David Jayne Hill

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David Jayne Hill
24th United States Assistant Secretary of State
In office October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903
Preceded by	John Bassett Moore
Succeeded by	Francis Loomis
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1850(1850-06-10) Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 2, 1932(1932-03-02) (aged 81)
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician, Author, Historian, University President

David Jayne Hill (June 10, 1850–March 2, 1932) was an American diplomat and historian.

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, he was educated at Bucknell University from which he graduated in 1874. He served as professor of rhetoric in the institution from 1877 to 1879 and was for the eight years following its president. From 1888 to 1896, he was president of the University of Rochester. After several years spent in Europe in the study of international law and diplomacy, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1898, serving to 1903. He was appointed United States Minister to Switzerland in the latter year. Two years later he was appointed United States Minister to the Netherlands. From 1908 to 1911 he was Ambassador to Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1914. He served for a time as professor of European diplomacy in the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy in Washington D.C. and was a member of the Permanent Administrative Council of The Hague Tribunal. During the progress of World War I and especially after the participation of the United States, he wrote much in criticism of the attitude of the Democratic administration toward the war. In July, 1920 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention in New York. He wrote much on historical and literary subjects. He died in 1932.

Works

• The Life of William Cullen Bryant (1878)
• The Science of Rhetoric (1877)
• Elements of Rhetoric and Composition (1878)
• The Life of Washington Irving (1879)
• The Elements of Psychology (1886)
• The Social Influence of Christianity (1888)
• Principles and Fallacies of Socialism (1888)
• Genetic Philosophy (1893)
• An Honest Dollar the Basis of Prosperity (1900)
• The Conception and Realization of Neutrality (1902)
• The Contemporary Development of Diplomacy (1904)
• History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe, embracing A Struggle for Universal Empire (1905)
• The Establishment of Territorial Sovereignty (1906)
• World Organization as Affected by the Nature of the Modern State (1911)
• The Diplomacy of the Age of Absolutism (1914)
• The People's Government (1915)
• Americanism: What It Is (1916)
• The Rebuilding of Europe (1917)
• Impressions of the Kaiser (1918)
• Present Problems in Foreign Policy (1919)
• American World Policies (1920)

External links

• Articles by Hill
• Works by or about David Jayne Hill in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Academic offices
Preceded by Francis Wayland Tustin	President of Bucknell University 1879 – 1888	Succeeded by George G. Groff
Preceded by Martin Brewer Anderson	President of University of Rochester 1889 – 1896	Succeeded by Benjamin Rush Rhees
Political offices
Preceded by John Bassett Moore	United States Assistant Secretary of State October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903	Succeeded by Francis Butler Loomis
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Stanford Newel	United States Ambassador to the Netherlands July 15, 1905 – June 1, 1908	Succeeded by Arthur M. Beaupre
Preceded by Charlemagne Tower, Jr.	United States Ambassador to Germany June 14, 1908 – September 2, 1911	Succeeded by John G.A. Leishman