John Graham (diplomat)

American politician and diplomat (1774–1820)

John Graham

United States Minister to Portugal
In office
June 24, 1819 – June 13, 1820
President| James Monroe
Preceded by| Thomas Sumter Jr.
Succeeded by| John James Appleton
Acting United States Secretary of State
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 9, 1817
President| James Monroe
Preceded by| James Monroe
Succeeded by| Richard Rush
Chief Clerk of the United States Department of State
In office
July 1, 1807 – July 18, 1817
Leader| James Madison
Robert Smith
James Monroe
Preceded by| Jacob Wagner
Succeeded by| Daniel Brent
Personal details
Born| 1774 (1774)
Dumfries, Virginia, British America
Died| August 6, 1820(1820-08-06) (aged 45–46)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education| Columbia University

John Graham (1774 – August 6, 1820) was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in Dumfries, Virginia, and graduated from Columbia University in 1790. He moved to Kentucky and served in the Kentucky legislature.

From 1801 to 1803 he served as secretary and chargé d'affaires in the U.S. legation to Spain.

Graham was chief clerk of the State Department from 1807 to 1817 and as such was acting United States Secretary of State for five days, from March 4 to March 9, 1817, at the start of the administration of President James Monroe.[1] Along with Caesar Augustus Rodney and Theodorick Bland, Graham was selected by Monroe in 1817 as one of three commissioners for a special diplomatic mission to South America, the South American Commission of 1817-1818.[2] He served as the U.S. Minister to Portugal at Rio de Janeiro from June 24, 1819, to June 13, 1820.[1]

He died in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1820. His brother, George Graham, was acting Secretary of War under Presidents Madison and Monroe.

## References

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General

* National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1901), Vol. XI, p. 317.
* Peterson, Harold F., Argentina and the United States, 1810-1960 (1964), p. 38 ff.
* Beers, Henry Putney, French and Spanish Records of Louisiana (1989), p. 22.

Specific

1. ^ a b "John Graham (1774–1820)". Retrieved June 21, 2020.
2. ^ Rasmussen, Wayne D. (2006). "Diplomats and Plant Collectors: The South American Commission, 1817-1818". In Gerber, James; Lei Guang (eds.). Agriculture and Rural Connections in the Pacific, 1500-1900. The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500–1900. Vol. 13\. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company. pp. 53–62\. ISBN 9780754639787.

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