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Herschel Johnson
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office July 22, 1948 – May 27, 1953
President	Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	William D. Pawley
Succeeded by	James S. Kemper
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting
In office June 3, 1946 – January 14, 1947
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Edward Stettinius Jr.
Succeeded by	Warren Austin
United States Ambassador to Sweden
In office December 12, 1941 – April 28, 1946
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Frederick A. Sterling
Succeeded by	Louis G. Dreyfus Jr.
Personal details
Born	Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1894-05-03)May 3, 1894 Atlanta,Georgia, U.S.
Died	April 16, 1966(1966-04-16) (aged 71) Charlotte,North Carolina, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Education	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill(BA) Harvard University(JD)

Herschel Vespasian Johnson (May 3, 1894 – April 16, 1966) was aU.S. diplomat fromNorth Carolina.^[1] He was the great-grandson of GovernorHerschel Vespasian Johnson.^[2] He served as a U.S.Foreign Service Officer from 1921 to 1953, and his career included posts inEurope,Latin America, and theUnited Nations.

He served asEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaryto Sweden between 12 December 1941 and 28 April 1946. Thereafter, he served as the acting US ambassador to theUnited Nations between 1946 and 1947. In 1948, he was appointedAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary toBrazil.

During his time in Sweden, he madehumanitarian efforts to save civilian lives and was in touch withRaoul Wallenberg.

He was a vocal proponent of the 1947PalestinePartition Plan. The outcome of the UN vote is attributed to his collaboration withAndrei A. Gromyko, otherwise Johnson's political opponent. They both stood together on this issue and urged theGeneral Assembly not to delay its decision but to vote for partition at once, opposing last-minute efforts ofArabdelegations to effect a compromise.

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