Fred Morris Dearing

American diplomat (1879–1963)

Fred Morris Dearing (November 19, 1879 – June 1963) was a United States diplomat.

Biography

Fred Morris Dearing was born in Columbia, Missouri on November 19, 1879. He was a graduate of the University of Missouri.^[1]

He was a career officer in the United States Foreign Service. In the administration of President of the United States Warren G. Harding, Dearing was United States Assistant Secretary of State under United States Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes from March 11, 1921 to February 28, 1922. He served as U.S. Minister to Portugal from June 6, 1922 to February 28, 1930. He was U.S. Minister to Peru from May 23, 1930 to June 3, 1937. He was U.S. Minister to Sweden from April 22, 1937 to September 23, 1937.^[2]

Dearing died in 1963.

^ "Dearing, Fred Morris (1879-1963), Papers, 1897-1961, C2926" (PDF). The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
^ "Fred Morris Dearing". United States Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2012.

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Government offices
Preceded by William Phillips	United States Assistant Secretary of State March 11, 1921 – February 28, 1922	Succeeded by Leland B. Harrison
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Thomas H. Birch	United States Ambassador to Portugal June 6, 1922 – February 28, 1930	Succeeded by John Glover South
Preceded by Alexander Pollock Moore	United States Ambassador to Peru May 23, 1930 – June 3, 1937	Succeeded by Laurence Steinhardt
Preceded by Laurence Steinhardt	United States Ambassador to Sweden April 22, 1937 – September 23, 1937	Succeeded by Frederick A. Sterling

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Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary

Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary

v t e United States Ambassadors to Peru
Chargé d'Affaires	Cooley Larned Thornton Pickett Bryan Jewett Clay
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Clay Robinson Hovey Settle Thomas Gibbs Christiancy Hurlbut Phelps Buck Hicks McKenzie Dudley Combs Howard McMillin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Gonzales Poindexter Moore Dearing Steinhardt Norweb White Pawley Cooper Tittmann Briggs Achilles Chapin Loeb Jones Belcher Dean Shlaudeman Corr Ortiz Jordan Watson Quainton Brayshaw (a.i.) Adams Jett Hamilton Dawson Struble McKinley Likins Nichols Urs Kenna

v t e United States Ambassadors to Sweden
Minister Plenipotentiary	Russell
Chargé d'Affaires	Lawrence Hughes Somerville Appleton Hughes Lay Ellsworth Schroeder
Minister Resident	Schroeder Angel Haldeman Campbell Bartlett Andrews Stevens Thomas Magee
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Magee Thomas Ferguson Thomas Graves Morris Bliss Harrison Morehead Steinhardt Dearing Sterling Johnson Dreyfus Matthews
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Matthews Butterworth Cabot White Bonbright Parsons Heath Holland Strausz-Hupé Smith Kennedy-Minott Forsberg Newell Redman Siebert Olson Heimbold Bivins Wood Barzun Brzezinski Raji Howery Ramanathan