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Robert Lansing (1864-1928) was an American lawyer and Conservative Democratic politician who served as Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. "Before U.S. involvement in the war, Lansing vigorously advocated in favor of the principles of freedom of the seas and the rights of neutral nations. He later advocated U.S. participation in World War I, negotiated the Lansing–Ishii Agreement with Japan in 1917 and was a member of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace at Paris in 1919. "In 1919, Lansing became the nominal head of the US Commission to the Paris Peace Conference. Because he did not regard the League of Nations as essential to the peace treaty, Lansing began to fall out of favor with Wilson, for whom participation in the League of Nations was a primary goal. During Wilson's stroke and illness, Lansing called the cabinet together for consultations on several occasions. In addition, he was the first cabinet member to suggest that Vice President Thomas R. Marshall assume the powers of the presidency. Edith Wilson was displeased by Lansing's independence, and requested Lansing's resignation in 1920. "In 1890, Lansing married Eleanor Foster (1866-1934), the daughter of Secretary of State John W. Foster. Eleanor's older sister Edith was the mother of John Foster Dulles, who also became Secretary of State, Allen Welsh Dulles who served as Director of Central Intelligence, and Eleanor Lansing Dulles, an economist and high level policy analyst and advisor for the State Department. "New York State Senator Robert Lansing (1799–1878) was his grandfather; Chancellor John Lansing, Jr. and State Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing were his great-granduncles." [1]

Secretary of State Robert Lansing was in the news on the date Jesús Roberto Duarte deciphered, July 23, 1919. "After seven months in Paris as a member of the American Commission at the Peace Conference, Secretary of State Robert Lansing returned to this country on the Holland-America liner Rotterdam" on July 22, 1919. The Secretary was irked that the Internet Marconi Wireless on the Rotterdam had failed declaring he was completely out of touch with affairs. Secretary and Mrs. Lansing and other members of the delegation stayed overnight at the Hotel Biltmore before leaving for Washington on July 23, 1919.  [1]

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Robert Lansing (/ˈlænsɪŋ/; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and Conservative Democratic[1] politician who served as Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lansing

Caption from Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919): "36657. Hon. Robert Lansing, United States Secretary of State, at his desk in Crillion Hotel. Paris, Seine, France. December 17, 1918. " archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n403/mode/2up

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