John W. Riddle
John Wallace Riddle Jr. | |
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United States Ambassador toArgentina | |
In office March 8, 1922 – May 28, 1925 | |
President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | Frederic Jesup Stimson |
Succeeded by | Peter Augustus Jay |
United States Ambassador toRussia | |
In office February 8, 1907 – September 8, 1909 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | George von Lengerke Meyer |
Succeeded by | William Woodville Rockhill |
United States Minister toSerbia | |
In office May 7, 1906 – January 23, 1907 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
Succeeded by | Horace G. Knowles |
United States Minister toRomania | |
In office October 3, 1905 – January 23, 1907 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
Succeeded by | Horace G. Knowles |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | July 12, 1864
Died | December 8, 1941 Farmington,Connecticut | (aged 77)
Spouse | |
Parent(s) | John Wallace Riddle Sr. Rebecca Blair McClure |
Education | Harvard University(BA) Columbia Law School Sciences Po Collège de France |
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John Wallace Riddle Jr.(July 12, 1864 – December 8, 1941) was an American diplomat. His first diplomatic assignment was as agent/consul general inEgypt(1904–1905).[1]He was then sent toRomaniaandSerbiain 1905 to serve asEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary(residing inBucharest[1]), followed by postings asU.S. ambassador to Russia(1907–1909) andambassador to Argentina(1922–1925).[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Philadelphia,[3]Riddle was the son of John Wallace Riddle, Sr. and Rebecca Blair McClure; he was born after his father's untimely death. A few years later, Rebecca McClure became the second wife ofCharles Eugene Flandrauand relocated toSt. Paul, Minnesotawhere Riddle grew up alongside two half-brothers and two step-sisters.[4]He graduated fromHarvardin 1887, attended law school atColumbiathrough 1890, and studied international law, diplomacy, and languages atÉcole Libre des Sciences Politiquesand theCollège de FranceinParisthrough 1893.[5]
In 1916 Riddle married American architect and heiressTheodate Pope Riddle.[6]
He died inFarmington, Connecticut,at the age of 77.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abc"John Wallace Riddle".Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
- ^"U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia".Embassy of the United States, Moscow Russia. Archived fromthe originalon August 30, 2009.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
- ^ab"JOHN W. RIDDLE, 77, EX-DIPLOMAT, DIES; Envoy to Russia, 1906-09, and Argentina, 1921-25, Had Held U.S. Post in Turkey".The New York Times.December 9, 1941.RetrievedJune 16,2018.
- ^Haeg, Lawrence Peter (2004).In Gatsby's Shadow: The Story ofCharles Macomb Flandrau.University of Iowa Press.
- ^Derby, George andJames Terry White(1910).The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time.Vol. 14. New York: James T. White & Company.
- ^"Theodate Pope Riddle".Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Archived fromthe originalon October 10, 2009.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
- 1864 births
- 1941 deaths
- Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina
- Ambassadors of the United States to Egypt
- Ambassadors of the United States to Romania
- Ambassadors of the United States to Russia
- Harvard University alumni
- Columbia Law School alumni
- Ambassadors of the United States to Serbia
- United States Foreign Service personnel
- 20th-century American diplomats