South America
- Argentina - Justo José de Urquiza, President of the Argentine Confederation (1854–1860)
- Buenos Aires State - Pastor Obligado, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853–1858)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
- Uruguay - Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856–1860)
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—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
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