Dabney S. Carr

Dabney Smith Carr (March 5, 1802 – March 24, 1854) was an American newspaper publisher and diplomat who served as the United States minister to the Ottoman Empire from 1844 to 1849. During his tenure as minister he closed consular generals across the Ottoman Empire and feuded with Warder Cresson.

Early life

Dabney Smith Carr was the grand-nephew of Thomas Jefferson.Template:Sfn Carr married Sidney S. Nicholas, the daughter of Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas.Template:Sfn

Career

Carr moved to Baltimore, where he was the editor of the Baltimore Republican.Template:Sfn His newspaper supported Andrew Jackson during the 1828 presidential election.Template:Sfn Jackson appointed Carr to replace William Bedford Barney, who had served in the role since 1818, as naval officer of the port of Baltimore.Template:Sfn

David Porter, the American minister to the Ottoman Empire, died in office. President James K. Polk appointed Carr to replace himTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn on October 6, 1843.Template:Sfn The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on January 12, 1844.Template:Sfn He presented his credentials on February 29, 1844, and held the position until October 20, 1849.Template:Sfn

Carr stated that Warder Cresson, the American consular to Jerusalem, was a "religious maniac" and "madman".Template:Sfn He later told the Sublime Porte that he disavowed Cresson.Template:Sfn In 1849, he closed the consular agencies in Damascus, Acre, Nazareth, and Ramla stating that they were useless.Template:Sfn

Later life

Carr died in Chancellorsville, Virginia, on March 24, 1854.Template:Sfn After Carr's death his widow acquired Carr's Hill, which she was already living in, from Thomas Jefferson Randolph.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Works cited

Books

Journals

News

Newspapers

Web

External links

• History of Monticello graveyard