A territorial official (subject of the passage) was appointed minister to France.

The evidence

• “In June, 1836, he was appointed minister to France. He was elected a United States senator February 4, 1845, and was nominated by the democratic party for president of the United States at the convention of that party in May, 1848, and was defeated by General Zachary Taylor.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 131 / book p. 117

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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