The Political Graveyard: Brazil

The Political
Graveyard

Brazil
South America

Brazil information:

Population: 174,468,575
Land area 3,286,486 square miles.
Capital: Brasilia

Neighboring areas:

North: Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana
East: South Atlantic Ocean
South: Uruguay
Southwest: Argentina; Paraguay
West: Bolivia; Peru
Northwest: Colombia

The Political Graveyard:

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Brazil
U.S. Consuls in Brazil
U.S. Politicians who were born in Brazil
U.S. Politicians who died in Brazil
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Brazil

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Brazil

Condy Raguet (Charge d'Affaires 1825-27) William Tudor (Charge d'Affaires 1827-30) Ethan A. Brown (Charge d'Affaires 1830-34) William Hunter (Charge d'Affaires 1834-41) William Hunter (Minister 1841-43) George H. Proffit (Minister 1843-44) Henry Alexander Wise (Minister 1844-47) David Tod (Minister 1847-51) Robert C. Schenck (Minister 1851-53) William Trousdale (Minister 1853-57) Richard Kidder Meade (Minister 1857-61) J. Watson Webb (Minister 1861-69) Henry T. Blow (Minister 1869-70) James R. Partridge (Minister 1871-77) Henry W. Hilliard (Minister 1877-81) Thomas A. Osborn (Minister 1881-85) Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Minister 1885-88) Robert Adams, Jr. (Minister 1889-90) Edwin H. Conger (Minister 1890-93) Thomas L. Thompson (Minister 1893-97) Edwin H. Conger (Minister 1897-98) Charles P. Bryan (Minister 1898-1902) David E. Thompson (Minister 1902-05) David E. Thompson (Ambassador 1905) Lloyd C. Griscom (Ambassador 1906-07) Irving B. Dudley (Ambassador 1907-11) Edwin V. Morgan (Ambassador 1912-33) Hugh S. Gibson (Ambassador 1933-36) Jefferson Caffery (Ambassador 1937-44) Adolf A. Berle (Ambassador 1945-46) William D. Pawley (Ambassador 1946-48) Herschel V. Johnson II (Ambassador 1948-53) James S. Kemper (Ambassador 1953-55) James Clement Dunn (Ambassador 1955-56) Ellis O. Briggs (Ambassador 1956-59) John M. Cabot (Ambassador 1959-61) Lincoln Gordon (Ambassador 1961-66) John Wills Tuthill (Ambassador 1966-69) C. Burke Elbrick (Ambassador 1969-70) William M. Rountree (Ambassador 1970-73) John Hugh Crimmins (Ambassador 1973-78) Robert M. Sayre (Ambassador 1978-81) Langhorne A. Motley (Ambassador 1981-83) Diego C. Asencio (Ambassador 1983-86) Harry W. Shlaudeman (Ambassador 1986-89) Richard Huntington Melton (Ambassador 1989-93) Melvyn Levitsky (Ambassador 1994-) Anthony Stephen Harrington (Ambassador 1999)

U.S. Consuls in Brazil

(may be incomplete!)

