Henry P. Fletcher

Henry Prather Fletcher
Born	April 10, 1873 Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Died	July 10, 1959 (aged 86) Newport, Rhode Island
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

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.

Further reading

• Marvin, George (February 1916). "Henry P. Fletcher: Our First Ambassador To Reconstituted Mexico". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. XXXI: 442–450. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

External links

• Bio from Allison-Antrim Museum
• The Political Graveyard