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Edward Mandell House

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American diplomat with important role in WW I peace negotiations (1858-1938)

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Edward Mandell House was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his title was honorary and he had performed no military service.

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Edward Mandell House Mansion, on an Abe Frank postcard, postmarked in April 1920Edward Mandell House Mansion, on an Abe Frank postcard, postmarked in April 1920Photograph of his daughter, Mona House, later Mrs. Randolph F. Tucker, on 22 June 1904 when she was presented to Court by Mrs. Choate, wife of the United States AmbassadorPhotograph of his daughter, Mona House, later Mrs. Randolph F. Tucker, on 22 June 1904 when she was presented to Court by Mrs. Choate, wife of the United States AmbassadorEdward M. House, from An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by William Orpen, 1921. Plate LXXXVEdward M. House, from An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by William Orpen, 1921. Plate LXXXVCol. House and President Wilson in 1915.[21]Col. House and President Wilson in 1915.[21]Edward M. House in 1920Edward M. House in 1920Time cover, June 25, 1923Time cover, June 25, 1923Edward Mandell House Monument in WarsawEdward Mandell House Monument in Warsaw

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Edward Mandell House was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his title was honorary and he had performed no military service. He was a highly influential backroom politician in Texas before becoming a key supporter of the presidential bid of Wilson in 1912 by managing his campaign, beginning in July 1911. Having a self-effacing manner, he did not hold office but was an "executive agent", Wilson's chief adviser on European politics and diplomacy during World War I (1914-1918). He became a government official as one of the five American commissioners to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. In 1919, Wilson broke with House and many other top advisers, believing they had deceived him at Paris. Despite his influence, House remains a controversial figure, criticized for operating behind the scenes without accountability, for his role in the flawed postwar settlement, and for promoting a technocratic, anti-democratic vision of governance.

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Lived 1858 to 1938 · aged 79
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