Frederic Jesup Stimson

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Frederic Jesup Stimson
Black and white portrait of a man with full beard, about 56, dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowtie.
21st United States Ambassador to Argentina
In office
January 8, 1915 – April 21, 1921
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byJohn W. Garrett
Succeeded byJohn W. Riddle
Personal details
Born(1855-07-20)July 20, 1855
Dedham, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 19, 1943(1943-11-19) (aged 88)
Dedham, Massachusetts
Resting placeOld Village Cemetery
PartyDemocratic
Spouses
    Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot
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    (m. 1881; died 1896)​
      Mabel Ashhurst
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      (m. 1902)​
      Children
      • Mildred Stimson
      • Margaret "Lorna" Stimson
      EducationHarvard University (A.B., LL.B., LL.D.)
      ProfessionWriter, lawyer, diplomat
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      Frederic Jesup Stimson (July 20, 1855 – November 19, 1943) was an American writer and lawyer, who served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921.

      Career

      Stimson was a Harvard Law graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a novelist specializing in historical romances, sometimes writing under the pen name "J.S. of Dale".[1]

      Stimson served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921. He was the first U.S. envoy to Argentina to hold the title "Ambassador", the previous envoys having held the title "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary".

      Personal life

      Stimson was born in Dedham, Massachusetts on July 20, 1855.[2][a] He later purchased the home built by Fisher Ames.[4] He named the home "Three Rivers and, during the Great Depression, held a fundraiser there for the milk fund of the Dedham Social Service Board."[5] At the event there was a reenactment of the original settlers paddling up the Charles River in birch bark canoes and, when they disembarked, they were greeted by the indigenous inhabitants.[5]

      Stimson had two wives: Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot and Mabel Ashhurst. He married Abbot in 1881, and had two children with her: Mildred Stimson (April 23, 1883 – December 17, 1966) and Margaret "Lorna" Stimson (January 3, 1889 – July 12, 1956). Following Abbot's death in 1896, Stimson married Ashhurst in 1902.

      Frederic Jesup Stimson's grave in the Old Village Cemetery

      He died at his home in Dedham on November 19, 1943.[6] He is buried in lot EI3 at the Old Village Cemetery.[3]

      Notes

      1. His record at the Old Village Cemetery lists his place of birth as Philadelphia.[3]

      References

      1. "Frederic Stimson, ex-diplomat, dead; Former Envoy to Argentina and Brazil Was the Author of Novels, Political Books". The New York Times. November 21, 1943. p. 57. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
      2. Eliot, Samuel Atkins, ed. (1909). Biographical History of Massachusetts. Vol. II. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Google Books.
      3. Damon, Peter T. "Old Village Cemetery List of Burials" (PDF). Dedham Village Preservation Association. p. 26. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
      4. Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1903). Boston: A Guide Book. Ginn.
      5. "A splash -- and it's all over". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1936.
      6. "Deaths and Funerals: Frederic J. Stimson". The Boston Globe. Dedham. November 20, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.