L o n g I s l a n d S t a t e s m e n and D i p l o m a t s
Please cite as: Spinzia, Raymond E., “Long Island Statesmen and Diplomats.” 2017, revised 2019, revised 2021. www.spinzialongislandestates.com
S t a t e s m e n
Premier of Nationalist China Kung, Hsiang–his, 1939-1945 Hillcrest, Lattingtown
President of the United States Roosevelt, Theodore , 1901-1909 Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck
Trump, Donald John, 2017-2021 Jamaica Estates
Vice President of the United States, 1901 Roosevelt, Theodore (McKinley administration) Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck
Department of State
Secretaries of State –
Albright, Dr. Madeleine Jana Korbel (Clinton administration) Upper Brookville
Bacon, Robert (Theodore Roosevelt and Taft administrations) Old Acres, Old Westbury
Dulles, John Foster (Eisenhower administration) Lloyd Harbor
Herter, Christian A. (Eisenhower administration) The Creeks, East Hampton
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie – (Acting / Truman administration) Green Arbors, Lattingtown
Polk, Frank Lyon, Sr. – (Acting / Wilson administration) Muttontown
Powell, Colin (George W. Bush administration) Hollis, Queens
Root, Elihu, Sr. (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Mayfair, Southampton
Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr. (FDR administration) Lattingtown
Stimson, Henry Lewis (Hoover administration) Highold, West Hills
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Secretaries of State (cont’d) -
Vance, Cyrus (Carter administration) Flushing, Queens
also - Woodward, Shaun Anthony – British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2007-2011 British Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2010-2011 East Hampton
Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries, and Deputy Secretaries of State –
Brown, Lewis. Dean – Deputy Under Secretary of State (Nixon and Ford administrations) Garden City
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este – Under Secretary of State (Truman administration) Woodlands, Woodbury
Casey, William Joseph, Jr. – Under Secretary of State (Nixon administration) Mayknoll, Roslyn Harbor
Collado, Dr. Emilio Gabriel, II – Deputy Secretary of State for Financial Affairs (Truman administration) Upper Brookville
Davies, Joseph Edward – Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (FDR administration) Hillwood, Brookville
Grinnell, William Morton – Third Assistant Secretary of State (Benjamin Harrison administration) Moorlands, Southampton
Harriman, William Averell – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Kennedy administration) – Under Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Kennedy administration) Sands Point and Old Westbury
Isham, Heyward (aka Henry Heward Isham) – Assistant Secretary of State for Counterterrorism (Ford administration) Skyfields, Sagaponack
Lew, Jacob Joseph – Deputy Secretary of States for Management and Resources (Obama administration) Forest Hills
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie – Deputy Secretary of State (Truman administration) – Under Secretary of State (Truman administration) Green Arbors, Lattingtown
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Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries, and Deputy Secretaries of State –
Lyon, Cecil T. F. Burton – Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter–American Affairs, 1955-1956) (Eisenhower administration) Harrow Hill, Muttontown
Merle–Smith, Van Santvoord, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of State (Wilson administration) The Paddocks, Cove Neck
O’Connor, Roderic Ladew – Assistant Secretary of State (Eisenhower administration) Syosset
Polk, Frank Lyon, Sr. – Under Secretary of State (Wilson administration) Lawrence and Muttontown
Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr. – Under Secretary of State (FDR administration) Lattingtown
Thayer, Robert Helyer, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of State (Eisenhower administration) Glen Cove
Welles, Benjamin Sumner, III – Assistant Secretary of State (FDR administration) – Under Secretary of State (FDR administration) Welles House, Islip also - Woodward, Shaun Anthony – British Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2006 East Hampton
Department of the Treasury
Secretaries of the Treasury –
Cortelyou, George Bruce, Sr. (Thedore Roosevelt administration) Harbor Lights, Huntington Bay
Lew, Jacob Joseph (Obama adiminstration) Forest Hills
Mellon, Andrew William (Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations) Southampton
Mills, Ogden Livingston (Hoover administration) Woodbury
Mnuchin, Steven Terner (Trump administration) Southampton
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Secretaries of the Treasury (cont’d) –
Simon, William Edward, Sr., 1974-1977 (Nixon and Ford administrations) East Hampton
Woodin, William Hartman, Sr. (FDR administration) Dune House, East Hampton
Yellin, Janet Louise (Biden administration) Brooklyn
Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries, and Deputy Secretaries of Treasury –
Ballantine, Arthur Atwood, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Hoover administration) – Under Secretary of Treasury (FDR administration) Council Rock, Oyster Bay
