did the person mentioned above hold any political post?
Served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati and Minister to England
James Russell Lowell
served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati
who was james russell lowell? He was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. what kind of training is given to last type of professionals? Emotional intelligence what entails this profession? They have to collect and report information that could affect national interests, often with advice about how the home-country government should respond.
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James Russell Lowell [SEP] Political appointments
Lowell resigned from his Harvard professorship in 1874, though he was persuaded to continue teaching through 1877. It was in 1876 that Lowell first stepped into the field of politics. That year, he served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes won the nomination and, eventually, the presidency. In May 1877, President Hayes, an admirer of "The Biglow Papers", sent William Dean Howells to Lowell with a handwritten note proffering an ambassadorship to either Austria or Russia; Lowell declined, but noted his interest in Spanish literature.