Robert M. Scotten

Robert McGregor Scotten (1891–1968) was an American ambassador to Costa Rica, Ecuador, and New Zealand.^[1]

Born in Detroit, Michigan on August 18, 1891,^[2] his father was Oren Scotten and his mother was Mary Clarke (McGregor) Scotten. Scotten served as Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Asuncion from 1926 to 1927. He was ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1940 to 1942, later he served as ambassador to Costa Rica from 1942 to 1943, Ecuador from 1943 to 1947, New Zealand first as minister from 1947 to 1948 and then as ambassador (reaccredited) 1948 to 1955. He died in 1968.

References

^ "Former Ambassadors | Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
^ Dunkerley, James (1998). British documents on foreign affairs : reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Boaz Walton Long	United States Ambassador to Ecuador 1943–1947	Succeeded by John F. Simmons
Preceded by post created	United States Ambassador to New Zealand 1948–1955	Succeeded by Robert C. Hendrickson
Preceded by post created	United States Ambassador to Samoa 1948–1955	Succeeded by Robert C. Hendrickson

[1] "Former Ambassadors | Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-07-31.

[2] Dunkerley, James (1998). British documents on foreign affairs : reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print.

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v t e United States Ambassadors to Costa Rica
Minister Resident	Borland (Envoy) Lamar Dimitry Riotte Lawrence Blair Williamson Logan
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Hall Mizner Pacheco Shannon Baker Merry Einstein Hale S. Johnson (a.i.) Martin (a.i.) Thurston (a.i.) R. Davis Eberhardt Sack Hornibrook Lane Scotten
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Des Portes H. Johnson Donnelly N. Davis Flack Fleming Hill Woodward Willauer Telles Boonstra Ploeser Vaky Todman Weissman McNeil Winsor Tambs Hinton Guinot Homme (a.i.) Harrington (a.i.) Becelia (a.i.) de Vos Dodd Danilovich Langdale Brennan (a.i.) Cianchette Andrew Haney Day Telles

v t e United States Ambassadors to Ecuador
Chargé d'affaires	McAfee Pickett (plenipotentiary) Livingston Van Alen Cushing
Minister Resident	White Buckalew Hassaurek Coggeshall Nunn Wing Wullweber
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maheny Strobel Tillman Sampson Lee Fox Young Schuyler Hartman Bading Dawson A. Gonzalez Long
Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Long Scotten Simmons Daniels Mills Ravndal Bernbaum Coerr Sessions Burns Brewster Bloomfield R. Gonzalez Hart Rondon Holwill Lambert Mack (a.i.) Romero Alexander Clare Kenney Jewell Hodges Bowen (a.i.) Zúñiga-Brown (a.i.) Namm Chapman Fitzpatrick Brown (Designate)

v t e United States Ambassadors to New Zealand
Envoy	Hurley Burdett Patton Warren Scotten
Ambassador	Scotten Hendrickson Russell Akers Powell Henning Franzheim Selden Martindell Browne Cleveland Newman Beeman Moseley Braun Swindells McCormick Huebner Gilbert Brown Udall
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