Theodore Brentano
Theodore Brentano | |
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United States Ambassador to Hungary | |
In office February 10, 1922 – May 6, 1927 | |
President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | J. Butler Wright |
Judge of the Superior Court of Cook County | |
In office 1890–1921 | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 29, 1854 Lorenz Brentano |
Occupation | Attorney, judge, civil servant |
Theodore Brentano (March 29, 1854 – July 2, 1940) was an American attorney and judge and the first
U.S. ambassador to Hungary (his full title was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary).[1] He was appointed to the position by Warren G. Harding.[2]
Born in
Zurich. He studied law at National University Law School (which later became George Washington University Law School). Brentano married Minnie Claussenius on May 17, 1887.[3] He was admitted to the bar in 1882, became an assistant city attorney in 1888, and by 1890 was a judge on the Superior Court of Cook County in Cook County, Illinois and would go on to become the court's chief justice.[4][5] Brentano remained on the bench for thirty-one years.[6]
In 1899 Brentano became the new treasurer and president of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, the newspaper of which his father was editor during the Civil War, when the majority stockholders appointed a new board of directors and ousted former treasurer Charles Francis Pietsch.[7]
Brentano was appointed as minister to Hungary on February 10, 1922, arrived in Budapest on May 10, presented his credentials on May 16, and served until May 6, 1927.[8][9]
See also
- Hungary – United States relations
- United States Ambassador to Hungary
- Illinois Staats-Zeitung
References
- ^ TELLS OF HARDING'S HOPES FOR HUNGARY. 1922-04-14. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
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ignored (help) - ^ Washburn. Time. 1930-04-14. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson (1911). The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago, 1911. A.N. Marquis. pp. 84–85.
Theodore Brentano.
- ISBN 0-8303-0151-8.
- ^ Bellamy, Francis Rufus (1922-03-01). "On Speaking Terms With the Central Powers". The Outlook. 130: 325. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ISBN 0-313-26024-9.
- ^ Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests, Issue 281, July 13, 1899.
- ^ OUR MINISTER IN BUDAPEST; Hungarian Press Accords Mr. Brentano a Cordial Reception. 1922-05-10. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Theodore Brentano". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
Further reading
- Peterecz, Zoltán. "Theodore Brentano – The first American minister for Hungary, 1922–1927" Hungarian Studies (Dec 2021) 35#1 pp 66-79.
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