Curtis, James Freeman – Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Taft and Wilson administrations) Willowmere, Roslyn Harbor
Gilbert, Seymour Parker, Jr. – Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Wilson and Harding administration) – Assistant and Under Secretary of Treasury (Harding administration) Holiday House, Southampton
Leffingwell, Russell Cornell – Fiscal Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Wilson administration) Redcote, Oyster Bay Cove
McCue, Alexander – Assistant Secretary of Treasury Brooklyn
Mills, Ogden Livingston – Under Secretary of Treasury (Coolidge and Hoover administrations) Woodbury
Simon, William Edward, Sr. – Deputy Secretary of Treasury, 1973-1974 (Nixon administration) East Hampton
Winthrop, Beekman, II – Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Groton Farms, Old Westbury
Director of the Mint –
Baker, Raymond Thomas Livingston (Wilson and Harding administrations) Rynwood, Old Brookville and Cedar Knoll, Sands Point
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Department of Commerce
Secretaries of Commerce
Harriman, William Averell (Truman administration) Sands Point and Old Westbury
Peterson, Peter George (Nixon administration) East Hampton, Southampton, and Water Mill
Ross, Wilbur Louis, Jr. (Trump administration) Fairfield, Southampton
Trowbridge, Alexander Buel, Jr. (Lyndon B. Johnson administration) Innerwick, Flushing
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Commerce –
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este – Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Truman administration) Woodlands, Woodbury
Garten, Jeffrey E. – Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (Clinton administration) East Hampton
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Jr. – Under Secretary of Commerce (Kennedy administration) Woodbury
Rumbough, Stanley Maddox, Jr. – Special assistant to Secretary of Commerce (Eisenhower administration) Old Brookville
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt – Under Secretary of Commerce (Truman administration) Whitney House, Old Westbury and Oakley Court, Mill Neck
Secretaries of Commerce and Labor –
Cortelyou, George Bruce, Sr. (Thedore Roosevelt administration) Harbor Lights, Huntington Bay
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Commerce and Labor –
Wiborg, Frank Bestow – Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor (Taft administration) The Dunes, East Hampton
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Department of War (became the Department of the Army and a branch of Department of Defense in 1947)
Secretaries of War –
Root, Elihu, Sr. (McKinley administration) Mayfair, Southampton
Stimson, Henry Lewis (Taft, FDR, and Truman administrations) Highold, West Hills
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of War –
Dana, Charles Anderson – Assistant Secretary of War (Lincoln administration) The Wings, West Island, Glen Cove
Davison, Frederick Trubee – Assistant Secretary of War for Air (Coolidge and Hoover administrations) Peacock Point, Lattingtown
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of War –
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie – Assistant Secretary of War for Air (FDR administration) Green Arbors, Lattingtown
Ryan, John Dennis – Assistant Secretary of War and Director of Air Service (Wilson administration) Derrymore, North Hills
Sanger, William Carey, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of War (McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations) Brooklyn and Montauk
Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of War (Wilson administration) The Shelter, Lattingtown
Secretaries of Navy (see also Department of Defense for more recent secretaries) –
Forrestal, James Vincent (FDR and Truman administrations) The Old Brick, East Hills
Morton, Paul (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Fairfields, Southampton
Nitze, Paul Henry (Lyndon B. Johnson administration) The Farm House, Glen Cove
Tracy, Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Harrison administration) Brooklyn
Whitney, William Collins (Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison administrations) Islip and Old Westbury
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Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Navy –
Forrestal, James Vincent – Under Secretary of Navy (FDR administration) The Old Brick, East Hills
Gates, Artemus Lamb – Assistant Secretary of Navy (FDR administration) – Under Secretary of Navy (Truman administration) Peacock Point, Lattingtown
Hennessy, John Francis, Sr. – Assistant Secretary of Navy, 1944-1945 (FDR and Truman administrations) Seatuck Farm, Remsenburg
Roosevelt, Theodore – Assistant Secretary of Navy (McKinley administration) Sagamore Hill, Cove Neck
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. – Assistant Secretary of Navy (Harding and Coolidge administrations) Old Orchard, Cove Neck
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Navy –
Soley, James Russell – Assistant Secretary of Navy (Benjamin Harrison administration) Shinnecock Hills
Winthrop, Beekman, II – Assistant Secretary of Navy (Taft administration) Groton Farms, Old Westbury
Department of Defense
Secretaries of Defense –
