Patrick J. Hurley

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Politician (1883-1963)

United States WritersLived 1883 to 1963 · aged 80

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Hurley (second from right) being sworn in as Assistant War Secretary by John B. Randolph. Outgoing Assistant Secretary Charles B. Robbins and Secretary of War James W. Good look on.

Major General Hurley in 1944

Patrick Hurley at center (in bow tie) with Communist leadership in Chongqing, 1945

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Distinguished Flying Cross

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Purple Heart

Silver Star

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Donald Ogden Stewart48.6

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About this person

Patrick Jay Hurley was an American attorney, Republican Party politician, military officer, and diplomat. He was the 51st United States Secretary of War from 1929 to 1933 in the cabinet of Herbert Hoover and a key American diplomat during World War II. As ambassador to China in 1944 and 1945, Hurley is remembered for his instrumental role in the recall of General Joseph Stilwell in favor of Albert Coady Wedemeyer, his advocacy for a rollback strategy in China, and his public criticism of State Department policy at the onset of the Second Red Scare. He was the first Oklahoman to serve in a presidential cabinet.

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