American explorer, surveyor, ambassador (1822–1893)
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
United States Minister to Austria
In office June 1, 1876 – April 20, 1877
President
Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by
Godlove S. Orth
Succeeded by
John A. Kasson
Surveyor General of California and Nevada
In office 1861
President
Abraham Lincoln
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada
In office 1853–1856
President
Millard Fillmore
Personal details
Born
Austria-Hungary (1822-02-04)February 4, 1822 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died
April 22, 1893(1893-04-22) (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place
Austria-Hungary
Spouse
Mary Edwards
(m. 1849)
Children
3 (incl. Truxtun)
Parent
Austria-Hungary
Relatives
Samuel Edwards (father-in-law) John R. McLean (son-in-law) George Bakhmeteff (son-in-law)
Education
Naval School
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Navy
Years of service
1837–1851
Rank
Lieutenant (navy)
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Edward Fitzgerald Beale (February 4, 1822 – April 22, 1893) was a national figure in the 19th-century United States. He was a naval officer, military general, explorer, frontiersman, Indian affairs superintendent, California rancher, diplomat, and friend of Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody and Ulysses S. Grant. He fought in the United States-Mexican War, emerging as a hero of the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846. He achieved national fame in 1848 in carrying to the east the first gold samples from California, contributing to the gold rush.
In the late 1850s, Beale surveyed and built Beale's Wagon Road, which many settlers used to move to the West, and which became part of Route 66 and the route for the Transcontinental railroad. As California's first Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Beale helped charter a humanitarian policy towards Native Americans in the 1850s. He also founded the Tejon Ranch, the largest private landholding in California, and became a millionaire several times over. He received appointments from five U.S. presidents: Andrew Jackson appointed him to the Philadelphia Naval School, Millard Fillmore appointed him Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, James Buchanan appointed him to survey a wagon road from New Mexico to California, Abraham Lincoln appointed him Surveyor General of California and Nevada, and Ulysses S. Grant appointed him Ambassador to Austria-Hungary.[1]
"Beale successfully pursued a personal El Dorado of adventure, status, and wealth," wrote Gerald Thompson. "In doing so, he mirrored the dreams of countless Americans of his day."[1]
^ abGerald Thompson, Edward F. Beale and the American West, University of New Mexico Press, 1983.
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