Herman Hoffman Philip (July 13, 1872 – October 31, 1951)[1] was an American diplomat and career foreign service officer.

[2] During the Spanish–American War he served in the Rough Riders where he would befriend future President Theodore Roosevelt.

[2] On July 20, 1908, he was appointed to serve as the first Consul General to the Ethiopian Empire while the Senate was in recess.

The Senate recommissioned him on December 9, 1908, and he presented his credentials on July 6, 1909, officially opening relations between the United States and Ethiopia.

The British took control of relations until the consulate was formally closed as there wasn't a high enough level of commerce to justify another commercial treaty with Ethiopia.