Forrestal, James Vincent (Truman administration) The Old Brick, East Hills
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie (Truman administration) Green Harbors, Lattingtown
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Defense –
Nitze, Paul Henry – Deputy Secretary of Defense (Lyndon B. Johnson administration) The Farm House, Glen Cove
Pittman, Steuart Lansing, II – Assistant Secretary of Defense (Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations) Lawrence and East Hampton
Ross, Thomas B. – Assistant Secretary of Defense (Carter administration) Shelter Island 7 L o n g I s l a n d S t a t e s m e n and D i p l o m a t s
Secretaries of Air Force –
Talbott, Harold Elstner, II – Secretary of Air Force (Eisenhower administration) The Pillars, Old Westbury
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt – Assistant Secretary of Air Force (Truman administration) Whitney House, Old Westbury and Oakley Court, Mill Neck also – Guest, Frederick E. – British Secretary of State for Air (Lloyd George administration) Roslyn Manor, Brookville
Department of Labor
Secretaries of Labor –
Brennan, Peter J. (Nixon and Ford administrations) Massapequa
Chao, Elaine Lan (George W. Bush administration) Syosset
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development –
Cuomo, Andrew (Clinton administration) Queens
Assistant Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development –
Cuomo, Andrew (Clinton administration) Queens
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare –
Califano, Joseph. Jr. (Carter administration) Brooklyn
Department of Energy
Secretaries of Energy –
Chu, Steven (Obama administration) Garden City
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Department of Transportation
Secretaries of Transportation –
Chao, Elaine Lan (Trump administration) Syosset
Deputy Secretary of Transportation –
Chao, Elaine Lan (George H. W. Bush administration) Syosset
Department of Agriculture
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Brewster – Walker, Sandi – Deputy Director, Office of Communications (Clinton administration) North Amityville
Attorneys General
Wickersham, George Woodward, Sr. (Taft administration) Marshfield, Lawrence
Central Intelligence Agency
Directors –
Casey, William Joseph, Jr. (Reagan administration) Mayknoll, Roslyn Harbor
Dulles, Allen Welsh (Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations) Lloyd Harbor
Tenet, George (Clinton and George W. Bush administrations) Little Neck, Queens
Postmasters General
Cortelyou, George Bruce, Sr. (Thedore Roosevelt administration) Harbor Lights, Huntington Bay
Federal Reserve Board
Yellen, Janet vice –chairman (Obama administration) chairman (Obama administration) Brooklyn (Bay Ridge section)
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D i p l o m a t s
Albright, Dr. Madeleine Jana Korbel – United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with rank of cabinet officer (Clinton administration) – ambassador extraordinary, and plenipotentiary, 1993-1997 (Clinton administration) Upper Brookville
Aldrich, Winthrop Williams – Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, 1953–1957 (Eisenhower administration) Broadhollow, Brookville
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish – Special Assistant to the United States Ambassador in London, with rank of minister, 1944 (FDR administration) Box Hill, Laurel Hollow
Bacon, Robert – Ambassador to France, 1909-1912 (Taft administration) Old Acres, Old Westbury
Balsan, Louis Jacques – Member of French Aeronautical Mission to London during World War II Gardenside, Southampton and Old Fields, East Norwich
Baruch, Dr. Herman Benjamin – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal, 1945–1947 (Truman administration) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to The Netherlands, 1947–1949 (Truman administration) Dix Hills
Belmont, August, Sr. – Charge d' affairs, The Netherlands, 1853 (Pierce administration) – Minister to The Netherlands – Austrian Council General to the United States Nursery Stud Farm, North Babylon
Belmont, Perry – Minister to Spain, 1887-1888 (Cleveland administration) Nursery Stud Farm, North Babylon
Blackwood, Arthur Temple – British Vice-Consul in Baltimore during World War II Hewlett Neck
Bonner, Paul Hyde, Sr. – Ambassador Extraordinary, 1962 (Kennedy administration) Lattingtown
Bragg, Caleb Smith – attaché, United State Embassy, Paris, France, 1914 (Wilson administration) Montauk
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Brokaw, Clare Boothe [later, Luce] – Ambassador to Italy, 1953–1957 (Eisenhower administration) Sands Point and Upper Brookville
Brown, Lewis Dean – Vice-Consul, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, 1946-1948 (Truman administration) – Vice-Consul, Ottawa, Canada, 1948-1952 (Truman administration) – Second Secretary-Consul, Paris France, 1955-1958 (Eisenhower administration) – Ambassador to Senegal, 1967-1970 (LBJ and Nixon administrations) – Ambassador to Gambia, 1967-1970 (LBJ and Nixon administrations) – Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-1973 (Nixon administration) – Special Envoy to Cyprus, 1974 (Nixon administration) – Special Envoy to Lebanon, 1975 (Ford administration) Garden City *Brown served as Ambassador to Senegal and Gambia simultaneously.
