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** Occupation: **
==== John Hay held many jobs throughout his life mostly revolving around the government. He started out studying law and working in a law office that was next to soon to be President Lincoln’s law office. Once Lincoln won the election, Hay was recommended, thus becoming Lincoln’s assistant private secretary. In 1865-1867 he was the secretary of legation in Paris, and then from 1867-1868 in Madrid. For the next two years he was “chargé d'affaires at Vienna.” During the Hayes administration he served as assistant secretary of state. During the William McKinley’s presidency Hay was the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. Hay then became the Secretary of State under both President McKinley and Roosevelt. His only non-government job was as an editor for the //New York Tribune// (Wikipedia). ====

** List of reasons for interest in topic: **
==== John Hay helped put an end to the Spanish-American war which gave the U.S. control over Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Afterwards John Hay worked towards keeping the peace. “By the end of the nineteenth century the American economy, (was) producing more goods and agricultural commodities than the home market was consuming.” Because of this John “was insisting that an "open door" for American products and capital be recognized by other nations” (The new empire). Hay was not interested in the military control or administrative rule in Philippines, but rather gaining trade and economic strength. ====

==== "The new empire and its discontents - Anti-Imperialism." //Encyclopedia of the New American Nation//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. . ====