William Christian Bullitt, Jr. (born January 25, 1891 in Philadelphia; died February 15, 1967, Neuilly) was an American diplomat, journalist, and novelist. Although in his youth he was considered something of a radical, he later became an outspoken anticommunist.

Andrew Dickson White (November 7 1832 - November 4 1918) was a U.S. diplomat, author, and educator, best known as the co-founder of Cornell University. White was born in Homer, New York. After spending one year at Hobart College (then known as Geneva College), he transferred to Yale University. At Yale, he was a classmate of Daniel Coit Gilman, who would later serve as first president of Johns Hopkins University. The two were members of the Skull and Bones secret society, …

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Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War. After making his fortune in railways and banking, he turned to a life of politics. He became a state senator in 1845 for the state of Pennsylvania, succeeding James Buchanan. Originally a Democrat, he failed to secure a nomination for senator from the Know-Nothing party, …

Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 - May 21, 1891) was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American political dynasty. Born in Townshend, Vermont, he graduated from Yale College in 1833, where he also was a tutor. At Yale, he and his classmate William Huntington Russell cofounded Skull and Bones, the preeminent undergraduate club. He subsequently studied law at the Yale Law School, …

Cassius Marcellus Clay, nicknamed "The Lion of Whitehall" (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903) was an emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, a second cousin of famous politician Henry Clay. He attended Transylvania University, and then graduated at Yale College in 1832, where he was a member of Skull & Bones; three years later was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly. He opposed the annexation of Texas, supported Henry Clay, …

William Pinkney (March 17, 1764-February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General. Born in Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine (which he did not practice) and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786. After some time practicing law in Harford County, Maryland, he participated in Maryland's state constitutional convention.

George Mifflin Dallas was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President, serving under James K. Polk. Dallas was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810. He was admitted to the bar in 1813 and served as private secretary to Albert Gallatin, Minister to Russia. Dallas returned in 1814 and practiced law in New York City. He was solicitor of the Second Bank of the United States from 1816 to 1817.

John Appleton (February 11, 1815 - August 22, 1864) was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and raised in Cumberland County, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834, also studied at Cambridge Law School, and was admitted to the Cumberland County bar in 1837, commencing practice in Portland, Maine. He also did editorial work on the "Eastern Argus" and became editor in 1838.

Joseph Edward Davies (November 291876-May 91958) was the second Ambassador to represent the United States in the Soviet Union. Born in Watertown, Wisconsin, to Edward and Rahel (Paynter) Davies, Joe Davies rose to prominence with the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, when he was appointed to Chair the Federal Trade Commission from 1915 to 1916.

Charles Emory Smith (February 18, 1842 - January 19, 1908) was an American journalist and political leader. He was born in Mansfield, Connecticut. In 1849 his family removed to Albany, New York, where he attended the public schools and The Albany Academy. He graduated from Union College in 1861, was a recruiting officer on the staff of General John F. Rathbone (1819-1901) in 1861-1862, taught in the Albany Academy in 1862-1865, …

Marshall Jewell (October 20, 1825 - February 10, 1883) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the Governor of Connecticut between 1869 and 1870, and again from 1871 until 1873. Born in 1825 in Winchester, New Hampshire, he was first appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Minister to Russia from 1873 to 1874, but after only seven months in St. Petersburg, he left. Jewell then served as the Postmaster General between 1874 and 1876.

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (November 22, 1846 - December 3, 1932) was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was the son of Vice President of the United States and Confederate General John C. Breckinridge and the great-grandson of U.S. Senator and Attorney General of the United States John Breckinridge.

William Wilkins (December 20, 1779-June 23, 1865) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses of the state legislature, and was federal judge in the United States District Court. He was elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a Democrat and a Jacksonian.

Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1817 - October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. Curtin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law and was employed as a lawyer. His first public office was as Secretary of the Commonwealth. In 1855, Governor James Pollock appointed him as Superintendent of Public Schools.

John Watson Foster was an American military man, journalist and diplomat. Born in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he was first a lawyer and then served as general for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the war he worked as a journalist, editing the "Evansville Daily Journal" from 1865 to 1869 Thereafter he was the U.S. Minister to Mexico (1873-1880), to Russia (1880-1881) and to Spain (1883-1885).

Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794 - September 21, 1858) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1837 to 1841. Born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1794, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819, practicing in Claiborne, Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1821, 1822, 1824, and 1834-1836, serving as the youngest-ever speaker in 1822 and 1836, and he served in the Alabama State Senate in 1825.

George Van Ness Lothrop - (August 8, 1817-1897) was a politician in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as the seventh Michigan Attorney General from 1848 until 1851. Lothrup was born in Easton, Connecticut, the son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop. He was married in 1847 to Almira Strong. Lothrop was a candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district, …

Ethan Allen Hitchcock (September 19, 1835 - April 9, 1909) served under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (1786 - 1862) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York between 1821 and 1839. Cambreleng was born in Washington, North Carolina and moved to New York City in 1802. He served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Twenty-third U.S. Congress and as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses.

William Henry Hunt (June 12, 1823 - February 27, 1884) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield and shortly under President Chester A. Arthur. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Hunt studied law at Yale. He finished his professional training in his brothers' office in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was admitted to the bar in 1844. Hunt opposed secession and favored the Union cause.

Arthur Adair Hartman (born March 12, 1926, New York City) is a retired American career diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to France from 1977-81 and United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1981-87. Hartman served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1944-46. He graduated from Harvard University in 1947 and attended Harvard Law School from 1947-48. In 1948, he joined the State Department.

Laurence Steinhardt (1892 - 1950) was a United States diplomat. He was the U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union between 1939 and 1941. The Arlington National Cemetery website lists him as follows: <blockquote&gt; "Served in the Army Quartermaster Corps during World War II [sic; it was WW I]. After the war [sic, his ambassadorships started in 1933], he served as United States Ambassador to six different nations.

William Harrison Standley (18 December, 1872 - 25 October, 1963) was a U.S. admiral. He served as the chief of naval operations between 1933 and 1937. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1941 until 1943. Born at Ukiah, California, Standley graduated from the Naval Academy in 1895. He then served the required two years' sea duty in the cruiser "Olympia" before he received his commission as an ensign in 1897.

George Henry Boker (October 6, 1823 - January 2, 1890) was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat.

George von Lengerke Meyer (June 24, 1858 - March 9, 1918) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as United States Postmaster General from 1907 to 1909 during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1909 to 1913 during the administration of President William Howard Taft. A native of Boston, Meyer held positions in state and local government while also managing his business affairs.