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Lansing, Robert

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1864–1928, U.S. Secretary of State (1915–20), b. Watertown, N.Y. An authority in the field of international law, he founded the American Journal of International Law in 1907 and remained an editor of it until his death. He served as counsel for the United States in several international disputes, and he became attached (1914) to the Dept. of State. President Wilson appointed him to succeed William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State after the latter's resignation. Lansing was a strong, although not outspoken, advocate of U.S. participation in World War I on the side of the Allies. Because Wilson largely conducted foreign policy himself with his political confidant Edward M. House, Lansing had little influence in the negotiations that led to the declaration of war against Germany. In 1917, Lansing concluded with Kikujiro Ishii of Japan the Lansing-Ishii agreement, which gave U.S. recognition to Japan's special interests in China, while reaffirming the Open Door policy. Lansing, who was…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
U.S. secretary of state under President Woodrow Wilson (1915–20). Lansing helped purchase the Virgin Islands in 1917 and negotiated the Lansing-Ishi agreement with Japan, which validated the Open Door Policy with China. He attended the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, but broke with President…
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Full text Article Lansing, Robert 1864-1928

From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
Robert Lansing served as President Woodrow Wilson's second Secretary of State, from 1915 until 1920, following the resignation of William Jennings Bryan, in June 1915. Born in Watertown, New York, on October 17, 1864, Lansing graduated from Amherst College in 1886, joining the New York Bar and his…
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Full text Article Lansing, Robert (1864–1928)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Secretary of state from 1915 to 1920, Lansing was the son-in-law of former secretary of state John W. Foster and an uncle to future secretary of state John Foster Dulles. Prior to joining the State Department as a counselor in 1914, Lansing practiced law in his hometown of Watertown, New York, was a…
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Full text Article Lansing-Ishii Agreement

From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
The Lansing-Ishii Agreement resulted from meetings between Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, former Japanese Foreign Minister and head of a special delegation to Washington, DC. To avert conflict between the United States and Japan, both parties hoped to secure frank…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
(1864–1928), forty-second secretary of state of the United States, from 1915 to 1920, and a negotiator of the Treaty of Versailles. Born in Watertown, New York, in 1864, Robert Lansing graduated from Amherst College in 1886 and returned to Watertown to practice law. Marriage in 1890 to Eleanor…
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Full text Article Lansing, Robert

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1864–1928, U.S. Secretary of State (1915–20), b. Watertown, N.Y. An authority in the field of international law, he founded the American Journal of International Law in 1907 and remained an editor of it until his death. He served as counsel for the United States in several international disputes, …
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From American Biographies: American Political Leaders
(b. 1864–d. 1928) secretary of state, diplomat Robert Lansing served as the U.S. secretary of state before, during, and after World War I and tried with limited success to moderate the international idealism of President Woodrow Wilson with pragmatic considerations. Lansing was born on October 17, …
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1864-1928 US lawyer and politician Born in Watertown, New York, he became an attorney in 1889, and made a name as US counsel in arbitration cases, including the Bering Sea arbitration (1892), the Alaskan boundary tribunal (1903) and the North Atlantic fisheries tribunal (1909-10). An authority on…
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