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Presidential Visits Abroad

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Theodore Roosevelt (September 14, 1901-March 4, 1909)

November 14-17, 1906
Panama
Colon, Panama City
To inspect construction of Panama Canal. First visit abroad by any President or President-elect. Departed the US. November 9; returned to U.S. November 26.

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William Howard Taft (March 4, 1909-March 4, 1913)

January 29-February 7, 1909
Panama
Colon, Panama City
Inspected construction of Panama Canal. Met with President Obaldia. [Visit made as President-elect.]

October 16, 1909
Mexico
Ciudad Juarez
Part of an exchange of visits with President Diaz across the border.

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Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1913-March 4, 1921)

November 18-December 13, 1912
United Kingdom
Bermuda
Vacation. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 14-25, 1918
France
Paris, Chaumont
Attended Preliminary to the Paris Peace Conference. Departed the U.S. December 4.

December 26-31, 1918
United Kingdom
London, Carlisle, Manchester
Met with Prime Minister Lloyd George and King George V.

December 31, 1918-January 1, 1919
France
Paris
Stopover en route to Italy.

January 1-6, 1919
Italy
Rome, Genoa, Milan, Turin
Met with King Victor Emnanuel III and Prime Minister Orlando.

January 4, 1919
Vatican City

Audience with Pope Benedict XV.

January 7-February 14, 1919
France
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Arrived In the U.S. February 24.

March 14-June 18, 1919
France
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Departed the U.S. March 5.

June 18-19, 1919
Belgium
Brussels, Charleroi, Malines, Louvain
Met with King Albert, addressed Parliament.

June 20-28, 1919
France
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Returned to U.S. July 8.

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Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923)

November 24, 1920
Panama
Colon, Baihos
Informal visit to Canal Zone. [Visit made as President-elect.]

November 30, 1920
United Kingdom
Kingston (Jamaica)
Stopped while returning to the U.S. [Visit made as President-elect.]

July 26, 1923
Canada
Vancouver
Official reception during return from Alaska.

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Calvin Coolidge (August 3, 1923-March 4, 1929)

January 15-17; 1928
Cuba
Havana
Addressed the Sixth International Conference of American States.

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Herbert C. Hoover (March 4, 1929-March 4, 1933)

November 26, 1928
Honduras
Amapala
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

November 26, 1928
El Salvador
Cutuco
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

November 27, 1928
Nicaragua
Corinto
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

November 28, 1928
Costa Rica
San Jose
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 1, 1928
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 5, 1928
Peru
Lima
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 8-11, 1928
Chile
Antofagasta, Santiago
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 13-15, 1928
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 16-18, 1928
Uruguay
Montevideo
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

December 21-23, 1928
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Good will trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933-Apri1 12, 1945)

February 6-14, 1933
United Kingdom
The Bahamas
Fishing trip. [Visit made as President-elect.]

June 29-July 1, 1933
Canada
Campobello Island
Vacation.March 29-April 11, 1934
United Kingdom
The Bahamas
Fishing trip.

July 5-6, 1934
Haiti
Cap Haitien
Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.

July 10, 1934
Colombia
Cartagena
Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.

July 11-12, 1934
Panama
Panama City
Informal visit en route to vacation in Hawaii.

March 27-April 6, 1935
United Kingdom
The Bahamas
Fishing trip.

October 16, 1935
Panama
Balboa
Informal visit with President Arias while returning to Washington, D.C. from West Coast.

March 24-April 7, 1936
United Kingdom
The Bahamas
Fishing trip.

July 28-30, 1936
Canada
Campobello Island
Vacation.July 31, 1936
Canada
Quebec
Official visit; met with Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir.November 21, 1936
United Kingdom
Trinidad
Stopped on the way to South America.

November 27, 1936
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Addressed Brazilian Congress.

November 30-December 2, 1936
Argentina
Buenos Ames
Attended session of Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace.

December 3, 1936
Uruguay
Montevideo
Official visit; met with President Terra.

December 11, 1936
United Kingdom
Trinidad
Stopped while returning to the United States.

