Richard Olney State of Residency: Massachusetts Appointment: Jun 8, 1895 Entry on Duty: Jun 10, 1895 Termination of Appointment: Mar 5, 1897 Presidency: Cleveland Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 3, 1895

As Secretary of State

• Induced the British Government to submit to arbitration its dispute with Venezuela over the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana

• Insisted on the production of American lives and property and on reparation for injuries in the disorders then prevailing in Cuba, China, and Turkey

Foreign Travels

Foreign Relations of the United States:
1895 (vol. 1 & 2), 1896, 1897

Profile
Born: September 15, 1835
Died: April 8, 1917
Married: Agnes Park Thomas
Education: Brown University; Harvard Law School
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions

• Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1874

• Attorney General in President's Cleveland's Cabinet 1893-1895

• The American member of the Permanent International Commission under the Bryant-Jusserand Treaty of 1914 with France 1915-1917

Notable Events