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John W. Riddle

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John Wallace Riddle Jr.
John W. Riddle, photo byPirie MacDonald
United States Ambassador toArgentina
In office
March 8, 1922 – May 28, 1925
PresidentWarren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Preceded byFrederic Jesup Stimson
Succeeded byPeter Augustus Jay
United States Ambassador toRussia
In office
February 8, 1907 – September 8, 1909
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Preceded byGeorge von Lengerke Meyer
Succeeded byWilliam Woodville Rockhill
United States Minister toSerbia
In office
May 7, 1906 – January 23, 1907
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Brinkerhoff Jackson
Succeeded byHorace G. Knowles
United States Minister toRomania
In office
October 3, 1905 – January 23, 1907
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Brinkerhoff Jackson
Succeeded byHorace G. Knowles
Personal details
Born(1864-07-12)July 12, 1864
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 8, 1941(1941-12-08)(aged 77)
Farmington,Connecticut
Spouse
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(m.1916)​
Parent(s)John Wallace Riddle Sr.
Rebecca Blair McClure
EducationHarvard 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

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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

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  1. ^abc"John Wallace Riddle".Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
  2. ^"U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia".Embassy of the United States, Moscow Russia. Archived fromthe originalon August 30, 2009.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
  3. ^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.
  4. ^Haeg, Lawrence Peter (2004).In Gatsby's Shadow: The Story ofCharles Macomb Flandrau.University of Iowa Press.
  5. ^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.
  6. ^"Theodate Pope Riddle".Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Archived fromthe originalon October 10, 2009.RetrievedAugust 9,2009.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Russia
1906–1909 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Argentina
1921–1925 		Succeeded by
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