Cyrus Woods

Cyrus Woods was an American diplomat and politician.

He was born September 3, 1861 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He attended Lafayette University and was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity there (Rho chapter). He later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a law degree in 1889. He practiced law in Philadelphia and then in Pittsburgh, where he became associated with the interests of the Mellon family.

He served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal (1912-1915).

He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain (1921-1923).

He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan. He presented his credentials on July 21, 1923, and left Japan on June 5, 1924. During his time in Japan, he organized the American relief effort in response to the devastating 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

Cyrus E. Woods died December 8, 1938 in Philadelphia, where he had gone for medical treatment.

Cyrus Woods married Mary Todd Marchand on January 18, 1893.^[1] They had no children. After his death, his widow established a foundation which became the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Todd - Marchand Bible Record at the Westmoreland County (PA) Historical Society
2. ^ "History of Westmoreland County Museum". http://www.wmuseumaa.org/about/history.cfm. 

References

• "Cyrus E. Woods Dies", The Washington Post, December 9, 1938, p. 6.
• "Cyrus Woods Dies, Ex-Envoy in Japan", New York Times, December 9, 1938, p. 25.
• "U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian". http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/11721.htm. 
• "The Cyrus E. Woods Papers". http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/cl112.htm. His official papers from his posting in Portugal have been donated to Georgetown University.

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Name	Woods, Cyrus
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