Background
Hurley, George was born on November 9, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of John and Mary (Donohue) Hurley.
Hurley, George was born on November 9, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of John and Mary (Donohue) Hurley.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1907. Rhodes scholar from Rhode Island at Oxford, 1907-1910. Studied law Oxford, later Harvard, 1910-1911.
Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1912, and practiced since at Providence. Democratic candidate for secretary of state, Rhode Island, 1916. Member Democratic State Central Committee, Rhode Island, 1920-1928, chairman, 1921-1922.
Special assistant to Department of State, United States, October 6, 1917-June 30, 1919.
Attached to American Legation, at Copenhagen, Denmark, until June 1919. Was representative of War Trade Board at Copenhagen.
American delegate on Interallied Trade Committee for Denmark. Special assistant to alien property custodian, 1919.
Assistant attorney general State of Rhode Island, 1923-1925.
Democratic presidential elector 1936. Chairman, Providence City Plan Commission, since 1944, Providence Family Welfare Society.
Member Criminal Law Advisory Commission (Rhode Island), 1933-1936. Member Rhode Island Civil Service Commission. Member American and Rhode Island bar associations, Association of America Rhodes Scholars, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (Brown U.).
Knights of Columbus.
Clubs: University, Catholic, Brown University.
Married Marie Rose Walsh, October 27, 1917. Children: George, Constance.
