US Diplomat and Businessman. He served as the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from December 1913 until February 1916. Born into a Ashkenazi Jewish family, his father was a cigar manufacturer. In 1866 the family immigrated to New York City, New York where he received a bachelor of arts degree from City College of New York and then a law degree from Columbia Law School. As a lawyer, he made substantial real estate investments in New York City. A Democrat, he became acquainted with President Woodrow Wilson who appointed him as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. During his term, he became one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek and Armenian genocides that occurred during World War I and he resigned from his post. Following the war, he served as an advisor regarding Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and later worked with war-related charitable bodies, including the Relief Committee for the Middle East, the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission and the American Red Cross. In 1919, he led the US government fact-finding mission to Poland, which produced the Morgenthau Report. He authored several books, including "Ambassador Morgenthau's Story" (1918), "All in a Lifetime" (1925, which features to Morgenthau Report), and "I was Sent to Athens" (1929). He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 90. His son, Henry Morgenthau Jr., would become Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.
US Diplomat and Businessman. He served as the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from December 1913 until February 1916. Born into a Ashkenazi Jewish family, his father was a cigar manufacturer. In 1866 the family immigrated to New York City, New York where he received a bachelor of arts degree from City College of New York and then a law degree from Columbia Law School. As a lawyer, he made substantial real estate investments in New York City. A Democrat, he became acquainted with President Woodrow Wilson who appointed him as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. During his term, he became one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek and Armenian genocides that occurred during World War I and he resigned from his post. Following the war, he served as an advisor regarding Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and later worked with war-related charitable bodies, including the Relief Committee for the Middle East, the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission and the American Red Cross. In 1919, he led the US government fact-finding mission to Poland, which produced the Morgenthau Report. He authored several books, including "Ambassador Morgenthau's Story" (1918), "All in a Lifetime" (1925, which features to Morgenthau Report), and "I was Sent to Athens" (1929). He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 90. His son, Henry Morgenthau Jr., would become Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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