John Wallace Riddle Jr. | |
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United States Ambassador to Argentina | |
In office March 8, 1922 – May 28, 1925 | |
President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | Frederic Jesup Stimson |
Succeeded by | Peter Augustus Jay |
United States Ambassador to Russia | |
In office February 8, 1907 – September 8, 1909 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | George von Lengerke Meyer |
Succeeded by | William Woodville Rockhill |
United States Minister to Serbia | |
In office May 7, 1906 – January 23, 1907 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
Succeeded by | Horace G. Knowles |
United States Minister to Romania | |
In office October 3, 1905 – January 23, 1907 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
Succeeded by | Horace G. Knowles |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | July 12, 1864
Died | December 8, 1941 Farmington, Connecticut | (aged 77)
Spouse | |
Parent(s) | John Wallace Riddle Sr. Rebecca Blair McClure |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia Law School Sciences Po Collège de France |
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John Wallace Riddle Jr. (July 12, 1864 – December 8, 1941) was an American diplomat. His first diplomatic assignment was as agent/consul general in Egypt (1904–1905).[1] He was then sent to Romania and Serbia in 1905 to serve as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (residing in Bucharest[1]), followed by postings as U.S. ambassador to Russia (1907–1909) and ambassador to Argentina (1922–1925).[1][2]