country predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president death_date nationality profession office ambassador_from birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
argentina mexico cuba austria spruille george howard earle iii braden josephus daniels j. butler wright sumner welles james wilson grenville t. emmet bruce walter c. thurston spruille braden hugh r. george strausser messersmith fleetwood , pennsylvania harry franklin d. roosevelt franklin d. roosevelt s. truman franklin d. roosevelt franklin d. roosevelt 29 january 1960 american lawyer , diplomat united states assistant secretary of state united states united states united states united states october 3 , 1883 april 8 , 1940 july 9 , 1937 april 7 , 12 1934 , 1946 february 24 , 1942 march george s. messersmith.jpg george s. messersmith
 june 8 , 1942 february 15 , 1940 july 11 , 12 1937 , 1947 may 15 , 1946 february george s. messersmith
george s. messersmith

george strausser messersmith -lrb- october 3 , 1883 -- january 29 , 1960 -rrb- was a united states ambassador to austria , cuba , mexico and argentina .
messersmith also served as head of the u.s. consulate in germany from 1930 to 1934 , during the rise of the nazi party .
he was best known in his day for his controversial decision to issue a visa to albert einstein to travel to the united states .
he is also known today for his diplomatic handling of king edward viii and wallis simpson , later duke and dutchess of windsor , in the era leading up to world war ii .
