsyth

J. L. Martin (Ad interim)
Daniel Webster

Hugh S. Legaré (Ad interim)
William S. Derrick (Ad interim)
Abel P. Upshur (Ad interim)
Abel P. Upshur

John Nelson (Ad interim)
John C. Calhoun
James Buchanan
John M. Clayton
Daniel Webster

Charles M. Conrad (Ad interim)

DATES OF OFFICE

Nov. 6, 1852-Mar. 3, 1853
Mar. 4, 1853-Mar. 7, 1853
Mar. 8, 1853-Mar. 6, 1857
Mar. 6, 1857-Dec. 14, 1860
Dec. 15, 1860-Dec. 16, 1860
Dec. 17, 1860-Mar. 5, 1861
Mar. 6, 1861-Mar. 4, 1869
Mar. 5, 1869-Mar. 16, 1869
Mar. 17, 1869-Mar. 12, 1877
Mar. 12, 1877-Mar. 7, 1881
Mar. 7, 1881-Dec. 19, 1881
Dec. 19, 1881-Mar. 6, 1885
Mar. 7, 1885-Mar. 6, 1889
Mar. 7, 1889-June 4, 1892
June 4, 1892-June 29, 1892
June 29, 1892-Feb. 23, 1893
Feb. 24, 1893-Mar. 6, 1893
Mar. 7, 1893-May 28, 1895
May 28, 1895-June 9, 1895
June 10, 1895-Mar. 5, 1897
Mar. 6, 1897-Apr. 27, 1898
Apr. 28, 1898-Sept. 16, 1898
Sept. 17, 1898-Sept. 29, 1898
Sept. 30, 1898-July I, 1905
July 1, 1905-July 18, 1905
July 19, 1905-Jan. 27, 1909
Jan. 27, 1909-Mar. 5, 1909
Mar. 6, 1909-Mar. 5, 1913
Mar. 5, 1913-June 9, 1915
June 9, 1915-June 23, 1915
June 24, 1915-Feb. 13, 1920
Feb. 14, 1920-Mar. 13, 1920
Mar. 23, 1920-Mar. 4, 1921
Mar. 4, 1921-Mar. 4, 1925
Mar. 4, 1925-

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Edward Everett

William Hunter, Jr. (Ad interim)
William L. Marcy
Lewis Cass

William Hunter, Jr. (Ad interim)
Jeremiah S. Black
William H. Seward
Elihu B. Washburne
Hamilton Fish
William M. Evarts
James G. Blaine

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Thomas F. Bayard
James G. Blaine

William F. Wharton (Ad interim)
John W. Foster

William F. Wharton (Ad interim)
Walter Q. Gresham

Edwin F. Uhl (Ad interim)
Richard Olney
John Sherman

William R. Day

Alvey A. Adee (Ad interim)

John Hay

Francis B. Loomis (Ad interim)
Elihu Root

INDEX