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6 unusual facts about United States Ambassador to France


28th New York State Legislature

U.S. Senator John Armstrong resigned on June 30, 1804, after his appointment as U.S. Minister to France.

Arthur A. Hartman

Arthur Adair Hartman (born March 12, 1926, in New York City) is a retired American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to France under Jimmy Carter and Ambassador to the Soviet Union under Ronald Reagan.

Fart Proudly

"Fart Proudly" (also called "A Letter To A Royal Academy", and "To the Royal Academy of Farting") is the popular name of a "notorious essay" about flatulence written by Benjamin Franklin circa 1781 while he was living abroad as United States Ambassador to France.

Shays' Rebellion

Thomas Jefferson, who was serving as ambassador to France at the time, refused to be alarmed by Shays' Rebellion.

Timothy Shriver

Timothy Shriver was born to Sargent Shriver, a former United States Ambassador to France and the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate in 1972, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics.

Vincent J. Murphy

In 1943 Murphy ran as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey against Republican Walter Evans Edge, who had come out of retirement after serving as United States Senator and United States Ambassador to France, as well as Governor during World War I.


1798 State of the Union Address

In 1796 the French Directory rejected Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as the United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France.

Roswell P. Flower

He was elected as a Democrat to the 47th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi P. Morton upon his appointment as Minister to France, and served from December 5, 1881, to March 3, 1883.


see also

Arthur Watson

Arthur K. Watson (1919–1974), president of IBM World Trade Corporation and United States Ambassador to France