Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923

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Army officer, military engineer, and diplomat.

A graduate of West Point and the U.S. Engineer School, Judson's career with the Army Corps of Engineers included working on river, harbor, and canal improvements in Chicago and the Great Lakes region, Puerto Rico, N.Y., and Texas, consulting on the Panama Canal, and serving as engineer commissioner for the District of Columbia. Judson's military and diplomatic posts included military attaché to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), duty with the Root Mission to Russia (1917), brigadier-general assigned to duty as chief of the American embassy in Petrograd (1917-Jan. 1918), and command of the New York Port of Embarkation (until being stricken during the influenza epidemic).

From the description of William Voorhees Judson papers, 1888-1947. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 50104093

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correspondedWith Burleson, Albert Sidney, 1863-1937. person
correspondedWith Goethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928 person
associatedWith Judson, Clay. person
associatedWith Judson, Clay, 1892-1960. person
correspondedWith La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 person
associatedWith Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
correspondedWith Reed, John, 1887-1920 person
associatedWith Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. person
associatedWith Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of, 1853-1920 person
correspondedWith Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 person
associatedWith United States. Army. Corps of Engineers corporateBody
correspondedWith Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
Soviet Union
Chicago (Ill.)
United States
Puerto Rico
Manchuria (China)
New York (N.Y.)
Washington (D.C.)
Panama Canal (Panama)
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Canals
Harbors
Hydraulic engineers
Influenza
Lakeshore development
Military engineers
River engineering
Russo
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Birth 1865

Death 1923

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