Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 [Order to Secretary of State to accredit James Longstreet as Minister to Ottoman Empire]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03843 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 24 June 1880 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 20 cm Order a Copy
President Hayes orders Secretary of State William M. Evarts "to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to envelope containing letter accrediting James Longstreet as Minister President to the Ottoman Empire." Longstreet, a prominent Confederate General and military advisor to Robert E. Lee, became a Republican after the war, angering the populace of the mostly Democratic South. His allegiance to the Republican Party earned him choice positions of patronage, including the ambassadorship to the Ottoman Empire. He only served for one year in Turkey before returning to America to take up the post of federal marshall of Georgia.
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