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  • Cyrus Vance
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  • Cyrus Roberts Vance (March 27, 1917 – January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to that position he was the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, Vance resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded in the position by Edmund Muskie.
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Office
  • United States Secretary of State
  • United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • US Secretary of the Army
Unit
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serviceyears
  • 1942
term start
  • 1962-07-05
  • 1964-01-28
  • 1977-01-20
Birth Date
  • 1917-03-27
Secretary
Branch
death place
  • New York City
Spouse
  • Grace Elsie "Gay" Sloane
Alma mater
  • Yale University
  • Yale Law School
President
Party
  • Democratic
Birth Place
  • Clarksburg, West Virginia
Title
term end
  • 1964-01-21
  • 1967-06-30
  • 1980-04-28
death date
  • 2002-01-12
Rank
Successor
restingplace
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia
Before
Years
  • 1964
  • 1977
  • July 1962–January 1964
After
Profession
  • Lawyer
Children
  • Elsie, Amy, Camilla, Grace, Cyrus
Order
  • 7
  • 11
  • 57
deputy
Department
  • Secretary of State
  • Secretary of the Army
Birth name
  • Cyrus Roberts Vance
Signature
  • Cyrus Vance Signature.svg
Predecessor
abstract
  • Cyrus Roberts Vance (March 27, 1917 – January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to that position he was the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, Vance resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded in the position by Edmund Muskie. Vance was the cousin (and adoptive son) of 1924 Democratic presidential candidate and lawyer John W. Davis. He was the father of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr.
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