which were negotiated but not ratified by the Government of the United States. The treaties establishing friendly relations specified what rights, privileges, etc., were asserted at the time of their negotiation, without, however, excluding those not specifically claimed. It has, therefore, been considered advisable to set forth in full the instruments under which the United States does or may prefer claims and they are therefore printed in the appendix.

The other treaties resulting from the negotiations during the Paris Peace Conference are printed in a second appendix, in so far as they were signed by representatives of the United States.

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

C. F. REDMOND.

United States Senate.

Presidents.

Administration.

SECRETARIES OF STATE.

VII

Presidents.

Secretaries of State.

William Hunter, jr. (Chief Clerk), ad interim March
4. 1853-March 7, 1853.

William L. Marcy, of New York, March 8, 1853-
March 6, 1857.

Lewis Cass, of Michigan, March 6, 1857-December
14, 1860.

William Hunter, jr. (Chief Clerk), ad interim Decem-
ber 15, 1860-December 16, 1860.
Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, December 17,
1960-March 5, 1861.

William H. Seward, of New York, March 6, 1861-
March 4, 1869.

Date of commission.

March 7, 1853.

March 6, 1857.

December 17, 1860.

March 5, 1861.

March 5, 1869.

Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois, March 5, 1869-
March 16, 1869.

Hamilton Fish, of New York (entered upon duties
March 17, 1869).

Recommissioned (retired March 12, 1877)..
William M. Evarts, of New York, March 12, 1877-
March 7, 1881.

James G. Blaine, of Maine, March 7, 1881-December
19, 1881.

1885.

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, Decem-
ber 19, 1881-March 6,
Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, March 7, 1885-
March 6, 1889.

James G. Blaine, of Maine, March 7, 1889-June 4, 1892.
William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant
Secretary), ad interim June 4, 1892-June 29, 1892.

March 5, 1881.

December 12, 1881.

March 6, 1885.

March 5, 1889.

John W. Foster, of Indiana, June 29, 1892-February June 29, 1892.

23. 1893.

William F. Wharton, of Massachusetts (Assistant

Secretary), ad interim February 24, 1893-March

6, 1893.

Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, March 7, 1893 (died March 6, 1893.
May 28, 1895).

Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan (Assistant Secretary),

ad interim May 28, 1895-June 9, 1895.

Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, June 10, 1895-
March 5, 1897.

John Sherman, of Ohio, March 6, 1897-April 27, 1898.
William R. Day, of Ohio, April 28, 1898-September
16, 1898.

Alvey A. Adee, of the District of Columbia (Second
Ass'stant Secretary), ad interim September 17,
1898-September 29, 1898.

John Hay, of the District of Columbia (entered upon
duties September 30, 1898).

Robert Bacon, of New York, January 27, 1909-March
5, 1909.

Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, March 6, 1909-
March 5, 1913.

William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, March 5, 1913-
June 9, 1915.

Robert Lansing, of New York (Counselor for the
Department of State), ad interim June 9, 1915-
June 23, 1915.

Robert Lansing, of New York, June 24, 1915-Febru-
ary 13, 1920.

Frank Lyon Polk, of New York (Undersecretary),
February 14, 1920-March 13, 1920.

June 8, 1895.

March 5, 1897.
April 26, 1898.

September 20, 1898.

March 5, 1901.
March 6, 1905.

July 7, 1905.

January 27, 1909.

March 5, 1909.

March 5, 1913.

June 23, 1915.

Bainbridge Colby, of New York, March 23, 1920-
March 4, 1921.

March 22, 1920.

Warren G. Harding.

Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, March 5, 1921..

March 4, 1921.