On the death of John F. Swift, he was appointed United States Minister to Japan and served from June 1892 to August 1893.
A congratulatory letter from US President Richard Nixon was read out by the US Ambassador to Japan at the presentation ceremony, marking the only time that English has been officially spoken on the dohyō.
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