Harry F. Stimpson Jr.

Harry Farnum Stimpson Junior
United States Ambassador to Paraguay
In office
September 2, 1959 – March 12, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byWalter C. Ploeser
Succeeded byWilliam P. Snow
Personal details
Born(1913-10-16)October 16, 1913
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2005(2005-04-17) (aged 91)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (October 16, 1913 – April 17, 2005) was an American lawyer who was the United States' ambassador to Paraguay from 1959 to 1961.[1]

Biography

Early life

Harry was born on October 16, 1913, as the second son of Harry Farnum Simpson Sr. and his wife Francis Maude Greenway.[2][3] He studied at Noble and Greenough School, Harvard University, and University of Virginia School of Law, graduating at all of those.[4]

Political career and marriage

On 27 June 1942, Harry married Margaret Lewis Bird in Virginia.[5][6] From 1953 to 1954, he was the secretary for the governor of Massachusetts.[7] On 27 August 1959, Harry was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the United States' ambassador to Paraguay,[8] also becoming an assistant to Christian Herter, the Secretary of State at the time.[7] In 1962, he was the Republican candidate for Massachusetts's 11th district.[2]

Later life and death

In 1987, his wife Margaret died. Two years later, he married again, this time to Martha B. Stimpson.[4] He died on April 7, 2005 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (1913–2005)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stilgenbauer to Stockstill". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  3. ^ "Obituary for H. F. STIMPSON (Aged 53)". The Boston Globe. 1928-07-06. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  4. ^ a b c "Obituary for Harry Farnum Stimpson". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1942-06-29). "MARGARET L.BIRD IS WED IN VIRGINIA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  6. ^ "The Political Graveyard: June 27, 1942". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  7. ^ a b Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown Vindicator.
  8. ^ "The Express from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania". Newspapers.com. 1959-08-27. Retrieved 2024-02-28.