John Cudahy

John Clarence Cudahy (December 10, 1887 - September 6, 1943) was a real estate broker and American ambassador to Poland, Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg. He was a Democrat.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Diplomatic service 3 Death and descendants 4 Bibliography 5 Notes

Early life

Cudahy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Patrick Cudahy the meat packing industrialist and Anna Cudahy. He graduated from Harvard University and then attended the University of Wisconsin Law School.

He 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, Lt. Cudahy led the counter-attack that succeeded in breaking through and routing the 1,000 Bolshevik troops that on November 11th [Armistice Day] had encircled and attacked the 600 American, Canadian and Royal Scots soldiers who were holding the village of Toulgas on the Northern Dvina River.^[1] 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.

Diplomatic service

In the turbulent times leading up to World War II, Cudahy served the United States as ambassador to a handful of European nations.

From September 6, 1933 until April 23, 1937, Cudahy served as the American ambassador to Poland. His time in Poland was marked by a militarily backed government under Józef Piłsudski and continued tensions between Poland and Germany under Adolf Hitler.

From August 23, 1937 to January 15, 1940 Cudahy served as ambassador to Ireland.

From January 17, 1940 to July 18, 1940 Cudahy served as ambassador to both Belgium (1939-1940) and Luxembourg. He was forced to leave his post after Germany occupied Belgium and Luxembourg on May 10, 1940 and the nations set up governments-in-exile. Before he left, Cudahy personally interviewed Hitler and wrote the book The Armies March.

Death and descendants

Cudahy died in 1943 when he was thrown from a horse he was riding on his Brown Deer estate north of Milwaukee.

His son, Michael Cudahy, is the founder of Marquette Electronics and a major philanthropist in the city of Milwaukee.

Bibliography

• The Case for the King of the Belgians. Privately published, New York City, 1940.

Notes

1. ^ E.M. Halliday, "When Hell Froze Over" (New York City, NY, ibooks, inc., 2000), pages 13-14

United States Ambassadors to Ireland Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Irish Free State 1927–1950 Frederick A. Sterling 1927-34 W. W. McDowell 1934 Alvin M. Owsley 1935-37 John Cudahy 1937-40 David Gray 1940-47 George A. Garrett 1947-50 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1950–present George A. Garrett 1950-51 Francis P. Matthews 1951-52 William Howard Taft III 1953-57 Scott McLeod 1957-61 Edward G. Stockdale 1961-62 Matthew H. McCloskey 1962-64 Raymond R. Guest 1965-68 Leo J. Sheridan 1968-69 John D.J. Moore 1969-75 Walter J.P. Curley Jr. 1975-77 William V. Shannon 1977-81 William E. McCann 1981 (acting) Peter H. Dailey 1982-84 Robert F. Kane 1984-85 Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler 1985-89 Richard Anthony Moore 1989-92 William Henry Gerald FitzGerald 1992-93 Jean Kennedy Smith 1993-98 Michael J. Sullivan 1999-01 Richard J. Egan 2001-03 James C. Kenny 2003-06 Thomas C. Foley 2006-09 Dan Rooney 2009-present

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Date of birth	December 10, 1887
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