George S. Messersmith
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George Strausser Messersmith was a United States ambassador to Austria, Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina. Messersmith also served as head of the consulate in Germany from 1930 to 1934, during the rise of t
George Messersmith
Josephus Daniels
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Josephus Daniels was a white supremacist, newspaper editor, Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
George S. Messersmith
…1940, he replaced J. Butler Wright as United States Ambassador to Cuba, a position he would hold until February 1942. In February 1942, he replaced Josephus Daniels as United States Ambassador to Mexico, serving both the Roosevelt administration and the Truman administration. In April/May 1946, Messersmith left…
Daniels c. 1920
Letter from Daniels confirming that the Navy Cross was conferred on Ernesto Burzagli in the name of the President of the United States in 1919. Captain Burzagli was an officer in the Royal Italian Navy.
Daniels (right) shaking hands with his successor as Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby.
Frank A. Daniels II (right) with brother Jonathan W. Daniels (left), sons of Josephus Daniels, in 1915