Edwin Hurd Conger

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Union Army officer and U.S.A. diplomat (1843-1907)

United States PoliticiansLived 1843 to 1907 · aged 64

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Edwin Hurd Conger was an American Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief Expedition.

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Conger (on left) and staff in the American legation, Beijing, circa 1901

Conger and family in foreground, with 9th Infantry Regiment lined up before the Meridian Gate, Forbidden City, Beijing, circa 1901

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