Edwin Vernon Morgan
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Edwin Vernon Morgan (February 22, 1865 – April 16, 1934) was an American diplomat.[1][2]
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Edwin Vernon Morgan | |
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United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
In office June 4, 1912 – August 23, 1933 | |
President | William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Irving Bedell Dudley |
Succeeded by | Hugh S. Gibson |
United States Minister to Portugal | |
In office August 3, 1911 – February 11, 1912 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Henry Gage |
Succeeded by | Cyrus Woods |
United States Minister to Paraguay | |
In office June 29, 1910 – July 8, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Edward C. O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Nicolai A. Grevstad |
United States Minister to Uruguay | |
In office March 31, 1910 – July 8, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Edward C. O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Nicolai A. Grevstad |
United States Minister to Cuba | |
In office March 1, 1906 – January 5, 1910 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Herbert G. Squiers |
Succeeded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
3rd United States Minister to Korea | |
In office June 26, 1905 – November 17, 1905 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Horace Newton Allen |
Succeeded by | Diplomatic relations ended |
Personal details | |
Born | (1865-02-22)February 22, 1865 Aurora, New York |
Died | April 16, 1934(1934-04-16) (aged 69) Petrópolis, Brazil |
Cause of death | Angina |
Resting place | Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil 22.5090°S 43.1888°W / -22.5090; -43.1888 |
Relatives | Edwin B. Morgan, grandfather |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Profession | Diplomat |
Awards | Order of the Southern Cross |
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He was born in Aurora, New York, the grandson of Congressman Edwin Barber Morgan. He attended Phillips Academy and then in 1890 graduated from Harvard University in with a bachelor's degree. Harvard awarded him a masters the following year. He then taught at Harvard and Western Reserve University before entering the United States Foreign Service.[1]
He served as United States Ambassador to Brazil,[3] and served as Minister to Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, and Korea.[4]
An officer of the Order of the Southern Cross,[5][6] he retired to Petropolis, Brazil, where he died on April 16, 1934.[7][1]