David Jayne Hill

David Jayne Hill
24th United States Assistant Secretary of State
In office
October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903
Preceded by John Bassett Moore
Succeeded by Francis Loomis
United States Ambassador to Germany
In office
June 14, 1908 – September 2, 1911
President Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Preceded by Charlemagne Tower
Succeeded by John G. A. Leishman
Personal details
Born (1850-06-10)June 10, 1850
Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Died March 2, 1932(1932-03-02) (aged 81)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Anna Amelia Liddell
Juliet Lewis Packer
Profession Author
University President
Diplomat

Rev. David Jayne Hill (June 10, 1850 – March 2, 1932) was an American academic, diplomat and author.

Early life

The son of Baptist minister David T. Hill, David Jayne Hill was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on June 10, 1850. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1874 and served at Bucknell as professor of rhetoric from 1877 to 1879. In 1878 he received his Master of Arts degree, and he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.[1] He also undertook graduate studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Paris.[2]

Academic career

In 1879 Hill received his ordination and was appointed Bucknell's president.[3]

From 1888 to 1896, he was president of the University of Rochester.[4] In 1888 and 1897 he studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris.[5]

In 1900 he received an honorary Docteur es Lettres from the University of Geneva. He received an honorary LL.D. from Colgate University in 1884, and he received additional honorary degrees from Union University (1902), and the University of Pennsylvania (1902).[6]

He was later a professor of European diplomacy at the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy.[7]

Diplomatic career

Hill began a diplomatic career when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1898, serving to 1903.[8]

He was appointed United States Minister to Switzerland in 1903.[9] Two years later he was appointed United States Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg.[10]

From 1908 to 1911 he was Ambassador to Germany.[11] He was also a member of the Permanent Administrative Council of The Hague Tribunal.[12]

Hill was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate from New York in 1914.[13]

Later career

During World War I he wrote articles critical of Woodrow Wilson's decision to ask for a declaration of war and the Wilson administration's conduct of the war effort.[14] In July 1920 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention in New York.[15]

In 1922 Hill received France's Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor.[16]

Death and burial

He died in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1932.[17] Hill was buried at Lewisburg Cemetery near Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.[18]

Family

In 1874 Hill married Anna Amelia Liddell. They had three sons, Walter (1875–1944), Arthur (1878–1884) and David, Jr. (born and died in 1880). Anna died two weeks after giving birth to her third child.[19]

In 1886, he married Juliet Lewis Packer (1853–1923).[20] They were the parents of twins Catherine (1890–1973) and David, Jr. (1890–1975).[21]

Juliet Hill died in Washington, D.C., after being struck by a delivery wagon while crossing the street.[22]

Works

Hill was an author of biography, and also wrote works on religion, psychology, and other topics. His published works include:

References

  1. ↑ Oscar McMurtrie Voorhees, editor, The Phi Beta Kappa Key, Volume 4, 1919, page 481
  2. ↑ The Successful American, Hon. David Jayne Hill, September 1900, page 35
  3. ↑ Aubrey Parkman, David Jayne Hill and the Problem of World Peace, 1974, pages 23–24
  4. ↑ University of Rochester, A Directory of the Officers and Alumni of the University of Rochester, 1830–1893, 1893, page 16
  5. ↑ Howard Jason Rogers, editor, Congress of Arts and Science: Universal Exposition, St. Louis, Volume 7, 1904, page 369
  6. ↑ William Richard Cutter, American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 9, 1921, page 24
  7. ↑ Pittsburgh Press, Brilliant Diplomat May Succeed Dr. White, August 10, 1902
  8. ↑ New York Times, Dr. David J. Hill's Opinions, October 22, 1898
  9. ↑ New York Times, Diplomats Exchange Posts, January 6, 1903
  10. ↑ Youngstown Vindicator, Ambassador: David Jayne Hill Will be Nominated for Post at Berlin, November 8, 1907
  11. ↑ New York Times, Ambassador Hill Quits Berlin Post, April 15, 1911
  12. ↑ Associated Press, St. Petersburg Evening Independent, Noted Educator Claimed by Death, March 3, 1932
  13. ↑ Rochester Evening Journal, Island Job for 'Young Jim', February 11, 1929
  14. ↑ Robert Edwards Annin, Woodrow Wilson: A Character Study, 1924, page 385
  15. ↑ P.F. Collier & Son, Collier's New Encyclopedia, Volume 5, 1921, page 15
  16. ↑ New York Times, France Honors David Jayne Hill, July 16, 1922
  17. ↑ New York Times, David Jayne Hill Dies at Age of 81, March 3, 1932
  18. ↑ Bucknell University, Tour of the Lewisburg Cemetery, 2009, page 1
  19. ↑ Aubrey Parkman, David Jayne Hill and the Problem of World Peace, 1974, pages 18–19, 32–33
  20. ↑ Ann Gordon, editor, The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Volume 5, page 402
  21. ↑ Parkman, David Jayne Hill and the Problem of World Peace, page 36
  22. ↑ Associated Press, Miami News, German Ambassador's Wife Dies of Injury, January 16, 1923
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David Jayne Hill
Academic offices
Preceded by
Francis Wayland Tustin		 President of Bucknell University
1879–1888 		Succeeded by
George G. Groff
Preceded by
Martin Brewer Anderson		 President of the University of Rochester
1889–1896 		Succeeded by
Benjamin Rush Rhees
Political offices
Preceded by
John Bassett Moore		 United States Assistant Secretary of State
October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903 		Succeeded by
Francis Butler Loomis
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Charles Page Bryan		 United States Ambassador to Switzerland
January 7, 1903 – July 1, 1905 		Succeeded by
Brutus J. Clay II
Preceded by
Stanford Newel		 United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
July 15, 1905 – June 1, 1908 		Succeeded by
Arthur M. Beaupre
Preceded by
Charlemagne Tower, Jr.		 United States Ambassador to Germany
June 14, 1908 – September 2, 1911 		Succeeded by
John G.A. Leishman
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