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President Theodore Roosevelt

1906, 1907, and 1908

26th President of the United States. Visited Mount Vernon in 1906 with his family. Returned the following year on horseback.

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Prince Louis of Battenberg

1905

Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854–1921) was a British naval officer of German origin. He visited Mount Vernon in 1905.

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Sergei Witte

Count Witte

1905

Count Sergei Witte (1849–1915) was a Russian statesman and reformer who served as Finance Minister and later as the first Prime Minister of the Russian Empire under Tsar Nicholas II.

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Baron Rosen

Baron Rosen

1905

Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen (1847–1921) was a Russian diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States. He came to Mount Vernon at the end of the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

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Geoffrey Fisher

Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury

1904

Geoffrey Fisher (1887–1972) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961, the first to visit a reigning Pope since the Reformation. He planted a "scion of the famous Washington Elm at Cambridge" near the Tomb.

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Fushimi no miya Hiroyasu

Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu

1904

Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875–1946) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a distinguished admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Alfred von Tirpitz

Admiral von Tirpitz

Thursday, February 27, 1902

Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930) was a German naval officer and statesman. He came to Mount Vernon in 1902 with Prince Henry of Prussia.

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Vajiravudh of Siam

The Crown Prince Vajiravudh of Thailand (then Siam)

1902

Vajiravudh (1881–1925), also known as King Rama VI, was the sixth monarch of Siam (modern-day Thailand) under the Chakri Dynasty, reigning from 1910 until his death. He visited in 1902.

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Paul Kester

Paul Kester

1902

Paul Kester (1870–1933) was an American playwright and novelist. He visited Mount Vernon in 1902.

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Frank McCoy

Lieutenant Frank R. McCoy

Wednesday, January 01, 1902

Lieutenant Frank R. McCoy (1874–1954) was a U.S. Army officer and later a major general. He visited Mount Vernon in 1902.

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