Bahia (Salvador): R. P. McDaniel (Consul 1897) William Brice (Vice Consul 1897) Henry W. Furniss (Consul 1898-1905) Louis J. Mackay (Vice Consul 1898) Adolph Hirsch (Vice Consul 1902) Joshua P. W. Rowe (Vice Consul 1904-06) David R. Birch (Consul 1914) Edward P. W. Duder (Vice Consul 1914) Robert Frazer, Jr. (Consul 1914-16) Jules Charles Wysard (Vice Consul 1916-17) Edward Higgins (Consul 1917-19) Thomas H. Bevan (Consul 1919-23) William I. Jackson (Vice Consul 1921) Homer Brett (Consul 1923-24) Gaston A. Cournoyer (Vice Consul 1924) Howard Donovan (Consul 1926-29) Allan Dawson (Vice Consul 1926-27) John R. Minter (Consul 1927) Lawrence P. Briggs (Consul 1932) Robert Janz (Consul 1938) Peter J. Raineri (Vice Consul 1943) Jay Walker (Consul 1943) Robert Jakes III (Vice Consul 1943) Kenneth J. Yearns (Consul 1949)
Belo Horizonte: Reginald S. Castleman (Consul 1943)
Ceará (Fortaleza): William H. Mardock (Consular Agent 1897) A. E. da Frota (Consular Agent 1898) Oscar H. Barnett (Consular Agent 1914-17) George L. McMaster (Consular Agent 1924)
Corumbá: William Langdon Sands (Vice Consul 1943)
Florianópolis: William Preston Rambo (Vice Consul 1943) George L. Phillips (Vice Consul 1943)
Fortaleza: Reginald S. Kazanjian (Consul 1943) RIchard A. Godfrey (Vice Consul 1949)
Manaos: Edward B. Kirk (Consular Agent 1916-17) James H. Roth (Vice Consul 1924) George E. Seltzer (Vice Consul 1926-27) Hubert Maness (Vice Consul 1943)
Maranhao (São Luís): Joaqium M. A. dos Santos (Consular Agent 1916-17) Antonio Jose Tavares (Consular Agent 1924)
Natal: Harold Sims (Vice Consul 1943)
Pará (Belém): James M. Ayers (Consul 1891-93) George G. Mathews, Jr. (Consul 1897) Richard E. Sears (Vice Consul 1897) Louis H. Aymé (Consul 1903-06) George H. Pickerell (Consul 1914-24) Edward C. Holden (Vice Consul 1914-27) Ramon I. Janer (Vice Consul 1916-17) John D. Long (Vice Consul 1921) John D. Hickerson (Consul 1925) R. Frazier Potts (Vice Consul 1926) Charles D. Westcott (Consul 1926) Gerald A. Drew (Vice Consul 1929) George E. Seltzer (Consul 1932-38) John H. Burns (Vice Consul 1943) Edward D. McLaughlin (Consul 1943) Dudley E. Cyphers (Vice Consul 1943) Fred Godsey (Vice Consul 1943) Willard R. Ray (Vice Consul 1943) Randolph Appleton Kidder (Consul 1944-46) George T. Colman (Consul 1949)
Pernambuco (Recife): Samuel S. Voorhees (Consul 1815) Joseph Ray (Consul 1816-20) James H. Bennett (Consul 1820-25) John Tucker Mansfield (Consul 1825-36) Joseph Ray (Consul 1836-42) G. T. Snow (Consul 1842-45) George P. Manouvrier (Consul 1845-47) C. G. Salinas (Consul 1847-49) Bailey M. Edney (Consul 1849-50) James Wright Gordon (Consul 1850-53) William Lilley (Consul 1853-56) Walter W. Stopp (Consul 1858-60) Richard A. Edes (Consul 1860-62) Thomas Adamson, Jr. (Consul 1862-69) John M. Johnstone (Consul 1897) John Krause (Vice Consul 1897) Edwin N. Gunsaulus (Consul 1900-01) P. Merrill Griffith (Consul 1914) Enrique Bachilleres (Vice Consul 1914) James B. Stewart (Vice Consul 1915-17) Arminius T. Haeberle (Consul 1915-23) Charles R. Cameron (Consul 1920-23) Edward Power (Vice Consul 1921) Elliott V. Richardson (Consul 1923-24) Nathaniel P. Davis (Consul 1926-29) Frederik van den Arend (Consul 1932) Aloys J. Neu (Vice Consul 1932) Walter N. Walmsley, Jr. (Consul 1937-38) Harold Sims (Vice Consul 1938) Donald W. Lamm (Vice Consul 1942-47) J. Thomas Rae (Vice Consul 1943) Robert Bruce Harley (Vice Consul 1943) Leo J. Callanan (Consul 1943) George E. Miller (Consul 1949)
