North America
- Costa Rica - José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
- Mexico: Miguel Miramón, President of Mexico (1859–1860)
- United States: James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)
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“I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town which was appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)