Bainbridge Colby

Bainbridge Colby
43rd United States Secretary of State
In office
February 13, 1920 – March 4, 1921
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byRobert Lansing
Succeeded byCharles Evans Hughes
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 29th New York County district
In office
January 1, 1901 – December 31, 1902
Preceded byHal Bell
Succeeded byGeorge B. Clark
Personal details
Born(1869-12-22)December 22, 1869
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 11, 1950(1950-04-11) (aged 80)
Bemus Point, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (Before 1912)
Progressive (1912–1920)
Democratic (1920–1950)
Other political
affiliations
Independence (1916)
Spouse(s)Nathalie Sedgwick
Ann Ahlstrand Ely
Children7
EducationWilliams College (BA)
New York Law School (LLB)

Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American politician and attorney who was[1] a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912; he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party, but never won.[2][3]

Colby served as Secretary of State from February 1920[3] until 1921, at a time when President Woodrow Wilson was medically handicapped and largely out of touch. He is best known for promoting a Good Neighbor policy for Latin America, and for denouncing the communist regime in Russia.

  1. ^ Greenbaum, Fred (2000). Men Against Myths: The Progressive Response. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 9780275968885.
  2. ^ "Colby, Bainbridge". InfoPlease. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Colby, Bainbridge" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 30 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 721.