The Political Graveyard: Spain

The Political
Graveyard

Spain

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Spain information:

Population: 40,037,995
Land area 194,897 square miles.
Capital: Madrid

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

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

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Spain

John Jay (Minister 1779-82) William Carmichael (Charge d'Affaires 1783-94) William Short (Minister 1794-95) David Humphreys (Minister 1796-1801) Charles Pinckney (Minister 1801-04) George W. Erving (Minister 1814-19) John Forsyth (Minister 1819-23) Hugh Nelson (Minister 1823-25) Alexander H. Everett (Minister 1825-29) Cornelius P. Van Ness (Minister 1829-36) John H. Eaton (Minister 1836-40) Aaron Vail (Charge d'Affaires 1840-42) Washington Irving (Minister 1842-46) Romulus M. Saunders (Minister 1846-49) Daniel M. Barringer (Minister 1849-53) Pierre Soulé (Minister 1853-55) Augustus C. Dodge (Minister 1855-59) William Preston (Minister 1859-61) Carl Schurz (Minister 1861) Gustavus Koerner (Minister 1862-64) John P. Hale (Minister 1865-69) Daniel E. Sickles (Minister 1869-74) Caleb Cushing (Minister 1874-77) James Russell Lowell (Minister 1877-80) Lucius Fairchild (Minister 1880-81) Hannibal Hamlin (Minister 1881-82) John W. Foster (Minister 1883-85) Jabez L. M. Curry (Minister 1885-88) Perry Belmont (Minister 1888-89) Thomas W. Palmer (Minister 1889-90) E. Burd Grubb (Minister 1890-92) A. Loudon Snowden (Minister 1892-93) Hannis Taylor (Minister 1893-97) Stewart L. Woodford (Minister 1897-98) Bellamy Storer (Minister 1899-1902) Arthur S. Hardy (Minister 1902-05) William Miller Collier (Minister 1905-09) Henry C. Ide (Minister 1909-13) Joseph E. Willard (Ambassador 1913-21) Cyrus E. Woods (Ambassador 1921-23) Alexander P. Moore (Ambassador 1923-25) Ogden H. Hammond (Ambassador 1925-29) Irwin Laughlin (Ambassador 1929-33) Claude G. Bowers (Ambassador 1933-39) Alexander W. Weddell (Ambassador 1939-42) Carlton J. H. Hayes (Ambassador 1942-45) Norman Armour (Ambassador 1945) Stanton Griffis (Ambassador 1951-52) Lincoln MacVeagh (Ambassador 1952-53) James Clement Dunn (Ambassador 1953-55) John Davis Lodge (Ambassador 1955-61) A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. (Ambassador 1961) Robert F. Woodward (Ambassador 1962-65) Angier Biddle Duke (Ambassador 1965-68) Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Ambassador 1968-69) Robert C. Hill (Ambassador 1969-72) Horacio Rivero (Ambassador 1972-74) Wells Stabler (Ambassador 1975-78) Terence A. Todman (Ambassador 1978-83) Thomas O. Enders (Ambassador 1983-86) Reginald Bartholomew (Ambassador 1986-89) Joseph Zappala (Ambassador 1989-92) Richard G. Capen, Jr. (Ambassador 1992-93) Richard N. Gardner (Ambassador 1993-97) Edward L. Romero (Ambassador 1998-2001) George L. Argyros, Sr. (Ambassador 2001-04) Eduardo Aguirre, Jr. (Ambassador 2005-)

U.S. Consuls in Spain

(may be incomplete!)

