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John Hay

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John Milton Hay (1838-1905) was named U.S. ambassador to Great Britain in 1897 when his friend William McKinley became President. Some of the recognition of the longstanding community of interests between that country and the United States came as a result of Hay's stay there. In August 1898, Hay was named Secretary of State and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris.

His contributions included the adoption of an Open Door Policy in China (announced on January 2, 1900) and the preparations for the Panama Canal. He is also renowned for his comment, written in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, describing the Spanish-American War as a "splendid little war." word up son. HOLLA!

John Milton Hay is depicted (fictionally) in Gore Vidal's novel Empire.

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