Thomas Cleland Dawson (July 30, 1865 – May 1, 1912) was a career
United States
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diplomat.
Biography
Born in
Hudson, Wisconsin
Hudson is a city in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, its population was 12,719. It is part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The village of North Hudson is direct ...
, Dawson received his bachelor's degree from
Hanover College
Hanover College is a private college in Hanover, Indiana, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Finley Crowe, it is Indiana's oldest private college. The Hanover athletic teams participate in the H ...
and his law degree from
University of Cincinnati College of Law
The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest continuously running law school in the United States — after Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Yale — and the first in ...
. He also studied at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. Dawson practiced law in
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...
and
Council Bluffs, Iowa and was an assistant Iowa Attorney General. He was also a newspaper publisher. Dawson entered the diplomatic service in 1891, when he was appointed Secretary of Legation in
Brazil
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. He was U.S. minister and
consul general
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to the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
(1904‑1907), during which term he negotiated the American-Dominican Fiscal Convention of 1907; then ambassador to
Colombia (1907‑1909),
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
(1909), and
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
(1910). He is the author of ''The South American Republics'' (2 vols., 1903 and 1904).
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1865 births
1912 deaths
Hanover College alumni
University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
Harvard University alumni
Iowa lawyers
Writers from Iowa
Writers from Wisconsin
People from Hudson, Wisconsin
Ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic
Ambassadors of the United States to Colombia
Ambassadors of the United States to Chile
Ambassadors of the United States to Panama
19th-century American lawyers