Three related Secretaries of State
Three related individuals held the office of Secretary of State: John Foster (Benjamin Harrison) and his grandson John Foster Dulles (Eisenhower) with their nephew/uncle Robert Landing (Wilson). They are represented here with three letters.
1) John Foster – ALS, March 7, [n.y. but 1894], a year after leaving the Secretary post, inviting California Senator John F. Miller to dine with him and meet a member of Mexico’s Congress. Miller was Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. In fine condition but mounted at the corners to a larger sheet.
2) John Foster Dulles – LS, June 22, 1954, as Secretary of State, thanking a fellow New York political leader for a letter. Fine, with file punch holes in the top blank margin.
3) Robert Lansing – LS, January 9, 1922, law practice stationery thanking someone for complimentary remarks Lansing had written about Theodore Roosevelt. Fine, with some minor erasures or spots in lower blank margin.
John Foster (1831-1886) had a distinguished career of national service, including becoming a Colonel in the Union Army. Following the war, he served as U. S. Minister to Mexico, Russia and Spain under Presidents Grant and Hayes. He served President Harrison as Secretary of State between June 1892 and February 1893. He left that office and became an advisor/lobbyist for some foreign governments and foreign interests. No doubt, playing that role he was helping people make connections.
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) had an equally impressive career. A talented lawyer in international law, Dulles served as a legal counsel in the World War I Versailles Peace Conference. After World War II he helped shape the U. N. Charter and served as a delegate to the General Assembly. He served a brief period in the U.S. Senate as a Dewey appointee to fill a vacancy and then was tapped by President Eisenhower to serve as Secretary of State from 1953-1959.
Robert Lansing (1864-1928) was a successful lawyer specializing in international law and helped co-found the American Society of International Law. He represented the U.S. in the 1908 Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, the Bearing Sea Arbitration and a Fishing Arbitration. Following William Jennings Bryan’s resignation as Secretary, Wilson tapped Lansing, who served through the war and into the Paris Peace Conference, resigning in Wilson’s final year.
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Three related Secretaries of State
Three related individuals held the office of Secretary of State: John Foster (Benjamin Harrison) and his grandson John Foster Dulles (Eisenhower) with their nephew/uncle Robert Landing (Wilson). They are represented here with three letters.
1) John Foster – ALS, March 7, [n.y. but 1894], a year after leaving the Secretary post, inviting California Senator John F. Miller to dine with him and meet a member of Mexico’s Congress. Miller was Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. In fine condition but mounted at the corners to a larger sheet.
2) John Foster Dulles – LS, June 22, 1954, as Secretary of State, thanking a fellow New York political leader for a letter. Fine, with file punch holes in the top blank margin.
3) Robert Lansing – LS, January 9, 1922, law practice stationery thanking someone for complimentary remarks Lansing had written about Theodore Roosevelt. Fine, with some minor erasures or spots in lower blank margin.
John Foster (1831-1886) had a distinguished career of national service, including becoming a Colonel in the Union Army. Following the war, he served as U. S. Minister to Mexico, Russia and Spain under Presidents Grant and Hayes. He served President Harrison as Secretary of State between June 1892 and February 1893. He left that office and became an advisor/lobbyist for some foreign governments and foreign interests. No doubt, playing that role he was helping people make connections.
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) had an equally impressive career. A talented lawyer in international law, Dulles served as a legal counsel in the World War I Versailles Peace Conference. After World War II he helped shape the U. N. Charter and served as a delegate to the General Assembly. He served a brief period in the U.S. Senate as a Dewey appointee to fill a vacancy and then was tapped by President Eisenhower to serve as Secretary of State from 1953-1959.
Robert Lansing (1864-1928) was a successful lawyer specializing in international law and helped co-found the American Society of International Law. He represented the U.S. in the 1908 Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, the Bearing Sea Arbitration and a Fishing Arbitration. Following William Jennings Bryan’s resignation as Secretary, Wilson tapped Lansing, who served through the war and into the Paris Peace Conference, resigning in Wilson’s final year.
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