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John Robert Graham Pitkin
United States Ambassador to Argentina
In office
1889–1893
Preceded byBayless W. Hanna
Succeeded byWilliam I. Buchanan
Personal details
Born1840-1841
New Orleans, Louisiana
Died(1901-07-04)July 4, 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ChildrenHelen Pitkin
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/serviceCrescent Infantry Regiment
RankPrivate
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

John Robert Graham Pitkin, also known as John R. G. Pitkin, (1840-1841 – July 4, 1901) was an American diplomat and soldier.

Biography[edit]

Pitkin was born in either 1840 or 1841 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would study at the University of Louisiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1861.[1]

Following his graduation, Pitkin would practice law while serving as a school principal in New Orleans between the years of 1861 to 1863.[2] During the Civil War, he would find himself briefly serving as a private in Louisiana's Crescent Regiment, beginning on February 18, 1863.[3] However, after the fall of New Orleans, he publicly declared himself a Republican and Unionist, earning him a position in the Reconstruction.[4] He would participate in the Southern Loyalist convention, held in Philadelphia in 1866, and would serve as a Republican campaign speaker.[5]

Pitkin had a daughter on August 8, 1877, in New Orleans, Louisiana named Helen. She would go on to become a staff writer for the Louisiana paper, the Times-Democrat.[6]

In 1877 Pitkin was nominated to be marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana; he would hold the position for one year.[7] Later in 1882, he would take the position back up.[8]

Pitkin served as the United States' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina from 1889 to 1893.[6][9][10]

The last government position that Pitkin would hold would be postmaster of New Orleans, which he served as between 1898 and 1900.[7][11] He resigned from this position amid a blackmail scandal involving his secretary.[4]

Pitkin died in New Orleans on July 4, 1901.[1][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Pink to Pittoni". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. ^ Garfield, James Abram; Brown, Harry James (1967). The Diary of James A. Garfield: 1878-1881. Michigan State University. ISBN 978-0-87013-221-6.
  3. ^ Office, New York (State) Adjutant General's (1868). Annual Report of the Adjutant-General. The Office.
  4. ^ a b Reed, John Shelton (2012-09-17). Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4765-8.
  5. ^ Grant, Ulysses Simpson; Marszalek, John F. (1967). The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: November 1, 1870-May 31, 1871. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2197-1.
  6. ^ a b Alderman, Edwin Anderson; Harris, Joel Chandler; Kent, Charles W.; Smith, Charles Alphonso; Knight, Lucian Lamar; Metcalf, John Calvin (1910). Library of Southern Literature: Biographical dictionary of authors. Martin & Hoyt Company.
  7. ^ a b Garrison, William Lloyd (1981). The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-52666-2.
  8. ^ Senate, United States Congress (1969). Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America. order of the Senate of the United States.
  9. ^ "John Robert Graham Pitkin - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  10. ^ Ruxton, Ian, ed. (30 September 2017). The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895: Uruguay and Morocco. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-359-28131-2.
  11. ^ Bose, Joel Campbell Du; Owen, Thomas McAdory (1903). The Gulf States Historical Magazine. Gulf States Historical Magazine.
  12. ^ "John R. G. Pitkin". The New York Times. 1901-07-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-12.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._G._Pitkin

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