J. Butler Wright

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J. Butler Wright
United States Envoy to Hungary
In office
June 18, 1927 – October 24, 1930
Preceded byTheodore Brentano
Succeeded byNicholas Roosevelt
Personal details
BornOctober 18, 1877
Havana, Cuba
EducationPrinceton University (B.S.)

Joshua Butler Wright (October 18, 1877 – December 4, 1939) was a

Third Assistant Secretary of State
.

Wright was born in

New York National Guard from 1901 to 1907. He married Maude A. Wolfe of Tuxedo Park, in June 1902.[1][2]

In 1907, Wright became a rancher in Wyoming. While living in Cody, Wyoming, he passed the foreign service examination on May 17, 1909, and became a career diplomat. His first posting was in Honduras. Wright later served in Belgium, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom.[1][3] In May 1916, he married Harriet R. Southerland, the daughter of retired Rear Admiral William H. H. Southerland, in Washington, D.C. Wright and his second wife had two daughters.[4][5]

Butler Right with a diplomatic delegation.

In 1925, Wright was serving as Assistant Secretary of State under president Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes.[6]

Coolidge appointed Wright to serve as

Jewish refugees tried to land in Havana in 1939. This incident was the basis for the 1976 film Voyage of the Damned
.

Wright died at his post in Havana on December 4, 1939, after an operation.[7] His remains were returned to the United States at the Washington Navy Yard aboard the cruiser USS Omaha. He was interred at the Washington National Cathedral on December 11, 1939.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Register of the Department of State. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1938-10-01. p. 195. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  2. ^ "Wright-Wolfe" (PDF). The New York Times. 1902-06-03. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  3. ^ Register of the Department of State. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1912-10-15. p. 114. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  4. ^ "News Notes of Smart Set: Wright-Southerland Nuptials". The Washington Post. 1916-05-28. p. ES6. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  5. ^ "Harriet Wright Dead; Wife of Ex-Ambassador". The Washington Post and Times Herald. 1958-05-16. p. D2. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  6. ^ "Clear Understanding". Time. 1925-02-09. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  7. ^ "Milestones". Time. 1939-12-11. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  8. ^ "Officials Pay Last Tribute To J. B. Wright: Cathedral Services Held for U.S. Ambassador to Cuba". The Washington Post. 1939-12-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  • Wright, J. Butler; William Allison (2002). Witness to Revolution: The Russian Revolution Diary and Letters of J. Butler Wright. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
    OCLC 48038358
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Government offices
Preceded by
Robert Wood Bliss
Third Assistant Secretary of State

June 11, 1923 – June 30, 1924
Succeeded by
Office Abolished
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Envoy to Hungary

June 18, 1927 – October 24, 1930
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Leland Harrison
United States Envoy to Uruguay

February 9, 1931 – July 10, 1934
Succeeded by
Julius G. Lay
Preceded by
United States Envoy to Czechoslovakia

October 25, 1934 – June 1, 1937
Succeeded by
Preceded by
United States Ambassador to Cuba

August 23, 1937 – December 4, 1939
Succeeded by