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este – Ambassador to France, 1949–1952 (Truman administration) – Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany, 1957–1959 (Eisenhower administration) – Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, 1961–1969 (Kennedy administration) – United States Representative to Vietnam Peace Talks, Paris, 1970–1971 (Nixon administration) – Chief United States Liaison Officer to Peoples' Republic of China, 1972–1974 (Nixon administration) – United States Ambassador to NATO, 1974–1975 (Ford administration) Woodlands, Woodbury
Bryce, Lloyd Stephens – Minister to The Netherlands and Luxembourg, 1911–1913 (Taft administration) Bryce House, Roslyn Harbor
Burden, Chester Griswold – Member of International Secretariat at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (Wilson administration) Honeysuckle Lodge, Cold Spring Harbor
Coe, Robert Douglas – Ambassador to Denmark, 1953-1957 (Eisenhower administration) Planting Fields, Upper Brookville
Collado, Dr. Emilio Gabriel, II – Member of United States negotiating team at Bretton Woods Conference, 1944 (FDR administration) Upper Brookville
Costantini, Count David Augustus – Member of Italian Delegation to Washington Arms Conference, 1921 – Counselor attached to Italian Embassy in Washington during World War I Tulip Hill, Lattingtown
Crain, Thomas Crowell Taylor – Vice- and Deputy-Consul, Milan, Italy Westhampton
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Cravath, Paul Drennan – United States Treasury Representative at Inter-Allied War Conference, Paris, 1917 (Wilson administration) Veraton and Still House, Matinecock
Cutcheon, Franklin Warner M. – Member of World War I Reparation Committee, 1927–1929 (Coolidge administration) Matinecock Farms, Lattingtown
Davies, Joseph Edward – Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1936–1938 (FDR administration) – Ambassador to Belgium and Diplomatic Minister to Luxembourg [concurrent posts], 1938–1939 (FDR administration) – Advisor to President Wilson at Paris Peace Conference, 1918 – Advisor with rank of ambassador, Marshall – Stalin Conference, May–June, 1943 (FDR administration) – Advisor with rank of ambassador, Potsdam Conference, 1945 (Truman administration) Hillwood, Brookville
Davis, John William – Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of St. James, 1918-1921 (Wilson administration) Mattapan, Lattingtown
Dean, Arthur Hobson – Ambassador to South Korea, 1953–1954 (Eisenhower administration) – Chairman of United Sates Delegation to Geneva Conference on Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons Tests, 1961–1962 (Kennedy administration) Homewood, Upper Brookville de Kay, Charles – Consul-General, Berlin, Germany, 1894-1897 (Arthur and Cleveland administrations) Abrigada, East Hampton de Roulet, Vincent William – Ambassador to Jamaica, 1969–1973 (Nixon administration) North Hills de Saulles, John Gerard Longer – Envoy Extradordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Uruguay (After being confirmed by the Senate, de Saulles refused the position for financial considerations.) The Box, Hempstead
De Suarez, Diego (aka Diego Suarez) – Colombian Press Attaché and Minister Council to the United States, 1948-1952 Easton, Muttontown
Dresselhuys, Cornelius Willem – Dutch Minister to the Court of St. James – Liberian Minister to the Court of St. James Les Deux Tours, Old Westbury
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Duke, Angier Biddle, Sr. – Ambassador to El Salvador (Truman administration) – Ambassador to Denmark (Johnson administration) – Ambassador to Spain (Johnson administration) – Ambassador to Morocco (Carter administration) – Chief of Protocol (Kennedy and Johnson administrations) Wyndecote Barn, Southampton
Duke, Robin Chandler Tippet – Ambassador to United Nations Conference, 1980 (Carter administration) – Ambassador to Norway (Clinton administration) Wyndecote Barn, Southampton
Dulles, Allen Welsh – Secretary to United States Delegation, Vienna, 1916 (Wilson administration) – Member of American Committee at Paris Peace Conference, 1918 (Wilson administration) – Member of United States Commission, Constantinople, 1920 (Wilson administration) – Chief of Near Eastern Division, Department of States, 1922–1926 (Harding and Coolidge administrations) – Delegate to Arms Traffic Commission, 1925 (Coolidge administration) – Member of United States Delegation to Preparatory Disarmament Commission, 1926 (Coolidge administration) Lloyd Harbor
Dulles, John Foster – Secretary, The Hague Peace Conference, 1907 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Special Agent to Central America, United States State Department, 1917 (Wilson administration) – Member of Reparation Committee and Supreme Economic Council, 1919 (Wilson administration) – Representative to Berlin Debt Conference, 1933 (Hoover administration) – Member of United States Delegation to San Francisco Conference, 1945 (Truman administration) – Acting Chairman of United States Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Paris, 1948 (Truman administration) – Special Representative of the President, with rank of ambassador, at the Japanese Peace Treaty, 1951 (Truman administration) Lloyd Harbor
