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Dulles-Foster-Lansing family of New York

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• John Watson Foster (1836-1917) — also known as John W. Foster — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind.; Washington, D.C. Born in Pike County, Ind., March 2, 1836. Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster; father of Eleanor Foster (who married Robert Lansing); grandfather of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868; postmaster; Indiana Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S. Secretary of State, 1892-93. Died in Washington, D.C., November 15, 1917. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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• Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 17, 1864. Son of John Lansing and Maria L. (Dodge) Lansing; married, January 15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John Watson Foster). Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20. Member, American Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon. Died, of myocarditis, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1928. Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  • Cross-reference: Richard Crane
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  • See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1888. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of Allen Welsh Dulles. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; U.S. Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949; U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Received the Medal of Freedom in 1959. Died of cancer and pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., May 24, 1959. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: Edward Corsi
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  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) — also known as Allen W. Dulles — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 7, 1893. Grandson of John Watson Foster; brother of John Foster Dulles. Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940. Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61. Died January 28, 1969. Burial location unknown.
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