J. L. Caldwell

John Lawrence Caldwell (July 16, 1875 - December 6, 1922) was the United States Ambassador to Iran from 1914 to 1921.

He was born in Bourbon County, Kansas on July 16, 1875 to Thomas Anderson Caldwell and Mary Alice Hamman. He married, June 11, 1902, to Evelyne de Lambert. He worked as a school teacher and later a lawyer. He was a member of Kansas state senate 8th District, 1901-1904. He was the Bourbon County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11. He was a candidate for U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1912; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1914 to 1921. He died on December 6, 1922.

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