Charles C. Eberhardt
Charles C. Eberhardt | |
|---|---|
| United States Minister to Costa Rica | |
| In office March 14, 1930 – September 24, 1933 | |
| President | Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Roy Tasco Davis |
| Succeeded by | Leo R. Sack |
| United States Minister to Nicaragua | |
| In office August 7, 1925 – May 10, 1929 | |
| President | Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | John Edward Ramer |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Elting Hanna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 27, 1871 Salina, Kansas |
| Died | February 22, 1965 (aged 93) Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Charles Christopher Eberhardt (July 27, 1871 – February 22, 1965) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica.
Biography
[edit]Charles Christopher Eberhardt was an American diplomat who was born in Salina, Kansas, on July 27, 1871. Eberhardt was educated in the local public schools before going to Wesleyan University.[1] Eberhardt was a Republican with varied business interests, including lumber, insurance and oil, prior to serving in the diplomatic corps. He died February 22, 1965, in Fort Smith, Arkansas,[2] and is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina, Kansas.[3]
Diplomatic career
[edit]Eberhardt's most senior positions were between 1925 and 1933. During his early diplomatic career Eberhardt had served as a chargé d'affaires at various postings before he was promoted to minister to Nicaragua March 12, 1925.[4] He left this post on May 10, 1929.[5]
Following this, Eberhardt then went on to become the minister to Costa Rica on January 9, 1930 where he remained until September 24, 1933.[5][6]
Earlier positions included:
- Clerk in the American Embassy in Mexico City, 1903[1]
- U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06[3]
- U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08[3]
- U.S. Consul in Barranquilla, 1908-10[3]
- U.S. Consul General at Large, 1910–18, 1919-24[3]
- was assigned as U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro 1918-19, though he did not go[1]
- U.S. Consul General at Large for Eastern Europe 1919[3]
- U.S. Consul General for Eastern Europe 1922-25[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Register of the Department of State, 1925". U.S. Dept of State. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "Deaths" (PDF). Foreign Service Journal. April 1965. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Eberhardt, Charles Christopher (1871-1965)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ "March 23, 1925 Diplomatic Changes". Time. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ a b "U.S. Dept. of State Office of the Historian". Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ Munro, Dana Gardner (1974). The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921-1933. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-691-04623-5.
- ^ "The Hutchinson News". Retrieved November 14, 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Douglass, Paul 1939. The Story of German Methodism: Biography of an Immigrant Soul, page 268
- The Biographic Register 1957. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Affairs Document and Reference Center, Publishing and Reproduction Division, page 729
- U.S. Pan American Society 1930 page 66
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