John Cudahy
| John Cudahy | |
|---|---|
| 7th United States Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office June 13, 1933 – April 23, 1937 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Lammot Belin |
| Succeeded by | Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
| United States Envoy to the Irish Free State | |
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In office May 28, 1937 – January 15, 1940 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Alvin M. Owsley |
| Succeeded by | David Gray |
| 8th United States Ambassador to Belgium | |
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In office January 17, 1940 – July 18, 1940 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Joseph E. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
| United States Envoy to Luxembourg | |
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In office January 17, 1940 – July 18, 1940 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Joseph E. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1887 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | September 6, 1943 (aged 55) Brown Deer, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Reed |
| Relations |
Edward Cudahy, Jr. (cousin) Edward Cudahy, Sr. (uncle) |
| Children | Patrick Cudahy Mary Keogh-Stringer Michael Cudahy |
| Parents |
Patrick Cudahy Anna Cudahy |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University University of Wisconsin Law School |
John Clarence Cudahy (December 10, 1887 – September 6, 1943) was an American real estate developer and diplomat. In the years leading up to World War II, Cudahy served as United States ambassador to Poland and Belgium, and as United States minister to Luxembourg and the Irish Free State.
Cudahy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Patrick Cudahy the meat packing industrialist and Anna Cudahy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1910 and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1913.
Cudahy served during World War I as a lieutenant in Company B of the U.S. Army's 339th Infantry Regiment. This regiment was part of the Polar Bear Expedition, which was sent to north Russia to intervene on behalf of the anti-communist forces in the Russian Civil War. On November 14, 1918, Cudahy led a counter-attack that succeeded in breaking through and routing the 1,000 Bolshevik troops that on November 11 (Armistice Day) had encircled and attacked the 600 American, Canadian, and Royal Scots soldiers who were holding the village of Tulgas on the Northern Dvina River. However, his eventual disillusionment with the campaign in north Russia led him to write (under a pseudonym) the book Archangel: The American War with Russia.
Back in the United States, Cudahy headed his family's real estate company, building the Cudahy Tower Apartments on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.
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