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Gummere, Samuel Rene was born on February 19, 1853 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Barker and Elizabeth (Stryker) Gummere.
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Samuel Rene Gummere
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Samuel Rene Gummere was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as US Consul-General in Tangier, Morocco from 1898–1905, and Ambassador to Morocco from 1905–09, and became well known for his roles in the Perdicaris incident of 1904 and the Algeciras Conference.
After 1909 Gummere retired from public life.
After 1909 Gummere retired from public life.
Education
Brother of William S. G. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1870. Unmarried.
Career
He became an important player in the Perdicaris incident, in which Berber chieftain Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli kidnapped American expatriates Ion Perdicaris and his stepson, Cromwell Varley.
He also served as one of the American mediators, under Ambassador to Italy Henry White, in the Algeciras Conference of 1906, which helped to resolve European tensions over Morocco.
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United States -
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Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican party
Career
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1895 - 1898
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1898 - 1905
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March 8, 1905 - June 9, 1909