Irving B. Dudley Explained
| Irving B. Dudley |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Term Start: | April 1, 1907 |
| Term End: | September 16, 1911 |
| Minister From2: | United States |
| Country2: | Peru |
| Term Start2: | September 20, 1897 |
| Term End2: | February 14, 1907 |
| President2: | William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1861 |
| Death Cause: | Heart failure |
| Spouse: | Jane Agnes Kelly |
| Children: | 1 |
| Education: | Kenyon College (BA)
George Washington University (LL.B.) |
| Profession: | Lawyer, diplomat |
Irving Bedell Dudley (November 30, 1861November 27, 1911) was an American lawyer and diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Brazil from 1907 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Ohio, the son of a minister and his wife,[1] Dudley studied at Kenyon College, graduating in 1882,[2] before continuing to study law at Columbian University (now George Washington University), graduating in 1885; he was admitted to the bar that year,[3] and worked for the War Department.[4]
Three years later, in 1888, he moved to San Diego, California, where he was later elected a judge in 1890.
A Republican, Dudley was appointed United States Minister to Peru by President William McKinley on June 25, 1897;[5] he took up his post in September of that year.[6]
In December 1906,[7] McKinley's successor, Theodore Roosevelt, appointed Dudley to be United States Ambassador to Brazil,[8] a post he took up in April 1907.
Illness dogged Dudley and his wife during his career,[9] [10] [11] and would ultimately contribute to his death: after staying at Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment of an unrelated complaint,[12] he died there of heart failure.
His wife would die in 1960, at the age of 87.[13]
External links
Notes and References
- Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1906. J.T. White. 296–297.
- Book: The International Who's who: Who's who in the World : a Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women. 1911. International Who's Who Publishing Company. 402.
- News: AMBASSADOR DUDLEY DEAD.; U.S. Representative in Brazil Dies in Baltimore -- Wife Seriously Ill. . November 28, 1911 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: Nominated by the President . June 26, 1897 . The San Francisco Call.
- News: PRESIDENT FILLS OFFICES.; Irving B. Dudley of California for Minister to Peru--Other Nominations Made. . June 26, 1897 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: Minister Dudley's Reception. . September 18, 1897 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: SENATE ACCEPTS PART OF THE NEW CABINET; Bonaparte, Metcalf, and Straus Confirmed -- Moody Also. NO FIGHT ON THE OTHERS President's Failure to Name Date the Nominations Were to Take Effect Caused Delay. . December 13, 1906 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- January 26, 1907 . Bellamy . Francis Rufus . Francis Rufus Bellamy . Merit and Diplomacy . . 85 . 5 . 211–215 . June 21, 2018.
- News: Peruvian Minister's Wife Ill. . September 17, 1898 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: MINISTER DUDLEY ILL.; Nose Bleeds Severely at an Official Function on a Cruiser. . November 13, 1907 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: Ambassador Dudley Seriously Ill. . July 13, 1911 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
- News: IRVING B. DUDLEY DIES FROM HEART FAILURE . November 28, 1911 . The San Francisco Call . June 21, 2018.
- News: MRS. IRVING B. DUDLEY . January 27, 1960 . The New York Times . June 21, 2018 . en.
