(1807-1886) Diplomat and member of the House of Representatives. He was able to lobby to keep Britain neutral during the civil war.

Charles Francis Adams

(1807-1886) Diplomat and member of the House of Representatives. He was able to lobby to keep Britain…

(1829-1916) American educator, editor of the Providence journal and minister to China and Turkey

J. B. Angell

(1829-1916) American educator, editor of the Providence journal and minister to China and Turkey

(1800-1891) Historian and diplomat that wrote a 10 volume History of the United States and established the Naval Academy at Annapolis

George Bancroft

(1800-1891) Historian and diplomat that wrote a 10 volume History of the United States and established…

(1811-1863) English statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.

James Bruce, Eighth Earl of Elgin

(1811-1863) English statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.

(1822-1901) Chinese statesman, general, and diplomat.

Li Hung Chang

(1822-1901) Chinese statesman, general, and diplomat.

(1340-1400) English poet most famous for The Canterbury Tales.

Geoffrey Chaucer

(1340-1400) English poet most famous for The Canterbury Tales.

(1832-1917) Lawyer and diplomat who achieved major success as ambassador to Great Britain.

Joseph H. Choate

(1832-1917) Lawyer and diplomat who achieved major success as ambassador to Great Britain.

(1832-1917) Great American lawyer.

Joseph Hodges Choate

(1832-1917) Great American lawyer.

David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805 - April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer.

David Dudley Field

David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805 - April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer.

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass harmonica. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United…

John Jay, an American ambassador sent to England to negotiate a treaty with the British.

John Jay

John Jay, an American ambassador sent to England to negotiate a treaty with the British.

United States writer, diplomat, and abolitionist.

James Russell Lowell

United States writer, diplomat, and abolitionist.

(1819-1891) American poet, critic, essayist, orator and diplomat most famous for The Vision of Sir Launfal.

James Russell Lowell

(1819-1891) American poet, critic, essayist, orator and diplomat most famous for The Vision of Sir Launfal.

(1750-1828) American diplomat and soldier that served in the American Revolutionary war.

Thomas Pinckney

(1750-1828) American diplomat and soldier that served in the American Revolutionary war.

A French diplomat.

Talleyrand

A French diplomat.

(b. 1832) American diplomat and author

Andrew D. White

(b. 1832) American diplomat and author

William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of John C. Calhoun and nullification, by the late 1830s Yancey began to identify with Calhoun and the struggle against the forces of the anti-slavery movement. In 1849 Yancey was a firm supporter of Calhoun's "Southern Address" and an adamant opponent of the Compromise of 1850.

William Lowndes Yancey

William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator,…