John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life.
- Occupation
- writer, diplomat, journalist, biographer
- Position held
- United States Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 8, 1838, 1838
- Died
