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Pleasant A. Stovall
1857–1935
A Georgia journalist, editor, and diplomat, he moved from the newspaper world into public life and later represented the United States in Switzerland during the Woodrow Wilson years. His career links Southern journalism, state politics, and early 20th-century diplomacy.
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Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage
by Pleasant A. Stovall
About the author
Born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1857, Pleasant A. Stovall built his reputation in journalism and public affairs. He attended school in Augusta, where Woodrow Wilson was a classmate, and later made his name in Savannah after helping establish The Savannah Press.
Stovall also served in Georgia politics, representing Chatham County in the state legislature. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him as U.S. minister to Switzerland, a post he held through much of World War I before leaving in December 1919.
Alongside his public service, Stovall was an author as well as an editor, and his life reflects a blend of reporting, civic leadership, and international service. He died in Savannah in 1935.