Herbert H. D. Peirce
Herbert H. D. Peirce | |
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Charles H. Graves | |
| Succeeded by | Laurits S. Swenson |
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| Born | May 11, 1849 Charles S. Peirce (brother) |
| Parent | Benjamin Peirce (father) |
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Herbert Henry Davis Peirce (May 11, 1849 – December 5, 1916) was a United States
Charles S. Peirce
.
Biography
Herbert Henry Davis Peirce was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 11, 1849, the son of Benjamin Peirce and his wife Sarah, who was a daughter of Elijah H. Mills. He was educated at Harvard College, graduating in 1871. He later studied at the Royal School of Mines in London.
In 1894, Peirce joined the United States
Nicholas II of Russia
in 1896.
In 1901, president
Third Assistant Secretary of State and Peirce held this office from November 16, 1901, until June 22, 1906. In this capacity, he made arrangements for the 1905 conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan at the end of the Russo-Japanese War that resulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth
.
President then named Peirce
U.S. Minister to Norway. Ambassador Peirce presented his credentials
on August 13, 1906, and served there until May 30, 1911.
Peirce retired from the Diplomatic Corps in 1912. He then served as counsel to the United States in American and British claims arbitration.
Peirce died in Portland, Maine, on December 5, 1916.
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