John Moors Cabot

John Moors Cabot
United States Ambassador to Poland
In office
March 2, 1962 – September 24, 1965
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byJacob D. Beam
Succeeded byJohn A. Gronouski
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office
July 22, 1959 – August 17, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded byEllis O. Briggs
Succeeded byLincoln Gordon
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
July 12, 1957 – July 15, 1959
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byPhilip Bonsal
Succeeded byDempster McIntosh
United States Ambassador to Sweden
In office
May 6, 1954 – May 14, 1957
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byWilliam Walton Butterworth
Succeeded byFrancis White
4th Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
In office
March 3, 1953 – March 1, 1954
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byEdward G. Miller Jr.
Succeeded byHenry F. Holland
United States Ambassador to Finland
In office
February 27, 1950 – September 20, 1952
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byAvra M. Warren
Succeeded byJack K. McFall
Personal details
BornDecember 11, 1901
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1981(1981-02-24) (aged 79)
Washington, D.C.
Spouse
Elizabeth Lewis
(m. 1932)
(1906-1992)
ChildrenJohn Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Lewis Cabot
Parent(s)Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Maria Moors Cabot
EducationBuckingham Browne & Nichols
Alma materHarvard University (1923)
Oxford University
OccupationDiplomat, U.S. Ambassador

John Moors Cabot (December 11, 1901 – February 24, 1981) was an American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to five nations during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.[1] He warned repeatedly of the dangers of Soviet communism toward American interests in Latin America.

  1. ^ "The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Finding Aids: C". Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved July 28, 2011.