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SCIDMORE, George H.
SCIDMORE, George H. (Dubuque, IA--Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 27, 1922). Scidmore entered government service soon after earning his law degree. He was stationed in Liverpool, England in 1877 and then was transferred to Paris, France. He held various positions before being named U.S. Deputy Consul General in Kanagawa, 1897; and Yokohama, 1902.
With the reorganization of the U.S. consular system in 1906, the method for selecting consuls was drastically changed. Consuls were chosen from a pool of foreign service officials who had already established themselves through prior diplomatic service -- more often than not in Japan.
The first person to be assigned to Nagasaki after the 1906 reforms was George H. Scidmore, a long-time official at the U.S. Consulate at Yokohama. He served as U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, 1914-22.