OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Patrick Jay Hurley

BORN:
January 8, 1883
Lehigh, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory

DIED:
July 30, 1963 (age 82)
Santa Fe, New Mexico

EDUCATION:
Bacone College (BA, 1905)
National University (LLB, 1908)
George Washington University (LL.D, 1913)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1908:
Admitted to the Bar.
Began Practicing Law in Tulsa, Oklahoma 
1912:
Admitted to the Supreme Court Bar
1902-1907:
Served in the Indian Territorial Volunteer Militia 
1914-1917:
Oklahoma National Guard
1912-1917:
National Attorney, Choctaw Nation
1929:
Assistant Secretary of War
1929-1933:
U.S. Secretary of War
1942:
U.S. Minister to New Zealand
1944-1945:
U.S. Ambassador to China 

RESOURCES:
U.S. Army
Oklahoma Historical Society
University of Oklahoma
Wikipedia 

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