Eddy, Spencer Fayette, Sr. – Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Argentina, 1908-1909 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania, 1909 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Serbia, 1909 (Taft administration) North Hills
Emmet, Richard Stockton, Sr. – Minister to The Netherlands, 1933 (FDR administration) High Elms, Glen Cove
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Emory, William Helmsley, Jr. – Naval Attaché to Court of Saint James – Representative to Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897 (McKinley administration) Clifton, Roslyn Harbor
Esteva, Manuel A. Sr. – Mexican Vice-Council to United States – Mexican Council General to United States, 1914 Brightwaters
Eustis, James Biddle – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France, 1893-1897 (Cleveland administration) Salisbury
Gerard, James Watson, III – Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany, 1913–1917 (Wilson administration) Lloyd Harbor
Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter – Charge d' affairs, Constantinople, 1899–1901 (McKinley administration) – E. E. and M. P. to Persia, 1901–1902 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – E. E. and M. P. to Japan, 1902–1906 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Ambassador to Brazil, 1906–1907 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Ambassador to Italy, 1907–1909 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Huntover Lodge, Muttontown
Guggenheim, Harry Frank – Ambassador to Cuba, 1929–1933 (Hoover administration) Falaise, Sands Point
Guggenheim, Meyer Robert, Sr. – Ambassador to Portugal, 1953-1954 (Eisenhower administration) Firenze Farm, North Babylon
Hanks, Stedman Shumway – Special Representative of the Secretary of State on three confidential foreign assignments Old Brookville
Harriman, Pamela Digby – Ambassador to France, 1993–1997 (Clinton administration) Sands Point and Old Westbury
Harriman, William Averell – Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1943–1946 (FDR and Truman administrations) – Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, 1946 (Truman administration) Sands Point and Old Westbury
Hedges, Burke Osborn – Cuban Ambassador to Brazil, 1958-1959 East Hampton
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Hoffman, Albert Lincoln, Sr. – Military attaché to Spain and Luxembourg Radnor House, Muttontown
Hoffman, William Wickham – Military attaché in Brussels after World War I Wiltwick, Jericho
Humes, John Portner, Sr. – Ambassador to Austria, 1969-1975 (Nixon and Ford administrations) Mill Neck
Isham, Heward (aka Henry Heyward Isham) – Chief of Consular Section and Political Office, United States Embassy, Moscow, 1955-1957 – Political officer to United States Consulate General, Hong Kong, 1962 – Deputy Chief of United States delegation to Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1971-1973 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Haiti, 1974-1977 (Nixon and Ford administrations) Skyfields, Sagaponack
Kennedy, Caroline Bouvier – Ambassador to Japan (Obama administration) Sagaponack
Lindsay, Sir Ronald Charles – Ambassador from the Court of Saint James to the United States, 1930s Lime House, Centre Island
Lutkins, LaRue Robbins – Political Officer, United States Embassy, Havana, Cuba, 1942 (FDR administration) – Third Secretary and Vice Consul, Isle of Pines, Cuba, 1943 (FDR administration) – United States Consul, Kunming, China, 1948-1949 (FDR administration) – Political Officer, United States Embassy, Penang, Malaya, 1953 – Political Officer, United States Embassy, Tokyo, Japan – Chief of Political Section, Hong Kong, 1954-1957 – Deputy Chief of Mission, Ceylon, 1962-1965 – Consul General, Johanesburg, South Africa, 1969-1973 Hedges Row, East Hampton
Lyon, Cecil Thomas Frederick Burton (aka Cecil Burton Lyon) – Ambassador to Chile, 1956–1958 (Eisenhower administration) – Minister in Paris, 1958–1964 (Eisenhower, Kennedy, and LBJ administrations) – Ambassador to Ceylon, 1964–1967 (LBJ administration) – Ambassador to Maldives, 1965–1967 (LBJ administration) Harrow Hill, Muttontown
Merle–Smith, Van Santvoord, Sr. – Special Attaché to United States Legation at The Hague – Member of Secretariat at Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (Wilson administration) – Military Attaché at Melbourne during World War II (FDR administration) The Paddocks, Cove Neck
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Moffat, Douglas Maxwell – Ambassador to Australia, 1956 (Eisenhower administration) Annandale, Cold Spring Harbor
Mooney, James David, II – As unofficial envoy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mooney held secret talks with Nazi leaders. He tried to prevent the “phony war” from erupting into a World War. Centre Island
Newman, The Reverend John Philip – Inspector of United States Consuls in Asia, 1874-1876 (Grant administration) East Hampton
Nitze, Paul Henry – Member of United States delegation to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, 1969–1974 (Nixon administration) – Chief United States Delegate to International Nuclear Forces Talks, 1981–1984 (Reagan administration) – Ambassador–at–Large, 1986 (Reagan administration) The Farm House, Glen Cove