August 4-5, 1938
Panama
BaIhoa
Informal visit with President Arosemena during vacation in the Caribbean.

August 18, 1938
Canada
Kingston
Received honorary degree from Queens University and dedicated Thousand Islands Bridge.

August 14-16, 1939
Canada
Campobello Island and Sydney, Nova Scotia
Fishing trip.

August 17-20, 1939
United Kingdom
Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay(Newfoundland)
Fishing trip.

August 21-23, 1939
Canada
Halifax
Stopped while returning to the United States.

February 27, 1940
Panama
Cristobal, Balboa
Met informally with President Boyd during vacation.

December 5, 1940
United Kingdom
Jamaica
Inspected British base sites for possible American use.

December 8, 1940
United Kingdom
St. Lucia
Inspected British base sites for possible American use.

December 8, 1940
France
Martinique
Conferred with U.S. officials.

December 9, 1940
United Kingdom
Antigua
Inspected British base sites for possible American use.

December 12-13, 1940
United Kingdom
The Bahamas
Inspected British base sites for possible American use. Met with the Duke of Windsor at Eleutheria Island, December 13. Returned to the U.S. December 14.

August 9-12, 1941
United Kingdom
Argentia (Newfoundland)
Attended conference with Prime Minister Churchill. Announced the Atlantic Charter.January 11, 1943
United Kingdom
Trinidad
Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.

January 12, 1943
Brazil
Belem
Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.

January 13, 1943
United Kingdom
Bathurst (The Gambia)
Overnight stop en route to Casablanca.

January 14-25, 1943
Morocco
Casablanca
Casablanca Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.

January 25, 1943
United Kingdom
Bathurst (The Gambia)
Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.

January 26-27, 1943
Liberia
Monrovia
Informal visit; met with President Barclay.

January 28, 1943
Brazil
Natal
Informal visit; met with President Vargas.

January 29, 1943
United Kingdom
Trinidad
Overnight stop en route from Casablanca.

April 20, 1943
Mexico
Monterrey
Part of an exchange of visits with President Avila across the border.

August 17-25, 1943
Canada
Guebec, Ottawa
Attended First Quebec Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.

November 20, 1943
France
Oran (Algeria)
Disembarked en route to Cairo.

November 22-21, 1943
Tunisia
Tunis
Overnight stop en route to Cairo.November 22-26, 1943
Egypt
Cairo
Attended First Cairo Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

November 27-December 2, 1943
Iran
Tehran
Attended Tehran Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill.

December 2-7, 1943
Egypt
Cairo
Attended Second Cairo Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill and Turkish President Inonu.

December 7-9, 1943
Tunisia
Tunis
Conferred with General Eisenhower.

December 8, 1943
United Kingdom
Malta
Visited Allied military installations.

December 8, 1943
Italy
Castel Ventrano (Sicily)
Visited Allied military installations.

December 9, 1943
France
Dakar (Senegal)
Re-embarked for the U.S.

September 11-16, 1944
Canada
Quebec
Attended Second Quebec Conference with British Prime Minister Churchill.

February 2, 1945
United Kingdom
Malta
Attended Malta Conference with Prime Minister Churchill.

February 3-12, 1945
U.S.S.R.
Yalta
Attended Yalta Conference with Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill.

February 13-15, 1945
Egypt
Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Alexandria
Met with King Farouk, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, Saudi Arabian King Ibn Saud, and British Prime Minister Churchill.

February 18, 1945
France
Algiers (Algeria)
Briefed U.S. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, France, and Italy on the Yalta Conference.

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Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945-January 20, 1953)

July 15, 1945
Belgium
Antwerp, Brussels
Disembarked en route to Potsdam.

July 16-August 2, 1945
Germany
Postdam
Potsdam Conference with British Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee and Soviet Premier Stalin.

August 2, 1945
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Informal meeting with King George VI.

March 3-6, 1947
Mexico
Mexico, D.F.
State visit; met with President Alerman.

June 10-12, 1947
Canada
Ottawa
Official visit; met with Governor General Alexander and Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

September 1-7, 1947
Brazil
Rio de Janiero
State visit; addressed Rio de Janiero Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security and the Brazilian Congress.

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