Thomas Cleland Dawson

Politician

1865 – 1912

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Who was Thomas Cleland Dawson?

Thomas Cleland Dawson was a career United States diplomat, educated at Hanover College. After an early career as a lawyer and a newspaper publisher, he entered the diplomatic service in 1891, when he was appointed Secretary of Legation in Brazil. He was U.S. minister and consul general to the Dominican Republic, during which term he negotiated the American-Dominican Fiscal Convention of 1907; then ambassador to Colombia, Chile, and Panama. He is the author of The South American Republics.

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Born
Jul 30, 1865
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
May 1, 1912

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on July 23, 2013

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