A. Loudon Snowden

A. Loudon Snowden
U.S. Ambassador to Spain
In office
July 22, 1892 – June 3, 1893
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Preceded byEdward Burd Grubb, Jr.
Succeeded byHannis Taylor
U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Romania and Greece
In office
July 1, 1889 – August 25, 1892
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byWalker Fearn
Succeeded byTruxtun Beale
Personal details
Born
Archibald Loudon Snowden

August 11, 1835
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 1912 (1912-09-08) (aged 77)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Elizabeth Robinson Smith
(m. 1864; died 1910)
Children4
RelativesJames Ross Snowden (uncle)
Carroll Livingston Wainwright (grandson)
Stuyvesant Wainwright II (great-grandson)
Loudon Wainwright Jr. (great-grandson)
Alma materJefferson College

Archibald Loudon Snowden (August 11, 1835 – September 7, 1912) was an American diplomat.[1] He served simultaneously as the United States Minister to Greece, Romania, and Serbia from 1889 to 1892 and as the United States Minister to Spain from 1892 to 1893. During the American Civil War, he raised a regiment of infantry and served as lieutenant-colonel during their training. He subsequently served as captain in the First City Troop. He held multiple roles at the Philadelphia Mint, including as chief coiner from 1877 to 1879 and as superintendent and Chief Executor from 1879 to 1885.

  1. ^ Times, Special To The New York (7 September 1912). "COL. A. L. SNOWDEN DEAD.; Ex-Minister to Spain Expires After a Long Illness". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017.