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Laurits S. Swenson (June 12, 1865–November 4, 1947) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.
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Norway in America Bibliographic Collections by Thor M Andersen American Institute University of Oslo (1982) Rasmus B Anderson Collections page 44-50.
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George Helm Yeaman (November 1, 1829 – February 23, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
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held the office of U.S. Minister to the Austrian Empire.
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Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1906-1909, and Ambassador to Japan, 1913-1917.
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Loy Wesley Henderson (June 28, 1892 – March 24, 1986) was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat.
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Julius White (September 23, 1816 – May 12, 1890) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum diplomat.
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Andrew William Mellon was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.
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A career diplomat, Robert Douglas Coe was the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957.
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U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. He was appointed in 1948 and served from 1949 to 1952.
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Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, also known as Robert Barnhill Roosevelt (August 7, 1829 – June 14, 1906), was a sportsman, author and United States Congressman from New York (1871–1873).
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Robert Worth Bingham (November 8, 1871 – December 18, 1937) was a politician, judge, newspaper publisher and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He attended the University of North...
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Abbott Lawrence (December 16, 1792, Groton, Massachusetts – August 18, 1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He founded Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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John Randolph Clay (September 29, 1808 – August 15, 1885) was an American diplomat.
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Selah Merrill, (May 2, 1837 – January 22, 1909) was an American Congregationalist clergyman. He served as the American consul in Jerusalem.
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Joseph Reed Ingersoll, the "Cicero of the American Bar," was the third son of the distinguished Jared Ingersoll.
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George Washington Campbell , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in the parish of Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, February 9, 1769; immigrated with his parents to North Carolina in 1...
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Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 – December 25, 1962) was an American politician and statesman; among other roles, he served as Senator from Vermont.
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