Bellamy Storer | |
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| United States Ambassador toAustria | |
| In office January 3, 1903 – February 8, 1906 | |
| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Robert S. McCormick |
| Succeeded by | Charles Spencer Francis |
| 32ndUnited States Minister toSpain | |
| In office June 16, 1899 – December 10, 1902 | |
| President | William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Stewart L. Woodford |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
| United States Minister toBelgium | |
| In office July 21, 1897 – May 31, 1899 | |
| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | James S. Ewing |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Townsend |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Butterworth |
| Succeeded by | Charles Phelps Taft |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1847-08-28)August 28, 1847 Cincinnati,Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1922(1922-11-12) (aged 75) |
| Resting place | Le Cimetiere Neuf,Marvejols,France |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Maria Longworth Nichols Storer |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Cincinnati Law School |
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Bellamy Storer (August 28, 1847 – November 12, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as aU.S. representative fromOhio from 1891 to 1895. He later served as a diplomat for theUnited States, serving as minister or ambassador toBelgium,Spain, andAustria.
Storer was born inCincinnati, Ohio, the son ofBellamy Storer (1796–1875) and uncle ofNicholas Longworth. Storer attended the common schools in Cincinnati andDixwell's Private Latin School,Boston, Massachusetts. He was graduated fromHarvard University in 1867 and from the law school ofCincinnati College (nowUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law) in 1869.
He wasadmitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He served as assistantUnited States attorney for thesouthern district of Ohio in 1869 and 1870.
Storer's wife,Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, was the founder ofRookwood Pottery located inCincinnati, Ohio. They married in 1886. Her Cincinnati connections were a great boost to Storer's standing in the city.[1]
Storer was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-second andFifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894, but resumed the practice of law. He wasAssistant Secretary of State in 1897.
Storer promotedWilliam McKinley in his campaigns forgovernor of Ohio andpresident of the United States.[1] This service was remembered in McKinley's assignment of him to beEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary toBelgium[1] from May 4, 1897, to April 11, 1899. He was later assumed the same post forSpain from April 12, 1899, to September 26, 1902. His friendTheodore Roosevelt then assigned him as the ambassador toAustria-Hungary from 1903 to March 1906.
Although Roosevelt asked Storer to intervene withPope Leo XIII regarding acardinalate forJohn Ireland, Roosevelt later had second thoughts,[1] and Storer's activity on Ireland's behalf led to his dismissal from the Austria-Hungary post.[2] Storer converted toRoman Catholicism from Episcopal Church[3] in 1896.[1]
Afterwards Storer resumed the practice of law. He died inParis,France, November 12, 1922, and was interred in Le Cimetiere Neuf inMarvejols.
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