Porto Alegre: Samuel T. Lee (Consul 1919-21) Joseph E. Agan (Vice Consul 1921) William F. Hoffman (Vice Consul 1921-24) John R. Bradley (Consul 1924) Fred E. Huhlein (Vice Consul 1926-27) E. Kitchel Farrand (Vice Consul 1926) Charles Roy Nasmith (Consul 1927-29) Robert Douglas Coe (Vice Consul 1929) Reginald S. Castleman (Consul 1932) Alfred W. Magnitzky (Vice Consul 1932) Guy W. Ray (Vice Consul 1938) William E. Price (Vice Consul 1943) George R. Hukill (Consul 1943) William Belton (Consul 1949)
Rio de Janeiro: Gorham Parks (Consul 1845-49) James Monroe (Consul 1862-70) Christopher Columbus Andrews (Consul General 1882-85) William T. Townes (Consul General 1897) John Taylor Lewis (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1897) Reuben Cleary (Deputy Consul General 1897) Will L. Lowrie (Vice Consul 1899) Roger S. Greene (Vice Consul 1903-04) George E. Anderson (Consul General 1906-10) Eugene Seeger (Consul General 1906) Julius G. Lay (Consul General 1910-14) Albro L. Burnell (Vice Consul 1914) Richard P. Momsen (Vice Consul 1916-17) Edward A. Burgess (Vice Consul 1916-17) Alfred L. M. Gottschalk (Consul General 1916-17) George T. Colman (Vice Consul 1921) Swain Smith (Vice Consul 1921) Louis B. Pate (Vice Consul 1921) Curtis E. Huebner (Vice Consul 1921) Alphonse Gaulin (Consul General 1921-24) Edmund B. Montgomery (Consul 1922-24) John D. Hickerson (Vice Consul 1924) George Tait (Vice Consul 1924) Howard Donovan (Vice Consul 1924) Fred C. Eastin, Jr. (Vice Consul 1924-26) Theodore A. Xanthaky (Vice Consul 1924-32) Allan Dawson (Vice Consul 1925-26) Rudolf E. Cahn (Vice Consul 1926-43) Digby A. Willson (Consul 1926) Robert R. Bradford (Consul 1926-27) Joseph F. Burt (Vice Consul 1927-29) Samuel R. Thompson (Consul 1927-29) Archer Woodford (Vice Consul 1927) Claude I. Dawson (Consul General 1927-31) Randolph F. Carroll (Consul 1929) Fred E. Huhlein (Vice Consul 1929) Harold B. Minor (Vice Consul 1932) Samuel T. Lee (Consul General 1932) H. Eric Trammell (Vice Consul 1932) Julian L. Pinkerton (Consul 1932) Emil Sauer (Consul General 1935) Robert F. Woodward (Vice Consul 1938) Maurice L. Stafford (Consul 1938) Richard D. Gatewood (Vice Consul 1938) William E. Beitz (Consul 1938) Robert F. Corrigan (Vice Consul 1941-43) John F. Simmons (Consul General 1943) U. Alexis Johnson (Vice Consul 1943) Walter C. Dowling (Vice Consul 1943) Walter W. Hoffmann (Vice Consul 1943) Jack B. Neathery (Vice Consul 1943) Forrest N. Daggett (Vice Consul 1943) Theodore C. Weber (Vice Consul 1943) William S. Rosenberg (Vice Consul 1943) Timothy John Mahoney (Vice Consul 1943) William G. Gibson (Vice Consul 1943) Charles Edward Eaton (Vice Consul 1943) Elvin Seibert (Vice Consul 1943) Elim O'Shaughnessy (Vice Consul 1943) Ivan B. White (Vice Consul 1943) Prescott Childs (Consul 1943) Walter N. Walmsley, Jr. (Consul 1943) William E. Flournoy, Jr. (Consul 1943) Leonard Michael Durso (Vice Consul 1945) Hiram A. Boucher (Consul General 1947)
