J. Butler Wright

Infobox Person
name=J. Butler Wright


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birth_date=October 18, 1877
birth_place=Irvington, Westchester County, New York, USA
death_date=December 4, 1939
death_place=Havana, Cuba

Joshua Butler Wright ( [1877 – 1939) was a United States diplomat who served as the representative of the US in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.

Wright was born in Irvington, in Westchester County New York on 18 October 1877.

In 1925 Wright was serving as Assistant Secretary of State under president Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes. [cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,728278,00.html/ | title = Clear Understanding | work = Time | date = 1925-02-09 | accessdate = 2007-08-21 ] 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. [cite news | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,763024,00.html | title = Milestones | work = Time | date = 1939-12-11 | accessdate = 2007-08-21 ]

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succession box
title = United States Envoy to Hungary
before = Theodore Brentano
after = Nicholas Roosevelt
years = June 18, 1927–October 24, 1930succession box
title = United States Envoy to Uruguay
before = Leland Harrison
after = Julius G. Lay
years = 9 February 1931–10 July 1934succession box
title = United States Envoy to Czechoslovakia
before = Francis White
after = Wilbur J. Carr
years = October 25, 1934–June 1, 1937succession box
title = United States Ambassador to Cuba
before = Jefferson Caffery
after = George S. Messersmith
years = 23 August 1937–4 December 1937