Charles Beecher Warren (April 10, 1870 – February 3, 1936) was an American diplomat and politician. He was

United States Ambassador to Japan The is the ambassador from the United States of America to Japan. History Since the opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, in 1854, the U.S. has maintained diplomatic relations with Japan, except for the ten-year period between the ...

1921 to 1923,

United States Ambassador to Mexico The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett bec ...

in 1924, and was an unsuccessful nominee for

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in 1925.

Life

Charles B. Warren was born in

Bay City, Michigan Bay City is a city and county seat of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and it is the principal city of the Bay City Metrop ...

, and graduated from the

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in 1891. During

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, He served in the

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on the staff of the Judge Advocate General, ending his service with a rank of lieutenant colonel and a

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. He was an alternate delegate from Michigan to the Republican National Convention in 1908, 1912, and 1916, and a regular delegate in 1924, 1928, and 1932.

Ambassador to Japan

Warren served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan between 1921 and 1923. His arrival was eagerly anticipated in the context of an upcoming

Washington Naval Conference The Washington Naval Conference was a disarmament conference called by the United States and held in Washington, DC from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922. It was conducted outside the auspices of the League of Nations. It was attended by nine ...

on Far Eastern matters and armaments.

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(Harvard '98), Privy Councilor to the Emperor, and president of the America-Japan Society of Tokyo, presided at a formal dinner in honor of the newly arrived Ambassador Warren; and he expressed the hope that the Washington Naval Conference would be a golden opportunity to clear away any misunderstandings and to speak frankly about Japan's aspirations. Not all of Warren's activities were limited to conventional Tokyo events. Following the usual Thanksgiving Day celebrations in 1922, Ambassador Warren and his two sons traveled to Korea, Manchuria and Peking, and this unremarkable trip was reported in the New York Times. In late January 1923, Ambassador Warren took leave of the Empress before departing his post in Tokyo. In addition to Foreign Minister Uchida and Prince Tokugawa Iesato, the recently appointed Japanese Ambassador to the United States,

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, was at the Imperial Palace reception. The 1921 portrait photo to the right was taken two months prior to Warren's beginning his position as U.S. Ambassador to Japan.

Ambassador to Mexico

Warren became U.S. Ambassador to Mexico in 1924. President Coolidge nominated Warren to be Attorney General, but his nomination was narrowly rejected twice. The first vote was originally a 40-40 tie, with Vice President

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being unable to reach the Capitol in time to break the tie in Warren's favor. In the wake of the

Teapot Dome scandal The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyomi ...

, Senate Democrats and Progressive Republicans objected to the nomination of Warren, who was closely associated with the "Sugar Trust". Michigan governor

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, whom Coolidge had also considered for the position, was active in trying to undermine Warren's acceptance. However, John G. Sargent was ultimately nominated and confirmed. Warren died in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on February 3, 1936. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in

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. His wife was also a member of

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Life

Ambassador to Japan

Ambassador to Mexico

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