Robert Lansing State of Residency: New York Appointment: Jun 23, 1915 Entry on Duty: Jun 24, 1915 Termination of Appointment: Feb 13, 1920 Presidency: Wilson Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 13, 1915

As Secretary of State

• Protested against British blockade and contraband practices

• Signed the treaty of 1916 for the purchase of the Danish West Indies and the Lansing-Ishii Agreement of 1917 with Japan

Foreign Travels of Secretary of State Robert Lansing

Foreign Relations of the United States:
1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 (vol. 2), 1919 (vol. 1-13), 1914-1920 (Lansing Papers)

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Born: October 17, 1864
Died: October 30, 1928
Married: Eleanor Foster
Education: Amherst College
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions

• Associate counsel for the United States in the Bering Sea Arbitration 1892-1893

• Was counsel for the Mexican and Chinese Legations in Washington 1894-1895 and 1900-1901

• Counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Claims Commission 1896-1897

• Counsel for the United States before the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903

• Counsel for the United States in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration 1908-1910

• Counsel and agent for the United States in the American and British Claims Arbitration in 1912

• Counselor of the Department of State 1914-1915

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