Rio Grande do Sul: Alfred H. Hanscom (Consul 1854-57) Deodat Brastow (Consul 1862-63) Samuel T. Lee (Consul 1917) Arthur L. Bowen (Consular Agent 1924-32) Eugene C. Pfiffner (Consular Agent 1943-49)
Santos: Frank D. Hill (Consul 1896-97) Julian Haugwitz (Vice Consul 1897) Jesse H. Johnson (Consul 1901-07) William H. Lawrence (Vice Consul 1914-21) James W. Reeves (Vice Consul 1914) Maddin Summers (Consul 1914) Carl F. Deichman (Consul 1915-17) Charles L. Latham (Consul 1915) Arthur G. Parsloe (Vice Consul 1919-49) Herndon W. Goforth (Consul 1924) Fred D. Fisher (Consul 1926-29) James V. J. Griffin (Vice Consul 1945)
São Luís: Wiley T. Clay (Consular Agent 1943) Thomas Moses (Consular Agent 1949)
Sao Paulo: Robert L. Keiser (Vice Consul 1916-17) Maddin Summers (Consul 1916) Charles L. Hoover (Consul 1916-20) George T. Colman (Vice Consul 1919) Ezra M. Lawton (Consul 1921) Archie William Childs (Vice Consul 1921) Arminius T. Haeberle (Consul 1923-25) Archer Woodford (Vice Consul 1924) Walter C. Thurston (Consul 1926) Herndon W. Goforth (Consul 1926) Charles R. Cameron (Consul 1927-29) R. Frazier Potts (Consul 1927) Walter N. Walmsley, Jr. (Vice Consul 1928-31) John T. Wainwright (Vice Consul 1929) Louis H. Gourley (Consul 1929) Charles R. Cameron (Consul General 1930-33) Willard Galbraith (Vice Consul 1932) Frederic C. Fornes, Jr. (Vice Consul 1932) Sherburne Dillingham (Vice Consul 1932) Carol H. Foster (Consul General 1938) T. Muldrup Forsyth (Vice Consul 1938) Reginald S. Kazanjian (Vice Consul 1938) William E. Flournoy, Jr. (Vice Consul 1938-39) John Hubner II (Vice Consul 1938-43) Reginald S. Castleman (Consul 1939) Cecil M. P. Cross (Consul General 1943-49) Frederic C. Fornes, Jr. (Consul 1943) George T. Colman (Vice Consul 1943) W. Garland Richardson (Consul 1943) Sydney B. Redecker (Consul 1943) Francis C. Jordan (Vice Consul 1943) Robert F. Corrigan (Consul General 1970-71)
Victoria: Jean Zinzen (Consular Agent 1890-1917) Joseph Hoffay (Consular Agent 1924) John W. Brunk (Vice Consul 1926-27) Robert J. Clarke (Vice Consul 1929-38) V. Harwood Blocker, Jr. (Vice Consul 1943) Williams Beal (Vice Consul 1949)

U.S. Politicians who were born in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro: John S. Wise 1846

U.S. Politicians who died in Brazil

No city given: William Tudor 1830 James Wright Gordon 1853
Pernambuco (Recife): George P. Manouvrier 1847
Rio de Janeiro: H. Eric Trammell 1932

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro St. John the Baptist Cemetery

St. John the Baptist Cemetery
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Politicians buried here:

Harvey Eric Trammell (1896-1932) — also known as H. Eric Trammell — Born in Rector, Clay County, Ark., 1896. Married 1927 to Elizabeth Millicent McCarthy (granddaughter of Dennis McCarthy); father of H. Eric Trammell (1927-1944; died of combat wounds, World War II). Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Guatemala, 1927-29; Rio de Janeiro, 1932. Died, from complications of a ruptured appendix, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 8, 1932. Interment at St. John the Baptist Cemetery.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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