Jay Pierrepont Moffat, the Glossary
Jay Pierrepont Moffat (January 7, 1896 – January 25, 1943) was an American diplomat, historian and statesman who, between 1917 and 1943, served the State Department in a variety of posts, including that of United States Ambassador to Canada during the first year of U.S. participation in World War II.[1]
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70 relations: Abbot Low Moffat, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Australia, Bern, Cabot family, Calvin Coolidge, Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa), Consul (representative), Diplomacy, Diplomat, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Giles Dawson, Governor General of Canada, Groton School, Hancock, New Hampshire, Harvard Library, Harvard University, Historian, History of Turkey, James H. R. Cromwell, Japan, Jay Pierrepont Moffat Jr., John Campbell White (diplomat), John Jay, Joseph Grew, Legation, Lilla Cabot Perry, List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada, List of ambassadors of the United States to Chad, List of ambassadors of the United States to Haiti, List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan, List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru, List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal, List of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic, List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands, List of United States permanent representatives to NATO, Manhattan, New York (state), New York State Assembly, Oliver Hazard Perry, Ontario, Ottawa, Phlebitis, Poland, Politician, Prime Minister of Canada, Private secretary, Ray Atherton, ... Expand index (20 more) »
- Ambassadors of the United States to Canada
- Ambassadors of the United States to Luxembourg
Abbot Low Moffat
Abbot Low Moffat (May 12, 1901 – April 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from New York.
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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany.
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Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1986 by retired Foreign Service officers, headquartered at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Bern
Bern, or Berne,Bärn; Bèrna; Berna; Berna.
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Cabot family
The Cabot family is one of the Boston Brahmin families, also known as the "first families of Boston".
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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.;; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
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Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa)
Christ Church Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Consul (representative)
A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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Diplomacy
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.
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Diplomat
A diplomat (from δίπλωμα; romanized diploma) is a person appointed by a state, intergovernmental, or nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Franklin D. Roosevelt are Groton School alumni.
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Giles Dawson
Giles Edwin Dawson (4 March 1903 – 26 August 1994) was a 20th-century Shakespearean scholar, paleographer, and librarian.
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Governor General of Canada
The governor general of Canada (gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal representative of the.
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Groton School
Groton School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts. Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Groton School are Groton School alumni.
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Hancock, New Hampshire
Hancock is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
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Harvard Library
Harvard Library is the network of Harvard University's libraries and services.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.
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History of Turkey
The history of Turkey, understood as the history of the area now forming the territory of the Republic of Turkey, includes the history of both Anatolia (the Asian part of Turkey) and Eastern Thrace (the European part of Turkey).
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James H. R. Cromwell
James Henry Roberts Cromwell (June 4, 1896 – March 19, 1990) was an American diplomat, candidate for the United States Senate, author, and one-time husband of Doris Duke, "the richest girl in the world". Jay Pierrepont Moffat and James H. R. Cromwell are 20th-century American diplomats and ambassadors of the United States to Canada.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat Jr.
Jay Pierrepont "Peter" Moffat Jr. (January 17, 1932 – October 23, 2020) was an American diplomat.
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John Campbell White (diplomat)
John Campbell White (March 17, 1884 – June 11, 1967) was a prominent U.S. diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Haiti (1941–1944) and Peru (1944–1945). Jay Pierrepont Moffat and John Campbell White (diplomat) are 20th-century American diplomats.
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John Jay
John Jay (1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States.
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Joseph Grew
Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Joseph Grew are 20th-century American diplomats and Groton School alumni.
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Legation
A legation was a diplomatic representative office of lower rank than an embassy.
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Lilla Cabot Perry
Lilla Cabot Perry (born Lydia Cabot; January 13, 1848 – February 28, 1933) was an American artist who worked in the American Impressionist style, rendering portraits and landscapes in the free form manner of her mentor, Claude Monet.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Canada. Jay Pierrepont Moffat and list of ambassadors of the United States to Canada are ambassadors of the United States to Canada.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Chad
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Chad.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Haiti
This is a list of United States ambassadors to Haiti.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan
The is the ambassador from the United States of America to Japan.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru
The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Peru.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal
Bilateral diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic.
