William Alvah Rublee Explained

William Alvah Rublee (March 16, 1861 – April 15, 1910)[1] was an American Consul General, journalist and editor.[2]

Rublee was born in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] Rublee's father was Horace Rublee, who was also a journalist and ambassador. The younger Rublee attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College (Class of 1883, degree in French and German) and Harvard Law School (class of 1885).

Rublee returned to Milwaukee after finishing law school, becoming the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel political editor. Eventually he became the vice president and director. Benjamin Harrison appointed him Consul General of the United States to Prague (then in Austria-Hungary) on June 6, 1890. He retired on November 9, 1893. William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt appointed him Consul General at Hong Kong (March 2, 1901), Havana, Cuba[3] (September 15, 1902), Vienna, Austria (March 26, 1903), and then again at Hong Kong (May 17, 1909).

Rublee died in Hong Kong at the age of 49 on April 15, 1910 of peritonitis.[4] [5] His remains were repatriated to Seattle, Washington on a steamer[6] and then taken to Madison, Wisconsin for burial.[7]

References

  1. Hongkong, China . United States Congressional Serial Set . 4248 . 1902 . . 336 . 4 February 2020 . https://archive.today/20200223092250/https://books.google.com.tw/books?id=wwtHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=%22William%22+Alvah+%22Rublee%22+%221861%22&source=bl&ots=P-lmtBQ9xY&sig=ACfU3U0pYf083gKWdktxIAEKxsHviL9nKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZtZLVrOfnAhV5KqYKHRyrAEgQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ%2523v%3Donepage&q=%22William%22+Alvah+%22Rublee%22+%221861%22&f=false%23v=snippet&q=%22William%22%20Alvah%20%22Rublee%22%20%221861%22&f=false . 23 February 2020 . live .
  2. Web site: Noegel . Scott . Log School Leaders: The Rublee Family of Sheboygan Falls . University of Washington . 2 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202024012/http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/PDFs/other/Rublee-family.pdf . 2 February 2020.
  3. News: Consul General Bragg Removed from Havana.; He Goes to Hongkong in the Same Capacity. . 2 February 2020 . The New York Times . October 9, 1902 . https://archive.today/20200202024012/https://www.nytimes.com/1902/10/09/archives/consul-general-bragg-removed-from-havana-he-goes-to-hongkong-in-the.html . 2 February 2020 . live .
  4. News: William Rublee Dies at Hong Kong . The Gazette . April 15, 1910 . 1 . . April 28, 2020.
  5. News: Goes to Havana as Our Consul . 2 February 2020 . San Francisco Call . 26 March 1903 . https://archive.today/20200223082628/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19030326.2.27&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 . 23 February 2020 . live .
  6. News: Body Arrives Today . Green Bay Press-Gazette . June 3, 1910 . 1 . . April 30, 2020.
  7. News: Consul General Rublee Was Buried Today . Green Bay Press-Gazette . June 14, 1910 . 4 . . April 30, 2020.

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