Alicante: W. L. Giro (Consul 1874) John L. Giro (Vice Consul 1897) Henry W. Carey (Vice Consul 1902-04) Henry W. Carey (Consular Agent 1916-24) Albion W. Johnson (Vice Consul 1926-27) Manuel J. Codoner (Vice Consul 1929-32)
Almeria: Franklin C. Bevan (Consular Agent 1897-98) Alger E. Carlton (Consular Agent 1902-04)
Barcelona: Pablo Anguera (Consul 1852) Herbert W. Bowen (Consul 1890-95) Herbert W. Bowen (Consul General 1895-98) H. Henderson Rider (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1897-98) Julius G. Lay (Consul General 1899-1904) Maddin Summers (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1902) H. Henderson Rider (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1904-06) Benjamin H. Ridgely (Consul General 1906) William Dawson (Vice & Deputy Consul General 1908-10) Harry H. Morgan (Consul General 1910-13) Francis M. Mansfield (Vice Consul 1913-14) Carlton Bailey Hurst (Consul General 1913-20) Harris N. Cookingham (Vice Consul 1916) Leonard G. Dawson (Consul 1919) Nathaniel B. Stewart (Consul General 1921) Hiram A. Boucher (Vice Consul 1921-24) Roy W. Baker (Vice Consul 1921-29) Ralph J. Totten (Consul General 1922-24) John S. Calvert (Consul 1923-27) Frank Anderson Henry (Consul 1924-29) Curtis C. Jordan (Consul 1926-32) Nathaniel B. Stewart (Consul General 1926-29) Thomas McEnelly (Consul 1929-32) Richard F. Boyce (Consul 1931-32) Aubrey E. Lippincott (Vice Consul 1932) Claude I. Dawson (Consul General 1932) Cecil M. P. Cross (Consul 1932-35) Alexander C. Kirk (Consul General 1938) Douglas Flood (Vice Consul 1938) Woodruff Wallner (Vice Consul 1938) Bolard More (Vice Consul 1938) William Perry George (Consul 1939-41) Lee Worley (Vice Consul 1939) Arthur C. Frost (Consul General 1940) Howard Bucknell, Jr. (Consul General 1940) Leon L. Cowles (Vice Consul 1941) Walter H. McKinney (Consul 1943) Thomas J. Cory (Vice Consul 1943) Richard A. Poole (Vice Consul 1943) George A. Makinson (Consul General 1943) T. Muldrup Forsyth (Consul 1943-44) Fritz A. M. Alfsen (Consul 1943) Nelson R. Park (Consul 1944-48) William H. Doyle (Vice Consul 1945) Philip W. Bonsal (Consul 1947) Richard Ford (Consul General 1947)
Bilbao: Sidney I. Dyer (Consular Agent 1897) James S. Bourke (Consular Agent 1913-16) James S. Bourke (Vice Consul 1916) Paul H. Foster (Consul 1917) C. Inness Brown (Vice Consul 1917-19) Henry M. Wolcott (Consul 1919-24) Lucius H. Johnson (Vice Consul 1924) Hooker A. Doolittle (Consul 1926-32) Owen W. Gaines (Vice Consul 1932) William E. Chapman (Consul 1932-38) Manuel J. Codoner (Vice Consul 1938) Jule L. Goetzman (Vice Consul 1942-46) Temple Wanamaker, Jr. (Vice Consul 1943) T. Monroe Fisher (Vice Consul 1943) Harry F. Hawley (Consul 1943) John F. Fitzgerald (Vice Consul 1945) Overton G. Ellis, Jr. (Consul 1947)
Cadiz: Joel Barlow (Consul 1792-93) John M. Hall (Consul 1819-23) Darius H. Ingraham (Consul 1885-89) Benjamin G. Haynes (Vice Consul 1897) J. Howell Carroll (Consul 1897-98) Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1903-04) James Sanderson (Consular Agent 1914-16) George G. Duffee (Consul 1919) Lucien N. Sullivan (Consul 1924) Edward E. Silvers (Vice Consul 1925)
Corunna: Julio Harmony (Consul 1897-98) R. Molina (Vice Consul 1897) Enrique Fraga (Consular Agent 1916) Paul D. Thompson (Vice Consul 1919) Ralph C. Busser (Consul 1920-22) Fred C. Slater (Consul 1924)
Denia: Andrew F. Fay (Consul 1897-98) Ambrose Bordehore (Vice Consul 1897)
Jerez de la Frontera: William W. Wysor (Consular Agent 1898) Percival Gassett (Consul 1908-12) Paul H. Foster (Consul 1914-16) Albert H. Fernandez (Vice Consul 1914-16)
Madrid: Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1907-09) Charles L. Hoover (Consul 1909-12) Frederick T. F. Dumont (Consul 1912-14) José Maria Gay (Vice Consul 1914-16) Ely E. Palmer (Consul 1916-21) Robertson Honey (Consul 1916) Carlton Hurst (Vice Consul 1917) John J. Coyle (Vice Consul 1924) Keith Merrill (Consul 1924) Augustin W. Ferrin (Consul 1924-26) Clinton E. MacEachran (Consul 1926-27) Owen W. Gaines (Vice Consul 1929) Maurice L. Stafford (Consul 1929) Raymond O. Richards (Vice Consul 1932) Robert F. Fernald (Consul 1939-41) Frances E. Willis (Consul 1940-43) Willard L. Beaulac (Consul General 1943) Outerbridge Horsey (Vice Consul 1943) Findley Burns, Jr. (Vice Consul 1943) Julian F. Harrington (Consul 1943) William L. Smyser (Vice Consul 1943) Robert M. Brandin (Vice Consul 1943) Earle O. Titus (Vice Consul 1943) Charles Gilbert (Vice Consul 1943) George J. Haering (Consul 1943) La Verne Baldwin (Consul 1943) Niles W. Bond (Vice Consul 1943) Philip W. Bonsal (Consul 1947)