Nixon, Lewis – Delegate to Fourth Pan-American Conference, 1910 (Taft administration) – E. E. and M. P. to Chilean Centenary, 1910 (Taft administration) Sands Point
Osterhout, Howard – Member United States Peace Commission (Hoover administration) Garden City
Page, Walter Hines, Sr. – Ambassador to Court of St. James (Wilson administration) Garden City and Bay Shore
Patterson, Morehead – Ambassador to United Nations Disarmament Conference – Ambassador to Atomic Energy Agency negotiations, 1954 (Eisenhower administration) Ledgerwood, Southampton
Peck, Thomas Bloodgood, III – Political Officer, Vietnam, 1954 (Eisenhower administration) – Vice-Council, Singapore, 1958 (Eisenhower administration) The Shack, Syosset
Pennoyer, Paul Geddes, Sr. – Delegate to United Nations San Francisco Conference, 1945 (Truman administration) Round Bush, Glen Cove
Pierson, Warren Lee, Sr. – Ambassadorial rank, Tripartite Commission on German Debts, 1951-1952 Furthermoor, East Hampton
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Plimpton, Francis Taylor Pearsons, Sr. – Deputy Representative to the United Nations, 1961–1965 (Kennedy and LBJ administrations) Sweet Hollow, West Hills
Polk, Frank Lyon, Sr. – United States Plenipotentiary to negotiate peace, 1919 (Wilson administration) – Chairman, United States delegation to Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (Wilson administration) Lawrence and Muttontown
Poor, Henry Varnum, III – Vice-Council, Montreal, Canada – Vice-Council, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa Port Washington
Post, Regis Henri, Sr. – Governor, Territory of Puerto Rico, 1907 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Littlewood, Bayport
Prince, John Dyneley, III – Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark, 1921-1926 – Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, 1926-1929 – Ambassador to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1929-1932 Islip
Robinson, Monroe Douglas – Goodwill Ambassador to Peru Muttontown
Roosevelt, Arhibald Bulloch, Jr. – Assistant Military Attaché, Tehran, Iran – Military Attaché, Beirut, Lebanon Turkey Lane House, Cold Spring Harbor
Roosevelt, Nicholas – Attache, United States Embassy, Paris, France – Vice-Governor, The Philippines, 1930 – Minister ot Hungary, 1930-1933 Waldeck, Cove Neck
Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, Sr. – Ambassador to The Netherlands, 1888-1980 (Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison administrations) Lotos Lake, Bayport
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. – Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929–1932 (Hoover administration) – Governor of The Philippines, 1932–1933 (Hoover administration) Old Orchard, Cove Neck
Root, Elihu, Sr. – Ambassador Extraordinary to Russia, 1917 (Wilson administration) Mayfair, Southampton
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Rose, James Harden, Sr. – Member of United States Department of State The Sanford Homestead, Bridgehampton
Rosinsky, Dame Claude Daste – member of French consulates, London and Hong Kong East Hampton
Saltzman, Arnold Asa – Ambassador to Czechoslovakia – Ambassador to Austria – Ambassador to Soviet Union – Ambassador to South America – Ambassador to Central America Sands Point
Sayer, Murray – Vice-Consul, Stockholm, Sweden, 1917-1919 (Wilson administration) Garden City
Schnur, David – Turkish Consul General, Berlin, Germany North Babylon
Schurman, Jacob Gould, Sr. – Minister to Greece and Montenegro, 1912-1913 (Taft administration) – Minister to Japan, 1921 (Harding administration) – Ambassador to Germany, 1925-1930 (Coolidge administration) Breezy Knowe, East Hampton
Smith, Clarence Browning – Delegate (unofficial) to Austrian Reparation Commission after World War I (Wilson administration) Garden City
Smith, Earl Edward Tailer, Sr. – Ambassador to Cuba, 1957–1959 (Eisenhower administration) Iradell, Sands Point
Smith, Gerard Coad – Ambassador–at–Large for Nuclear Nonproliferation (Carter administration) – Principle Arms Negotiator (Nixon and Carter administrations) The Ark, Southampton
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Southgate, Richard – served in: United States Embassy in Paris, 1917-1918 (Wilson administration) United States Embassy in Rome, 1919-1921 (Wilson administration) United States Legation in Guatemala, 1921-1922 (Harding administration) United States Embassy in Constantinople, 1922-1923 (Harding administration) United States Embassy in Havana, 1925-1926 (Coolidge administration) – Chief of Protocol and Chief of International Conferences, 1929-1939 (Hoover and FDR administration) – Member, American delegation to Limitation of Armaments Conference, 1921 (Harding administration) – Member, London Naval Conference, 1935 (FDR administration) – Member, Aviation Conference, 1937 (FDR administration) – Chief of Protocol, United States Department of State, 1935-1937 (FDR administration) Hewlett
Spielvogel, Carl – Ambassador to Slovak Republic, 2000-2001 Southampton
