Henry P. Fletcher

Henry P. Fletcher

Henry Prather Fletcher (April 10, 1873 – July 10, 1959) was an American diplomat.

Biography

Fletcher was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania in 1873. He was the fourth cousin once removed of William McKinley.

After the United States declared war on Spain in 1898, he joined Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders as a private in Troop K.

He later worked as a diplomat, serving as U.S. Minister to Chile from 1909 to 1914 and to Luxembourg from 1923 to 1924. He also served as Ambassador to Chile from 1914 to 1916; Mexico, 1916 to 1919; Belgium, 1922 to 1924; and Italy from 1924 to 1929.

He was also Chairman of the Republican Party from 1934 to 1936 and was a delegate to the Republican national conventions in 1936 and 1940.

He died in 1959 at his home in Newport, Rhode Island, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

External links

• Bio from Allison-Antrim Museum
• The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Norman H. Davis	Under Secretary of State 1921–1922	Succeeded by William Phillips
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Thomas C. Dawson	United States Minister to Chile 9 September 1910–19 November 1914	United States diplomatic mission upgraded to Embassy
United States diplomatic mission upgraded from Legation	United States Ambassador to Chile 19 November 1914–9 March 1916	Succeeded by Joseph Hooker Shea
Preceded by Henry Lane Wilson	United States Ambassador to Mexico 1916–1919	Succeeded by Charles B. Warren
Preceded by Richard Washburn Child	United States Ambassador to Italy 1924–1929	Succeeded by John W. Garrett
Party political offices
Preceded by Everett Sanders	Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1934 - 1936	Succeeded by John Hamilton