Aaron Vail
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Aaron Vail
Aaron Vail (1796 – 1878) was an American ambassador. As a chargé d'affaires, he acted as the chief American officer in London in lieu of an United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom between April 4, 1832 and 1836; between the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and Andrew Stevenson.[1] He then became a Special Diplomatic Agent to Canada in 1838.[2] On May 20, 1840, Vail then performed the same function as chargé d'affaires in Spain, being succeeded by Washington Irving on August 1, 1842.[3] Born in New York, he died in Paris, France and was survived by his son, Aaron Vail II.[4]
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- ^ "American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom". Embassy of the United States - London, UK. http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rcambex.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Aaron Vail". Political Graveyard. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vail.html#RK30S8A9Y. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Chiefs of Mission by Country, 1778-2005 > Saint Kitts and Nevis-Syria". US Department of State. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11278.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ Annual Report. New York State Library. 1941. pp. 48.
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