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Joseph Edward Davies (November 29, 1876 – May 9, 1958) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was appointed by President Wilson to be Commissioner of Corporations in 1912, and he was the first chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in 1915.
Apr 8, 2021 · Learn how Post, a wealthy heiress and art collector, supported her husband, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow and Brussels, Joseph E. Davies, in his diplomatic missions. Discover how Post used her porcelain collection and hosting skills to foster relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Mar 3, 2017 · In Nov.16, 1936, Joseph Edward Davies was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union by President Roosevelt. Davies was the only western diplomat in the Soviet history who was...
In the wonderful success gained by the Democratic party in the presidential election of 1912, there flashed suddenly into public notice the name of Joseph E. Davies, of Madison, Wisconsin, a young attorney, a member of the law firm of Aylward, Davies, Olbrich and Hill.
Jun 1, 2007 · Joseph E. Davies is best known for his controversial service as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1937–38. His 1941 book, Mission to Moscow, and the movie based on that book, provided a highly favorable image of the Soviet Union during World War II, when both the United States and Russia were warring against Nazi Germany.
- Elizabeth Kimball Maclean
- 1980
In response to an enormous growth of trusts in the late nineteenth century, demands for reform among a wide spectrum of interest groups culminated in the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1915. Playing an influential, though little-recognized role in framing this legislation was Wisconsin progressive Democrat Joseph E. Davies.
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