Francis Bowes Sayre Sr.
| Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | |
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Sayre circa 1913
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| High Commissioner to the Philippines | |
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In office October 28, 1939 – October 12, 1942 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Weldon Jones (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Harold L. Ickes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 30, 1885 South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 29, 1972 (aged 86) Washington, DC |
| Resting place | Washington National Cathedral |
| Spouse(s) |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1913-1933; her death) Elizabeth Evans Graves (1937-1972; his death) |
| Children | Francis Bowes Sayre Jr., Eleanor Sayre and Woodrow Wilson Sayre |
| Alma mater |
Williams College Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer, diplomat, educator |
Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. (April 30, 1885 – March 29, 1972) was a professor at Harvard Law School, High Commissioner of the Philippines, and a son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.
He was born on April 30, 1885. He graduated from Williams College in 1909 and Harvard Law School in 1912. At the start of his career, Sayre worked for Wilfred Grenfell's medical mission in Newfoundland and Labrador, and as an assistant prosecutor in the office of the New York County District Attorney .
On November 25, 1913, he married Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887–1933), the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, in a ceremony at the White House. In 1914 Sayre began work as an assistant to the president of Williams College. He served on the faculty at Harvard Law School from 1917 to 1933, and he received his J.D.S. degree from Harvard in 1918.
He later served as foreign affairs advisor to the government of King Chulalongkorn of Siam as successor to American Foreign Affairs Adviser Edward Henry Strobel, Jens Westengard and Eldon James;Assistant Secretary of State, High Commissioner of the Philippines, and U.S. representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council. While Sayre was Siam's foreign affairs advisor, he was appointed by King Prajadhipok as Siam's representative on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Crown of Siam, and was the second American advisor to be awarded the title Phya Kalyanamaitri or "the beautiful in friendship." The first American Adviser in Foreign Affairs, also a Harvard law professor, was Edward Henry Strobel.
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