John Wallace Riddle Jr. | |
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 John W. Riddle, photo by Pirie MacDonald | |
| 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 | July 12, 1864 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 8, 1941 (aged 77) Farmington, Connecticut |
| 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]
- ^ a b c "John Wallace Riddle". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ "U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia". Embassy of the United States, Moscow Russia. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.