Edwin Vernon Morgan
Edwin Vernon Morgan (February 22, 1865 – April 16, 1934) was an American diplomat.
Edwin Vernon Morgan | |
|---|---|
| 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 | February 22, 1865 Aurora, New York |
| Died | April 16, 1934 (aged 69) Petrópolis, Brazil |
| Cause of death | Angina |
| Resting place | Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil 22.5090°S 43.1888°W |
| Relatives | Edwin B. Morgan, grandfather |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Awards | Order of the Southern Cross |
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.
He served as United States Ambassador to Brazil, and served as Minister to Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, and Korea.
An officer of the Order of the Southern Cross, he retired to Petropolis, Brazil, where he died on April 16, 1934.
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