John Hay: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Tyler Dennett, John Hay: From Poetry to Politics (1933, reissued 1963); Kenton J. Clymer, John Hay: The Gentleman as Diplomat (1975); and Howard I. Kushner and Anne Hummel Sherrill, John Milton Hay: The Union of Poetry and Politics (1977).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jun 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 04, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 12, 2024
Modified title of Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of John M. Hay. May 04, 2017
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - The World of 1898: The Spanish American War - Biography of John Milton Hay. Aug 04, 2016
Add new Web site: U.S Department of State - Officie of the Historian - Biography of John Milton Hay. Aug 04, 2016
Noted that John Hay Whitney was his grandson. Mar 19, 2014
Article revised. Mar 21, 1999
Article added to new online database. Mar 18, 1999
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