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John Cooper Wiley
John Cooper Wiley in 1936

United States Ambassador to Latvia
In office July 18, 1938 – June 17, 1940
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Frederick A. Sterling
Succeeded by	Earl L. Packer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office December 16, 1944 – May 3, 1947
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman
Preceded by	Arthur Bliss Lane
Succeeded by	Willard L. Beaulac
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office April 10, 1947 – March 15, 1948
President	Harry Truman
Preceded by	Herman B. Baruch
Succeeded by	Lincoln MacVeagh
United States Ambassador to Iran
In office 1948–1950
President	Harry Truman
Preceded by	George V. Allen
Succeeded by	Henry F. Grady
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office July 25, 1951 – November 27, 1953
President	Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by	Monnett Bain Davis
Succeeded by	Selden Chapin

Personal details
Born	(1893-09-26)September 26, 1893 Bordeaux, France
Died	February 3, 1967(1967-02-03) (aged 73) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse	Irena Monique Baruch
Profession	Diplomat

John Cooper Wiley (September 26, 1893 – February 3, 1967) was a United States Foreign Service officer and ambassador.

Career

Wiley was born in Bordeaux, France, while his father served there as U.S. Consul. He was educated by tutors and studied at Union College, Columbia Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center. While at Union College, he joined the Theta chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.

He entered the United States Foreign Service in 1915 and served in several positions in Europe and South America. Wiley was a Counselor of Embassy in Moscow in 1934. From 1935 to 1937, he served as the Consul General at Antwerp. In 1938, he was the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Austria, the Envoy Extraordinary, and the Minister Plenipotentiary to Latvia and Estonia (the last ambassador before the Soviet occupation in 1940). After World War II, Wiley headed the negotiations with the Soviet Union to liquidate lend-lease accounts that allowed the US to provide arms for the Allied Powers. He went on to receive appointments as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Colombia, Portugal, Iran, and Panama. While he was the ambassador to Portugal, Wiley negotiated the acquisition of US naval and air stations in the Azores.

Retirement

He retired in 1953 and resided in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. He died in Washington on February 3, 1967. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Family

He was the son of Congressman John M. Wiley and the grandson of John J. Cooper, who served as Indiana State Treasurer. John Cooper Wiley was married to Irena Monique Baruch (1906-1972), a well-known sculptor and portrait painter.

Footnotes

^ "Alphabetical List of Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officials, 1778-2005". United States Department of State. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
^ "John Cooper Wiley, Retired Ambassador". State Department Newsletter: 52 – via Hathitrust.
"John Cooper Wiley Papers, 1898-1967 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum".

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byFrederick A. Sterling	United States Ambassador to Latvia 1938–1940	Succeeded byEarl L. Packer
Preceded byFrederick A. Sterling	United States Ambassador to Estonia 1938–1940	Succeeded byEarl L. Packer
Preceded byArthur Bliss Lane	United States Ambassador to Colombia 1944–1947	Succeeded byWillard L. Beaulac
Preceded byHerman B. Baruch	United States Ambassador to Portugal 1947–1948	Succeeded byLincoln MacVeagh
Preceded byGeorge V. Allen	United States Ambassador to Iran 1948-1950	Succeeded byHenry F. Grady
Preceded byMonnett Bain Davis	United States Ambassador to Panama 1951–1953	Succeeded bySelden Chapin

v t e United States ambassadors to Austria
Austrian Empire (1838–1867)	Muhlenberg Jenifer Stiles Webb McCurdy Foote Jackson Jones Motley
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1917)	Watts Jay Orth Beale Kasson Phelps Taft J. Francis Lawton Grant Tripp Tower Harris McCormick Storer C. Francis Kerens Penfield
Republic of Austria (1921–1938, 1946–present)	Frazier Washburn Stockton Earle Messersmith Emmet Wiley Erhardt Donnelly Thompson Matthews Riddleberger MacArthur Humes Buchanan Wolf Kaiser Cummings von Damm Lauder Grunwald Huffington Hunt Hall Brown McCaw Girard-diCarlo Eacho Wesner Traina Kennedy

v t e United States ambassadors to Colombia
Gran Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Anderson Watts (chargé d'affaires) Harrison Moore
Republic of New Granada
Chargé d'Affaires	McAfee Semple Blackford Bidlack Foote King Green
Minister Resident	Bowlin Jones
United States of Colombia
Minister Resident	Burton Sullivan Hurlbut Scruggs Dichman Maney
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Scruggs Jacob
Republic of Colombia
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maury Abbott McKinney Hart Beaupre Russell Barrett T. Dawson Northcott DuBois Thompson Philip Piles Caffery Whitehouse W. Dawson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Braden Lane Wiley Beaulac Waynick Schoenfeld Bonsal Cabot McIntosh Freeman Oliver Carlson Vaughn Saccio Vaky Sanchez Asencio Boyatt Tambs Gillespie McNamara Busby Frechette Kamman Patterson Wood Brownfield McKinley Whitaker Goldberg Palmieri (chargé d'affaires)

v t e United States ambassadors to Portugal
Minister Plenipotentiary	Humphreys (Minister Resident) Smith Sumter Graham Dearborn (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)
Chargé d'Affaires	Brent Kavanagh Barrow Rencher Hopkins Clay Haddock O'Sullivan
Minister Resident	O'Sullivan G. Morgan Harvey Shellabarger C. Lewis Moran Moran (chargé d'affaires)
Minister Resident/Consul General	Francis Richmond E. Lewis Loring Batcheller Pierce
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Caruth Townsend Irwin Loomis Bryan Gage E. Morgan Woods Birch Dearing South Caldwell Pell Fish Norweb
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Norweb Baruch Wiley MacVeagh Cannon Guggenheim Bonbright Elbrick Anderson Bennett Knight Scott Carlucci Bloomfield Holmes Shakespeare Rowell Briggs Bagley McGowan Palmer Hoffman Stephenson Katz Sherman Glass Levine

v t e United States ambassadors to Iran
Minister Resident	Benjamin Winston Pratt Beale Sperry McDonald Hardy Bowen
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Griscom Pearson Jackson Russell Caldwell Kornfeld Philip Hart Hornibrook Merriam (chargé d'affaires) Engert (chargé d'affaires) Dreyfus
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Morris Murray Allen Wiley Grady Henderson Chapin Wailes Holmes Meyer MacArthur Farland Helms Sullivan Laingen (chargé d'affaires)
Diplomatic relations suspended since 1979 (See: Iran hostage crisis)

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