John Jacob Seibels (8 Dec 1816

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– 21 Aug 1865

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) was an American diplomat. He was Chargé d'Affaires in

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from 1853 until he was promoted to Minister Resident on August 6, 1854. Seibels had his farewell audience September 14, 1856. He was nominated on February 25, 1856, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary but it was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. Seibels was also a businessman and newspaper publisher.

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Ambassadors of the United States to Belgium American newspaper publishers (people) 1816 births 1865 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople {{US-diplomat-stub