Charles Page Bryan

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Charles Page Bryan

Charles Page Bryan (* 2. October 1855 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 13. March 1918 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party and diplomat .

Life

Charles Page Bryan, son of Thomas Barbour Bryan and his wife Jennie Byrd Page Bryan, studied law at the University of Virginia and Columbian College and then practiced as a lawyer in Colorado . He was also the editor of two daily newspapers and a member of the Colorado National Guard . In 1880 he was a brief member of the Colorado House of Representatives for the Republican Party . In 1882 he settled in Illinois and served as Colonel of the National Guard there on the staff of the Governors of Illinois , Shelby Moore Cullom (1882 to 1883), John Marshall Hamilton (1883 to 1885) and Richard James Oglesby (1885 to 1888). In 1888 he became a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the Republican Party and was a member of this until 1897. During this time he served from 1891 to 1892 as secretary of the Commission for the World's Fair World's Columbian Exposition , which from 1 May to 30 October 1893 in Chicago took place.

On November 10, 1897 Bryan was appointed envoy to China , but the appointment was withdrawn before referral in the US Senate on January 5, 1898. Instead he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister in Brazil on January 19, 1898 , and presented his letter of accreditation there on April 11, 1898 as the successor to Edwin H. Conger . He remained in this post until December 3, 1902 and was then replaced by David Eugene Thompson . On September 26th and December 8th, 1902, he was appointed envoy in Switzerland , but did not take up this office. Instead, on January 7, 1903, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Portugal , where he handed over his credentials on April 25, 1903 as the successor to Francis B. Loomis . He held this office until January 16, 1910, before he was replaced by Henry Gage on June 11, 1910 .

Charles Page Bryan was then appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister in Belgium on December 21, 1909 , and there presented his letter of accreditation on February 10, 1910 as successor to Henry Lane Wilson . He held this position until September 18, 1911 and was then replaced by Larz Anderson . Most recently, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan on August 12, 1911 , where he handed over his credentials as the successor to Thomas J. O'Brien on November 22, 1911 . He held the post of ambassador to Japan until his resignation for health reasons on October 1, 1912, and was then replaced again by Larz Anderson.

After his return, Bryan, who was also involved in the Order Society of the Cincinnati , founded in 1783, settled in Washington, DC , where he was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery after his death .

His younger sister Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne was married to John Barton Payne , who was Secretary of the Interior of the United States from 1920 to 1921 and Chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies, today's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement , between 1922 and 1935 .

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. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Brazil on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Portugal on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Belgium on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  4. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Japan on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Bryan, Charles Page
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, diplomat, and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1918
Place of death Washington, DC