Background
Cudahy, John was born on December 10, 1887 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Patrick and Anna (Madden) Cudahy.
Cudahy, John was born on December 10, 1887 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Patrick and Anna (Madden) Cudahy.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1913. Doctor of Laws, Carroll College, 1935.
He was a Democrat. Cudahy served during World War I as a lieutenant in Company Bachelor of the United States. 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, Cudahy led a counter-attack that succeeded in breaking through and routing the 1,000 Bolshevik troops that on November 11 (Armistice Day) had encircled and attacked the 600 American, Canadian, and Royal Scots soldiers who were holding the village of Tulgas on the Northern Dvina River.
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. In the times leading up to World 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 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.
Cudahy died in 1943 when he was thrown from a horse he was riding on his Brown Deer estate north of Milwaukee.
Married Katharine Reed, August 2, 1913. Children: Toulgas, Michael.