John Hay

Also known as John Milton Hay

American statesman (1838–1905)

Person · Open Library

Works: 187

Top works

Mark Twain's Library of Humor
Structure and aesthetic criteria in Chinese rocks and art
The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
'Along the river during winter's first snow'
The Horse Story Megapack

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1838
Active to: 1905

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Listeners: 8
Total plays: 9

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5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,201x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,536x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,191x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,820x

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Quotes

“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish-American_War The Spanish-American War has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that Fortune that loves the brave. It is now to be concluded, I hope, with that fine good nature, which is, after all, the distinguishing trait of the American character.”
“Dealing with a government [Tsarist Russia] with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult and delicate matter.”
“He never funked and he never liedI reckon he never knowed how.”
“He weren't no saint—but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim.'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him.He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing— And went for it thar and then;And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard On a man that died for men.”
“At my door the Pale Horse standsTo carry me to unknown lands.”
“The people will come to their own at last,—God is not mocked forever.”

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Key facts

President: William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by: William R. Day
Succeeded by: Elihu Root
Born: John Milton Hay , ( 1838-10-08 ) October 8, 1838, Salem, Indiana , U.S.
Died: July 1, 1905 (1905-07-01) (aged 66), Newbury, New Hampshire , U.S.
Resting place: Lake View Cemetery , Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
Party: Republican
Spouse: Clara Stone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1874 )
Children: 4, including Helen and Adelbert
Education: Brown University ( AB , MA )
Branch service: United States Army ( Union Army )
Rank: Major
Battles wars: American Civil War

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Wikidata facts

Image: John Hay, bw photo portrait, 1897.jpg

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Commons category: John Hay
date of birth: 1838-01-01
date of death: 1905-01-01
birth name: John Milton Hay
name in native language: John Milton Hay
Commons Creator page: John Milton Hay

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John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay was also a biographer of Lincoln, and wrote poetry and other literature throughout his life.

Born in Salem, Indiana to an anti-slavery family that moved to Warsaw, Illinois, Hay showed great potential from an early age, and his family sent him to Brown University. After graduation in 1858, Hay read law in his uncle's office in Springfield, Illinois, adjacent to that of Lincoln. Hay worked for Lincoln's successful presidential campaign and became one of his private secretaries in the White House. Throughout the American Civil War, Hay was close to Lincoln and stood by his deathbed after the President was shot. In addition to his other literary works, Hay co-authored, with John George Nicolay, Lincoln's other private secretary, a ten-volume biography of Lincoln that helped shape the assassinated president's historical image.