Warren Harding and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes sit in front of the other officials in the cabinet photograph. Their placement is interpreted as a deliberate indication of authority within the administration. Navy Secretary Edwin Denby appears in the photograph but was absent from the principal delegation named for Washington. Hughes led that delegation as secretary of state. His selection connected the negotiations to executive policy, diplomacy, and the task of obtaining Senate approval.
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Hughes and Harding in the cabinet photograph
The cabinet photograph and the selection of Charles Evans Hughes explain the place of diplomacy in the American conference delegation.