Robert Lansing

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United States Secretary of State diplomat human lawyer

Robert Lansing was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of State → diplomat → human → lawyer →
appointedBy	Woodrow Wilson →
burialPlace	Watertown, New York, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart-related illness →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1864-10-17 →
dateOfDeath	1928-10-30 →
educatedAt	Amherst College NERFINISHED → Watertown High School (New York) →
employer	United States Department of State →
endTime	1920-02-13 →
familyName	Lansing →
fatherInLaw	John Watson Foster →
fieldOfWork	foreign policy of the United States → international arbitration →
genre	non-fiction →
givenName	Robert →
hasHonorificPrefix	Honorable →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalSpecialty	international law →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Participation in early discussions related to the League of Nations → Role in negotiating issues related to World War I → The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative →
occupation	diplomat → lawyer →
officeContested	United States diplomacy during World War I →
participantIn	Paris Peace Conference (indirectly, as part of Wilson administration) → World War I diplomacy →
placeOfBirth	Watertown, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	Agent of the United States before international tribunals → Counselor to the U.S. Department of State → United States Secretary of State →
precededBy	William Jennings Bryan →
relative	Frederic Lansing →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Washington, D.C. → Watertown, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Eleanor Foster →
startTime	1915-06-23 →
succeededBy	Bainbridge Colby →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Woodrow Wilson administration →	officeHolder
John Foster Dulles →	relative