Edward M. House

For other people named Edward House, see Edward House (disambiguation).

Edward M. House
Frontal image of House with white mustache; seated with hands folded in his lap.
House in 1915
Born
Edward Mandell House

(1858-07-26)July 26, 1858
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 28, 1938(1938-03-28) (aged 79)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Resting placeGlenwood Cemetery in Houston, Texas
EducationCornell University
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Loulie Hunter
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(m. 1881)​
Children2
Parents
Notes

Edward Mandell House (July 26, 1858 – March 28, 1938) was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his title was honorary and he had performed no military service. He was a highly influential backroom politician in Texas before becoming a key supporter of the presidential bid of Wilson in 1912 by managing his campaign, beginning in July 1911. Having a self-effacing manner, he did not hold office but was an "executive agent", Wilson's chief adviser on European politics and diplomacy during World War I (1914–1918). He became a government official as one of the five American commissioners to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.[4] In 1919, Wilson broke with House and many other top advisers, believing they had deceived him at Paris.

  1. ^ Neu, Charles E. (June 15, 2010). "Edward Mandell House". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Edward Mandell House". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale. 1998. GALE|K1631003142. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Edward Mandell House". Dictionary of American Biography. Biography in Context. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1944. GALE|BT2310010933. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  4. ^ His appointment was announced November 29, 1918. Neu (2015), p. 379.