Charles Edward Mitchell
Charles Edward Mitchell (May 30, 1870 – March 29, 1937) was an American bank president and diplomat. He was a Republican,[1] and was appointed by U.S. president Herbert Hoover[2] to a consular position in Liberia.[3][4] He had lived in Institute, West Virginia and Manhattan, New York.[5]
Biography
Mitchell was born in St. Michaels, Maryland. He served as business manager for West Virginia State College from 1904 to 1931. He was the president of Mutual Savings and Loan Company of Charleston, West Virginia from 1920 to 1931. He was a member of the West Virginia Republican State Committee from 1921 to 1929.[5]
He served as U.S. Minister to Liberia from 1930 to 1933. He was U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, Liberia as of 1932. He served on the New York Republican State Committee in 1937. He died of an embolism which developed after surgery at Harlem Hospital in New York City.[5]
He was in a dispute with Edwin Barclay, the unrecognized president of Liberia, after referring to him as Mr. in a request for repayment of a loan to the financial arm of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "CHARLES E. MITCHELL; EX-ENVOY TO LIBERIA; Prominent Negro Republican Had Been Bank President in West Virginia--Dies Here at 66". The New York Times. March 30, 1937 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "DENIES WE SEEK END OF DUTY TO LIBERIA; Washington Says We Would Be Glad of World Cooperation to End Abuses of Slavery. NEW RANK ASKED FOR ENVOY Charles E. Mitchell, Now on Way to Take Post, Nominated by Hoover as Minister Plenipotentiary". The New York Times. January 21, 1931 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Charles Edward Mitchell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
- ^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "Liberia". 2001-2009.state.gov.
- ^ a b c "The Political Graveyard: African ancestry Politicians in West Virginia". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ "LIBERIA: Mr. Mitchell & Mr. Barclay". TIME. February 13, 1933.