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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands
The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in The Hague and a consular office located in Amsterdam.
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List of United States permanent representatives to NATO
The United States permanent representative to NATO (commonly referred to as the U.S. ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States mission to NATO.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house.
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
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Phlebitis
Phlebitis (or venitis) is inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Politician
A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.
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Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (premier ministre du Canada) is the head of government of Canada.
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Private secretary
A private secretary (PS) is a civil servant in a governmental department or ministry, responsible to a secretary of state or minister; or a public servant in a royal household, responsible to a member of the royal family.
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Ray Atherton
Ray Atherton (March 28, 1883 – March 14, 1960) was a career United States diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Greece, Bulgaria, and Denmark. Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Ray Atherton are 20th-century American diplomats, ambassadors of the United States to Canada and ambassadors of the United States to Luxembourg.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies is an archive of political and historical primary documents relating to the modern American political system.
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Rye (town), New York
Rye is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.
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Rye, New York
Rye is a coastal city in Westchester County, New York, United States, located near New York City and within the New York City metropolitan area.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Thomas Sergeant Perry
Thomas Sergeant Perry (1845–1928) was an American editor, academic, literary critic, literary translator, and literary historian.
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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
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United States Under Secretary of State
Under Secretary of State (U/S) is a title used by senior officials of the United States Department of State who rank above the Assistant Secretaries and below the Deputy Secretary.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948.
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William Tapley Bennett Jr.
William Tapley Bennett Jr. (April 1, 1917 – November 29, 1994) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic during the 1965 civil war and who recommended that President Johnson intervene with United States troops.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Ambassadors of the United States to Canada
- Aaron Vail
- Adolph W. Schmidt
- Bruce Heyman
- Daniel C. Roper
- David C. Jacobson
- David H. Wilkins
- David L. Cohen
- Edward N. Ney
- Gordon D. Giffin
- Hanford MacNider
- Harold F. Linder
- James H. R. Cromwell
- James J. Blanchard
- Jay Pierrepont Moffat
- Kelly Craft
- Kenneth M. Curtis
- Laurence Steinhardt
- List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada
- Livingston T. Merchant
- Norman Armour
- Paul Cellucci
- Paul H. Robinson Jr.
- Peter B. Teeley
- R. Douglas Stuart
- Ray Atherton
- Richard B. Wigglesworth
- Stanley Woodward (political aide)
- Thomas M. T. Niles
- Thomas O. Enders
- Warren Delano Robbins
- William J. Porter
- William Phillips (diplomat)
- William Walton Butterworth
Ambassadors of the United States to Luxembourg
- Ann Wagner
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.
- Arthur M. Beaupre
- Charles W. Sawyer
- Clay Constantinou
- Cynthia Stroum
- David Jayne Hill
- David McKean (diplomat)
- Edward Morgan Rowell
- Henry P. Fletcher
- Henry van Dyke Jr.
- James C. Hormel
- James Lowenstein
- Jay Pierrepont Moffat
- Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard
- John Cudahy
- John E. Dolibois
- John W. Garrett (diplomat)
- Joseph E. Davies
- Kingdon Gould Jr.
- List of ambassadors of the United States to Luxembourg
- Lloyd Bryce
- Patricia Roberts Harris
- Perle Mesta
- Peter Terpeluk Jr.
- Randy Evans
- Ray Atherton
- Robert A. Mandell
- Rosemary L. Ginn
- Stanford Newel
- Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician)
- Vinton Chapin
- Wiley T. Buchanan Jr.
- William Phillips (diplomat)
- William R. Rivkin
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Pierrepont_Moffat
Also known as Jay Moffat, Pierrepont Moffat.
, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, Rye (town), New York, Rye, New York, Switzerland, Sydney, The Hague, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Thomas Sergeant Perry, Tokyo, United States Department of State, United States Senate, United States Under Secretary of State, Warsaw, Washington, D.C., Western Europe, White House, William Lyon Mackenzie King, William Tapley Bennett Jr., World War II.