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American diplomat (1854–1942)

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David E. Thompson


U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
In office 1906–1909
U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
In office 1905
U.S. Minister to Brazil
In office 1902–1905

Personal details
Born	February 28, 1854
Died	August 25, 1942

David Eugene Thompson (February 28, 1854 – August 25, 1942) was an American diplomat.

Thompson was born in 1854 in Nebraska. He was a diplomat, and served as U.S. Minister to Brazil between 1902 and 1905, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1905, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico between 1906 and 1909.

In 1917, Thompson was the subject of an attempted blackmail scheme, which was foiled.

References

The Lincoln Star, August 27, 1942
The United States in Latin America: a historical dictionary
"Richards Seeking Pardon", The Nebraska State Journal (September 23, 1917), p. 1.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byEdwin H. Conger	United States Ambassador to Mexico 1906–1909	Succeeded byHenry Lane Wilson
Preceded byCharles Page Bryan	United States Minister to Brazil 1 April 1903–16 March 1905	U.S. mission upgraded from Legation to Embassy
U.S. mission upgraded from Legation to Embassy	United States Ambassador to Brazil 16 March 1905–3 November 1905	Succeeded byLloyd C. Griscom

v t e United States ambassadors to Brazil
Chargé d'Affaires	Raguet Tudor Brown Hunter
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Hunter Proffit Wise Tod Schenck Trousdale Meade Webb Monroe (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Blow Partridge Hilliard Osborn Jarvis Adams Conger T. Thompson Conger Bryan D. Thompson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	D. Thompson Griscom Dudley Morgan Gibson Caffery Berle Pawley Johnson Kemper Dunn Briggs Cabot Gordon Tuthill Elbrick Rountree Crimmins Sayre Motley Asencio Shlaudman Melton Levitsky Harrington Orozco (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Hrinak Danilovich Chicola (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Sobel Shannon Ayalde McKinley Chapman Bagley

v t e United States ambassadors to Mexico
Minister	Shaler Robinson Wilkinson Poinsett Butler Slacum Ellis Greenhow Ellis Lawrence W. Thompson Beach G. Thompson Shannon Slidell Conner Clifford Letcher Greenhow Goss Slacum Smith Conkling Cooper Ward Gadsden Spofford Forsyth Churchwell Mordecai Green Porter McLane De la Reintrie Weller Corwin Shufelt Campbell Otterbourg Rosecrans Nelson Foster Morgan Jackson Manning Bragg Ryan Gray Ransom Clayton
Ambassador	Clayton Conger Thompson Wilson Fletcher Warren Sheffield Morrow Clark Daniels Messersmith Thurston O'Dwyer White Hill Mann Freeman McBride Jova Lucey Nava Gavin Pilliod Negroponte Jones Davidow Garza Pascual Wayne Jacobson Landau Salazar

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