John W. Foster
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| John Watson Foster | |
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| In office June 29, 1892 – February 23, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | James G. Blaine |
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| Succeeded by | Walter Q. Gresham |
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| Born | March 2, 1836 Evansville, Indiana, USA |
| Died | November 15, 1917 (aged 81) USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Lawyer, General, Politician |
John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an American military man, journalist and diplomat.
Born in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he was first a lawyer and then served as general for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the war he worked as a journalist, editing the Evansville Daily Journal from 1865 to 1869 Thereafter he was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1873-1880), the U.S. Ambassador to Russia (1880-1881) and the U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1883-1885). In 1892 and 1893 he served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison. He also helped the Qing Dynasty in drafting the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 1895 as a legal consultant and commissioner.
His grandchildren included John Foster Dulles, who also became a U.S. Secretary of State, Allen Welsh Dulles, a Director of Central Intelligence, Eleanor Lansing Dulles, economist and diplomat, and Foster Rhea Dulles, historian and author, chairman of the history department at The Ohio State University (1953-1958).
[edit] External link
- 1892-1893: Secretary of State John Watson Foster
- John W. Foster profile at Internet Accuracy Project
| Preceded by Thomas H. Nelson |
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico 1873-1880 |
Succeeded by Philip Hicky Morgan |
| Preceded by Edwin W. Stoughton |
U.S. Ambassador to Russia 1880-1881 |
Succeeded by William H. Hunt |
| Preceded by Hannibal Hamlin |
U.S. Ambassador to Spain 1885–1888 |
Succeeded by Jabez L. M. Curry |
| Preceded by James G. Blaine |
United States Secretary of State 1892–1893 |
Succeeded by Walter Q. Gresham |
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