North America
- Province of Canada:
- Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor of the Province of Canada (1854–1861)
- The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, Governor of the Province of Canada (1861–1867)
- Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
- Costa Rica - José María Montealegre Fernández, President of Costa Rica (1859–1863)
- Mexico: Benito Juárez, President of Mexico (1861–1863)
- United States of America:
- James Buchanan, President of the United States (1857–1861)
- Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861–1865)
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