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J. Butler Wright
BornOctober 18, 1877
Irvington, New York, United States
DiedDecember 4, 1939 (aged 62)
Havana, Cuba

Joshua Butler Wright (October 18, 1877 – December 4, 1939) was a United States diplomat who served as representative of the US in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba. He was the twentieth and last Third Assistant Secretary of State.

Wright was born in Irvington, in Westchester County, New York on 18 October 1877, the son of C. R. Wright. J. Butler Wright later married Maude A. Wolfe of Tuxedo Park, in June 1902.[1]

In 1925 Wright was serving as Assistant Secretary of State under president Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes.[2]

Coolidge appointed Wright to served as Envoy to Hungary in 1927. Herbert Hoover appointed Wright as Envoy to Uruguay in 1930, and Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Wright as Envoy to Czechoslovakia in 1934, and afterwards as the U.S. Ambassador to Cuba from 1937 to 1939. During his stint as ambassador to Cuba, the SS St. Louis with its cargo of mostly German 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 4 December 1939 after an operation.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Wright-Wolfe" (PDF). The New York Times. 1902-06-03. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  2. ^ "Clear Understanding". Time. 1925-02-09. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  3. ^ "Milestones". Time. 1939-12-11. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  • Wright, J. Butler; William Allison (2002). Witness to Revolution: The Russian Revolution Diary and Letters of J. Butler Wright. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. ISBN 0-275-97474-X. OCLC 48038358.
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 United States Envoy to Uruguay
9 February 1931–10 July 1934 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Envoy to Czechoslovakia
October 25, 1934–June 1, 1937 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Cuba
23 August 1937–4 December 1937 		Succeeded by
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