Ambassador, politician, editor, publisher, and businessman. Sevier became interested in journalism at a young age. He began his career in his hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, as the editor of the local country newspaper. He moved to Uvalde, Texas, in 1895 to become the publisher of the "Sabinal Sentinel." In 1902, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. In 1906, he married Clara Driscoll, a wealthy woman, and the couple relocated to New York City. He worked as an editor for the "New York Sun" and then as a cotton merchant, while she pursued a literary career. The couple returned to Austin after the death of Robert Driscoll, Clara's father, in 1914. He founded the "Austin American" newspaper that same year and sold it in 1919. During World War I, he served as chairman of the committee on public information for the United States in Argentina and Chile. He attended the European peace conference with his close friend, Col. E.M. House of Texas. Sevier was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Chile by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. On May 1, 1935, he resigned due to poor health. Sevier returned to Texas and moved to Nueces County to help run the Driscoll bank, where he became Vice President of Corpus Christi Bank and Trust. In 1937, the Seviers divorced.
Ambassador, politician, editor, publisher, and businessman. Sevier became interested in journalism at a young age. He began his career in his hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, as the editor of the local country newspaper. He moved to Uvalde, Texas, in 1895 to become the publisher of the "Sabinal Sentinel." In 1902, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives for two terms. In 1906, he married Clara Driscoll, a wealthy woman, and the couple relocated to New York City. He worked as an editor for the "New York Sun" and then as a cotton merchant, while she pursued a literary career. The couple returned to Austin after the death of Robert Driscoll, Clara's father, in 1914. He founded the "Austin American" newspaper that same year and sold it in 1919. During World War I, he served as chairman of the committee on public information for the United States in Argentina and Chile. He attended the European peace conference with his close friend, Col. E.M. House of Texas. Sevier was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Chile by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. On May 1, 1935, he resigned due to poor health. Sevier returned to Texas and moved to Nueces County to help run the Driscoll bank, where he became Vice President of Corpus Christi Bank and Trust. In 1937, the Seviers divorced.
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