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Charles Edward Mitchell (May 30, 1870 – March 29, 1937) was an American bank president and diplomat. He was a Republican, and was appointed by U.S. president
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...
to a consular position in
Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
. He had lived in
Institute, West Virginia Institute is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Interstate 64 in West Virginia, Interstate 64 and West Virginia Route 25 pass by the ...
and Manhattan, New York.


Biography

Mitchell was born in St. Michaels, Maryland. He served as business manager for
West Virginia State College West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia, United States. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute. It is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges a ...
from 1904 to 1931. He was the president of Mutual Savings and Loan Company of Charleston, West Virginia from 1920 to 1931. He was a member of the West Virginia Republican State Committee from 1921 to 1929. He served as U.S. Minister to
Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...
from 1930 to 1933. He was U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, Liberia as of 1932. He served on the New York Republican State Committee in 1937. He died of an embolism which developed after surgery at
Harlem Hospital Harlem Hospital Center, branded as NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, is a 282-bed, public teaching hospital affiliated with Columbia University. It is located at 506 Lenox Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City and was founded on April 18, 1887. ...
in New York City. He was in a dispute with
Edwin Barclay Edwin James Barclay (5 January 1882 – 6 November 1955) was a Liberian politician, poet, and musician who served as the 18th president of Liberia from 1930 until 1944. He was a member of the True Whig political party, which dominated the polit ...
, the unrecognized president of Liberia, after referring to him as Mr. in a request for repayment of a loan to the financial arm of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.


See also

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia This is a record of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia. Liberia, as a nation, had its beginnings in 1821 when groups of free blacks from the United States emigrated from the U.S. and began establishing colonies on the coast under the ...


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