Condy Raguet
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Condy Raguet (January 28, 1784–March 22, 1842) was the first Chargé d'Affaires from the United States to Brazil and noted politician from Pennsylavania.
Raguet was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and began working as a merchant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He returned to Philadelphia and was involved in local politics. In 1815, he was elected to the lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature and eventually became a senator.
He was the US Consul at Rio de Janeiro from 1822 to 1825 after Brazil declared independence, and Chargé d'Affaires to Brazil from 1825 to 1827. He returned to the United States in 1830 and devoted the rest of his life to writings on free trade. He died in 1842 in his hometown.
[edit] Primary sources
- Ripley, George. "Raguet, Condy." The New American Cyclopaedia: a Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. 1861. D. Appleton and Company. 12 Mar. 2008 <http://books.google.cl/books?id=Nn5ywneK7DkC>
- "Condy Raguet." Virtualogy.Com. 2001. 11 Mar. 2008 <www.famousamericans.net/condyraguet/>.
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| New title Brazilian Independence
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United States Chargé d'Affaires, Brazil 29 October 1825–16 April 1827 |
Succeeded by William Tudor |
