Alvey Augustus Adee

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Alvey Augustus Adee (1908)

Alvey Augustus Adee (born November 27, 1842 in New York City , † July 5, 1924 in Washington, DC ) was an American government official who served as Third Assistant Secretary of State between 1882 and 1886 and then from 1886 until his death 1924 was second and last Second Assistant Secretary of State . He held the second highest position in the US State Department as Second Assistant Secretary of State until 1913 and served as Acting Secretary of State for a few days in 1898.

Life

Alvey Augustus Adee was the youngest of five children of naval doctor Augustus Alvey Adee and his wife Amelia Kinnaird Graham Adee. As the successor to Walker Blaine , he took over the post of Third Assistant Secretary of State July 18, 1882 and held this until August 5, 1886, whereupon John Bassett Moore succeeded him. He broke on August 3, 1886. died in the Official William Hunter as a Second Assistant Secretary of State , and served from 17 to 29 September 1898 as acting foreign minister (Secretary of State ad interim) . As Second Assistant Secretary of State, he held the second highest position in the US State Department until 1913 , when John Bassett Moore took over as Counselor .

Adee remained Second Assistant Secretary of State until June 30, 1924 . After that, on July 1, 1924, this function was formally abolished, so that he was the second and last incumbent. He then remained Assistant Secretary of State , but died four days later. After his death he was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC .

Web links

  • Entry on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Entry in The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Third Assistant Secretaries of State on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ^ Second Assistant Secretaries of State on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ^ Secretaries of State ad interim on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  4. ^ Assistant Secretaries of State on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Adee, Alvey Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1924
Place of death Washington, DC