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Laurence Adolph Steinhardt (October 6 1892 – March 28 1950) was a United States diplomat. He served as the U.S. Minister to Sweden and U.S. Ambassador to Peru the USSR Turkey Czechoslovakia and Canada. He was the first United States Ambassador to be killed in office.

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active years end date
1937-06-26, 1939-04-10, 1941-11-12, 1948-09-19
active years start date
1933-08-28, 1937-09-13, 1939-08-11, 1945-07-20
alma mater
Columbia University
birth date
1892-10-06
birth place
New York City
country
Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Peru, Canada, Sweden, United States
death date
1950-03-28
death place
Canada, Ramsayville Ontario
president
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
profession
Diplomat
religion
Jews
successor
William Harrison Standley, Fred Morris Dearing, Stanley Woodward, Edwin_C._Wilson, Joseph_E._Jacobs, R._Henry_Norweb

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