Charles Christopher Eberhardt (July 27, 1871 – February 22, 1965) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica.

Charles C. Eberhardt
United States Minister to Costa Rica
In office
March 14, 1930 – September 24, 1933
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byRoy Tasco Davis
Succeeded byLeo R. Sack
United States Minister to Nicaragua
In office
August 7, 1925 – May 10, 1929
PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded byJohn Edward Ramer
Succeeded byMatthew Elting Hanna
Personal details
Born(1871-07-27)July 27, 1871
Salina, Kansas
DiedFebruary 22, 1965(1965-02-22) (aged 93)
Fort Smith, Arkansas
ProfessionDiplomat

Biography

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Charles Christopher Eberhardt was an American diplomat who was born in Salina, Kansas, on July 27, 1871. Eberhardt was educated in the local public schools before going to Wesleyan University.[1] Eberhardt was a Republican with varied business interests, including lumber, insurance and oil, prior to serving in the diplomatic corps. He died February 22, 1965, in Fort Smith, Arkansas,[2] and is buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina, Kansas.[3]

Diplomatic career

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Eberhardt's most senior positions were between 1925 and 1933. During his early diplomatic career Eberhardt had served as a chargé d'affaires at various postings before he was promoted to minister to Nicaragua March 12, 1925.[4] He left this post on May 10, 1929.[5]

Following this, Eberhardt then went on to become the minister to Costa Rica on January 9, 1930 where he remained until September 24, 1933.[5][6]

Earlier positions included:

  • Clerk in the American Embassy in Mexico City, 1903[1]
  • U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06[3]
  • U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08[3]
  • U.S. Consul in Barranquilla, 1908-10[3]
  • U.S. Consul General at Large, 1910–18, 1919-24[3]
  • was assigned as U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro 1918-19, though he did not go[1]
  • U.S. Consul General at Large for Eastern Europe 1919[3]
  • U.S. Consul General for Eastern Europe 1922-25[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Register of the Department of State, 1925". U.S. Dept of State. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). Foreign Service Journal. April 1965. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Eberhardt, Charles Christopher (1871-1965)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "March 23, 1925 Diplomatic Changes". Time. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "U.S. Dept. of State Office of the Historian". Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  6. ^ Munro, Dana Gardner (1974). The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921-1933. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-691-04623-5.
  7. ^ "The Hutchinson News". Retrieved November 14, 2014.

Further reading

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  • Douglass, Paul 1939. The Story of German Methodism: Biography of an Immigrant Soul, page 268
  • The Biographic Register 1957. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Affairs Document and Reference Center, Publishing and Reproduction Division, page 729
  • U.S. Pan American Society 1930 page 66