United States Minister to Spain

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diplomatic post government office

The United States Minister to Spain was a diplomatic post representing U.S. interests and conducting foreign relations with Spain before the role evolved into the modern ambassadorial position.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Ambassador to Spain	2
American commissioner to Spain	1
United States chargé d’affaires to Spain	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic post ⓘ government office ⓘ
accreditedTo	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
associatedWith	United States legation system ⓘ history of United States foreign relations ⓘ
category	Defunct diplomatic posts of the United States ⓘ United States–Spain relations ⓘ
changeOfTitleReason	standardization of ambassadorial rank in U.S. diplomacy ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countryServed	Spain ⓘ
diplomaticMission	United States legation in Madrid ⓘ
diplomaticRank	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ⓘ Minister Resident ⓘ
evolvedInto	United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Ambassador to Spain
field	diplomacy ⓘ
hasEquivalentOffice	British Minister to Spain ⓘ French Minister to Spain ⓘ
hasRoleIn	negotiation of bilateral treaties between the United States and Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Spain ⓘ
languageOfDiplomacy	French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	appointments under the U.S. Constitution’s appointments clause ⓘ
location	Madrid ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	United States Minister to Spain self-link ⓘ
officeType	bilateral diplomatic post ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of State ⓘ United States Foreign Service ⓘ surface form: United States diplomatic service
predecessor	United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States chargé d’affaires to Spain
replacedBy	embassy-level mission in Madrid ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ
representedCountry	United States of America ⓘ
role	conduct diplomatic relations between the United States and Spain ⓘ negotiate treaties and agreements with Spain ⓘ protect U.S. citizens in Spain ⓘ report on political and economic developments in Spain ⓘ represent U.S. interests in Spain ⓘ
seat	Madrid ⓘ
status	historical office ⓘ
successor	United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Ambassador to Spain
symbol	Seal of the United States Department of State ⓘ
typeOfDiplomaticMission	legation ⓘ
usedBefore	modern ambassadorial rank ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Minister to Spain → evolvedInto → United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to Spain

United States Minister to Spain → officeHolderTitle → United States Minister to Spain self-link ⓘ

Arthur Lee → positionHeld → United States Minister to Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: American commissioner to Spain

James Monroe → positionHeld → United States Minister to Spain ⓘ

James Russell Lowell → positionHeld → United States Minister to Spain ⓘ

United States Minister to Spain → predecessor → United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States chargé d’affaires to Spain

United States Minister to Spain → successor → United States Minister to Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Ambassador to Spain