John R. G. Pitkin
John Robert Graham Pitkin | |
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United States Ambassador to Argentina | |
In office 1889–1893 | |
Preceded by | Bayless W. Hanna |
Succeeded by | William I. Buchanan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1840-1841 New Orleans, Louisiana |
Died | New Orleans, Louisiana | July 4, 1901
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Children | Helen Pitkin |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Crescent Infantry Regiment |
Rank | Private |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Robert Graham Pitkin, also known as John R. G. Pitkin, (1840-1841 – July 4, 1901) was an American diplomat and soldier.
Biography
[edit]Pitkin was born in either 1840 or 1841 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would study at the University of Louisiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1861.[1]
Following his graduation, Pitkin would practice law while serving as a school principal in New Orleans between the years of 1861 to 1863.[2] During the Civil War, he would find himself briefly serving as a private in Louisiana's Crescent Regiment, beginning on February 18, 1863.[3] However, after the fall of New Orleans, he publicly declared himself a Republican and Unionist, earning him a position in the Reconstruction.[4] He would participate in the Southern Loyalist convention, held in Philadelphia in 1866, and would serve as a Republican campaign speaker.[5]
Pitkin had a daughter on August 8, 1877, in New Orleans, Louisiana named Helen. She would go on to become a staff writer for the Louisiana paper, the Times-Democrat.[6]
In 1877 Pitkin was nominated to be marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana; he would hold the position for one year.[7] Later in 1882, he would take the position back up.[8]
Pitkin served as the United States' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina from 1889 to 1893.[6][9][10]
The last government position that Pitkin would hold would be postmaster of New Orleans, which he served as between 1898 and 1900.[7][11] He resigned from this position amid a blackmail scandal involving his secretary.[4]
Pitkin died in New Orleans on July 4, 1901.[1][12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Pink to Pittoni". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ Garfield, James Abram; Brown, Harry James (1967). The Diary of James A. Garfield: 1878-1881. Michigan State University. ISBN 978-0-87013-221-6.
- ^ Office, New York (State) Adjutant General's (1868). Annual Report of the Adjutant-General. The Office.
- ^ a b Reed, John Shelton (2012-09-17). Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4765-8.
- ^ Grant, Ulysses Simpson; Marszalek, John F. (1967). The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2197-1.
- ^ a b Alderman, Edwin Anderson; Harris, Joel Chandler; Kent, Charles W.; Smith, Charles Alphonso; Knight, Lucian Lamar; Metcalf, John Calvin (1910). Library of Southern Literature: Biographical dictionary of authors. Martin & Hoyt Company.
- ^ a b Garrison, William Lloyd (1981). The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-52666-2.
- ^ Senate, United States Congress (1969). Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America. order of the Senate of the United States.
- ^ "John Robert Graham Pitkin - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Ruxton, Ian, ed. (30 September 2017). The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895: Uruguay and Morocco. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-28131-2.
- ^ Bose, Joel Campbell Du; Owen, Thomas McAdory (1903). The Gulf States Historical Magazine. Gulf States Historical Magazine.
- ^ "John R. G. Pitkin". The New York Times. 1901-07-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- 1840s births
- 1901 deaths
- Politicians from New Orleans
- Lawyers from New Orleans
- Louisiana Republicans
- Tulane University alumni
- Confederate States Army personnel
- People of the Reconstruction Era
- United States Marshals
- Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina
- Louisiana postmasters
- 19th-century American diplomats
- American diplomat stubs