William Elliott Gonzales

American diplomat

William Elliott Gonzales


United States Ambassador to Peru
In office April 24, 1920 – October 11, 1921
President	Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding
Preceded by	Benton McMillin
Succeeded by	Miles Poindexter
United States Ambassador to Cuba
In office August 9, 1913 – December 18, 1919
President	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Arthur M. Beaupre
Succeeded by	Boaz W. Long

William Elliott Gonzales (1866 – October 20, 1937) was the United States Ambassador to Cuba from 1913 to 1919 and the United States Ambassador to Peru from 1919 to 1921. He was born to Ambrosio José Gonzales and Harriott Rutledge Elliott. On February 2, 1887, he married Sarah C. Shiver. He served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War.

Sometime between 1909 and 1912, Gonzales was the Editor of The State newspaper and used the paper's reach to help raise $11,000 in private subscriptions for the purposes of erecting the South Carolina Monument to the Women of the Confederacy.^[1] The South Carolina General Assembly appropriated another $7,500 for the monument.^[2]

He was later the United States Ambassador to Cuba from 1913 to 1919. He was the United States Ambassador to Peru from 1919 to 1921.

He died on October 20, 1937.^[3] He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gonzales Fountain was erected in Arsenal Hill in his memory.^[4]

References

^ "South Carolina Monument to the Women of the Confederacy | Historic Columbia". www.historiccolumbia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ "South Carolina Monument to the Women of the Confederacy | Historic Columbia". www.historiccolumbia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ "W. E. Gonzales, 71, Carolina Editor. Publisher of The State Last of Three Brothers Who Built Up Paper in Columbia". New York Times. October 21, 1937. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
^ Scott, Brian (2023). "The Gonzales Fountain". Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2023.