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Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American lawyer, a political progressive,〔https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=faqqVGdMbOoC&pg=PA153&dq=Bainbridge+Colby+progressive&hl=en&sa=X&ei=naZhVdjKHoGR7Aas2YKICg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Bainbridge%20Colby%20progressive&f=false〕 a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912; he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party, but always lost.〔http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bainbridge_Colby〕 Wilson's appointment of Colby was "bizarre" says historian John Milton Cooper, for Colby had no diplomatic experience or skills. Editorial responses from leading newspapers ranged "from puzzlement to outrage."〔John Milton Cooper, ''Woodrow Wilson: A Biography'' (2009) p 556〕 Colby was chosen because he was totally loyal to Wilson; he left no notable achievements in the office. ==Life== Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Colby graduated from Williams College (where he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa),〔(Politician members in Missouri ), ‘’PoliticalGraveyard.com’’, accessed October 9, 2009〕 then attended Columbia Law School and New York Law School (1892). He was admitted to the New York bar, and served as a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 29th D.) in 1902. He spoke at the Colby College commencement on June 19, 1933, at which time he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.〔http://www.hulahips.com/bainbridgecolbyspeechs/colbylawdegree〕 Colby was married twice. His first wife was Nathalie Sedgwick, who became a novelist; they were married in 1895 and had three children (Katherine Sedgwick Colby, Nathalie Sedgwick Colby and Frances Bainbridge Colby). Colby decided to divorce his wife while he was in Paris in 1928.〔http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738003,00.html#ixzz2Ky4j3aYS〕 The divorce was finalized in Reno, Nevada later that year.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b142.html〕 The marriage apparently was very contentious and Colby felt the need to include in his divorce decree a monthly payment of $1,500.00 to stop Nathalie from "ridiculing him in her writings".〔http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738003,00.html#ixzz2Ky4j3aYS〕 Colby was known within his circle of friends and the press of the time as the "Dapper Gentleman". It did not take him very long to find true love once again, in the person of Anne Ahlstrand Ely of Bemus Point, in the western New York area of Lake Chautauqua. Ely was well known as a very gracious hostess as well as being very beautiful; she was very engaged in many of the same issues as Colby, such as women's suffrage. (It was Colby, as secretary of state, who issued the proclamation announcing that the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, had been ratified as part of the U.S. Constitution.)〔http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/19th-amendment-adopted〕 Colby and Ely were married in 1929 and lived out their lives on the property known as "Little Brook Farm," located within the lakeside hamlet of Sunset Bay. Bainbridge Colby died in 1950 and his widow donated much memorabilia to the local library; it eventually found a home at the Library of Congress.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b11.html#P19531〕 Anne Colby never remarried and continued to live on the farm until her death in 1963.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b11.html#P19531〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bainbridge Colby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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