James Jeremiah Wadsworth
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| United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office September 8, 1960 – January 21, 1961 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Adlai Stevenson |
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June 16, 1905 Groveland, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 1984 (aged 78) Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Harty Griggs Tilton |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
James Jeremiah "Jerry" Wadsworth (June 12, 1905 – March 13, 1984) was an American politician and diplomat from New York City.
A member of the prominent Genesee Valley Wadsworths, James J. Wadsworth was born in Groveland, New York on June 12, 1905. He was a direct descendant of pioneer William Wadsworth, a founder of Hartford, Connecticut.
His great-grandfather, James S. Wadsworth, was a Union general in the American Civil War, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness of 1864. Both his grandfather, James Wolcott Wadsworth, and his father, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., represented New York in Congress. His other grandfather was United States Secretary of State John Hay. His sister Evelyn was married to William Stuart Symington; they were the parents of James Wadsworth Symington, his nephew.
Wadsworth graduated from Fay School in 1918, from St. Mark's School, and from Yale University in 1927, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Livingston Co.) in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939–40 and 1941. He resigned his seat in 1941.
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