- Martin Patrick Durkin
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For the television director of the same name, see Martin Durkin (television director).
The official portrait of Martin P. Durkin hangs in the Department of Labor
Martin Patrick Durkin (March 18, 1894 – November 13, 1955) was a U.S. administrator. He served as Secretary of Labor from January 21, 1953 to September 10, 1953, where he was the "plumber" of President Dwight Eisenhower's "Nine Millionaires and a Plumber"[1] cabinet.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Washington D.C.
See also
- List of U.S. political appointments that crossed party lines
References
- ^ Jonathan Martin (2008-11-23). "Whither the Cabinet Republicans?". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15893_Page2.html.
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Political offices Preceded by
Maurice J. TobinUnited States Secretary of Labor
Served under: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953Succeeded by
James P. MitchellUnited States Secretaries of Labor Secretaries of Commerce & Labor 
Secretaries of Labor Cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) Vice President Richard Nixon (1953–1961)
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953–1959) • Christian A. Herter (1959–1961)Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey (1953–1957) • Robert Bernard Anderson (1957–1961)Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1953–1957) • William P. Rogers (1957–1961)Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield (1953–1961)Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay (1953–1956) • Fred Andrew Seaton (1956–1961)Secretary of the Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (1953–1961)Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks (1953–1958) • Lewis Strauss (1958–1959) • Frederick H. Mueller (1959–1961)Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin (1953) • James P. Mitchell (1953–1961)Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Categories:- 1894 births
- 1955 deaths
- Politicians from Chicago, Illinois
- American people of Irish descent
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- United States Secretaries of Labor
- American politics biographical stubs
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