Robert Lansing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Lansing

American politician

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1864

Place of Birth: Watertown, New York, United States

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1928

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Robert Lansing

  • Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and high government official who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920.
  • A conservative pro-business Democrat, he was pro-British and a strong defender of American rights at international law.
  • He was a leading enemy of Germany autocracy and Russian Bolshevism.
  • Before U.S.
  • involvement in the war, Lansing vigorously advocated in favor of the principles of freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations.
  • He later advocated U.S.
  • participation in World War I, negotiated the Lansing–Ishii Agreement with Japan in 1917 and was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris in 1919.
  • However Wilson made Colonel House his chief foreign policy advisor because Lansing privately opposed much of the Versailles treaty and was skeptical of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination.

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