Jay Pierrepont Moffat

Jay Pierrepont Moffat
7th United States Ambassador to Canada
In office
June 13, 1940 – January 25, 1943
PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Preceded byJames H. R. Cromwell
Succeeded byRay Atherton
Personal details
BornJanuary 7, 1896
Rye, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 25, 1943 (1943-01-26) (aged 47)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spouse
Lilla Cabot Grew
(m. 1927)
RelationsAbbot Low Moffat (brother)
John Campbell White (brother-in-law)
Parent(s)Reuben Burnham Moffat
Ellen Low Pierrepont
EducationGroton School
Harvard University
ProfessionDiplomat

Jay Pierrepont Moffat (January 7, 1896 – January 25, 1943) was an American diplomat, historian and statesman who, between 1917 and 1943, served the State Department in a variety of posts, including that of United States Ambassador to Canada during the first year of U.S. participation in World War II.[1]

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