Irving Bedell Dudley

Irving Bedell Dudley (November 30, 1861 – November 27, 1911) was an American lawyer and diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Brazil from 1907 to 1911.

Irving B. Dudley
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office April 1, 1907 – September 16, 1911
President	Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Lloyd Carpenter Griscom
Succeeded by	Edwin Vernon Morgan
United States Minister to Peru
In office September 20, 1897 – February 14, 1907
President	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	James A. McKenzie
Succeeded by	Leslie Combs III
Personal details
Born	November 30, 1861 Jefferson, Ohio
Died	November 27, 1911 (aged 49) Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of death	Heart failure
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jane Agnes Kelly
Children	1
Education	Kenyon College (BA) George Washington University (LL.B.)
Profession	Lawyer, diplomat

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.[4]

A Republican,[4] 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 three days before his birthday.[12][3]

His wife would die in 1960, at the age of 87.[13]

References

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1906. pp. 296–297.
2. The International Who's who: Who's who in the World : a Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women. International Who's Who Publishing Company. 1911. p. 402.
3. "AMBASSADOR DUDLEY DEAD.; U.S. Representative in Brazil Dies in Baltimore -- Wife Seriously Ill". The New York Times. November 28, 1911. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
4. "Nominated by the President" (PDF). The San Francisco Call. June 26, 1897.
5. "PRESIDENT FILLS OFFICES.; Irving B. Dudley of California for Minister to Peru--Other Nominations Made". The New York Times. June 26, 1897. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
6. "Minister Dudley's Reception". The New York Times. September 18, 1897. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
7. "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". The New York Times. December 13, 1906. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
8. Bellamy, Francis Rufus, ed. (January 26, 1907). "Merit and Diplomacy". The Outlook. Vol. 85 no. 5. pp. 211–215. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
9. "Peruvian Minister's Wife Ill". The New York Times. September 17, 1898. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
10. "MINISTER DUDLEY ILL.; Nose Bleeds Severely at an Official Function on a Cruiser". The New York Times. November 13, 1907. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
11. "Ambassador Dudley Seriously Ill". The New York Times. July 13, 1911. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
12. "IRVING B. DUDLEY DIES FROM HEART FAILURE". The San Francisco Call. November 28, 1911. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
13. "MRS. IRVING B. DUDLEY". The New York Times. January 27, 1960. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

External links

• Irving Bedell Dudley at the United States Department of State website.