Patterson, Jefferson, 1891-1977

Dates:
Birth 1891
Death 1977-11-12

Biographical notes:

Diplomat.

From the description of Papers of Jefferson Patterson, 1824-1978 (bulk 1921-1977). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072752

Biographical Note

1891, May 14 Born, Dayton, Ohio 1913 A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1916 LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1916 1917 Attended Harvard University School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass. 1917 1919 Second lieutenant, United States Army 1919 1920 Dayton, Ohio Dayton Law clerk, Dayton, Ohio Admitted to Ohio bar 1921 Secretary of legation, State Department, Washington, D.C. 1921 1922 Assistant secretary, Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C. 1922 1930 Peking, China Beijing Beijing Shi Bogota, Colombia Bogotá Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá Ankara, Turkey Ankara Ankara Secretary of embassy or legation in Peking, China, 1922-1924; Bogota, Colombia, 1924-1926; and Ankara, Turkey, 1926-1930 1931 1934 Assistant chief, Division of Protocol and Conferences, State Department, Washington, D.C. 1934 1936 Consul, Breslau, Poland 1936 1938 First secretary, American embassy, Oslo, Norway 1939 1941 Berlin, Germany Berlin Land Berlin Berlin In charge of Prisoner of War Section, American embassy, Berlin, Germany Germany Federal Republic of Germany Entrusted with protection of Belgian, British, and French interests in Germany 1940 Married Mary Marvin Breckinridge 1941 1945 Deputy chief of mission, American embassy, Lima, Peru 1944 Published Outside and In, 1939-1941 (Lima: n.p. 66 pp.) 1945 1946 Counselor, American embassy, Brussels, Belgium 1946 1949 Counselor, American embassy, Cairo, Egypt 1950 1952 United States representative, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans 1956 1958 Ambassador, Uruguay 1958 Retired from diplomatic service 1962 Published Diplomatic Terminus, An Experience in Uruguay (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 113 pp.) 1966 Published Capitals and Captives (Cambridge: Riverside Press. 314 pp.) 1967 Published Family Portraits (Nashville: Baird-Ward Printing Co. 63 pp.) 1977, Nov. 12 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Jefferson Patterson Papers, 1824-1978, (bulk 1921-1977), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Arts
  • Cattle
  • Charities
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Israel
  • Sports
  • Tobacco
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Diplomats

Places:

  • Norway (as recorded)
  • Peru (as recorded)
  • Turkey (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • Colombia (as recorded)
  • Poland (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Egypt (as recorded)
  • Maryland--Saint Leonard (as recorded)
  • Dayton (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Uruguay (as recorded)
  • Dayton (Ohio) (as recorded)

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