predecessor successor death_date birth_place president office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end
eben john w. riddle oscar straus alexander eben alexander eben alexander edwin h. conger arthur william j. calhoun curtis guild , jr. . henry morgenthau sherburne , sr. hardy arthur sherburne hardy arthur sherburne hardy 08 december 1914 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. william howard taft william howard taft mckinley william mckinley william mckinley theodore roosevelt william united serbia united states ambassador to romania united states ambassador to states china united states ambassador to russia united states ambassador to ambassador turkey to greece united states ambassador to 01 may 1854 september 18 , 1897 march 8 , 1905 january 11 , 25 1910 august 28 , 1911 , 1897 may 7 , 1897 may william woodville rockhill.jpg william woodville rockhill
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william woodville rockhill

william woodville rockhill -lrb- may 1 , 1854 -- december 8 , 1914 -rrb- was a united states diplomat , best known as the author of the u.s. 's open door policy for china and as the first american to learn to speak tibetan .
