Garrett Droppers

Garrett Droppers


United States Ambassador to Greece
In office October 9, 1914 (1914-10-09) – (1920-04-16)April 16, 1920
Preceded by	George F. Williams
Succeeded by	Edward Capps
United States Ambassador to Montenegro
In office November 20, 1914 (1914-11-20) – (1918-12-04)December 4, 1918^[1]
Preceded by	George F. Williams
Succeeded by	Roderick W. Moore

Personal details
Born	(1860-04-12)April 12, 1860 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died	July 7, 1927(1927-07-07) (aged 67) Williamstown, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Harvard University
Profession	Academic, diplomat
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Garrett Droppers (April 12, 1860 – July 7, 1927) was an academic and diplomat from the United States.

Biography

Droppers was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Gertrude Droppers on April 12, 1860.^[2] He graduated from Harvard University.^[3] He first married Cora Rand, who died in 1896, and later married Jean Tewkesbury Rand in 1897.

From 1898 to 1906, he served as president of the University of South Dakota. In 1912, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Droppers was appointed by Woodrow Wilson as U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Montenegro from 1914 to 1920.

Garrett Droppers died on July 7, 1927, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.^[4]

References

^ U.S. Department of State. (n.d.). "Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Drisdale to Dsouza".
^ "LibGuides: Garrett Droppers: Overview".
^ "Prof Droppers of Williamstown Dies". The Boston Globe. Williamstown. AP. July 7, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Works by or about Garrett Droppers at Internet Archive

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF
National	Germany United States Japan
Academics	CiNii
Other	SNAC

v t e United States Ambassadors to Greece
Kingdom of Greece (1868–1924)	Tuckerman J. Francis Read Schuyler Fearn Snowden Beale Alexander Rockhill Hardy C. Francis Jackson Pearson Moses Schurman Williams Droppers Capps
Second Hellenic Republic	Laughlin Skinner MacVeagh
Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973) Military junta (1967–1974)	MacVeagh Biddle Kirk MacVeagh Grady Peurifoy Cannon Allen Riddleberger Briggs Labouisse Talbot Tasca
Junta-declared Republic (1973–1974) Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present)	Tasca Kubisch McCloskey Stearns Keeley Sotirhos Niles Burns Miller Ries Speckhard Smith Pearce Pyatt Tsunis

v t e Presidents of the University of South Dakota
Epstein (1862–1863) Simonds (1883–1885) Herrick (1885–1887) Olson (1887–1889) Grose (1890–1891) Mauck (1891–1897) Droppers (1899–1905) Gault (1906–1913) Slagle (1914–1928) James (1929–1935) Weeks (1935–1966) Moulton (1966–1968) Bowen (1968–1976) Lein (1977-1982) McFadden (1982–1988) Asher (1989–1996) Abbott (1997–2018) Gestring (2018– )