George T. Weitzel

George T. Weitzel (1873-1936) was a non-career appointee Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, appointed in 1911,[1] who was allowed to join without taking the exam because of his years as secretary to legations in Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Ricaand Division of Latin American Affairs at the Washington, DC office.[2], [3]

A civil war had been going on during Weitzel's tenure and at the request of President Adolfo Díaz Recinos, Weitzel arranged for American Marines to intervene.[4]

Weitzel graduated from Harvard University (1894) and Harvard Law School (1897).[5]

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