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., “ 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 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 ( 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 , 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 , 1902–1906 (Theodore Roosevelt administration) – Ambassador to , 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 , 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, ,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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