John Moors Cabot | |
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United States Ambassador to Poland | |
In office March 2, 1962 – September 24, 1965 | |
President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | Jacob D. Beam |
Succeeded by | John A. Gronouski |
United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
In office July 22, 1959 – August 17, 1961 | |
President | Dwight Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Ellis O. Briggs |
Succeeded by | Lincoln Gordon |
United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
In office July 12, 1957 – July 15, 1959 | |
President | Dwight Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Philip Bonsal |
Succeeded by | Dempster McIntosh |
United States Ambassador to Sweden | |
In office May 6, 1954 – May 14, 1957 | |
President | Dwight Eisenhower |
Preceded by | William Walton Butterworth |
Succeeded by | Francis White |
4th Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs | |
In office March 3, 1953 – March 1, 1954 | |
President | Dwight Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Edward G. Miller Jr. |
Succeeded by | Henry F. Holland |
United States Ambassador to Finland | |
In office February 27, 1950 – September 20, 1952 | |
President | Harry Truman |
Preceded by | Avra M. Warren |
Succeeded by | Jack K. McFall |
Personal details | |
Born | December 11, 1901 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | February 24, 1981 Washington, D.C. | (aged 79)
Spouse |
Elizabeth Lewis (m. 1932) |
Children | John Godfrey Lowell Cabot Lewis Cabot |
Parent(s) | Godfrey Lowell Cabot Maria Moors Cabot |
Education | Buckingham Browne & Nichols |
Alma mater | Harvard University (1923) Oxford University |
Occupation | Diplomat, U.S. Ambassador |
John Moors Cabot (December 11, 1901 – February 24, 1981) was an American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to five nations during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.[1] He warned repeatedly of the dangers of Soviet communism toward American interests in Latin America.