# Frederic Jesup Stimson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederic_Jesup_Stimson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederic_Jesup_Stimson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Jesup_Stimson > Source revision: 1347562382 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American diplomat (1855–1943) Frederic Jesup Stimson 21st United States Ambassador to Argentina In office January 8, 1915 – April 21, 1921 President Woodrow Wilson Preceded by John W. Garrett Succeeded by John W. Riddle Personal details Born (1855-07-20)July 20, 1855 Dedham, Massachusetts Died November 19, 1943(1943-11-19) (aged 88) Dedham, Massachusetts Resting place Old Village Cemetery Party Democratic Spouses Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot ​ ​ (m. 1881; died 1896)​ Mabel Ashhurst ​ (m. 1902)​ Children Mildred Stimson Margaret "Lorna" Stimson Education Harvard University (A.B., LL.B., LL.D.) Profession Writer, lawyer, diplomat Signature **Frederic Jesup Stimson** (July 20, 1855 – November 19, 1943) was an American writer and lawyer, who served as the [United States Ambassador to Argentina](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Argentina) from 1915 to 1921. ## Career Stimson was a [Harvard Law](/source/Harvard_Law) graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a [novelist](/source/Novelist) specializing in [historical romances](/source/Historical_romance), sometimes writing under the [pen name](/source/Pen_name) "J.S. of Dale".[1] Stimson served as the [United States Ambassador to Argentina](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Argentina) from 1915 to 1921. He was the first U.S. envoy to Argentina to hold the title "Ambassador", the previous envoys having held the title "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary".[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Personal life Stimson was born in [Dedham, Massachusetts](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts) on July 20, 1855.[2][a] He later purchased the home built by [Fisher Ames](/source/Fisher_Ames).[4] Stimson had two wives: Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot and Mabel Ashhurst. He married Abbot in 1881,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and had two children with her: Mildred Stimson (April 23, 1883 – December 17, 1966) and Margaret "Lorna" Stimson (January 3, 1889 – July 12, 1956).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Following Abbot's death in 1896, Stimson married Ashhurst in 1902.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Frederic Jesup Stimson's grave in the [Old Village Cemetery](/source/Old_Village_Cemetery) He died at his home in Dedham on November 19, 1943.[5] He is buried in lot EI3 at the [Old Village Cemetery](/source/Old_Village_Cemetery).[3] ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** His record at the [Old Village Cemetery](/source/Old_Village_Cemetery) lists his place of birth as Philadelphia.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-obit_1-0)** ["Frederic Stimson, ex-diplomat, dead; Former Envoy to Argentina and Brazil Was the Author of Novels, Political Books"](https://www.nytimes.com/1943/11/21/archives/frederic-timson-exdiplomat-dead-former-envoy-to-argentina-and-l.html). *The New York Times*. November 21, 1943. p. 57. Retrieved June 17, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Biographical_2-0)** [Eliot, Samuel Atkins](/source/Samuel_A._Eliot_(minister)), ed. (1909). [*Biographical History of Massachusetts*](https://www.google.com/books/?id=fC0EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP429). Vol. II. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Google Books. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ovc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ovc_3-1) Damon, Peter T. ["Old Village Cemetery List of Burials"](https://dedhamvillage.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/burials_old_village_cemetery_dedham_ma.pdf) (PDF). Dedham Village Preservation Association. p. 26. Retrieved June 3, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-fisher_5-0)** Bacon, Edwin Monroe (1903). [*Boston: A Guide Book*](https://books.google.com/books?id=qDtAAQAAMAAJ&q=Frederick+J.+Stimson). Ginn. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-GlobeObit_6-0)** ["Deaths and Funerals: Frederic J. Stimson"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103089954/deaths-and-funerals-frederic-j-stimson/). *[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)*. Dedham. November 20, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. ## External links - Works by or about [Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Frederic_Jesup_Stimson) at [Wikisource](/source/Wikisource) - Media related to [Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Frederic_Jesup_Stimson) at Wikimedia Commons - [Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://lccn.loc.gov/n50011512) at the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress), with 52 library catalog records - [J. S., of Dale](https://lccn.loc.gov/no2020039233) at LC Authorities, with 6 records, and [at WorldCat](https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2020039233/) - [Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?127700) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database) - [Works by Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8370) at [Project Gutenberg](/source/Project_Gutenberg) - [Works by or about Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20Jesup%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20J%2E%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Stimson%2C%20F%2E%20J%2E%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Frederic%20Jesup%20Stimson%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Frederic%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22F%2E%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Frederic%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Frederic%20Jesup%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Frederic%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22F%2E%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22F%2E%20Jesup%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20Jesup%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20J%2E%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Stimson%2C%20F%2E%20J%2E%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Stimson%2C%20F%2E%20Jesup%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Frederic%20Stimson%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Frederic%20Jesup%20Stimson%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Frederic%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20title%3A%22F%2E%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Frederic%20Stimson%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Frederic%20Jesup%20Stimson%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Frederic%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20description%3A%22F%2E%20J%2E%20Stimson%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20Jesup%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%20J%2E%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Frederic%20Stimson%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Stimson%2C%20Frederic%22%29%20OR%20%28%221855-1943%22%20AND%20Stimson%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) - [Works by Frederic Jesup Stimson](https://librivox.org/author/15357) at [LibriVox](/source/LibriVox) (public domain audiobooks) - [Letters written to Frederic Stimson at Harvard University](https://web.archive.org/web/20060902111410/http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou00987) Authority control databases International ISNI 2 VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Netherlands Israel People Trove Other IdRef Open Library 2 NARA SNAC Yale LUX This American diplomat–related article is a stub. 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