Henry C. A. Damm

Henry C. A. Damm was a United States diplomat.

Biography

Damm was born Henry Christian Augustus Damm on January 19, 1874, to Conrad and Maria Damm in Waushara County, Wisconsin.[1] In 1902 he married Alice Mary Anne Purdue. He died on August 24, 1929, in Nogales, Sonora.

Career

Damm served as U.S. Consul in Cornwall, Ontario from 1909 to 1912; in Stettin, Poland from 1912 to 1915; in Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany from 1915 to 1917; in Stavanger, Norway from 1917 to 1919; in Christiana, Norway in 1918; in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1919 to 1920; in Málaga, Spain from 1920 to 1921; in Valencia, Spain from 1921 to 1922; and in Nogales from 1922 to 1929. While serving as Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, he would be one of a group of American consuls who would be stranded in Munich, Germany during a diplomatic breakdown during World War I.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#0XV1ELU97
  2. ↑ https://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F06E2DD163FE731A25753C3A9659C946696D6CF
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