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Article: Lansing, Robert 1864-1928
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LANSING, ROBERT 1864-1928
Secretary of state, 1915-1920
Wartime Cabinet Member
As secretary of state during World War I, Robert Lansing was over-shadowed by President Woodrow Wilson, who conducted most important foreign-policy matters himself. As the German ambassador to the United States once commented, "Since Wilson decides
everything
, any interview with Lansing is a mere matter of form."
Background
Born in Watertown, New York, on 17 October 1864, Robert Lansing graduated from Amherst College in 1886. After studying law in his father's law office, he was admitted to the New York State bar in 1889 and became a junior partner in his father's firm in Watertown. In 1890 Lansing married ...
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