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John M. Francis
8th United States Minister to Austria
In office September 11, 1884 – August 3, 1885
President	Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Alphonso Taft
Succeeded by	Alexander Lawton
United States Minister to Portugal
In office October 5, 1882 – August 25, 1884
President	Chester A. Arthur
Preceded by	Benjamin Moran
Succeeded by	Lewis Richmond
2nd United States Minister to Greece
In office November 11, 1871 – June 25, 1873
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	Charles K. Tuckerman
Succeeded by	J. Meredith Read
Personal details
Born	(1823-03-06)March 6, 1823 Prattsburgh, New York, U.S.
Died	June 18, 1897(1897-06-18) (aged 74) Troy, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Harriet E. Tucker
Children	Charles Spencer Francis

John Morgan Francis (March 6, 1823 – June 18, 1897) was an American journalist and diplomat.

Francis was born in Prattsburgh, New York. He left home in 1838 and began working in Canandaigua, New York, for several newspapers. He moved to Troy, New York in 1846 and was chief editor of the Northern Budget. Francis founded the Troy Daily Times on June 25, 1841. As a diplomat, Francis served as United States Minister to Greece (1871-1873), as Minister Resident/Consul General to Portugal (1882-1884) (originally appointed Chargé d'Affaires, he took the oath of office, but did not proceed to the post in that capacity), and as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary (1884-1885). He was a delegate to the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention. He died in Troy, New York.

References

1. ^ "John and Charles Francis collection (1869-ca. 1905)". Clements Library. University of Michigan. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. "John Morgan Francis". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
3. The Convention Manual of Procedure, Forms and Rules for the Regulation of Business in the Sixth New York State Constitutional Convention, 1894: Delegates Manual and Introduction. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1894. pp. xx – via Google Books.

v t e United States ambassadors to Greece
Kingdom of Greece (1868–1924)	Tuckerman J. Francis Read Schuyler Fearn Snowden Beale Alexander Rockhill Hardy C. Francis Jackson Pearson Moses Schurman Williams Droppers Capps
Second Hellenic Republic	Laughlin Skinner MacVeagh
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973) Military junta (1967–1974)	MacVeagh Biddle Kirk MacVeagh Grady Peurifoy Cannon Allen Riddleberger Briggs Labouisse Talbot Tasca
Junta-declared Republic (1973–1974) Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)	Tasca Kubisch McCloskey Stearns Keeley Sotirhos Niles Burns Miller Ries Speckhard Smith Pearce Pyatt Tsunis

v t e United States ambassadors to Portugal
Minister Plenipotentiary	Humphreys (Minister Resident) Smith Sumter Graham Dearborn (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
Chargé d'Affaires	Brent Kavanagh Barrow Rencher Hopkins Clay Haddock O'Sullivan
Minister Resident	O'Sullivan G. Morgan Harvey Shellabarger C. Lewis Moran Moran (chargé d'affaires)
Minister Resident/Consul General	Francis Richmond E. Lewis Loring Batcheller Pierce
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Caruth Townsend Irwin Loomis Bryan Gage E. Morgan Woods Birch Dearing South Caldwell Pell Fish Norweb
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Norweb Baruch Wiley MacVeagh Cannon Guggenheim Bonbright Elbrick Anderson Bennett Knight Scott Carlucci Bloomfield Holmes Shakespeare Rowell Briggs Bagley McGowan Palmer Hoffman Stephenson Katz Sherman Glass Levine

v t e United States ambassadors to Austria
Austrian Empire (1838–1867)	Muhlenberg Jenifer Stiles Webb McCurdy Foote Jackson Jones Motley
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1917)	Watts Jay Orth Beale Kasson Phelps Taft J. Francis Lawton Grant Tripp Tower Harris McCormick Storer C. Francis Kerens Penfield
Republic of Austria (1921–1938, 1946–present)	Frazier Washburn Stockton Earle Messersmith Emmet Wiley Erhardt Donnelly Thompson Matthews Riddleberger MacArthur Humes Buchanan Wolf Kaiser Cummings von Damm Lauder Grunwald Huffington Hunt Hall Brown McCaw Girard-diCarlo Eacho Wesner Traina Kennedy

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