Robert Lansing
Politician
1864 – 1928
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Who was Robert Lansing?
Robert Lansing was an American lawyer and politician who served as Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. Before U.S. involvement in the war, Lansing vigorously advocated in favor of the principles of freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations. He later advocated U.S. participation in World War I, negotiated the Lansing-Ishii Agreement with Japan in 1917 and was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris in 1919.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1864
Watertown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- Died
- Oct 30, 1928
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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