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TheGerman Empire and theUnited States established relations in 1848. Relations would eventually be terminated a year later in 1849 when the Empire was dissolved and theGerman Confederation was re-established.[1]
The German Empire was created by theFrankfurt Parliament in the spring of 1848, following theMarch Revolution. The Empire struggled to be recognized by both German and foreign states. The German states, represented by theFederal Convention of the German Confederation, on 12 July 1848, acknowledged the Central German Government. In the following months, however, the larger German states did not always accept the decrees and laws of the Central German Government and the Frankfurt Parliament. Several foreign states recognized the Central Government and sent ambassadors, among them the U.S.[2]
On July 8, 1848, Secretary of StateJohn M. Clayton informed the former U.S. Minister to Prussia and current Minister to the German Federal Parliament at Frankfurt,Andrew Jackson Donelson, that the United States was prepared to recognize any unified, de facto German Government that "appeared capable of maintaining its power." The United States recognized the Federal Government of Germany on August 9, 1848, when Donelson was commissioned as the new U.S. Minister to the Federal Government of Germany. Formal diplomatic relations were established on August 9 when Donelson was commissioned as the new U.S. Minister to the Federal Government of Germany. Donelson presented his credentials on September 13, 1848.[1]
Donelson served as U.S. Minister until November 2, 1849, when he was recalled following the dissolution of theGerman revolutionary movement. This constituted full termination of diplomatic relations with the Federal Government of Germany, the U.S. having already accredited a new minister to Prussia,Edward A. Hannegan, on March 22, 1849.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Federal Government of Germany (1848–49)".U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.United States Department of State.
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