| LC control no. | n 80065967 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Foster, John W. (John Watson), 1836-1917 |
| Variant(s) | Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Evansville (Ind.) |
| Birth date | 1836-03-02 |
| Death date | 1917-11-15 |
| Place of birth | Petersburg (Ind.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army |
| Profession or occupation | U.S. Minister to Mexico U.S. Minister to Russia U.S. Minister to Spain U.S. Secretary of State Lawyers Journalists Editors Diplomats Cabinet officers Generals |
| Found in | His Arbitration and the Hague Court, 1980, c1904: t.p. (John W. Foster) Wikipedia, website viewed 12 October 2010 (John W. Foster; John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836-November 15, 1917) was an American military man, journalist, diplomat, lawyer, general, and politician. Born in Petersburg, Indiana and rased in Evansville, Indiana; first a lawyer and then general for the Union in the American Civil War; journalist and editor of Evansville Daily Journal from 1865-1869; U.S. Minister to Mexico (1873-1880), to Russia (1880-1881) and Spain (1883-1885); United States Secretary of State (June 29, 1892-February 23, 1893); drafted the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 1895; political party, Republican) Wikipedia, Aug. 13, 2018: "John W. Foster" (John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836-November 15, 1917) was an American diplomat and military officer, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His highest public office was U.S. Secretary of State under Benjamin Harrison, although he also proved influential as a lawyer in technically private practice in the international relations sphere. Military service: Colonel; American Civil War; Union Army) OCLC, Aug. 13, 2018 (predominant usage: John W. Foster; other usage: JWF, John Foster) |
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