Malaga: John Somers Smith (Consul 1852) Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1896-98) Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1899-1900) Edward J. Norton (Consul 1909-12) Robert Frazer, Jr. (Consul 1912-14) Thomas R. Geary (Vice Consul 1914-16) Percival Gassett (Consul 1914-17) Edward J. Norton (Consul 1916-19) Gaston Smith (Consul 1919) Henry C. A. Damm (Consul 1920-21) Harold L. Smith (Vice Consul 1924-25) Harry A. McBride (Vice Consul 1924-29) Austin C. Brady (Consul 1924-29) Roy W. Baker (Vice Consul 1926) Raymond O. Richards (Vice Consul 1927-29) Augustin W. Ferrin (Consul 1930-35) William B. Douglas, Jr. (Vice Consul 1932) William B. Douglass, Jr. (Vice Consul 1938) Leo J. Callanan (Consul 1938) Warren C. Stewart (Vice Consul 1938) Harold B. Quarton (Consul General 1942-46) Francis B. Moriarty (Vice Consul 1943) Reginald S. Castleman (Consul 1947)
Santander: John H. Grout (Consul 1919) Leonard G. Dawson (Consul 1924)
Seville: Samuel B. Caldwell (Consular Agent 1898) Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1904-06) Louis James Rosenberg (Consul 1906-09) Charles S. Winans (Consul 1909-14) Harris N. Cookingham (Vice Consul 1914) Wilbur T. Gracey (Consul 1916-17) Malcolm E. Graham (Vice Consul 1916) Robert Harnden (Consul 1919) Carlton Hurst (Vice Consul 1919) William C. Burdett (Consul 1922-25) Edward E. Silvers (Vice Consul 1924) Edward E. Silvers (Vice Consul 1925) Harold Playter (Consul 1926-27) Richard Ford (Consul 1927-32) Gerald Keith (Vice Consul 1929) William C. Trimble (Vice Consul 1932) Charles A. Bay (Consul 1936-39) Albert R. Goodman (Vice Consul 1938) Robert H. McBride (Vice Consul 1943) John N. Hamlin (Consul 1943-47) Harold M. Granata (Vice Consul 1943)
Tarragona: Caesar Franklin Agostini (Consular Agent 1914-32)
Valencia: Peter Hotz, Jr. (Consul 1830-31) Richard M. Bartleman (Consul 1901-03) Charles S. Winans (Consul 1907-09) Robert Frazer, Jr. (Consul 1909-12) Claude I. Dawson (Consul 1912-15) James A. Chesney (Vice Consul 1914-16) John R. Putnam (Consul 1916-19) Henry C. A. Damm (Consul 1921-22) Manuel J. Codoner (Vice Consul 1924-27) Clement S. Edwards (Consul 1924-29) Albion W. Johnson (Vice Consul 1929) Russell B. Jordan (Vice Consul 1932) Samuel R. Thompson (Consul 1932) Milton K. Wells (Vice Consul 1938) Lee Worley (Vice Consul 1938) William Perry George (Consul 1941) S. Grover Rich, Jr. (Vice Consul 1943) Willard Galbraith (Consul 1943) Daniel V. Anderson (Consul 1947)
Vigo: Camilo Molins (Consular Agent 1897) Enrique Mulder (Consular Agent 1914-16) Edward I. Nathan (Consul 1917-21) Graham H. Kemper (Consul 1917) Henry T. Wilcox (Consul 1924) Walter H. McKinney (Vice Consul 1925-26) Walter H. McKinney (Consul 1927-29) Renwick S. McNiece (Consul 1932) Leo E. Schumacher (Vice Consul 1932) George M. Graves (Consul 1938) Leon L. Cowles (Vice Consul 1941-43) Donald C. Marelius (Vice Consul 1943) Allan F. McLean, Jr. (Vice Consul 1945) Charles M. Gerrity (Vice Consul 1947)

U.S. Politicians who were born in Spain

Almeria: Diego C. Asencio 1931
Aviles: Julio H. Valdés 1895
La Coruña: Santiago Iglesias 1872
Tarragona: Caesar Franklin Agostini 1884

U.S. Politicians who died in Spain

Cadiz: John M. Hall 1823 Alexander Burton 1861
Madrid: William Carmichael 1795
Near Seville: Cavendish W. Cannon 1962

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

Coin Unknown location

Unknown Location
Coin, Spain

Politicians buried here:

Angus Ivan Ward (1893-1969) — also known as Angus I. Ward — Born in Alvinston, Ontario, July 19, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mukden, 1926; Tientsin, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1932; Moscow, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, 1943; Mukden, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1952-56. Died in 1969. Interment somewhere.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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