John Glover South

John Glover South (born January 23, 1873 in Frankfort , Kentucky , † May 13, 1940 ) was an American diplomat .

Both his great-grandfather Samuel South and his grandfather Jeremiah Weldon South were politically active and belonged to both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly . John South himself was a member of the Republican Party , but never held any political office. He practiced as a doctor until his diplomatic career began. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed him to succeed William Jennings Price as American envoy to Panama , where he helped, among other things, to conclude a peace treaty between the government and the Kuna Indians. In March 1930 he moved to Portugal in the same function , where he followed Fred Morris Dearing .

South remained in Lisbon until July 28, 1933 , when he retired from the diplomatic service. He then served as the senior registrar for the Kentucky Health Department.

literature

• Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira , vol. 30

Web links

• The Political Graveyard
• US State Department career information
• Family history data

predecessor	Office	successor
Fred Morris Dearing	United States Envoy to Portugal December 16, 1929-28. July 1933	Robert Granville Caldwell