Josiah Marvel Jr.

Last updated
Gwladys Crosby Hopkins
​
​
(after 1943)​
Josiah Marvel Jr.
MARVEL, JOSIAH. HIS EXCELLENCY LCCN2016862774.jpg
chief of the United States' diplomatic mission in Denmark
In office
1946–1949
Children2
OccupationLawyer, diplomat, politician, soldier

Josiah Marvel Jr. was an American diplomat who served as chief of the United States' diplomatic mission in Denmark from 1946 to 1949, originally at the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and later as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. He was appointed by President Harry S. Truman. [1] [2]

Contents

Biography

Marvel was born on November 26, 1904 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the son of Josiah Marvel, a president of the American Bar Association and Mary B Jackson. He was one of eight children. [3]

Marvel graduated from Harvard Law School and was a lawyer, politician, and soldier. Marvel enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942 and was promoted to the rank of Captain in June 1944 after serving in the Aviation Intelligence Office in Washington DC. [4] During World War II he served with the United States Army Air Forces.

Marvel served as Delaware Secretary of State from 1938 to 1941. He ran for Governor of Delaware in 1940 as a Democrat, losing the election to Republican Walter W. Bacon. [5] It was announced in February 1943 that he and Gladys Hopkins Whitney were to be married, Whitney had been previously married to Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and had full custody of their daughter. [6] [7]

In 1946, President Truman appointed him as minister to Denmark, and he was promoted to ambassador in 1949. Marvel was appointed the chairman of the International Claims Commission in 1950 and served until 1953, when President Dwight Eisenhower removed him from the position. [8]

Marvel died in December 1955 after being transported to a Wilmington hospital due to a long battle with cancer. [9] [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellsworth Bunker</span> American diplomat (1894–1984)

Ellsworth F. Bunker was an American businessman and diplomat. He is perhaps best known for being a hawk on the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. As of February 2024, Bunker is one of only two people to have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice, and the only person to receive both awards With Distinction.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Harding Jackson</span> American administrator, lawyer, and investment banker (1901–1971)

William Harding Jackson was a U.S. civilian administrator, New York lawyer, and investment banker who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Jackson also served briefly under President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Acting United States National Security Advisor from 1956 to 1957.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas F. Bayard Jr.</span> American politician (1868-1942)

Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Delaware in the 1920s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Phillips (diplomat)</span> American diplomat

William Phillips was a career United States diplomat who served twice as an Under Secretary of State. He was also the United States Ambassador to Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hal Haskell</span> American businessman and politician (1921–2020)

Harry Garner Haskell Jr. was an American businessman and Republican politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He served as mayor of Wilmington from 1969 to 1973 and represented Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.</span> United States diplomat (1897–1961)

Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II, reaching the rank of major general.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Clement Dunn</span> American diplomat (1890–1979)

James Clement Dunn was an American diplomat and a career employee of the United States Department of State. He served as the Ambassador of the United States to Italy, France, Spain, and Brazil. President Dwight Eisenhower characterized him as providing "exceptionally capable service".

Lincoln MacVeagh was a United States diplomat, archaeologist, soldier and publisher, he was the founder of Dial Press. He served a long career as the United States ambassador to several countries during difficult times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angier Biddle Duke</span> American diplomat

Angier Biddle Duke was an American diplomat who served as Chief of Protocol of the United States in the 1960s. Prior to that, at the age of 36, he became the youngest American ambassador in history when he was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foreign relations of Pope Pius XII</span>

Foreign relations of Pope Pius XII extended to most of Europe and a few states outside Europe. Pius XII was pope from 1939 to 1958, during World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George A. Garrett</span> American investment banker and diplomat (1888-1971)

George Angus Garrett was an American investment banker and diplomat. In April 1947, he was appointed minister to Ireland; in 1950, he became the first United States Ambassador to Ireland, a position he held until May 1951.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ray Atherton</span> American diplomat

Ray Atherton was a career United States diplomat, who served as Ambassador to Greece, Bulgaria, and Denmark. He also served the role of Head of Mission as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada) (1943–48). Whilst in his last post, his role was reclassified and he became the first United States Ambassador to Canada. As Head of the State Department's Division of European Affairs he received notification from the German Embassy of their declaration of war on December 11, 1941.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">S. Pinkney Tuck</span> American diplomat

Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. was an American diplomat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Herman B. Baruch</span> American banker

Herman Benjamin Baruch was an American physician and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands and Portugal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">H. Freeman Matthews</span> American diplomat (1899–1986)

Harrison Freeman Matthews was an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to three European countries. He was born on May 26th, 1899, and served in the United States Navy during World War I, and became a career employee of the United States Department of State in 1924. He died on October 19, 1986, at 87 years old.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher H. Phillips</span> American diplomat and politician

Christopher Hallowell Phillips was an American diplomat and politician who served as United States Ambassador to Brunei and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

Wiley Thomas Buchanan, Jr. was an American diplomat and author who served as the Chief of Protocol of the United States and the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria.

Vinton Chapin was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Robert Merrell</span> American diplomat

George Robert Merrell Jr. was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia and United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. During his diplomatic career he served in Haiti, China, India, and Afghanistan.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Chiefs of Mission". U.S. Embassy in Denmark. United States Department of State . Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Holm, Michael (2016). The Marshall Plan: A New Deal For Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN   978-1317426059.
  3. 1 2 "Burial is Tomorrow for Josiah Marvel; Former Ambassador to Denmark, Democratic Leader in State Dies at 51 After Long Battle Against Cancer". The News Journal. December 30, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "4 State Officers Win Promotions". Wilmington Morning News. June 19, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Josiah Marvel Jr, Plans to Join the US Armed Services". The News Journal. September 9, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Socialite to Wed Childhood Friend". Cumberland Evening Times. February 22, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  7. ↑ "GWLADYS WHITNEY WED IN DELAWARE; Simple Marriage for Former Wife of C. V. Whitney to Josiah Marvel Jr. ONLY RELATIVES PRESENT Couple is Unattended -- The Ceremony Held at Presbyterian Pastor's Greenville Home". The New York Times. February 23, 1943. p. 26. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Former Ambassador to Denmark Dead". Mandan Daily Pioneer. December 31, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Josiah Marvel, Ex-Envoy to Denmark Dies". The Palladium Item and Sun-Telegram. December 31, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Delaware
1940 		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.