Stettinius, Edward Reilly, Jr. – Chairman of the United States Delegation to the first session of the United Nations, 1946 (Truman administration) Lattingtown
Stewart, Glen – First Secretary, United States Embassy in Vienna (Wilson administration) – Second Secretary, United States Embassy in Havana (Wilson administration) Lattingtown
Stimson, Henry Lewis – Special Representative of the President to Nicaragua, 1927 (Coolidge administration) – Chairman of the United States Delegation to London Naval Conference, 1930 (Hoover administration) – Chairman of the United States Delegation to Disarmament Conference, 1932 (Hoover administration) Highold, West Hills
Storey, Edward Albert – Vice-Consul, United States Embassy, Geneva, Switzerland Homelot, Amagansett
Straight, Willard Dickerman – Vice-Consul General and Private Secretary to United Sates Ambassador to Korea, 1905 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Secretary to United States Minister to Cuba, 1906 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Consul General to Mukden, China, 1906–1908 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Elmhurst, Old Westbury
Taylor, George Campbell – Member, United States Embassy at Court of St. James (Lincoln administration) East Islip
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Taylor, Myron Charles – Personal Representative of the President, with rank of ambassador, to The Vatican, 1939–1950 (FDR and Truman administrations) Killingworth, Lattingtown
Thayer, Robert Helyer, Sr. – Assistant Ambassador to France, 1951–1954 (Truman and Eisenhower administrations) – Minister to Romania, 1955–1958 (Eisenhower administration) Glen Cove
Thorne, Landon Ketchum, Jr. – Economic Minister, Office of Foreign Relations, Italy – Economic Minister, Office of Foreign Relations, Belgium The Lodge, West Bay Shore
Tobin, Richard Montgomery – E. E. and M. P. to The Netherlands, 1923-1929 (Coolidge administration) Woodside, Muttontown
Truslow, Francis Adams, Sr. – Commissioner on United States–Brazil Joint Commission for Economic Development, with rank of minister, 1951 (Truman administration) – Representative to Inter–American Conference on the Problems of War and Peace, Mexico, 1945 (FDR administration) The Point, Laurel Hollow
Tufo, Peter Francis – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary, 1997-2001 (Clinton administration) Southampton
Weiss, William Erhard, Jr. – Chief of Economic Affairs Division, American High Commissioner's Office, Germany Centre Island
Welles, Benjamin Sumner, III – Chief, Latin American Affairs Division, Department of States, 1920 (Wilson administration) – Ambassador to Cuba, 1933 (FDR administration) Welles House, Islip
White, Thaddeus Cohu – Deputy Consul General, Shanghai, 1917 John Street, Sag Harbor
Whitney, John Hay – Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, 1956–1961 (Eisenhower administration) Greentree, Manhasset
Wickersham, George Woodward, Sr. – Special Commissioner to Cuba, United States War Trade Board during World War I (Wilson administration) Marshfield, Lawrence
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Willys, John North – Ambassador to Poland, 1930–1932 (Hoover administration) Northcliff, Centre Island
Winthrop, Beekman, II – Governor of Puerto Rico, 1904–1907 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Groton Farms, Old Westbury
Zalles, Jorje Ezequiel, Sr. – secretary and charge d’affairs, Bolivian Legation, Washington, DC, 1903-1905 Amagansett
A d v i s o r s a n d P e r s o n a l S e c r e t a r i e s
Aldrich, Malcolm Pratt, Sr. – special assistant to Secretary of the Navy for Air, 1942-1945 Pondside, East Hampton
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish – Advisor, United States delegation to the United Nations Charter Conference, 1945 (Truman administration) – Special Advisor to Secretary of State, 1945 Box Hill, Laurel Hollow
Auchincloss, Gordon, Sr. – Secretary to United States War Mission to Great Britain and France, 1917 (Wilson administration) – Secretary to Colonel Edward M. House during Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (Wilson administration) Glen Cove and Ronda, Matinecock
Baker, Raymond Thomas – Secretary to United States Ambassador to Petrograd, Russia, 1914–1916 (Wilson administration) Rynwood, Old Brookville
Bonner, Paul Hyde, Sr. – Special Advisor for Economics to United States Ambassador to Italy, 1947–1951 (Truman administration) Lattingtown
Brown, Lathrop – special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane, 1917-1918 – secretary, President Woodrow Wilson’s Industrial Conference, 1919 The Windmill, Montauk Land of Clover, St. James Southampton
Carver, Clifford Nickels – Secretary to United States Ambassador to the Court of Saint James, 1914-1915 (Wilson administration) – Secretary to Colonel Edward M. House’s mission to Europe, 1915-1916 (Wilson administration) Amincliff, Lattingtown 21 L o n g I s l a n d S t a t e s m e n and D i p l o m a t s a d v i s o r s a n d p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r i e s (cont'd)
Cortelyou, George Bruce, Sr. – stenographer, President Cleveland, 1895 – executive clerk, President Cleveland, 1895 – assistant secretary, President McKinley, 1898 – clerk, President McKinley – secretary, President McKinley, 1900; – secretary, President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 Harbor Lights, Huntington Bay
