politician
Anson Burlingame.
American politician, minister to China, and China's envoy to U.S. and European nations (1820–1870)
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About Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame was an American lawyer, Republican/American Party legislator, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China (1862–1867) and then as China's envoy to the U.S., which resulted in the 1868 landmark Burlingame Treaty.
Everything about Anson Burlingame →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, lawyer, jurist
- Position held
- United States representative, ambassador, member of the State Senate of Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 14, 1820
- Died
- February 23, 1870