Gen. Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (April 13, 1867, Washington, D.C. - June 25, 1936, Paris, France) was American politician, diplomat and sport officer.

Son of Charles H. Sherrill

Charles H. Sherrill

Charles Hitchcock Sherrill was an American lobbyist and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Darius Sherrill and Mary Sherrill...

, he studied Yale University

Yale University

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 and became a New York City based lawyer.

During World War I he served as a Brigadier General. He was U.S. Minister to Argentina

United States Ambassador to Argentina

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 from 1909 to 1910, serving an important role in securing the contracts for two battleship

Battleship

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s, and United States Ambassador to Turkey

United States Ambassador to Turkey

The United States of America has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the nineteenth century.-Chargé d'Affaires:*George W. Erving *David Porter -Minister Resident:*David Porter *Dabney Smith Carr...

 from 1932 to 1933.

Shortly after retiring from public office Sherrill proclaimed his admiration for Europe's strong men and predicted the coming end of parliamentary form of government, which he dubbed "inept" and referred to as "so-called democracy." In a long letter to the editors of The New York Times he singled out Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, for praise and spoke of the "amazing betterment" of Italian life accomplished by the fascists. He wrote of Adolf Hitler, the newly-installed leader of Germany, that "[w]hether one admires [him] or not, at least he is a leader who leads." Soon enough, Sherrill wrote, "[p]eople the world over [...] will follow courageous leaders."

Sherrill was a successful athlete during his studies in the Yale University, winning inter-collegiate 100 yard dash titles four times in a row and 220 yards three times. In 1888 he used crouch start for the first time in track and field sprints

Sprint (race)

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. Since 1922 till his death, he was an important member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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, playing vital role in organizing the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

 in Los Angeles.

He wrote twenty-two books, especially about stained glass

Stained glass

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windows in European churches and European and world politics.