Dewey, Charles Schuveldt Jr. – Private Secretary to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles Schuveldt Dewey, Sr., 1924-1927 East Hampton
Dougherty, Page Caroline Huidekoper – press attaché, United States Embassy, London, England, 1938-1940 (for Joseph P. Kennedy) East Hampton
Eddy, Spencer Fayette, Sr. – Private Secretary to Ambassador John Hay, Court of St. James, 1897-1898 (McKinley administration) – Secretary, American Embassy, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1905 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) North Hills
Fowler, Harold – Secretary to United States Ambassador to Court of St. James during World War I (Wilson administration) Hither House, Southampton
Hanks, Stedman Shumway – Secretary to United States Ambassador to Court of Saint James, 1912 (Taft administration) Old Brookville
Hiss, Alger – advisor, Yalta Conference, 1945 (FDR administration) – assistant to Secretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinus, Jr. (FDR administration) – assistant to Director of Far Eastern Affairs (FDR administration) – special assistant to director, Office of Special Politcal Affairs – Executive Secretary, Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944 (FDR administration) – Director, Office of Special Political Affairs (FDR administration) – Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on International Organizations (Truman administration) East Hampton
Hoyt, Lydig – Secretary to United States Ambassador to Court of Saint James, 1908-1909 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Woodbury
Kerrigan, Joseph J. – Assistant to United States Ambassador to Russia Cove Neck 22 L o n g I s l a n d S t a t e s m e n and D i p l o m a t s a d v i s o r s a n d p e r s o n a l s e c r e t a r i e s (cont'd)
Lew, Jacob Joseph – Special Assistant to the President (Clinton administration) – White House Chief of Staff (Obama administration) Forest Hills
McFarland, Kathleen Troia – Deputy National Security Advisor (Trump administration) Southampton
O’Connor, Roderic Ladew – Special assistant to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1953 (Eisenhower administration) Syosset
Pennoyer, Paul Geddes, Sr. – Private Secretary to United States Minister to Argentina, John W. Garrett, 1914 (Wilson administration) Round Bush, Glen Cove
Poor, Henry Varnum, III – secretary, United States Embassy, Montreal, Canada – secretary, United States Embassy, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa Port Washington
Post, Regis Henri, Sr. – Auditor, Territory of Puerto Rico, 1903 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Secretary to Governor of Puerto Rico, 1904 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Littlewood, Bayport
Roosevelt, Archibald Bullock, Jr. – Special Assistant to United States Ambassador to Court of Saint James – Special Assistant to United States Ambassador to Spain Turkey Lane House, Cold Spring Harbor
Roosevelt, Nicholas – secretary to United States Mission to Spain, 1916 and 1917 Waldeck, Cove Neck
Rumbough, Stanley Maddox, Jr. – Special Assistant to Secretary of Commerce (Eisenhower administration) – Special Assistant of White House in charge of executive board liaison (Eisenhower administration) Old Brookville and East Hampton
Sayer, Murray – Secretary to Auditor, Government of Porto Rico, 1906-1907 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Garden City
Smith, Gerard Coad – Special Assistant to Head of Atomic Energy Commission, 1950 (Truman administration) – Special Advisor to United States Department of State, 1963 (Kennedy administration) The Ark, Southampton
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Washburn, Watson – special assistant to Under-Secretary of the Treasury, 1921 (Harding administration) Apaquogue, East Hampton
Welles, Benjamin Sumner, III – Secretary, United States Embassy in Japan, 1917 (Wilson administration) Welles House, Islip
Winthrop, Beekman, II – Private Secretary to the chairman of The Philippines Commission, William Howard Taft,1900 (McKinley administration) – Assistant Executive Secretary of The Philippines, 1901 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) Groton Farms, Old Westbury
Woodward, William, II – Secretary to the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Joseph Choate (McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations) Enfield Chase, Brookville
Zalles, Jorje Ezequiel, Sr. – secretary, Bolivian Legation, London, 1900-1903 Amagansett
Please note that a large number of the statesmen and diplomats listed here owned residences on Long Island that have been included in our six-volume Long Island Prominent Families . . . series.
See Spinzia, Long Island’s Prominent North Shore Families, Volume I; Long Island’s Prominent North Shore Families, Volume II; Long Island’s Prominent South Shore Families; Long Island’s Prominent Families in the Town of Hempstead; Long Island’s Prominent Families in the Town of Southampton Long Island’s Prominent Families in the Town of East Hampton
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