Thomas Cleland Dawson
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| Thomas Cleland Dawson | |
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| Thomas Cleland Dawson | |
| 7th United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic | |
| In office July 23rd, 1904 – May 5th, 1907 | |
| Preceded by | William F. Powell |
| Succeeded by | Fenton R. McCreery |
| 8th United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
| In office October 16th, 1907 – April 25th, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | John Barrett |
| Succeeded by | Elliott Northcott |
| 24th United States Ambassador to Chile | |
| In office August 20th, 1909 – November 16, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | John Hicks |
| Succeeded by | Henry P. Fletcher |
| 6th United States Ambassador to Panama | |
| In office September 24th, 1910 – December 1st, 1910 | |
| Preceded by | R. S. Reynolds Hitt |
| Succeeded by | H. Percival Dodge |
Thomas Cleland Dawson (July 30, 1865 - May 1, 1912) was a career United States diplomat, educated at Hanover College. After an early career as a lawyer and a newspaper publisher, he entered the diplomatic service in 1891, when he was appointed Secretary of Legation in Brazil. He was U.S. minister and consul general to the Dominican Republic (1904‑1907), during which term he negotiated the American-Dominican Fiscal Convention of 1907; then ambassador to Colombia (1907‑1909), Chile (1909), and Panama (1910). He is the author of The South American Republics (2 vols., 1903 and 1904).[1]
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