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Solomon Porter Hood (July 30, 18531943) the United States Minister to Liberia from 1921 to 1926.


Early life

Hood was born on July 30, 1853, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.


Diplomatic career

Hood was appointed by President
Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...
to the position of United States Minister to Liberia on October 26, 1921. The presentation of his credentials occurred on February 13, 1922. He remained in this position until January 9, 1926. Hood also served as the United States Consul General to
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...
from 1922 to 1924.


Personal life

Hood married Mary Anna Davis in 1884. Hood was a member of the
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. Hood was a member of the Odd Fellows and the
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.


Death

Hood died in 1943 in
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References

1853 births 1943 deaths New Jersey Republicans Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia African-American diplomats Burials in New Jersey 20th-century American diplomats American consuls African-American Methodists 19th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania {{US-diplomat-stub